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On 09.12.2021, the DFG main committee decided to extend the research group for another period. We are looking forward to another 3 years in which we will further investigate the mechanisms that trigger autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis and promote the transition to inflammation.

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Rewiring the power plant of our cells supports "garbage burning" during inflammation. New data from a research team at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) show that danger signals (so-called alarmins), which are released from damaged cells during inflammatory processes, enable a...

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Ever wondered about the connections between bone and gut? How do the enzymes and hormones produced in one site influence the other? Can altering gut microbiota change bone mineral metabolism, inflammatory arthritis, age- and hormone-induced osteoporosis? Join us for the Gut-Bone Axis meeting 2021 - ...

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Study creates basis for new forms of therapy for chronic inflammatory diseases Although inflammations normally subside on their own, they can recur under certain circumstances and subsequently develop into chronic inflammatory diseases. A team from Erlangen University Hospital and Friedrich Alexand...

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Fibre is a valuable part of a healthy diet. The largely indigestible foodstuffs are a feast for intestinal bacteria, which produce short-chained fatty acids from them. These short-chained fatty acids have a positive effect on inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. If arthritis patients eat a fibre-rich diet this leads to an increase in the number of regulatory t-cells which combat autoimmune reactions, in other words reactions in which the body’s immune system attacks the organism itself.

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For our first annual exchange we met on 20.02.2020 in the Visionpark Herzogenaurach. Thank you for the lively scientific exchange and the interesting lectures of the PhD students and project leaders!

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Autoantibodies directed against the body's own structures play an important role in the development of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Antibodies occur in the form of different isotypes (IgA, IgE, IgG and IgM), which have different tasks. Previous research has mainly focused on the...

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The research group invites Dr. Andreas Hutloff from the Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin (DRFZ) to the MICE Seminar (Medical Immunology Campus Erlangen) on 03.12.2019. Andreas Hutloff will give the following lecture at 5.15 pm in the seminar room on the 1st floor of the Microbiological Inst...

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It is well known that a healthy, fiber-rich diet improves our well-being and strengthens our intestinal flora. What is new is that the morning cereal also has a positive influence on the disease process of rheumatoid arthritis. The working group around Prof. Dr. Mario Zaiss explained at the Long Nig...

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