Autoimmunity
Virus killers get under the skin
10 May 2024Research suggests monitoring individuals previously infected with Zika virus for chronic skin diseases caused by overactive T cells.
From suspected instigator to unlikely hero
3 Feb 2019A*STAR researchers have revealed the mechanism behind the way receptor TLR-9 protects against lupus
Lupus link to stimulatory proteins
15 Nov 2017Lupus
patients exhibit altered cell proteins, a discovery with potential implications
for diagnostics and studies into the
disease’s origins
Immune cells upset the kidney
23 Aug 2016Infiltrating self-defense cells provoke kidney failure in a chronic autoimmune disease
Fine-tuning immune cell function
10 Feb 2016The function of mature B cells is regulated by a small genomic cluster called mir-17-92
White blood cells show their stripes
27 Aug 2013A newly discovered subset of white blood cells in mice and humans could improve treatments for infections and autoimmune diseases
How one protein accelerates lupus
12 Mar 2013A protein implicated in lupus promotes disease progression by distinct mechanisms in different immune cells
Making sense of contradictions
20 Nov 2012Researchers from A*STAR explain how defects in a signaling protein sabotage the immune system in multiple, seemingly contradictory ways