Oct 29, 2026
St. Jude researchers discover COMPASS pathway that prevents autoimmune responses to gut bacteria
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified a gene-regulatory pathway called COMPASS that enables regulatory T cells to maintain immune tolerance to trillions of bacteria in the human gut. The discovery, published in Science Advances, explains how the body prevents devastating autoimmune responses to intestinal microbes.
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