NIH R01 · 2025
Dissecting the heterogeneity and function of myeloid cells in lupus nephritis
PROJECT SUMMARY Lupus nephritis (LN) is a common manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus that can lead to irreversible renal impairment. Current immunosuppressive therapies fail to reverse disease in more than half of treated patients and only 2 new drugs have been approved treatment, both of which confer only modest improvement. Renal myeloid cells are involved in renal injury in LN, both in humans and animal models. Macrophages are highly plastic and can mediate both pro-inflammatory and reparative functions. Because there are so many subsets of myeloid cells and some of them change their function over time, analysis of single cells is crucial to the study of these cells. Initial…
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