February 2024

RHEUMATOLOGY

CARLA CUDA, PHD, SHARES MICROGLIA INSIGHTS AT ACR CONVERGENCE

Featuring: Carla M. Cuda, PhD
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At ACR Convergence in February 2024, Carla M. Cuda, PhD, assistant professor of Rheumatology at Northwestern Medicine, discussed her research on the role of microglia, resident immune cells in the brain, in discovering underlying causes of neuropsychiatric lupus.

In a study using a neuro-lupus mouse model, Dr. Cuda and her colleagues observed that microglia were more activated and showed increased uptake of synaptic material compared to wild-type mice. They also found disease-associated microglia gene expression was linked to behavioral deficits in young mouse models.

Read more about Dr. Cuda’s discoveries. 
Carla M. Cuda, PhD, Solovy/Arthritis Research Society Research Professor and Assistant Professor of Rheumatology at Northwestern Medicine

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