A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – They patrol inside our skin and other soft tissue. Their job: alert the immune system to toxic invaders so it can mount an attack. But these sentries – known as dendritic cells – often ...

A new study has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins. Called 'tolerogenic dendritic cells,' these cells enable ...

Electron microscope image of neurons in the cerebellum. This slice through the cells in the cerebellum shows a dendritic branch of a Purkinje cell and its side arms (yellow) receiving several ...

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 ...

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 ...