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 identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response. Scientists identify the brain cells that regulate inflammation, and pinpoint how they keep tabs on the immune response.",
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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                    <div>\n                        <h2 id=\"access-options\">Access options</h2>\n    <section><div>\n      <p>\n        Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals\n      </p>\n      <p>\n        Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription\n      </p>\n      <div>\n        <p>\n          <span>$32.99<span> / 30 days</span></span>\n        </p>\n        <p>cancel any time</p>\n      </div>\n    </div><div>\n      <p>Subscribe to this journal</p>\n      <p>\n        Receive 51 print issues and online access\n      </p>\n    <div>\n      <p>$199.00 per year</p>\n      <p>only $3.90 per issue</p>\n    </div>\n    </div><div>\n      <p>Rent or buy this article</p>\n      <p>Prices vary by article type</p>\n      <p><span>from</span>$1.95</p>\n      <p><span>to</span>$39.95</p>\n    </div><p>Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout</p></section>\n    <h3>Additional access options:</h3>\n    <ul>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://idp.nature.com/authorize/natureuser?client_id=grover&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01259-2\">Log in</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.springernature.com/gp/librarians/licensing/license-options\">Learn about institutional subscriptions</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://support.nature.com/en/support/home\">Read our FAQs</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.springernature.com/gp/contact\">Contact customer support</a>\n        </li>\n    </ul>\n                    </div>\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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