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Cartoon - Abstracts

Looking for creative scientists!

22 November 2018
Every quarter a VIB Conferences newsletter goes out to over 6,000 contacts. The newsletter includes highlights of the conferences program, and a fun section that is conference or science related. The latest edition included a cartoon from Hilde Bastian about scientific abstracts.
Understanding the roles for Type 2 immunity
Bart Lambrecht - Type2Immunity19

Understanding the roles for Type 2 immunity

24 October 2018
Type 2 inflammation rich in eosinophils, basophils and mast cells and orchestrated by Th2 lymphocytes has been mainly studied in the context of allergies and immune responses to helminths. Since the discovery of type 2 innate lymphoid cells there has been a strong interest in understanding how type 2 immunity is induced and regulated, for example by barrier epithelial cells.