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Multiplying & re-introducing special B cells turns off autoimmune disease at Duke University Medical Center
When a small amount of ‘Mother Nature’s' own B10 cells (multiplied in the lab) was introduced back into mice with MS-like autoimmune disease, the disease was essentially turned off.
Oct 14, 2012
http://www.prohealth.com/library/sh...tter&utm_campaign=twitter_article&LIBID=17643
The above article is based on this research paper:
Regulatory B cells control T-cell autoimmunity through IL-21-dependent cognate interactions
Ayumi Yoshizaki et al
Nature (2012)
doi:10.1038/nature11501
14 October 2012
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11501.html
When a small amount of ‘Mother Nature’s' own B10 cells (multiplied in the lab) was introduced back into mice with MS-like autoimmune disease, the disease was essentially turned off.
Oct 14, 2012
http://www.prohealth.com/library/sh...tter&utm_campaign=twitter_article&LIBID=17643
The above article is based on this research paper:
Regulatory B cells control T-cell autoimmunity through IL-21-dependent cognate interactions
Ayumi Yoshizaki et al
Nature (2012)
doi:10.1038/nature11501
14 October 2012
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11501.html