The Black Death and Autoimmunity
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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.
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