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'Forest walks give your immunity an incredible boost in the fight against cancer' (scientific research)
In Japan, a forest bathing trip, called “Shinrinyoku” in Japanese, is a short, leisurely visit to a forest; it is regarded as ...
Frontiers15d
A d-peptide-based oral nanotherapeutic modulates the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction for tumor immunotherapy
Background: PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors are currently the most commonly utilized agents in clinical practice, which elicit an immunostimulatory response to combat malignancies. However, ...
Frontiers2y
All About (NK Cell-Mediated) Death in Two Acts and an Unexpected Encore: Initiation, Execution and Activation of Adaptive Immunity
The main and best characterized mechanisms involved in NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity are the granule exocytosis pathway (perforin/granzymes) and the expression of death ligands. These pathways are ...
eLife10y
Stepwise visualization of membrane pore formation by suilysin, a bacterial cholesterol-dependent cytolysin
Membrane attack complex/perforin/cholesterol-dependent cytolysin (MACPF/CDC) proteins constitute a major superfamily of pore-forming proteins that act as bacterial ...