- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory disease for which there is currently no known treatment or cure
- Prevalence in HS ranges from 1-4% in young adults making it more common than other better recognized immune diseases
- Women are more commonly affected than men and the disease is more common in African Americans
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- To understand the inflammatory response in HS compared to chronic wounds
- To investigate the interplay between the microbiome and host immune response in HS
- To improve understanding of the mechanisms and pathogenesis of HS so that novel therapeutic targets can be identified for drug development
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