News tagged with b lymphocyte
The existence of neutrophils in the spleen discovered
For the first time, it has been discovered that neutrophils exist in the spleen without there being an infection. This important finding made by the research group on the Biology of B Cells of IMIM (Hospital ...
Dec 25, 2011 |
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New study shows how B cells may generate antibodies after vaccination
Steve Reiner, MD, professor of Medicine, and Burton Barnett, a doctoral student in the Reiner lab at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have shown how immune cells, called B ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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B cell receptor inhibitor causes chronic lymphocytic leukemia remission
A new, targeted approach to treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia has produced durable remissions in a Phase I/II clinical trial for patients with relapsed or resistant disease, investigators report at the 53rd Annual Meeting ...
Dec 11, 2011 |
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A better target for B-cell lymphomas: From a library of MAG antagonists to nanomolar CD22 ligands
Patients suffering from B-cell lymphomas can be treated with antibodies directed against the B-lymphocyte antigen CD20.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Stem cells central to pathogenesis of mature lymphoid tumors
New research suggests that blood stem cells can be involved in the generation of leukemia, even when the leukemia is caused by the abnormal proliferation of mature cells. The study, published by Cell Press in the August 16th ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Researchers discover way to reverse immune system aging
Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered a way to reverse the aging process by removing old B lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system) from ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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One lock, many keys
German researchers discover how immune system B-cells can react to very different substances.
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Drug in new class of targeted therapies shows early promise against blood-related cancers
A Phase I clinical trial of SNS-032, one of the first in a new class of drugs that inhibit cyclin-dependent kinases, demonstrated the drug's safety and potential clinical action against advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia ...
May 19, 2010 |
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Poorly understood cell plays role in immunity against the flu
A new understanding of a certain cell in the immune system may help guide scientists in creating better flu vaccines, report researchers from the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Enzyme necessary for development of healthy immune system
Mice without the deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) enzyme have defects in their adaptive immune system, producing very low levels of both T and B lymphocytes, the major players involved in immune response, according to a study by ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Immune response to spinal cord injury may worsen damage
After spinal cord injury, certain immune cells collect in the spinal fluid and release high levels of antibodies. What, if anything, those antibodies do there is unknown.
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Gene shut-down may offer early warning of chronic leukemia
A new study shows that certain genes are turned off early, before clinical signs of the disease appear, in the development of chronic leukemia.
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Protein complex key in avoiding DNA repair mistakes, cancer
As the body creates antibodies to fight invaders, a three-protein DNA repair complex called MRN is crucial for a normal gene-shuffling process to proceed properly, University of Michigan research shows.
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Does peripheral T-lymphocyte subpopulations correlate with hepatitis B virus load?
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a dynamic process with variable biochemical, virological and histological profiles at different stages of the infection, depending on host and viral factors. Furthermore, this profile ...
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Cell division find prompts overhaul of immune response modeling
Research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute into the mechanics of how two types of white blood cells grow and die is fundamentally changing the development of computer models that are used to predict how ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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