How to Fight 'Immunity Aging': Data Shows 9 out of 10 COVID Deaths Are Older Adults
Analysis of COVID death data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recent weeks found nearly ...
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Analysis of COVID death data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recent weeks found nearly ...
Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a devastating necrotizing skin disease. Key to its pathogenesis is mycolactone, the exotoxin virulence factor that is both immunosuppressive and cytotoxic. The discovery that the essential Sec61 translocon is the major cellular target of mycolactone explains much of the disease pathology, including the immune blockade. Sec61 inhibition leads to a loss in production of nearly all cytokines from monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells and T cells, as well as antigen presentation pathway proteins and costimulatory molecules. However, there h...