High Blood Cholesterol for Health Professionals

A cell-based look at how the body responds to immune threats may one day help researchers find better treatments for this major U.S. killer For more than a decade, researchers have known that a core component of human immune function – called complement – can influence how the body responds to immune threats. Now researchers from the NIH and around the world say they’ve gained new knowledge about how the body responds to these threats inside of cells, too. They specifically found that complement can activate pro-inflammatory responses, such as cholesterol crystals that can start accumulating...