Spot on against autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammations

(Technische Universitaet Muenchen) Multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes and lupus are autoimmune diseases in which the immune cells can no longer differentiate between friend and foe and thus attack the body's own tissue. Here, the immunoproteasome, which supplies the immune system with information on processes within the cell, plays a central role. Chemists at Technische Universität München have now discovered a way to inhibit its functionality, thereby laying the foundation for possible optimizations of existing medications.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news