Macrophages are considered the "scavenger cells" of the immune system, but some pathogens exploit these very cells as hiding places. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and Philipps-Universität Marburg have discovered a mechanism that helps immune cells balance their response to infection: a long noncoding ribonucleic acid called SAILR that acts as an apoptosis…
Source: Medical Xpress
