Molecules produced by resident bacteria and their hosts may signal immune cells to attack the body’s own tissues.

Researchers find that it’s not just high-risk genes, but how children’s bodies respond to their own intestinal microbiota that relates to future diagnoses of type 1 diabetes.

Patients with the rare autoimmune condition, highlighted in the Oscar-nominated film The Big Sick, currently have limited treatment options.

Identifying immune cell subsets with CyTOF

Training the immune system to cease fire on native tissues could improve outcomes for autoimmune patients, but clinical progress has been slow.

Reviving a decades-old hypothesis of autoimmunity

The National Institutes of Health is partnering with 10 drug companies to find new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.

Researchers show that the prevalence of one genus of bacteria correlates with the onset of rheumatoid arthritis.

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