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Unraveling Genetic Determinants of Small Vessel Vasculitis

November 4, 2020
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Tsukuba, Japan — Autoimmune disease is fundamentally a mystery: whyever should an organism systematically set out to harm itself? Now, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified a genetic...

Study Identifies Key Enzyme for Development of Autoimmune Diseases

October 22, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases, hosted by the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, have discovered that an enzyme involved in key...

Study Finds Molecule in Lymphatic System Implicated in Autoimmune Diseases

March 23, 2020
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New York, NY — A study by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has discovered a molecule in the lymphatic system that has the potential to play a role in autoimmune disease. The study,...

Lipid Signalling from Beta Cells can Potentiate an Inflammatory Macrophage Polarization

February 24, 2020
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Birmingham, AL — Do the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas unwittingly produce a signal that aids their own demise in Type 1 diabetes? That appears to be the case, according to lipid signalling...

Scientists Develop New Hypothesis Explaining Sex Differences in Human Diseases

June 12, 2019
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Tempe, AZ — Women get autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis eight times more than men do. On the other hand, women have a smaller risk of getting non-reproductive...

Immune System’s Unknown Messenger, Researchers Find

February 26, 2019
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Aarhus C, Denmark — Researchers can now explain how a cell that is being attacked by bacteria or viruses specifically manages to ‘sound the alarm’ among its neighbouring cells so they can...

Scientists Find Way to Preserve Immune Cells Lost During Sepsis and Arthritis

August 25, 2018
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Cleveland, OH – Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with multiple diseases, including sepsis, inflammatory...

Scientists Uncover Immune Cell Dysfunction Linked to Photosensitivity

August 16, 2018
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New York, NY – Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have discovered that a type of immune cell known as Langerhans appears to play an important role in photosensitivity, an immune...

New Findings Link Oestrogen and T Cell Immune Response to Autoimmune Inflammation

May 31, 2018
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Turku, Finland — Women are more prone to the development of autoimmune diseases. The female hormone oestrogen is likely to affect the immune system.

‘Molecular Scissors’ could be Key to Cutting Off Diseases Including HIV Infection, Research Says

April 2, 2018
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Columbus, OH — One way to fight diseases including HIV infection and autoimmune disorders could involve changing how a naturally occurring enzyme called SAMHD1 works to influence the immune system,...

Reducing Side Effects of a Cancer Therapy

March 2, 2018
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Stanford, CA — Stanford scientists created an odd couple: a modified version of an immune-signalling protein and a coordinately modified receptor for this protein. The two bind only to each other, easing...

Additional Test to Help Clinicians Diagnose Asthma More Accurately

December 21, 2017
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Rochester, MN – Although about 24 million Americans are diagnosed with asthma every year, there is no single test that can diagnose the disease.

Team Engineers Anti-Inflammatory Antibodies that May Treat Autoimmune Disease

December 21, 2017
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Boston, MA – A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found a way to engineer antibodies within an organism, converting autoantibodies that attack “self” tissues...

Antidepressant Drug May Help Against Multiple Sclerosis

December 20, 2017
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Bochum, Germany – The antidepressant clomipramine may also alleviate symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), specifically in its progressive form, i.e. when it occurs without relapses or remissi...

Overlooked Immune Cells Could Be a Breakthrough for Treating Aggressive Cancers

December 20, 2017
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Charleston, SC – Adoptive cell transfer, or ACT, is one of these new immune-based treatments. For ACT, doctors draw a sample of blood from a cancer patient, sift out naturally occurring immune...

Study Identifies Potential Targets for Therapeutic Intervention Against ALS

December 1, 2017
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Edmonton, Canada – Scientists at the University of Alberta may have found possible targets for therapeutic interventions in the fight against Lou Gehrig’s disease.

New Insight into How Stress Causes Immune System Diseases

November 30, 2017
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Bethesda, MD – New research in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology identifies novel role of CRF1, with potential implications for treatment of mast cell-mediated debilitating diseases.

Study Reveals How Female Immune Cells Keep Their Second X Chromosome Shut Off

October 18, 2017
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Philadelphia, PA — Autoimmune diseases tend to strike women more than men and having multiple X chromosomes could be the main reason why.

Researchers Discover What Fuels the ‘Runaway Train’ of Autoimmune Disease

August 24, 2017
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Boston, MA — A newly-unveiled discovery, which has been four years in the making, has the potential to change the way we look at autoimmune diseases and understand how and why immune cells begin...

New Treatment Options Found for Debilitating Common Skin Disease

July 19, 2017
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Dublin, Ireland – Researchers focusing on the common debilitating skin disease Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), which causes deep, painful lesions and leads to a poor quality of life have isolated...

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