The spleen is a secondary lymphoid organ with multiple functions in physiology and immunity, including the removal of senescent red blood cells (RBCs) from circulation, the recycling of iron and the ...

Researchers don’t yet fully understand what causes multiple sclerosis (MS) but believe it may develop from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Identifying these factors can help ...

Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis is a type of multiple sclerosis in which you experience relapses of the disease with periods of remission occurring in between. Relapsing-remitting multiple ...

Here, we study the effects of peritoneal Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) administration to find TI-mediated protection in the spleen against a subsequent heterologous infection by the Gram-negative ...

This is a 2-month old female with a history of a hemangioma on her right buttock since 2 weeks of age. The lesion began as a small birthmark and has continued to grow, and is now ulcerated.

It’s worth noting that the spleen, as an important peripheral immune organ, plays a pivotal role in this dialogue. Multiple mechanisms have previously been reported for brain-spleen crosstalk after ...