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Whole Blood Phospho-flow: Direct Ex Vivo Measurement of Signaling in PBMC

July 10, 2013

I previously discussed phospho-flow cytometry, a method to study intracellular…

GEM T cells: A newly identified class of restricted α-chain TCRα/β T cells

July 2, 2013

The diversity of the T cell repertoire allows for recognition…

Highlight: Is too much salt bad for your guts?

June 20, 2013

Whether eating too much table salt in our diet is…

Tumor Immunotherapies Combine Big for Synergy in Phase I Trials

June 17, 2013

There are currently two immune cell targeting immunotherapeutic agents that…

A unique set of cell surface markers for induced T regulatory cells

June 14, 2013

Transplantation of antigen-specific T cells during cancer immunotherapy has generated…

Identification of New Potential Drug Targets for Treatment of Lupus

June 12, 2013

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease that afflicts…

Computers meet T cells: in silico identification of mutated tumor antigens targeted by T cells

June 10, 2013

It is well accepted that T cells can recognize and…

A bifunctional FoxP3+ regulatory T cell subset converts to pro-inflammatory helper T cells

June 3, 2013

Recently a number of studies have arisen characterizing various functional…

A theory of everything: commensal gut bacteria link environmental exposures to sex hormones in modulating autoimmunity

May 31, 2013

Whether an individual develops autoimmunity depends on how environmental and…