innate immune system

A special type of immune cell aids digestion of chitin, a fiber found in mushrooms and insects.

Researchers uncover innovative natural approaches to fine-tune immunity from vaccination.

Males recovered from mild COVID-19 have baseline immune states primed to mount stronger responses to future challenges.

The “tripledemic” shines a spotlight on viral interference, in which one infection can block another.

Researchers find signatures pre- and post-vaccination that correlate with a more robust immune response. 

In people with the genetic condition, inflammation can cause a mild infection to snowball out of control, a study finds.

Deletions in the sleepy lizard genome leave it without an important type of T cells found in most other vertebrates.

A new study has identified a molecular tradeoff between growth and immunity in moths in response to the administration of subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics, a common practice in animal husbandry.

Understand host-pathogen interactions with single-cell and spatial technologies.

Researchers seek genomic clues to understand differences in the immune response to infection.

In mice, a kind of immune memory appears to protect the cells against future harm, a finding that could provide insight into treatments for irritable bowel syndrome and other inflammatory digestive conditions.

Researchers link the ability of the cells to bind and present DNA from pathogens and cell death to anemia, which is common in COVID-19, and immune activation.

The microbiota helps align a mouse’s innate immune system with its feeding patterns, prepping the animal to fend off infection when it’s most likely to be eating.

A study looks beyond T and B cell responses to show how the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine elicits a strong innate immune response.

The protein, apolipoprotein L3, destroys invading microbes by acting as a detergent in the cytosol.

A comparison of interferon-related genes across 20 primate genomes reveals differences in the speed at which they evolve and new targets for antiviral discovery efforts.

In a new study, human and mouse cells recognized only one in five bacterial species collected from more than a mile below the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

Paul Thomas from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will discuss how he used single cell and spatial transcriptomics to discover the underlying mechanism of an inflammatory immune response in the lungs.

A recent study sheds light on a previously unknown mechanism for fending off the pathogen, and potentially other viruses as well.