Research Reveals How a Hidden Immune Cell Army Defends Human Lung Tissue

Research reveals how a hidden immune cell army defends human lung tissue

New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and University of Liverpool (UOL) provides the first comprehensive look at how a hidden immune cell army defends the vast, vulnerable tissue of the human lungs.

Research Study Investigates How Maternal Viral Infections Shape Lifelong Immune Health in Offspring

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a new, five-year $2.4 million R01 grant to Dr. Jiahui Ding, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine's C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, to support research that aims to uncover how viral infections during pregnancy reprogram the developing immune system of the fetus,…

Human Lungs Maintain Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells against a Broad Spectrum of Pathogens

Researchers presented a comprehensive analysis of T cells from human lungs. They mapped the pathogen specificity of more than 87,000 lung T cells across 40 individuals, the majority of whom harbored memory T cells specific to multiple pathogens. [Nature Immunology] Full Article