Found: The dial in the brain that controls the immune system

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  "title": "Found: The dial in the brain that controls the immune system",
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  "author": "Giorgia Guglielmi",
  "date": "2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "description": "Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response.",
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  "title": "Found: the dial in the brain that controls the immune system",
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  "title": "Found: the dial in the brain that controls the immune system",
  "description": "Scientists have long known that the brain plays a part in the immune system — but how it does so has been a mystery. Now, scientists have identified cells in the brainstem that sense immune cues from the...",
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  "content": "<div>\n            <article>\n                <div>\n                        <p>Scientists have long known that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00509-z\">the brain plays a part in the immune system</a> — but how it does so has been a mystery. Now, scientists have identified cells in the brainstem that sense <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01396-y\">immune cues from the periphery of the body</a> and act as master regulators of the body’s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00871-6\">inflammatory response</a>.</p>\n                        <p><em>doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01259-2</em></p>\n                    <div><h2 id=\"Bib1\">References</h2></div>\n                        <h2 id=\"related-articles\">Related Articles</h2>\n                        <ul>\n        <li>\n            <p>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00509-z\">\n                        <img src=\"https://media.nature.com/lw100/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01259-2/d41586-024-01259-2_24096670.jpg\" />\n                    Your brain could be controlling how sick you get — and how you recover\n                </a>\n            </p>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <p>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01502-8\">\n                        <img src=\"https://media.nature.com/lw100/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01259-2/d41586-024-01259-2_24045344.jpg\" />\n                    Guardians of the brain: how a special immune system protects our grey matter\n                </a>\n            </p>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <p>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00169-7\">\n                        <img src=\"https://media.nature.com/lw100/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01259-2/d41586-024-01259-2_26671374.jpg\" />\n                    Can autoimmune diseases be cured? 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  "author": "Guglielmi, Giorgia",
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