Lupus Mechanisms and Targets Award (LMTA)
2020 Funded Grants
In situ adaptive immunity in lupus tubulointerstitial inflammation
Marcus Clark, MD
The University of Chicago
IgA-containing immune complexes in SLE
Jessica A. Hamerman, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
Dynamic regulation of signaling pathways in SLE
Alessandra Pernis, MD
The Hospital for Special Surgery
Candidate pathobiont in lupus: genomic variation and pathogenesis
Gregg J Silverman, MD
New York University School of Medicine
Redesigning Dnase1L3 for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus
Roger Bryan Sutton, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
2019 Funded Grants
Targeting the inactive X for correcting dosage imbalances in lupus
Montserrat Anguera, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Intrinsic B cell epigenetic mediators as therapeutic targets in lupus
Paolo Casali, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Targeting follicular helper T cell metabolism in lupus
Hongbo Chi, PhD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Cytokine immunoregulatory strategy to target SLE autoreactive B cells
Hui-Chen Hsu, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ptprz: A therapeutic target for Lupus Nephritis
Vicki Kelley, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Relieving ER stress in lupus neutrophils
Jason Knight, MD, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2018 Funded Grants
Targeting follicular helper T cells in lupus
Joseph Craft, MD
Yale School of Medicine
Targeting interferon-stimulated transcription as a novel lupus therapy
David Levy, PhD
NYU School of Medicine
PTPN22 Function in Human B Cells and Inhibition to Reset Tolerance in SLE
Eric Meffre, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Targeting peripheral T cell-B cell interactions in SLE
Deepak Rao, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Targeting the CXCR3 chemokine axis in cutaneous lupus
Jillian Richmond, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Mammalian free glycan, glycocalyx and anti-glycan antibody in lupus
Nan Yan, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2017 Funded Grants
The role of bacterial infections in the pathogenesis of lupus
Roberto Caricchio, MD
Temple University
Targeting the inactive X chromosome in lupus
Laura Carrel, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Characterization of STING SAVI gain of function mutations in mice
Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
ALCAM in Lupus
Chandra Mohan, MD, PhD
University of Houston
Defining new targets in lupus through identification of non-coding SNPs
Peter A. Nigrovic, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc
Targeting endogenous glomerular repair in lupus nephritis
Janos Peti-Peterdi, MD, PhD
USC University of Southern California
Finding druggable pathways affected by the R90H-NCF1 SLE risk variants
Betty Tsao, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
2016 Funded Grants
A novel target for neutrophil NETosis in lupus skin inflammation
Ming-Lin Liu, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Targeting Follicular Helper CD4 T cells in SLE
Laurence Morel, PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine