Autoimmune and chronic inflammatory skin diseases, such as pemphigoid, pemphigus, lupus erythematosus and psoriasis pose a major medical burden. Our mission at LIED is to identify the genetic and molecular basis of these diseases, enabling better diagnosis and treatment for patients.

LIED is structured in 4 divisions:

1. Genetics of cutaneous inflammation (Ibrahim lab)
2. Model Systems of Inflammatory Skin Diseases (Ludwig lab)
3. Translational Research (Schmidt lab)
4. Systems Biology of Inflammatory Diseases (Busch lab)

• Graduiertenkolleg (GRK) 1727: Modulation of Autoimmunity
• Klinische Forschergruppe (KFO) 303: Pemphigoid Diseases – Molecular Pathways and their therapeutic potential
• Graduiertenkolleg (GRK) 1743: Genes, Environment and Inflammation
• IRTG 1911: Immunoregulation of Inflammation in Allergy and Infection
  
  
• Exzellenzcluster:
  Inflammation at Interfaces
  Cluster Lab VII (CLVII)
  Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine (CCIM; CLXIII)
  

• EUROIMMUN

• Center for Research on Inflammation of the Skin (CRIS)