Dritan Agalliu, PhD
Columbia University – Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in Neurology)
Announcement:
PPN Awards Funding to the Agalliu Lab for Immune Mediated OCD, PANDAS/PANS Research
PPN awards the Agalliu Lab funding to support Dr. Uğur Akcan’s study which will provide insight into the mechanisms by which the RXRA genetic risk factor identified in PANDAS children affects immune responses that trigger neuropsychological changes, including obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
LEARN ABOUT DR. AGALLIU’S RESEARCH
PUBLISHED RESEARCH (PANS/PANDAS)
Distinct Th17 effector cytokines differentially promote microglial and blood-brain barrier inflammatory responses during post-infectious encephalitis
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.10.532135
Th17 lymphocytes drive vascular and neuronal deficits in a mouse model of postinfectious autoimmune encephalitis
10.1073/pnas.1911097117
Hello from the Other Side: How Autoantibodies Circumvent the Blood-Brain Barrier in Autoimmune Encephalitis
doi:10.3389/fimmu.2017.00442
CNS autoimmune disease after Streptococcus pyogenes infections: animal models, cellular mechanisms and genetic factors
doi:10.2217/fnl.16.4
Group A Streptococcus intranasal infection promotes CNS infiltration by streptococcal-specific Th17 cells
doi:10.1172/JCI80792.
INTERVIEWS AND VIDEOS
Short summary video illustrating the findings of the Agalliu lab.