Arandjelovic, Sanja

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine: Nephrology

Education

PhD, Biochemistry, University of Virginia

Contact Information

Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine
UVA Division of Nephrology, PO Box 800133
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
Telephone: 434-982-2593
Email: sa2h@virginia.edu

Research Disciplines

Immunology

Research Interests

Innate immunity, Cell clearance, Inflammatory and autoimmune disease

Research Description

The Arandjelovic laboratory research focus is on cell clearance in inflammatory disease, using rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and multiple sclerosis (MS) as model systems. Inflammatory states are associated with high rates of cell death, mostly through apoptosis, and the clearance of apoptotic cells is a critical step in disease pathology. However, the cellular identity of phagocytes and the molecular events that contribute to the clearance of apoptotic cells has been understudied in many inflammatory diseases. In other words, “who” are the cleaning crew and which “tools” are they using?