However, details of the intervening steps, as researchers have learned in the past 65 years, are quite complex — certain cells carry the flu antigen to the immune system, specific immune cells respond ...
For decades, we believed memory was a function exclusive to the brain. However, new research from Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin at New York University (NYU) has revealed a groundbreaking discovery: ...
At the surface, the immune response to a flu virus is simple. Some cells recognize the pathogen and send a signal to the immune system, and immune cells produce a potentially lifesaving antibody ...
Deep in the lungs, resident memory B cells stand guard against influenza reinfection—but whether they remain there may depend ...
T-bet expression is required for persistence of memory B cells that have rapid differentiation potential to become antibody-producing plasma cells in response to a second infection BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – ...