Possible trigger for autoimmune diseases discovered : B cells teach T cells which targets must not be attacked

Possible trigger for autoimmune diseases discovered : B cells teach T cells which targets must not be attacked

Immune cells must learn not to attack the body itself. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) has discovered a previously unknown mechanism behind this: other immune cells, the B cells, contribute to the “training” of the T cells in the thymus gland. … Read more