MHC Class I and MHC Class II Antigen Processing Pathways Antigen processing and therefore the immune response to vaccines is generally divided into two systems, although considerable cross-over ...

Faulty lipid regulation in CLL patients impairs T-cell function, affecting treatment outcomes and resistance to current therapies. Differences in lipid metabolism between CLL patients and healthy ...

The dosing schedule of NKX019 was harmonized across all four clinical trials in the fourth quarter of 2024. Patients receive NKX019 on Days 0, 3 and 7 following single-agent lymphodepletion with ...

Inflammation aims to restore tissue homeostasis after injury or infection. Age-related decline of tissue homeostasis causes a physiological low-grade chronic inflammatory phenotype known as ...

The keto diet encourages ketosis, in which the body burns fat instead of carbohydrates as its primary source of energy. Exogenous ketones are supplements that could help a person achieve ketosis.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nkarta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapies ...

Doctors don’t always see obvious signs of cancer growth after a diagnosis. They need to hunt for clues. One way they can do that is with a carcinoembryonic antigen test. It measures a protein ...

Used clinically since the 1920s, corticosteroids interrupt multiple steps in immune activation because of the ubiquitous expression of corticosteroid receptors. Corticosteroids inhibit antigen ...

The immune system is the body’s tool for preventing or limiting infection. Its complex network of cells, organs, proteins, and tissues enables the immune system to defend the body from pathogens.

Forty-eight patients with multiple myeloma, most of them ambulatory outpatients, at 5 co-operating hospitals,‡ were treated. Patients were entered in the double-blind study by randomized card ...