A Beginner's Guide to Targeted Cancer Treatments by Elaine Vickers

Author:Elaine Vickers
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119126829
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2018-06-08T00:00:00+00:00

Box 5.4 Why do we have immune‐suppressing white blood cells?

Our immune system fights off infections and keeps us healthy. However, it’s important that immune responses don’t outlive their usefulness. If immune responses last too long, the activated white blood cells will start doing damage to otherwise healthy tissues and organs. Hence, we have white blood cells such as regulatory T cells that exist to suppress and restrain other white blood cells. In addition, these restraining white blood cells prevent our immune system from destroying helpful bacteria in our gut, and they help prevent a pregnant woman from destroying the growing embryo in her womb.

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