Scientists Overturn 30 Years of Beliefs About Rare Immune Disease
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Scientists Overturn 30 Years of Beliefs About Rare Immune Disease
A new study overturns long-held assumptions about the cause of the rare inflammatory disorder MKD, identifying a previously overlooked immune defect. Why does a routine infection trigger dangerous inflammation in some people? Researchers studying mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), a rare inherited autoinflammatory disorder, may have finally found the answer. Scientists at the Garvan Institute of [...]
Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered an unexpected immune mechanism behind mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), a rare inflammatory disease. The study, published in the journal Immunity, reveals that immune cells known as NK cells, and not macrophages, are primarily responsible for the inflammation associated with the condition. Discovery of an unexpected immune mechanism The research identified that NK cells, w…
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