
Cells, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(11), P. 846 - 846
Published: June 5, 2025
Memory is an incredible aspect of our immune system. Similarly to cognitive memory, it allows us remember and respond more efficiently subsequent encounters with the same pathogens, making possible act on information built by previous experiences. This process critical for body’s defenses against infections cornerstone effectiveness vaccines. Immunological traditionally considered exclusive quality adaptive system, a sophisticated component response system that characterized ability recognize specific pathogens. form memory primarily observed in antigen-specific T B cells, which are specialized recognizing particular antigens generating quicker upon each successive reinfection over long period time. Natural killer (NK) essential as first line defense wide range viral tumors, have been classified key innate their lack antigen specificity memory. However, concept vs. has evolving, increasing evidence suggesting cellular subsets may also play role immunological review aims provide comprehensive overview recent advances understandings molecular mechanisms driving development memory-like properties NK primary focus human data context various diseases infectious conditions. Additionally, we will examine therapeutic implications these findings, highlighting how insights into cell can contribute novel immunotherapies improve strategies treating infections, cancer, autoimmune disorders.
Language: Английский