The benefits of dietary fiber extend beyond digestive health, as dietary fiber-derived metabolites produced by gut microbiota ...

The study, published in the journal iScience, found that creatine helps activate a group of immune cells that decide whether ...

Butyrate, produced when gut bacteria ferment dietary fiber, was shown to influence immune-cell identity, trafficking, and ...

EPFL researchers have successfully engineered cells of the immune system to more effectively recognize cancer cells. The work, covered in two papers, turns the previously lab-based method into a ...

Cancer immunotherapy is a strategy that turns the patient’s own immune cells into a “search-and-destroy” force that attacks the tumor’s cells. The “search” immune cells are the dendritic cells, which ...

Dendritic cells (DCs) are critical mediators of antigen priming and T-cell activation. Zymogen granule protein 16 (ZG16) is demonstrated as an anti-oncogene in T-cell mediated antitumor immunity, but ...

Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders, supercharges a critical class of immune cells that activate and prepare the body’s key cancer-fighters, ...

The immune system consists of inflammatory and regulatory T cells (Tregs) that promote or dampen immune activity, respectively. These cells react to specific antigens that specialized cells like ...

A new study suggest that using CXCL9 and CXCL10-producing dendritic cells alongside immunotherapy can be a promising strategy to overcome treatment resistance and improve clinical outcomes for ...

DC vaccines used for targeted anti-tumor purposes can be broadly categorized into two types: DC polypeptide vaccines and DC gene vaccines. DC vaccines are involved in regulating the immune response in ...

The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies can result. Immune cells are known to ignore or "tolerate" molecules found on ...

Cancer immunotherapy transforms a patient’s immune cells into a “search‑and‑destroy” force against tumors. But many cancers learn to camouflage themselves from dendritic cells—the immune system’s ...