Interview with Dr Tobias Lanz: Molecular mimicry connects an EBV viral protein to Multiple Sclerosis

Tobias Lanz is an MD and academic research scientist in the laboratory of Prof. William Robinson at the Department of Rheumatology/Immunology at Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Lanz's research focuses on B cell biology in autoimmune and infectious diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and COVID-19, and explores viral and microbial triggers of autoimmunity. Recently Dr. Lanz was the first author of a breakthrough study that connects Epstein Barr virus directly to the MS disease process. The study demonstrated high-affinity molecular mimicry between the EBV transcription factor EBNA1and the human central nervous system protein GlialCAM:
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