Chinese scholar Advanced Science published that the tonsil flora has an immunomodulatory effect

Beijing, September 5 (reporter Tian Yating correspondent Zhong Yanyu) tonsils are not unfamiliar to everyone, it is an important lymphoid organ, because of its production of lymphocytes and antibodies, can deal with the invasion of a variety of pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc.

Recently, Professor Li Zhanguo's research group of the Clinical Immunology Center of Peking University People's Hospital and the research group of Professor Wang Jun of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences cooperated to publish a paper online in the international top academic journal Advanced Science to prove the immunomodulatory effect

It is understood that the oropharynx is the only way to eat and breathe, therefore, the tonsils are rich in microorganisms, which not only have beneficial bacteria, but also contain pathogenic bacteria

Studies have found that the symbiotic flora of the body is closely related

Experts say that cytokines are a double-edged sword, that is, they can play an immunomodulatory role and participate in the occurrence of many diseases