IBD: How specialized gut immune cells may lead to treatment
Researchers say they have pinpointed a specialized immune cell in the gut that could lead to future treatments for inflammatory bowel disease
Source: medicalnewstoday.com
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Researchers say they have pinpointed a specialized immune cell in the gut that could lead to future treatments for inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust have characterised a specialised type of immune cell, which plays a key role in protecting and repairing the cells in the healthy human gut.
A group of specialised immune cells in the gut seems to have a protective role in people with Crohn's disease, and may help doctors predict how the illness will progress