Webpages tagged with «Immunology»

The immune system protects us against infection and cancer but may also overreact and cause autoimmune disease. Knowledge of molecular mechanisms regulating immune cell activation and control is needed to understand how autoimmune diseases may be prevented or treated.

The immunology group combines proteomics with molecular and cellular biology to investigate the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity, and pathogenic mechanisms involved in autoimmune disease and cancer.

The main focus of our research is regulation of adaptive immunity. We are particularly interested in signaling in activated and experienced T cells, as these cells influence individual susceptibility to autoimmune diseases as well as cancer. 

Our main research focus is on receptors that are expressed by cells of the innate immune system.

The focus of the Immunbiology Laboratory is immune receptor biology and how this relates to the molecular mechanisms involved in autoimmune disease and cancer.