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New Vulnerability of Asthma Immune Cells Discovered

Summary by myscience.org
11.12.2025 - Bonn research team shows how overactive cells in the lungs need 'their own protective mechanism' - and how it could be switched off. Why do certain immune cells remain permanently active in allergic asthma - even in an environment that should actually damage them? A team from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn has discovered that these cells only survive bec
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A team from Chiba University, Kyoto University and other universities announced on the 11th that they have identified a substance that causes chronic inflammation, which leads to asthma, ulcerative colitis, etc. They discovered that a protein called "HLF" causes immune cells, which are responsible for attacking foreign invaders, to remain in the lungs and intestines, thereby sustaining the inflammatory response.

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myscience.org broke the news in on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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