Seminar by Dr Annemarthe Van Der Veen 'Self RNA sensing by RIG-I like receptors in viral infection and sterile inflammation'
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Sterile inflammation results from the accidental activation of the innate immune system by one’s own molecules, in the absence of an infection. Such inflammation can occur when the cytosolic nucleic acid sensing receptors, which normally detect viral DNA or RNA, are triggered by our own nucleic acids, leading to unwanted innate immune activation. In our research we study the molecular mechanisms that prevent activation of the nucleic acid sensing machinery by our own RNA, and what happens if these mechanisms fail.
Date: 20 December 2021, 12:00 (Monday, 11th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
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Speaker: Dr Annemarthe van der Veen (Leiden University Medical Centre)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Organisers: Ellen Mobbs (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Organiser contact email address: reception@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://medsci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkdO6upzsrEtct37eVlJtAiXwosaIqrXum
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Elizabeth Thompson, Ellen Mobbs