Thursday, May 4, 2023

NIH Researchers Uncover New Details on Rare Immune Disease

Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia leaves people vulnerable to infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancers
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Thursday, May 4, 2023

NIH Researchers Uncover New Details on Rare Immune Disease

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a CD4+ T-cell

NIH scientists uncovered new details on idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare immune deficiency that leaves people vulnerable to infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases and certain types of cancer. ICL is a condition marked by too few CD4+ T cells—a type of white blood cell. There is no evidence that ICL is transmitted from person to person, and it has no known cause.

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