Researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and NYU Grossman School of Medicine are closer to understanding what drives the ...

Autoimmune diseases arise when the immune system mistakenly targets and damages the body’s cells and tissues as though they were foreign invaders. This widespread category of illnesses, such as ...

The eyes have long been regarded as "immune-privileged" organs. Immunological system of ocular tissues prevents or resolves ...

The field of immunology has long been focused on understanding the complex mechanisms by which the immune system defends the host against pathogens. However, when these mechanisms malfunction, they ...

Type 1 diabetes results from the breakdown of tolerance mechanisms in β-cell-specific T cells, but many aspects remain enigmatic, including where and how autoimmune β-cell-specific T cells arise and ...

Altindis and his team will explore the role of gut microbes and viruses triggering the autoimmunity of Type 1 diabetes. According to Altindis, molecular mimicry is one autoimmune mechanism in which ...