A Texas A&M AgriLife study sheds light on the first steps of immune defense against microbes.
A collaboration led by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers has identified an early immune response step that could have broad-ranging implications for crop, animal and human health.
The work could lead to positive impacts in both agriculture and medicine by uncovering new ways to improve immune responses, like treating allergies and immune deficiencies.
“We discovered a fine-tuned mechanism for how the host recognizes microbial components and quickly activates the immune response,” said Libo Shan, the study’s corresponding author and director of the Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M AgriLife Research. “It’s a phenomenon that is conserved in plants, humans and animals.”
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