Simple heat treatments may give the frog immune system a boost and help it fight off a deadly fungal pathogen, according to a new study published July 10 in the journal Nature.

Obesity causes peripheral immune cells to move to the brain, where they may contribute to inflammation and the pathophysiology of obesity.

Understanding how HIV infection affects immune system B cells may guide strategies for vaccine development.

A fungus that is killing frogs and other amphibians around the world releases a toxic factor that disables the amphibian immune response, Vanderbilt University investigators report Oct. 18 in the journal Science.

A new in vitro system will allow investigators to explore how immune system T cells develop specialized functions.

The protein SARM appears to protect cells from inflammation-driven death by stabilizing the nuclear laminin scaffold.

Clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D., and his colleagues have identified a new cast of cells and molecules that function in the skin to control sodium balance and blood pressure.