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Objectives: Extremely low gestational age neonates with extremely low birthweight (ELGAN/ELBW) are highly susceptible to infection. This is linked to their relatively immature immune system which is not yet fully compatible with an extra-uterine environment. Here, we performed a longitudinal characterisation of unconventional T and natural killer (NK) cells in ELGAN/ELBW during their first months of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeficits in the IgG memory B-cell recovery after anthracycline treatment is confined to the spleen of rhesus macaques.
Clin Transl Immunology
July 2020
Article Synopsis
- After kids with cancer get chemotherapy, they can lose the antibodies from vaccines, which are important for fighting infections.
- The study looked at monkeys that received a type of chemotherapy and then vaccines to see how their immune systems reacted.
- The results showed that the chemotherapy hurt their ability to make certain immune cells in their spleens, even though other parts of their immune system were okay.