Lymphocytes are white blood cells that have important immune functions. The main populations of lymphocytes are B cells, T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. They are typically (although not ...

At the end of my previous column,1 I briefly discussed the fact that the NIST CSF 2.0 calls for “a hierarchy of executives, managers and practitioners not stated in the previous version.” This is not ...

What you see is there's a large discrepancy. For example, around 8% or 9% of patients are thought to have cancer in their lymph nodes prior to surgery. When patients with plasmacytoid cancer undergo ...

Here, we investigated the role and source of granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in the differentiation of synovial infDC in RA. Methods Production of GM-CSF by peripheral blood ...

The three-signal paradigm tries to capture how the innate immune system instructs adaptive immune responses in three well-defined actions: (1) presentation of antigenic peptides in the context of MHC ...

Obesity is associated with chronic, low-grade inflammation. Excessive nutrient intake causes adipose tissue expansion, which may in turn cause cellular stress that triggers infiltration of ...

From the Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, University Heart Center Freiburg, Germany (D.W.) Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany (D.W.) K. Ley has received research funding for ...

Although usually identified early, skin lymphomas can be mistaken for other skin conditions, delaying diagnosis. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) occurs when lymphocytes called T cells and B cells become ...

Schroeder declares an NIAID/NIH grant paid to their institution. Chen, McCormack, and Tversky declare no conflicts of interest. Introduction: Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) are unique ...