Vasculitis: Disease Overview
Vasculitis is when blood vessels become inflamed due to your body attacking the blood vessel by mistake. This can cause fevers, fatigue, weight loss, and overall pain.
Dr. Eric J. Gapud, physician and Vasculitis Center Director of Research, explains what vasculitis is and different ways it effects the body.
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Dr. Gapud has interests in mechanisms and patient outcomes for ANCA-associated vasculitis, Giant Cell Arteritis, Behcet’s Disease, and Takayasu Arteritis. In the laboratory, his research is targeted toward understanding the patho-etiologic role of granzymes in autoimmune disease and the effects of these molecular mediators on bystander cells and tissues during normal immune responses.