Yet another DMT related study & article about the possible benefits & implications from
http://www.plosone.org/It's pretty dense so I'll attach the article and for those impatient, here is the conclusion:
"We conclude that the function of dimethyltryptamines may
extend the central nervous system activity and may play a more
universal role in immune regulation. Here we demonstrate for the
first time that NN-DMT and 5-MeO-DMT have potent
immunomodulatory effects on the functional activities of human
dendritic cells operating through the sigma-1 receptor. We also
show that DMT-mediated sigmar-1 activation can interfere with
both innate and adaptive immune responses. On the one hand, it
strongly decreases the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and
chemokines such as IL-1b, IL-6, TNFa and IL8, while upregulates
the production of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. On the
other hand, NN-DMT and 5-MeO-DMT pre-treatment of
pathogen-activated moDCs abolishes their capacity to initiate
adaptive immune responses mediated by inflammatory Th1 and
Th17 cells. These findings greatly expand the biological role of
dimethyltryptamines, which may act not only as neuromodulators
or psychedelics, but also as important regulators of both innate
and adaptive immunity. Thus, the DMT-sigmar-1 axis emerges as
a promising candidate for novel pharmacotherapies of chronic
inflammatory and autoimmune diseases."