Allergy
Cockroach Allergy: The Sette lab is working to identify the sites on allergen molecules that trigger an inflammatory immune response.
PKCq
PKC enzymes play critical roles in the differentiation and proliferation of many cell types, including T cells, and in the response to diverse stimuli.
Vijayanand Lab
Pandurangan Vijayanand,
M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
William K. Bowes Distinguished Professor, Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy
Pandurangan Vijayanand, M.D., Ph.D., and his lab members employ genomics tools to understand, diagnose and treat pulmonary disease such as asthma, lung cancer and infectious diseases, including the novel coronavirus.
Peters Lab
Bjoern Peters,
Ph.D.
Professor
Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy
Bjoern Peters, Ph.D., and his lab members are focused on the development of computational tools to address fundamental questions in immunology.
Kawakami Lab
Toshiaki Kawakami,
M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation
Toshiaki Kawakami, M.D., Ph.D., and his team study allergic diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergy, and atopic dermatitis.
Sette Lab
Alessandro Sette,
Dr.Biol.Sci.
Professor
Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research
Alessandro Sette, Dr. Biol. Sci., defines in chemical terms the specific structures (epitopes) that the immune system recognizes and uses this knowledge to measure and understand immune responses.
LJI scientists uncover immune cells that may lower airway allergy and asthma risk
LA JOLLA—The world is full of house dust mites. Do some cleaning, and you’ll probably stir some up. While everyone
Q&A with Alessandro Sette, Dr. Biol. Sci.
Raised in Rome, Italy, in a family of lawyers, Dr. Sette started his science career as a young boy in
La Jolla Institute awarded renewal of NIH contract to continue its role as host of Immune Epitope Database
LA JOLLA, CA—La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) has been awarded a $22 million contract renewal over seven years from
Allergy amplifier implicated in asthma also intensifies food allergy
LA JOLLA, CA—Almost eight percent of children under three years old and four percent of adults suffer food allergies, which
TWEAKing Inflammation
At first glance, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis may appear similar but their commonalities are only skin deep. Atopic dermatitis, also