Welcome to the Ramirez-Ortiz Lab in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Our Research Focus
Understanding the role of scavenger receptors in the response to infectious agents and self-antigens
Understanding the interplay between dendritic cells and the removal of apoptotic cells during autoimmune diseases
Representative Publication:
Jorge A.M., Lao T., Kim R., Licciardi S., ElKhoury J., Luster A.D., Means T.K., Ramirez-Ortiz Z.G. “SCARF1-induced efferocytosis plays an immunomodulatory role in humans, and autoantibodies targeting SCARF1 are produced in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus” Journal of Immunology. In Press