Eating fava beans increases dopamine in blood and urine, but does not stimulate urinary sodium excretion.
An immune system factor associated with severe asthma may actually reduce asthma attacks induced by viral infections.
A gene associated with cell survival and longevity may protect the kidney from acute injury.
Targeting repair pathways in the lung’s air sacs may be a valuable therapeutic direction for pulmonary fibrosis – the scarring of lung tissue.
Overexpression of a gene that is a common culprit in leukemia induces stem cell-like features in T cells, which may enable the cells to become cancerous.
Immune cells that recognize self antigens (e.g. insulin), but are functionally silent, can trigger autoimmune diseases such as diabetes.