Neutrophil infiltration is a hallmark of pulmonary inflammation during respiratory viral infections, yet the origin of these ...

A preclinical study has analyzed the interactions of the lipid mediator sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) in the spleen and heart during the transition from acute to chronic heart failure. Using a mouse ...

Priming involves dendritic cells — sentinels of the immune system. In an influenza infection in the lungs, for example, lung-migratory dendritic cells capture a piece of the viral antigen, and then ...

Summer’s here--and so are 101 reminders that the season is filled with peril. In the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, one reads of the stings of jellyfish and Portuguese men-of-war and the itchy eruptions ...

Repurposing the spleens of mice helps them to survive liver damage. If the approach works in people, it could offer an alternative to liver transplants. At the moment, people who need new livers often ...

CD8+ T cells - known as "killer" T cells - are the assassins of the immune system. Once they are primed, they seek out and destroy other cells that are infected with virus or cells that are cancerous.

“While we understand the spleen is an essential part of the immune system, finding that stimulation of the vagus nerve effects the regulation of adaptive immunity by this critical organ is novel and ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (1/07/2026) —New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School offers a new view of how the immune system responds to organ transplants. The findings, published today ...

Results from the phase 3 SENTRY trial show that selinexor plus ruxolitinib significantly reduced spleen volume in patients with myelofibrosis.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Learn more about enlarged spleen in cats. Picture credit: FatCamera / Getty Images) Enlarged spleen in cats happens when the ...