AETIOPATHOGENIC, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS IN INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.

Area 1 is made up of 10 lines and 24 research groups, the main aims of which are: deciphering the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control crucial biological processes in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; identifying molecular entities and cellular processes that may serve as targets for the action of new drugs for inflammatory/autoimmune-based diseases; implementing advanced experimental techniques and new animal models of diseases allowing improvements to basic studies to analyse their pathophysiological mechanisms, and to conduct pre-clinical studies and promote translational research by promoting interaction between basic and clinical groups.