Infection and immunity: 'There Are Things Out There You (Don't) Need To Know About'

Inna S Afonina; Eik Hoffmann

doi:10.1111/febs.16569

Infection and immunity: 'There Are Things Out There You (Don't) Need To Know About'

FEBS J. 2022 Jul;289(14):3920-3925. doi: 10.1111/febs.16569.

Authors

Inna S Afonina^{1

2}, Eik Hoffmann^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Belgium.
³ Institute Pasteur Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (CIIL), France.
⁴ European Regimen Accelerator for Tuberculosis (ERA4TB), Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU no. 853989).

PMID: 35852038
DOI: 10.1111/febs.16569

Abstract

This Special Issue of The FEBS Journal consists of 20 reviews covering various aspects and new developments in 'Infection and Immunity'. The issue includes expert views on the role of different immune cell populations, on the regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses, and novel concepts in host defence and inflammatory signalling. Many reviews in this issue also highlight potential targets for future therapeutic interventions that aim to tackle inflammatory and immune responses in health and disease.

Keywords: adaptive immunity; host defence; infection; inflammation; innate immunity; pathogen.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adaptive Immunity
Immunity, Innate*
Signal Transduction*