Understanding Immune Biology in ALS

Research into the interplay among immune-cell activity, inflammatory signaling, and genomic findings informs a testable hypothesis for ALS.

A Biological Framework for Patient Selection and Therapeutic Research

We are investigating how differences in immune function may inform patient selection and therapeutic development.

Immune Dysregulation

Research into immune-cell activity and inflammatory signaling informs our therapeutic hypothesis in ALS.

Biomarker Strategy

Exploratory immune and genomic findings may help identify a biologically defined patient subgroup. This strategy requires validation.

Therapeutic Approach

Our investigational combination aims to address complementary inflammatory pathways while supporting cellular redox balance.

Conceptual visualization of a Natural Killer cell and a cytotoxic CD8-positive T cell
Natural Killer and cytotoxic CD8+ T cellsConceptual visualization. Not experimental data.

Two Immune Populations Under Investigation

NK Immuno T examines how Natural Killer cells and cytotoxic CD8+ T cells may contribute to disease-associated immune dysregulation in ALS. Their phenotype, functional activation and cytokine output can help inform a biomarker-guided research framework.

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A Patient Story That Shaped Our Research

A longitudinal twin study helped frame questions about immune function in ALS. Researchers followed a person living with ALS and his unaffected identical twin, examining immune-cell populations and activity over time.

The observed differences helped generate hypotheses about immune dysregulation that inform continuing research.

One case can generate a research question. Larger studies are needed to establish how broadly the findings apply.

Read the study and DOI 10.1615/CritRevImmunol.2023047233 ↗
Conceptual visualization of natural killer and cytotoxic CD8-positive T cells
Kaur et al. Critical Reviews in Immunology. 2023;43(1):27–39.Conceptual visualization