Our immune system is armed with an array of defenses designed to detect and eliminate harmful threats. One of its most powerful defense mechanisms is the complement system—a group of proteins that ...
Research by Milena Bogunovic, MD, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology, sheds light on how inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, such as that associated with inflammatory bowel disease ...
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) represents a pivotal cytokine family at the crossroads of innate immunity, inflammation and tumour biology. The two principal agonists, IL-1α and IL-1β, are produced by myeloid ...