Western diets high in sugars reduce the number of Th17 inflammatory cells in the guts of mice, setting off a chain of events that lead to metabolic diseases, prediabetes, and obesity.
By fusing a cytokine to a blood protein, researchers have developed a new therapy to help treat multiple sclerosis.
Ursolic acid, a compound abundant in fruit peels and some herbs, appears to decrease further neural damage and help regenerate myelin in mouse models of multiple sclerosis. Study reveals ursolic acid suppresses TH17 cells, which are one of the main drivers in the pathological autoimmune response of MS.
According to a new study, immune molecules produced by severe inflammation in mothers appears to interfere with brain development in their offspring.
