it's wild: a new protein, TRAILshort, is an immune cell "off switch." turns out, people with autoimmune diseases don't have enough of it, which could explain a lot about overactive immune responses. this is such an interesting find for future treatments.

Newly-discovered protein acts as off switch for human immune cellsResearchers have identified a newly discovered protein, TRAILshort, which functions as an "off switch" for human immune cells. This protein disrupts T-cell receptor signaling, promoting immune toleranwww.news-medical.net