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Watch the replay of our latest installment of "News From the Lab" with Lupus LA! We'll be discussing some of the latest developments in #lupusresearch and #metabolism, as well as the potential implications for #lupus patients with Lupus LA Medical Advisory Board Member and Associate Professor of the Department of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology) at Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Caroline Jefferies, PhD, and Lupus LA Founding Chairman, board member and lupus patient, Adam Selkowitz!
About the Update: Disrupting the ability of immune cells to take up iron may offer a new approach to treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to a study published in Science Immunology from investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The findings show that targeting iron uptake serves to quiet pro-inflammatory T cells, known to be dysregulated in SLE, while simultaneously boosting the activity of their anti-inflammatory counterparts - regulatory T cells. This study finds targeting excess iron uptake can correct T cell dysfunction. “The ability to optimize T cell function through iron manipulation may have clinical significance for other autoimmune diseases in addition to lupus,” said Jeffrey Rathmell, Ph.D., Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Immunobiology.
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