Beneficial to immune system It seems to be daylight, as he finds new studyhelps the body to fight infections.
Researchers at the University of Auckland study, published in the Science Immunology, used the Zebra fish, a small fish of freshwater, because its genetic composition is similar to ours. The group focused on the most abundant immune cells on our body, neutrophils, which is a type of white blood cells. These cells move quickly to the point of an infection and kill the invading bacteria.
As it was found, the neutrophils have a circular clock informing them of the day of the day and enhances their ability to kill bacteria. Light has the greatest effect on these circadia watches.
“Since neutrophils are the first cells of the immune system recruited in inflammation areas, our discovery has a widespread therapeutic effects on many inflammatory diseases. This finding paves the way for the development of drugs aimed at the circadian clock of neutrophils to enhance their ability to combat infections, ”said lead researcher Christopher Hall, Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine.