
A strong T-cell response is essential to a wide variety of immune functions, including defense against viral infections, vaccine effectiveness, autoimmune disease and healthy aging. Vaccines trigger antibodies but what about the T cell? Especially when we now know that an individual with weak T cells is less likely to survive illness. Professor Brigitte König, Ph.D. is on a quest to better understand the use of T-cell therapy and mitochondrial medicine as the future of immunology.
Our immune response is always a mediation between two factors: the immune system and virulence of the microorganism.
Brigitte König, Ph.D. Professor at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig
T cells are the most important part in viral infection defense. Also in autoimmunity and in anti-aging.
Brigitte König, Ph.D. Professor at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig
T cells only function correctly if their mitochondrial DNA is healthy.
Brigitte König, Ph.D. Professor at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig
What do the role of T cells play in immune response?
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