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Sleep could enhance the targetability of immune cells inside the human body to help fight off infection, a recent study revealed on Thursday.

Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body, characterised by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles, and reduced interactions with surroundings.

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According to the study published on Tuesday in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, the finding shows that sleep has the potential to enhance the efficiency of effector T-cell responses.

Researchers said that compared with the wake condition, sleep significantly increased the mean fluorescence intensity of T cells, a type of white blood cell that fights off infection inside the human body.

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“Our results demonstrate that a couple of hours of sleep loss suffice to reduce the adhesion capacity of antigen-specific T cells.

“The findings could help develop new therapeutic strategies with the aim of improving the targetability of T cells, especially when they are killing tumor cells,’’ the study added.

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