Researchers in the U.K. have discovered that manipulating T cells to exhaustion in a targeted way may lead to new treatments and predictors for various types of autoimmune diseases…
The ACR’s State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium: Stem Cell Therapy in Autoimmune Disease Evolution, Insights
CHICAGO—Stem cell transplantation for systemic sclerosis patients has come a long way over the past decade, with more finely calibrated dosing and better patient selection, said George Georges, MD, associate member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and associate professor in the medical oncology division at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle,…
2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Regulatory T Cells
Rheumatology experts explore ways Treg cells contribute to autoimmune diseases, RA
Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease More Common in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Study adds to research linking increased risk of morbidity, early mortality from CV events among patients with systemic autoimmune diseases
T Cells & Autoimmune Diseases
New investigational strategy provides way to identify, characterize autoreactive T cells that escape thymic selection and cause autoimmunity
Switches That Regulate Gene Expression Offer Better Understanding of Rheumatic Disease Say Experts at the 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
New studies examine why turning on or off switches in genes that control the genome can contribute to pathogenesis of such autoimmune diseases as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis
2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Clues to Predictors of Autoimmune Disease Revealed
New research clarifies signs of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus years in advance and could lead to presymptomatic treatment intervention
Salt as a Promoter of Th17 Cells and Autoimmune Disease
New research on Th17 suggests that a high salt diet may be a risk factor for inflammation.
A Duet of Bone and the Immune System
Examining emerging perspectives in osteoimmunology
ASIA: A New Way to Put the Puzzle Together
Autoimmune (autoinflammatory) syndrome induced by adjuvants provides a diagnostic framework for enigmatic conditions