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Healio Rheuminations

The Black Death and Autoimmunity

Apr 3, 2023
31:45

Was your psoriasis caused by the Black Death? Learn more than you might have wanted to know about the Black Death and delve into the data on the immunologic/autoimmune ramifications of wiping out nearly half of Europe.

·       Intro 0:11

·       In this episode 1:09

·       The Black Death 1:24

·       The History of IV Immunoglobulin episode 2:07

·       How the Black Death happened 4:07

·       How many people died from the Black Death? 6:49

·       Record keeping 6:53

·       The modern immune system, the Black Death and HIV 8:43

·       What is CCR5? 8:55

·       Current data on autoimmune diseases 10:35

·       ERAP2 15:55

·       How yersinia pestis kills you 21:04

·       The inflammasome 22:03

·       The Inflammasome for Dunces episode 22:09

·       Mediterranean fever and mouse model 24:49

·       Takeaways 30:20

·       Summary 30:59

Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Brown at rheuminationspodcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HRheuminations @AdamJBrownMD @HealioRheum.

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