💨 Abstract

Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre found that fever increases the activity of immune cells but also causes stress, DNA damage, and cell death in a specific subgroup of T cells, particularly Th1 cells. This discovery sheds light on how cells respond to heat and how persistent inflammation can lead to cancer, as heat impaired electron transport chain complex 1 (ETC1), leading to DNA damage and cell death.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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