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University of Montreal
Identification of protein able to stimulate production of T-cells
August 6th, 2008
A team of Canadian and Finnish scientists has identified a protein able to stimulate the production of T-cells, the white blood cells involved in the recognition and the elimination of infectious agents. The discovery by researchers of the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) at the Universite de Montreal in Canada and the University of Oulu in Finland – published in the latest edition of the journal Immunity – could help to combat age-related declines in immune response. Thanks to the work of Dr. Claude Perreault and his team, which identified the properties of a protein called Wnt4, it is now possible to envision news ways to reverse the age-related...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-06)
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