The balance between immunity and inflammation

Science. 2017 Sep 8;357(6355):973-974. doi: 10.1126/science.aao3086.

Darin L Wiesner^{1

2}, Bruce S Klein^{3

2

4}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA. bsklein@pediatrics.wisc.edu.
⁴ Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA.

Abstract

Immunity in the lung is calibrated to protect against inhaled pathogens while avoiding damaging inflammation.