Engineering precision cellular therapies for autoimmunity

Autoimmunity occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues, leading to organ damage.  Pemphigus vulgaris is a potentially fatal autoimmune disease in which autoantibodies against desmosomal cell adhesion molecules known as desmogleins cause blistering of the skin and mucous membranes. Our laboratory was launched with a mission to understand pathogenic mechanisms in this model organ-specific autoimmune disease, with the goal of using our knowledge to develop precision targeted therapies for pemphigus and other autoantibody-mediated diseases.

​Lab shipping address:
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion
1150 St. Nicholas Avenue
3rd Floor, Room 315
New York, NY 10032
​212-851-4800
Clinical Office:
161 Fort Washington Avenue
12-1214 Herbert Irving Pavilion
New York, NY 10032
​212-305-5665