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Home » Immunology

Browsing: Immunology

Disease Discoveries
Apr 5, 2022

Lymphatics Aid Heart Repair

Expression of a growth factor after heart injury activates the lymphatic system, spurring leukocytes to help clear away dying cells, according to a recent study.

Campus News
Jan 10, 2022

Miller Named Distinguished Fellow of American Association of Immunologists

Stephen Miller, PhD, the Judy Gugenheim Research Professor of Microbiology-Immunology, has been named an American Association of Immunologists’ 2022 Distinguished Fellow.

Disease Discoveries
Nov 19, 2021

Respiratory Virus Reprograms Airway Epithelial Cells

Respiratory syncytial virus infection during infancy results in metabolic reprogramming in epithelial cells lining the airway, according to a recent study.

Scientific Advances
Nov 1, 2021

Investigating Mechanisms Behind Early HIV-1 Infection

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that a microtubule regulatory protein inhibits early HIV type 1 (HIV-1) infection.

Disease Discoveries
Aug 10, 2021

Hypoxic Inflammation Blunts Repair After Heart Attack

Inefficient cardiac repair after heart attacks is partially driven by a maladapted response to a low oxygen environment by immune cells, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Disease Discoveries
Jun 24, 2021

Study Explores Possible Therapeutic Target for SARS-CoV-2

Inhibiting a specific protein complex in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be a promising therapeutic target for treating the disease, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Campus News
Apr 12, 2021

Miller Receives Biomaterials Award for Celiac Disease Nanoparticle Therapy

Stephen Miller, PhD, received the 2021 Technology Innovation and Development Award from the Society For Biomaterials for work on a nanoparticle that induces gluten tolerance in celiac disease.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 29, 2021

Inflammation Protection May Be Critical to Treating MS

Prolonging a cellular defense response to inflammation could help regenerate the protective coating of axons that is degraded in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, according to a recent study.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 22, 2021

Immune Receptor Linked to Chronic Heart Transplant Rejection

The AXL immune cell receptor has been linked to cardiac allograft vasculopathy, a thickening of vessel walls in transplanted hearts years after implantation, according to a recent study.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 16, 2021

Changes in Macrophages Drive Vulnerability to Lung Infections

An age-related accumulation of a signaling molecule may be one culprit behind older adults’ vulnerability to viral pneumonias, according to a recent study.

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