by binding to pathogens to inhibit their toxic effects or infectivity (neutralization), by coating pathogens and facilitating their uptake and killing by phagocytes (opsonization) and by ...

Immunology is the study of our protection from foreign macromolecules or invading organisms and our responses to them. These invaders include viruses, bacteria, protozoa or even larger parasites. In ...

Pentraxins are soluble extracellular pattern recognition molecules (PRM) that play important roles in innate immunity. An evolutionally-conserved domain and a ring-like multimer characterize ...

Identification of potent COVID-19 main protease inhibitors by loading of favipiravir on Mg12O12 and Zn12O12 nanoclusters: an in silico strategy for COVID-19 treatment.

The World Health Organization has included three bunyaviruses posing an increasing threat to human health on the Blueprint list of viruses likely to cause major epidemics and for which no, or ...

Cancer treatment has long been fraught with challenges, including drug resistance, metastasis, and recurrence, making it one of the most difficult diseases to treat effectively. Traditional ...

Immunization is the process of providing specific protection against the most common and damaging pathogens or immunogenic agent in a disease. To orchestrate an immune response, the body first ...

Pneumovax 23 induces type-specific antibodies that enhance opsonization, phagocytosis, and killing of pneumococci by leukocytes and other phagocytic cells. The levels of antibodies that correlate ...

Moreover, EV-loaded intraluminal cargo is shielded from proteases and nucleases, as well as opsonization and degradation from the immune system. Additionally, recent studies suggest that EVs show ...