Attempts to understand the "immune memory" and its role in disease response

A team of researchers in the United States seeks to analyze and understand how the immune memory works, which is the memory that the body's immune system maintains in the event of a disease or a specific vaccine, and the way the body can benefit from this memory in the future in the event of recurrence of the same infection or disease.

"The immune system defends the body in the event of a disease, and it is a very complex system that includes a large number of interactions and responses, and if an imbalance occurs to this system, the body is exposed to disease," says researcher Emma Texirou from the University of Missouri College of Medicine.

She added, in statements to the website "Medical Express", which specializes in medical research, that "the new study focuses on understanding the way to activate and control immune responses, with a special focus on the role of immune cells" T "that help protect the body from infection, and may play a role in Attacking cancer cells.

Within the framework of the experiment, the research team synthesized chains of pathogenic bacteria and injected them into the body in order to increase the degree of inflammation, with the aim of stimulating the role of immune T cells, on the grounds that an increase in the degree of inflammation leads to a stronger immune response, and thus activates the immune memory more.

"Some scientists in the field believe that stimulating T cells helps improve anti-cancer vaccines and immunotherapy, and therefore understanding the mechanisms of immune system interaction helps reduce side effects of drugs and any undesirable consequences," Tekserou said.

"We want to better understand how to adjust immune memory in hopes of enhancing it in the long term and providing better protection against disease over time," she added.

The study team believes that this research can help in the future in developing treatments for some diseases such as cancer, some types of chronic inflammation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, among others.

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