immune
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These include activating immune cells, increasing oxidative stress, disrupting the blood-brain barrier, interfering with mitochondria, and damaging neurons.
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When you get injured, your immune system sends certain white blood cells to calm pain-sensing neurons and inflammation.
Researchers led by UVA School of Medicine scientist Jie Sun, PhD, discovered that severe respiratory infections can alter immune cells in the lungs in ways that support tumor growth months or even years later.
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Proteins secreted through this system can protect antibodies from breaking down, which strengthens immune defenses and may improve the effectiveness of oral vaccines.
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The High North has long been shielded by the concept of "Arctic exceptionalism" -- the notion that the region had its own set of unwritten rules of cooperation which were immune to geopolitical rivalries.
From Barron's
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