Peeing your immune troubles away.

Schneider, David S · Cell Metab · 2026

basic_science · Level V

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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.

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