New Discovery About Immune "Sentinel" Cells May Aid In Cancer Treatment

The findings of the study were published in the journal Science Immunology

Researchers during a recent study made a surprise discovery about how immune ''sentinel'' cells are maintained, which could have implications for drugs in development for cancer treatment.

The findings of the study were published in the journal Science Immunology.

The researchers studied the impact of deleting specific proteins in immune cells that were responsible for controlling the ability of cells to silence or switch off genes.

They were surprised to find that one population of ''sentinel'' immune cells was affected by the deletion of a component of the machinery, causing the cells to disappear from skin and lungs completely.