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Unlocking the Body's Bone Marrow Repair Engine
A mushroom-derived sugar “trains” bone marrow to make cancer-fighting neutrophils in mice.New
A yeast sugar particle “trains” lung immune cells to block cancer spread by flipping a mitochondrial switch.New
A one-time β-glucan “memory” signal, driven by a switch called MITF, can push certain immune cells to chew up more bone during gum disease and arthritis.New
A “primer” from yeast (β-glucan) taught innate immune cells to fight leishmaniasis better by switching on IL-32 and training bone-marrow cells.New
- Dos Santos β-Glucan-Induced Trained Immunity Protects against Leishmania braziliensis Infection: A Crucial Role for IL-32 2019
- Haacke Innate immune training of osteoclastogenesis promotes inflammatory bone loss in mice 2025
- Ding Inducing trained immunity in pro-metastatic macrophages to control tumor metastasis 2024
- Kalafati Innate Immune Training of Granulopoiesis Promotes Anti-tumor Activity 2020