https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/new-hope-for-sjgrens-disease-patients-nyu-study-links-calcium-signaling-and-t-cell-dysfunction-to-the-condition/
A Colton-supported NYU study published in Science Translational Medicine has identified impaired regulatory T cells as a key driver of Sjögren's disease — and found a promising existing drug as a potential therapy.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/yales-colton-center-for-autoimmunity-funds-11-research-projects-in-2024/
Yale's Colton Center for Autoimmunity has selected eleven faculty-led projects for 2024 funding, supporting breakthrough research into lupus, asthma, allergies, and other autoimmune diseases — with mentorship and commercialization support included.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/tau-colton-centers-2024-grant-recipients-tackle-autoimmune-disease-across-nine-interdisciplinary-projects/
Tel Aviv University's Colton Center has awarded nine interdisciplinary research grants in 2024, funding projects that explore autoimmune disease from organ-on-a-chip platforms to the role of stress and psychological factors in disease flare-ups.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/nyu-research-reveals-the-double-life-of-key-immune-checkpoint-protein-pd-1/
A Colton-supported NYU study published in Science Immunology has discovered that the immune checkpoint protein PD-1 functions as a dimer — a finding that could transform drug design for both cancer and autoimmune disease.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/penn-medicines-colton-center-is-driving-the-next-immunotherapy-revolution-this-time-for-autoimmune-disease/
Penn Medicine's Colton Center is leading a new wave of precision immunotherapy for autoimmune disease — from CAAR T cell therapy for pemphigus to immune profiling tools that could one day cure these conditions.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/yales-colton-center-awards-750k-to-seven-autoimmune-disease-research-projects/
Yale's Colton Center for Autoimmunity has awarded $750,000 to seven faculty-led projects advancing research into autoimmune and allergic diseases, with funding, mentorship, and commercialization support.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/lupus-flare-ups-strongly-linked-to-specific-bacterial-growth-in-gut/
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.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/tel-aviv-university-opens-israels-first-autoimmune-disease-research-center/
Tel Aviv University's Colton Center for Autoimmunity joins a four-university consortium dedicated to finding cures for over 100 autoimmune diseases through big data analytics, multidisciplinary research, and international collaboration.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/yales-colton-center-for-autoimmunity-awards-2022-grants-to-six-innovative-research-projects/
Yale's Colton Center for Autoimmunity has awarded 2022 grants to six projects spanning lupus, multiple sclerosis, pediatric OCD, and systemic sclerosis — all targeting new diagnostics, therapies, or disease mechanisms.
https://www.coltonconsortium.org/news/nyu-langone-joins-58m-nih-partnership-to-accelerate-autoimmune-disease-research/
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.