Phagocytosis

The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) is an acute inflammatory response that can occur after antimicrobial treatment of spirochetal infections,…

By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson’s disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research…

An international research group directed by UMC Utrecht have developed and characterized two first-in-class antibodies that specifically block…

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat and often resists the most advanced immunotherapies. Northwestern Medicine scientists have…

LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) is a specialized process for degrading dead cells, microbes or other particles. It plays a…

A hamster model of Jarisch-Herxheimer-like reaction in experimental leptospirosis associated with IL-6 upregulation and enhanced macrophage phagocytosis