Researchers identify changes in lung cells following infections

(Boston University Medical Center) When people develop a respiratory infection, recovery from their illness leaves behind an immunological memory that influences how they will respond to later infections. In a new study, researchers demonstrate for the first time that recovery from bacterial pneumonia changes the tissue that was infected, seeding the lungs with immune cells called resident memory T (TRM) cells.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news