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People who lack the immune protein TNF can still fight infection


Nature, Published online: 28 August 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02657-2

The immune-signalling protein TNF has an essential role in inflammatory responses. Two people who were found to have no functional TNF are surprisingly healthy and able to fend off most infections, but are susceptible to tuberculosis.



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