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Session: Disorders of Humoral Immunity

Nucleic Acid Sensing Disorders and Human Autoimmunity

Friday, June 23, 2023
2:00 PM – 2:25 PM  
Location: Salon A-D

    Speaker(s)

  • Carola Vinuesa, MD, PhD

    Principal Group Leader, Assistant Research Director
    The Francis Crick Institute
    London, United Kingdom

Disclosure(s):
Carola Vinuesa, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participant will be able to: Describe different innate sensors of nucleic acids in B cells .
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to: Understand how nucleic acids can break B cell tolerance and cause lupus .
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to: List novel genetic causes of human systemic autoimmunity and describe the underpinning mechanisms.