Researchers have established a direct experimental link between inflammatory signals in the intestinal lining and the kind of spinal cord damage that mimics multiple sclerosis. A study published in ...

Researchers found that intestinal tuft cells signal to crypt enterochromaffin cells by releasing acetylcholine, triggering serotonin release and activating a gut-to-brain vagal pathway during type 2 ...

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on ...

Scientists led by Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., professor of Dermatology and of Cell and Developmental Biology, have uncovered new intracellular mechanisms promoting cell-cell adhesion, a process ...

Cancer-fighting T cells do not simply "run out of energy." They are molecularly reprogrammed. For years, mitochondrial ...

Aging does not arrive all at once. It builds quietly across years, touching cells long before symptoms appear.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects millions of people worldwide. This disease prompts the ...

Some of the signs of aging in human cells originate in the cell nucleus, because the packaged form of DNA changes with age.

A lipid hidden within cells called phosphatidylserine reveals how the body initiates the removal of threats and cellular ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents flowing through our bodies. We’re used to thinking of the brain as an ...