Viruses can serve as triggers of autoimmune disease by acting as adjuvants, leading to the priming of autoantigen-specific lymphocytes. Autoantigen-reactive T and B cells can also be activated ...

Plant responses to light are multiple. Light is an energy source, converted to sugars by photosynthesis. It is also a signal sensed by specific photoreceptors for red, blue and UV-B radiation. Absence ...