Dengue nephropathy: Immunopathology and immune complexinvolvement

Immune Evasion, Immunopathology and the Regulation of the Immune System

Costs and benefits of the immune response have attracted considerable attention in the last years among evolutionary biologists. Given the cost of parasitism, natural selection should favor individuals with the most effective immune defenses. Nevertheless, there exists huge variation in the expression of immune effectors among individuals. To explain this apparent paradox, it has been suggested...

Editorial: Platelets as Immune Cells in Physiology and Immunopathology

Blood platelets are essential for the earliest stages of coagulation, namely, primary hemostasis. They adhere to damaged vessel endothelium, stick to each other (aggregate), and form clots; this prevents bleeding. For most physicians, those attributes of platelets are exactly what they learned in medical school years ago, and this basic knowledge seems quite enough to allow a valid therapeutic ...

Immunopathology.

Immunopathology.

Immunopathology.