Early Lung Cancer Coopts Immune Cell Into Helping Tumors Invade the Lungs, Mount Sinai Researchers Discover
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Early lung cancer coopts immune cell into helping tumors invade the lungs
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New York, NY (May 6, 2021) Researchers have finally cracked the code of a bewildering pediatric disease that sets off a characteristic cytokine storm a harmful immune system overaction resembling one that arises in COVID-19 cases and can lead to catastrophic multisystem organ failure or neurodegeneration. Their study, which identifies the cause of the cytokine storm and possible treatments, was published in
Nature Medicine in May.
The mystery of this disease, Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (LCH), runs deep. Its symptoms vary widely, and LCH has the ability to infiltrate almost any organ system, leaving most patients with long-term consequences that may include a devastating neurodegenerative syndrome that can arise years after other symptoms have abated.