Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by mobilizing the immune system to attack tumor cells. Major advances, such ...

The immune system is an organization of cells and molecules ... This event enhances phagocytosis of the microbe, because phagocytic cells have cell-surface receptors for C3b.

Macrophages and other immune cells are the natural frontline immune warriors of our body, defending the body against invading ...

managed to identify a previously unknown molecular action that prevents phagocytosis, which is a process that promotes the immune system's response to cancer. A Research Briefing on the work done ...

Phagocytosis, the biological process that destroys foreign particles and removes dead cells from circulation, represents a fundamental function of the immune system. Facilitated by immune cells called ...

Our immune system uses a number of strategies to fight ... Macrophages, for example, will not only engulf and digest viruses (phagocytosis) but also release a cocktail of different molecules ...

B cell production, which is fundamental for the immune system, has been shown to decrease ... in order to eliminate pathogens through phagocytosis. Neutrophils hold a critical role in immune ...

This initiative focuses on the design and development of Phagocytic Synthetic Cells (PSCs)—synthetic, programmable cells capable of mimicking the natural process of phagocytosis to eliminate ...

This is because the immune system also ages ... In turn, myeloid cells are less active in old age due to phagocytosis and antigen presentation, and they get more mutations. They are released ...