Autoimmunity

Research suggests monitoring individuals previously infected with Zika virus for chronic skin diseases caused by overactive T cells.

A*STAR researchers have revealed the mechanism behind the way receptor TLR-9 protects against lupus

Lupus
patients exhibit altered cell proteins, a discovery with potential implications
for diagnostics and studies into the
disease’s origins

Infiltrating self-defense cells provoke kidney failure in a chronic autoimmune disease

The function of mature B cells is regulated by a small genomic cluster called mir-17-92

A newly discovered subset of white blood cells in mice and humans could improve treatments for infections and autoimmune diseases

A protein implicated in lupus promotes disease progression by distinct mechanisms in different immune cells

Researchers from A*STAR explain how defects in a signaling protein sabotage the immune system in multiple, seemingly contradictory ways