Baylor College of Medicine: Too Much of a Good Thing - Persistent IFNy Depletes Progenitor Blood Cells Via BST2
December 23, 2020
December 23, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news release:
When a person has an infection, the body activates immune responses to fight it. IFNy is an inflammatory molecule produced by the immune system that helps fight infections. However, long-term exposure to IFNy has undesirable consequences - it irreversibly exhausts blood stem cells, the progenitors of all blood cells, including immune cells, by triggering their proliferation and exce . . .
When a person has an infection, the body activates immune responses to fight it. IFNy is an inflammatory molecule produced by the immune system that helps fight infections. However, long-term exposure to IFNy has undesirable consequences - it irreversibly exhausts blood stem cells, the progenitors of all blood cells, including immune cells, by triggering their proliferation and exce . . .