It's understood that immune cells called helper T cells are overactive in patients with SLE. At last, scientists may have identified a crucial root cause of the problem. A rigorous study led by ...

T cells are white blood cells that are important for adaptive immunity. They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to ...

Discovering the transcription factors that direct lineage commitment in the T helper cell was a formidable task. Laurie Glimcher describes how she and Susanne Szabo hunted down T-bet, a ...