title: Conference scene: shining lights on the future of autoimmunity in Asia.
abstract: The Congress on Autoimmunity was held, as was the previous 4th Asian Congress on Autoimmunity meeting, in Suntec City, Singapore, on 17-19 November 2011. The congress saw the participation of prestigious experts within the fields of autoimmunity, immunology, rheumatology, cardiovascular diseases and diabetology, with the enlightening concepts discussed briefly summarized herein. The Honorary President of the congress, Yehuda Shoenfeld, together with the local and international organizing committees, successfully put together an attractive scientific program with topics including the most up-to-date achievements and discoveries in all aspects of autoimmunity. In the surrounding of a beautiful city, autoimmunity was untangled, and novel, brilliant ideas emerged that could help to solve this fascinating conundrum.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology, Allergology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. carlo.perricone@gmail.com
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perricone
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perricone
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology; D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases; D015551:Autoimmunity; D002309:Cardiology; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D012219:Rheumatology; D012846:Singapore