- Autoimmune Diseases - Overview and Types | NIAMS
Overview of Autoimmune Diseases Your immune system is the network of cells and tissues in your body that work together to defend you from viruses, bacteria, and infection
- Autoimmune Diseases: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Steps to Take
In autoimmune diseases, proteins known as autoantibodies target the body’s own healthy tissues by mistake, signaling the body to attack them
- Systemic Autoimmunity Branch | NIAMS
Dr Mariana Kaplan, M D , describes her motivation to study lupus, and the role of neutrophils in this disease Dr Kaplan is chief of the Systemic Autoimmunity Branch at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, MD
- Understanding Autoimmune Diseases | NIAMS
Sometimes, your immune system makes mistakes If it sees your body’s healthy cells as a threat, it may attack them This can cause an autoimmune disorder
- Travis Kinder, Ph. D. | About NIAMS | NIAMS
Dr Kinder conducts basic and translational research on myositis and genetic muscle diseases His goals are to discover fundamental mechanisms of autoimmunity and muscle biology and to develop novel therapeutics for myositis at the NIH
- Vasculitis Translational Research Program | NIAMS
Neutrophils are key cells that drive inflammation in many forms of vasculitis Our group has partnered with the Kaplan Lab in the Systemic Autoimmunity Branch to study novel aspects of neutrophil biology and innate immune system involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis, drug-induced vasculitis, and monogenic vasculitis
- Mariana J. Kaplan, M. D. | About NIAMS | NIAMS
Dr Kaplan's research has focused on identifying mechanisms of immune dysregulation, organ damage, and premature vascular disease in systemic autoimmunity Specifically, she investigates how innate immunity (in particular, type I interferons and myeloid cells) promotes autoimmune responses and end-organ damage in systemic lupus erythematosus
- Jorge Romo-Tena, M. D. , Ph. D. | About NIAMS | NIAMS
In 2019, he joined the Systemic Autoimmunity Branch at NIAMS as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar and as part of the NIH-Graduate Partnerships Program After completing his Ph D , he started his postdoctoral fellowship to investigate CAR-T cells in a murine lupus model and defects in vascular biology and their connection with post-translational
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