NYU Langone researchers have linked lupus flare-ups to blooms of a specific gut bacterium, opening a potential path to probiotic and dietary treatments less toxic than current immunosuppressive therapies.
NYU Langone's Colton-backed Division of Rheumatology is taking a leading role in the NIH's $58 million AMP AIM program, driving research into lupus, psoriatic disease, Sjögren's disease, and the microbiome.
Colton-supported NYU researchers have found that autoantibodies can physically inactivate a key enzyme in over half of lupus nephritis patients — a non-genetic mechanism that could serve as a future biomarker and therapeutic target.