An immunomodulator is a substance that modifies the immune system to help your body respond to a disease or illness. Your immune system is a complex network of tissues, cells, and proteins. All of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Concomitant immunomodulator use is not necessary with Stelara therapy for Crohn’s disease, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer increased with each year of exposure to immunomodulators.

When you have psoriasis, your immune system sends out signals that cause your skin cells to renew themselves too fast. This too-active immune response is what makes scales and red patches form on your ...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a type of eczema, a condition that makes skin dry, red, and itchy. There are many ways to tame its symptoms, from creams that control itching to light therapy. But about half ...

Small molecules called immunomodulators can help create more effective vaccines and stronger immunotherapies to treat cancer. But finding the molecules that instigate the right immune response is ...

Tacrolimus binds to the intracellular protein FKBP12, forming a complex that specifically inhibits calcineurin, a protein phosphatase essential for activating the transcription factor NFAT. By ...

Adjuvants—ingredients that help boost the immune response in vaccines—have been used in vaccines for decades. But inducing a stronger immune response can result in more unwanted side effects, like ...

People with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease, with studies indicating an approximate 50 percent increase in risk of CV events such as heart attack and stroke.

Helminths may protect humans against allergic and autoimmune diseases and, indeed, defined helminth-derived products have recently been shown to prevent the development of such inflammatory diseases ...

The results of study suggest that biologics and small molecule inhibitors (SMIs) do not impair the protective effect of COVID-19 vaccine against hospitalization in patients with psoriasis and ...