Mechanisms that regulate T cell responses and their failure in autoimmunity
Year of award: 2011
Grantholders
Prof Rose Zamoyska
University of Edinburgh
Project summary
Autoimmune diseases are those in which dysregulation of immunity leads to attack of body tissues. Professor Zamoyska will examine the cell-signalling events that underpin the regulation of autoimmune T cells, with particular focus on PTPN22, a gene that has been implicated in several human autoimmune diseases.