New Technologies for Immunotherapy

Dear Colleagues,

The immune system is critical for the elimination of harmful stimuli (infectious or not) and for the return and maintenance of homeostasis within the body. On the other hand, dysregulated and/or excessive activation of immune responses can be a leading cause of tissue damage and disease. In this Special Issue, we welcome studies that underscore how the manipulation of the immune response, whether to improve its antimicrobial or antitumoral activity or to restrain its deleterious effects, can be used to treat infectious and non-infectious diseases. The submitted studies should provide new approaches and/or technologies for immunotherapies, including (i) combined therapies; (ii) cellular therapies; (iii) repositioning of pharmaceuticals; (iv) new molecular targets or approaches that allows for the discovery of inedit treatment modalities; and related issues.  

Dr. Rafael Cardoso Maciel Costa Silva
Dr. Danielle Aparecida Sousa Rodrigues
Dr. Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej
Guest Editors

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