Immunogenetics of Autoimmune Disease

在自身免疫性疾病中，免疫系统攻击身体自身组织。虽然我们知道遗传和环境因素都会导致疾病风险，但识别这些基因和涉及的环境因素是非常困难的。此外，我们几乎不知道这些因素是如何相互作用的，我们需要了解这一点，以便预测疾病风险并可靠地确定可能的治疗方法。这些都是这一奖学金的目的。

In autoimmune diseases the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues. Although we know that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to the risk of disease, identifying these genes and the environmental factors involved is very difficult. Furthermore, we have almost no idea how these factors interact with each other, something we need to understand in order to predict the risk of disease and reliably identify possible therapies. These are the aims of this fellowship.