tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post1213867601185317478..comments2023-12-10T10:06:41.979+00:00Comments on mutations of mortality: Th17 cellsTerry Hamblinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06346629921055055879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post-13545481773418891212009-11-01T04:25:44.758+00:002009-11-01T04:25:44.758+00:00They were right when they said the immune system i...They were right when they said the immune system is the most complex system in the human body, after the brain. It's getting hard to keep track of all of the players.<br /><br />Do any of these bear upon CLL proliferation? I recognize ROR as a receptor supposedly is found in CLL cells, but not commonly elsewhere in the adult body. I believe it was referred to as a onco-fetal gene or some such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post-66492748906676977392009-10-31T20:10:37.546+00:002009-10-31T20:10:37.546+00:00What a wonderful (though intimidatingly complex) s...What a wonderful (though intimidatingly complex) system of cellular function modified by cytokines.<br /><br />I fear that it will take prodigious work, but anticipate that the day will come when the "plasticity" of Th cells can be exploited to alter the course of neoplastic, autoimmune and infectious diseases...if only my birth had been delayed for several decades!<br /><br />DWCLLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com