An Understudied Patient Cohort Offers Key Insights into a Poorly Understood Skin Condition (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

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An Understudied Patient Cohort Offers Key Insights into a Poorly Understood Skin Condition (2 of 2)

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Group picture: from left to right, Carmelo-Carmona-Rivera PhD., Staff Scientist, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, NIH; Mariana J. Kaplan, M.D., Senior Investigator and Chief, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, NIH; and Angel Byrd, M.D., PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Howard University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sep. 5, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by A.S. Byrd at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD; and colleagues was titled, "Neutrophil extracellular traps, B cells, and type 1 interferons contribute to immune dysregulation in hidradenitis suppurativa."

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[Credit: Carmelo-Carmona-Rivera, PhD]

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