The cytotoxic (killing) function of T cells is central to their activity in immune defence — for example in eliminating infected or cancerous cells — but it was not until 1970 that cytotoxic activity ...

Acute rejection is a serious and frequent complication of renal transplantation, and its diagnosis is contingent on the invasive procedure of allograft biopsy. A noninvasive diagnostic test for ...

As a part of our immune defenses, cytotoxic T cells – or killer T cells – seek out and destroy cells that are infected or cancerous. This process is essential for the body's defense against diseases.

The scientists made the discovery by studying perforin, which is the protein responsible for the hole-punching. They found that perforin's attachment to the cell surface strongly depends on the order ...

Cancer cells are adept at escaping death. One of the ways in which cancer cells prevent death from fatal attacks by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) is by efficiently repairing damage to their cell ...

As a part of our immune defences, cytotoxic T cells – or killer T cells – seek out and destroy cells that are infected or cancerous. This process is essential for the body’s defence against diseases.

A research team led by New Biology Professor Minseok Kim at the DGIST has developed a natural killer (NK) cell therapy product, which can self-activate with CT Cells. This new product has overcome the ...