Microglia were first recognized as a distinct cell population in the CNS one century ago. For
a long time, they were primarily considered to be phagocytes responsible for removing …

Cardiac regeneration, that is, restoration of the original structure and function in a damaged
heart, differs from tissue repair, in which collagen deposition and scar formation often lead to …

Autoantibodies have been associated with autoimmune diseases. However, studies have
identified autoantibodies in healthy donors (HD) who do not develop autoimmune disorders …

Modern immunology traditionally conceives of the immune system as providing defense
against pathogens. Alfred I. Tauber criticizes this conception of immunity as too narrow …

Following myocardial infarction (MI), resident innate immune cells such as macrophages,
innate lymphoid cells, and mast cells rapidly coordinate their function to contain …

Philosophy of immunology is a subfield of philosophy of biology dealing with ontological and
epistemological issues related to the studies of the immune system. While speculative …

'Adult phenotypes do not evolve, life cycles do; life is development'(Konner, 2010: 741).
Shall we subscribe to this flamboyant series of telegraphic statements? Prima facie …

The adult mammalian heart displays negligible regenerative capacity. Therefore, myocardial
infarction (MI) often results in an irreversible loss of contractile tissue, leading to a …

Descriptions and interpretations of the natural world are dominated by dichotomies such as
organism vs. environment, nature vs. nurture, genetic vs. epigenetic, but in the last couple of …

Animal developmental biology has largely focussed on the autonomous processes, and
their underlying mechanisms, whereby the zygote is transformed into the tissues, organs …