Focus on Research – Inflammatory and Immune system

This category covers research into rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases, autoimmune diseases, allergies and normal development and function of the immune system.

The following summaries in this clinical area have been accepted since the start of 2013. Click on the reference number to view the summary.

    • Dr J Dale (Clinical Academic Fellow) et al – Tailoring therapy to individual patient needs – the challenges facing rheumatologists who treat patients with early RA (CAF/08/03)
    • Dr S Walker et al – Developing and testing a screening tool to accurately predict people without allergy (CZG/2/576)
    • Dr S Powis et al – Defining the functional role of novel MHC class I dimers on secreted exosome vesicles (ETM/56)
    • Professor A Lee et al – The Help for Hay Fever Study: Can a goal-focussed intervention delivered in Scottish community pharmacies improve outcomes for people with intermittent allergic rhinitis? (CZH/4/746)
    • Dr Duncan Porter et al – The use of polyomic analyses to direct biological therapy in biologic-naïve people with rheumatoid arthritis (ETM/293 FOR)
    • Dr Simon Milling et al – Comparing the immunological signature of common inflammatory diseases, to identify potential therapeutic targets.  (ETM/304 FOR)
    • Dr Nik Hirani et al –  Macrophage reprogramming in IPF.  (ETM/330 FOR)
    • Dr Michelle L Le Brocq et al – The development of chemokines as novel, clinical grade sorting tools. (ETM/276 FOR)