10.01.2020IREM Professor Janine Reichenbach is member of the new HMZ flagship project Immuno-TargET.

Autoimmune diseases and cancer have highly interesting parallels that can be used for novel therapeutic approaches. Tumours that originate from endocrine (hormone-producing) organs such as the thyroid gland, the parathyroid gland, the pituitary gland or the gastrointestinal tract are often characterised by excessive hormone production and frequently retain the functional and molecular properties of their originating organ.