The Journal of Autoimmunity is a parent journal of the Journal of Translational Autoimmunity. The Journal of Autoimmunity publishes papers related to the diverse aspects of autoimmunity: the mechanism of self-recognition, regulation of autoimmune responses, experimental autoimmune diseases, diagnostic autoantibody tests, and the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of autoimmune diseases. Special, but not exclusive, attention will be given to papers dealing with genetic, molecular biology, and cellular aspects of the discipline.

Research Areas Include:

• Underlying mechanisms of autoimmunity
• Immunologic
• Molecular
• Cellular
• Genetic
• Virologic

Areas of Clinical Interest:

• Rheumatology
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology
• Nephrology
• Haematology
• Immunopharmacology

Special issues:
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Editor-in-Chief
M.E. Gershwin
University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
Co Editor-in-Chief
Y. Shoenfeld
The Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer Department of Internal Medicine B and Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Ramat Gan, Israel
Review Editors
A. Goules
A. Goules
Athens, Greece
Founding Editor
J.F. Bach
Paris, France
Editorial Board
A.K. Abbas
San Francisco, California, United States
A. Ansari
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
V. Barnaba
Roma, Italy
S. Berrih-Aknin
Paris, France
D.T. Boumpas
Irakleio, Greece
X.T. Cao
X.T. Cao
Beijing, China
E.K.L. Chan
Gainesville, Florida, United States
B.L. Chiang
Taipei, Taiwan
U. Christen
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
A. Doria
Padova, Italy
R.A. Flavell
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
C.C. Goodnow
M. von Herrath
La Jolla, California, United States
G. Hirschfield
Birmingham, United Kingdom
D. Klinman
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Z.-X. Lian
Guangzhou, China
Q. Lu
Changsha, Hunan, China
X. Ma
Shanghai, China
E. Maverakis
Sacramento, California, United States
D. Mavilio
P.L. Meroni
Milano, Italy
H.M. Moutsopoulos
Athens, Greece
S. Muller
Strasbourg, France
C. Putterman
Bronx, New York, USA
Y. Renaudineau
Brest Cedex, France
W. Ridgway
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
N.R. Rose
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
I. Sanz
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
C. F. Selmi
C. F. Selmi
Milano, Italy
S. Shimoda
Fukuoka, Japan
G.J. Silverman
La Jolla, California, United States
Z. Tian
Hefei, China
G. Tsokos
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
A. Tzioufas
Athens, Greece
H.J. Worman
New York, New York, United States
H. Young
Frederick, Maryland, United States
W. Zhang
Davis, CA, USA
X. Zhang
Beijing, China
E. Zigmond
Tel Aviv, Israel