Our immune system may protect us from mental health issues

The immune system may not only be guarding our physical health, but our mental health as well. Experts led by Yale University came to this conclusion while they compared immune system cells in the spinal fluid of MS patients and healthy subjects. In the spinal fluid of healthy patients, the team discovered an inflammatory autoimmune response that is typically associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The findings support an emerging theory that gamma interferons, a type of immune cell that helps induce and modulate …