Scientists at the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues, have discovered that a gene called BACH2 may play a central role in the development of diverse allergic and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, asthma, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, and type-1 diabetes. Autoimmunity can occur in infectious diseases and cancer. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Roychoudhuri R, et al. BACH2 represses effector programs to stabilize Treg-mediated immune homeostasis. Nature. Published online 02 June 2013.
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