Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Thursday, August 22, 2019 Memory T Cells Shelter in Bone Marrow, Boosting Immunity in Mice with Restricted Diets NIAID Scientists’ Findings Suggest How Immune System Evolved to Withstand Food Scarcity Even when taking in fewer calories and nutrients, humans and other mammals usually remain protected against infectious diseases they have already encountered.  This may be because memory T cells, which are located throughout the body and required to maintain immune responses to infectious agents, according to NIAID scientists. Their study in mice, published online today in Cell, also found that animals undergoing dietary restriction were better protected against tumors and bacterial infections than animals with unrestricted diets.