Researchers at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how a single protein triggers two opposite responses in blood vessels—one inflammatory and one protective. This protein, a ...
New research combines two powerful imaging techniques to study the complete structure of a common aGPCR, including how its long and complex extracellular region interacts with the transmembrane region ...
Recently these monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages, or Mo-AMs, were identified as key drivers of lung fibrosis disease progression. However, the mechanisms of their pro-fibrotic behavior and ...
Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead ...
Scientists have built functional cancer-fighting immune cells directly inside living animals, skipping the expensive and time ...
Rendering a drug effective or ineffective in a flash at the appropriate location – this is the focus of research in ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages — the white blood cells that defend the body by killing microbes, ...