Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

Taking Vitamin C and calcium together improves gut calcium absorption and may also enhance bone and immune system health.

Liver resection remains the main curative option for many patients with primary and secondary liver malignancies, including ...

Objective Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of hospitalisation in older adults and is associated with a high likelihood of adverse outcomes. Given the ageing population and lack of ...

This manuscript by Kaur et al. identifies differential gene expression observed in distinct mouse lung cell populations, namely myeloid and lymphoid cells, upon short-term exposure to e-cig aerosols ...

A new study in The Journal of Immunology reveals how a high-fat diet may impair the immune system's ability to respond to infection by impacting the function of neutrophils, one of the first immune ...

Introduction: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) play a significant role in response to a variety of infectious and inflammatory stimuli in human and veterinary medicine. Although entrapment of ...

Hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis exhibit impaired neutrophil function; however, glycolytic metabolism is not the driver of neutrophil dysfunction. This ...

Chronic neutrophilic leukemia is a rare blood cancer characterized by the overproduction of mature neutrophils, a type of white blood cell. Currently, no standard treatment exists, but emerging ...

Background: There is a growing appreciation that neutrophils demonstrate plasticity, not unlike the macrophage, and can modulate both inflammation and repair following organ injury. Neutrophils are ...