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Study/regulatory T cells may help treat multiple sclerosis

2024-06-21 10:42:00, Shëndeti CNA
Study/regulatory T cells may help treat multiple sclerosis
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Scientists have discovered that regulatory T cells, a type of white blood cell, constantly move throughout the body looking for and repairing damaged tissue, writes Euronews. 

Regulatory T cells were believed to exist as multiple populations restricted to specific parts of the body.

Now, researchers have discovered that they roam the body as a single large population of cells and target areas of inflammation.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge say this discovery of "new rules of the immune system" could improve the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS).

"We have discovered new rules of the immune system. This 'unified army of healers' can do it all - repair damaged muscles, make your fat cells respond better to insulin and regenerate hair follicles," said Adrian Liston, professor in the Department of Pathology. at the University of Cambridge, in a press release.

Effector T cells such as cytotoxic cells and helper T cells are known to fight infection by directly and indirectly attacking viruses and bacteria, triggering an immune response.

"They initiate a healing response, which makes them a really powerful type of cell to fight any inflammatory condition or any autoimmune disease," Liston said.

But in some people, the process can be inefficient, leading to chronic problems.

The new discovery could make it possible to use a drug to specifically shut down the immune response, for example, in the lungs, allowing the immune system in the rest of the body to continue to function normally./ CNA 





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