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Autoimmunity

Description

Autoimmune disorders are characterised by the production of antibodies that react with host tissues or immune effector cells that are autoreactive to endogenous peptides. Description adapted from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68001327 and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68056704.

Research projects
21
Research types
15
Research networks
5
Working groups
9
People
56
Publications
36
Event items
3

Research projects

Analysing Antibody Responses against EBV-derived Antigens in ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Poland, UK, Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen, Nuno Sepúlveda
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Warsaw University of Technology
Research period:
2020-10
to not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction
Autoantibody-induced Transcriptome and Proteome as Biomarkers
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Gabriela Riemekasten
Organisations:
University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) - Luebeck
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Autoimmunity Risk Variants in the PTPN22 and CTLA4 Genes are Associated with Infectious Onset of ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Sophie Steiner
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Genetic risk factors, General
Autoimmunity as a cause of ME/CFS symptoms (AutonoME)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Netherlands
Principal investigator:
Jeroen den Dunnen
Organisations:
Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)
Research period:
2023-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Biosamples, GPCR-Autoantibodies, Data Management and Bioinformatics
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Uta Behrends
Organisations:
University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) - Luebeck,Max Delbrück Center (MDC),Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, General
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Immunedeficiencies
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Eva Untersmayr-Elsenhuber
Organisations:
Medical University of Vienna
Research period:
2019-03
to not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction
Clinical and immunological phenotyping and analysis of EBV autoantigens and autoantigens
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Uta Behrends
Organisations:
University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction
Clinical and immunological phenotyping, analysis of autoantigens and T and B cell communication
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Birgit Sawitzki
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction
Deciphering systemic and mucosal antibody repertoires against the microbiota in ME/CFS and PCC (CFSabs)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Thomas Vogl
Organisations:
Medical University of Vienna
Research period:
2025-01
to 2026-03
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Digestive system dysfunction
Development of Diagnostic Tests to Detect Autoantibodies in CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
EBV, SARS-CoV-2, HSV Mimicry Epitopes and Autoantibodies
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Franziska Sotzny
Organisations:
University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Technical University of Munich (TUM),Helmholtz Munich
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Infections, Immune system dysfunction, General
Evaluation of the link between auto-immunity and derangements in immune cell metabolism and function in ME/CFS (EnergiseME)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Netherlands
Principal investigator:
Niels Eijkelkamp
Organisations:
University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMC Utrecht)
Research period:
2023-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Nutritional and metabolic system dysfunction
Exploring the Glycome: Identifying Glycosylation-Related Biomarkers for severity stratification in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Davide Ret
Organisations:
Medical University of Vienna,Medical University of Graz,Technical University of Vienna
Research period:
2025-01
to 2025-12
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Functional autoantibodies against G-protein-coupled receptors in patients with ME/CFS (FAME)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Bettina Hohberger
Organisations:
University Clinic Erlangen
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research, Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Immune Aberrations in Post-Infectious ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Anna Aschenbrenner
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,University Clinic Bonn,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Immunoadsorption in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Including Patients With Post-COVID-19 CFS (IA-PACS-CFS)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Harald Pruess
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research period:
2023-10
to 2025-02
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Immunoadsorption vs Sham Treatment in Post-COVID-19 Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (EXTINCT post COVID)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Vega Goedecke
Organisations:
Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Research period:
2023-07
to 2025-06
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Changes
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Latvia
Principal investigator:
Bhupesh K. Prusty
Organisations:
Riga Stradins University
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-07
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Nutritional and metabolic system dysfunction
Observational Study of the Effect of Immunoadsorption (IA) in Patients < 18 Years of Age with ME/CFS with Evidence of Autoantibodies (BIAKI)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Wolfgang Ries
Organisations:
DIAKO Hospital
Research period:
2023-11
to 2025-11
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
Repeat Immunoadsorption Post Covid ME/​CFS (RIA)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2022-08
to 2025-01
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction
unCOVer Erlangen - ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Bettina Hohberger
Organisations:
University Clinic Erlangen
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction

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