Scientists have revealed a novel mechanism through which the immune system controls autoimmunity and cancer. In the special focus of the researchers were regulatory T cells -- a type of white blood ...

Nonprofit coalition selects seven esteemed researchers to fuel understanding of autoimmune diseases and accelerate potential therapies To that end, seven research projects were selected after a highly ...

A study by the research team of Prof. Geert van Loo (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) has unraveled a critical molecular mechanism behind autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as ...

Using a state-of-the-art method, researchers have succeeded for the first time at unraveling the effects of autoimmune antibodies, that are directed against the brain, in detail at the atomic level.

A significant body of data implicates the type I interferon (IFN) pathway in the pathogenesis of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. In these disorders, a self-reinforcing cycle of IFN production can ...

Researchers have analyzed the blood of children genetically predisposed to developing type 1 diabetes and identified a set of proteins that predict the autoimmunity that leads to the disease months ...

The researchers of a single-center study found that the relationships between epilepsy and autoimmune diseases may be a result of the different etiopathogenetic mechanisms that underly seizure ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the pancreas, leading to inflammation and potential symptoms like abdominal pain, jaundice, and fatigue. There are two ...

Scientists at the Department of Infection and Immunity of the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) revealed a novel mechanism through which the immune system can control autoimmunity and cancer. In ...

Scientists at the Department of Infection and Immunity of the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) revealed a novel mechanism through which the immune system can control autoimmunity and cancer. In ...