Immune System

NEW YORK — When should a pediatrician consider that one of their patients may have an underlying immune issue?

Patients on systemic immunosuppressive therapy experienced diminished IOP reductions a year after receiving selective laser trabeculoplasty compared with those who were not immunosuppressed, according to a study.

PARK CITY, Utah — A bidirectional link exists between sleep quality and immune system performance, according to a presentation at the Association of PAs in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Allergy, Asthma & Immunology CME Conference.

Patients with eosinophilic esophagitis taking a first-in-class peptide during a phase 2a randomized, double-blind clinical trial safely experienced reductions in esophageal intraepithelial eosinophil count, according to a press release.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz — The study of COVID-19 may in turn improve the understanding of immunology by demonstrating that the immune system is “highly alive,” said a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

During my internal medicine training, I was fascinated by immunology and marveled at the antigen and antibody formations formulated with exposures to medications, environmental agents or genetic predispositions.

Five patients with systemic lupus erythematosus achieved remission after receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, a result that could change the face of treatment for autoimmune conditions, according to researchers.

COVID-19 rebound in people who have recovered from the disease is not due to an impaired immune response, according to a small study of patients treated with and without Paxlovid.

Researchers using RNA sequencing have identified unique cell and immune system signatures in tissue samples of children with congenital heart disease, offering a rare opportunity to better understand the origins of a complex disease.

An infant believed to be the first to receive a combination heart transplant and allogeneic processed thymus tissue implant is gaining immune function 6 months after the procedures, potentially reducing the need for antirejection drugs.