Peeing your immune troubles away.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.023.
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Abstract
The tradeoff of activating an immune response is that it can hurt the host as well as the pathogen. The work by Troha et al.<sup>1</sup> shows that mice suffering from systemic inflammation can reduce the harm circulating cytokines cause by excreting them in urine.
Medical subject headings
- Inflammation
- Cytokines