Researchers at TWINCORE and MHH investigate the cause of lung damage in autoimmune diseases

Patients with systemic sclerosis or Sjögren’s syndrome suffer from various inflammatory reactions triggered by the body’s own immune system. A team of researchers at TWINCORE, the Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research in Hanover, has teamed up with colleagues from the Department of Pneumology and Infectious Diseases and the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at Hannover Medical School to investigate the role of certain immune cells in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis and Sjögren’s syndrome. They recently published their findings in the journal Rheumatology.