{"id":25007,"date":"2026-10-05T09:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/?p=25007"},"modified":"2026-10-05T09:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:13:56","slug":"rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/","title":{"rendered":"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide toc-item\" id=\"statement-by-the-leopoldina\">Statement by the Leopoldina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">On October 1, 2026, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina issued a comprehensive statement on the care, data infrastructure, research, and prevention of \u201cpost-infectious diseases.\u201d Many rheumatic diseases are believed to be triggered by infections. For some, this is already known \u2014 for example, reactive arthritis. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can also cause chronic long-term effects; Long COVID has drawn attention to post-infectious diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Dr. Andreas Radbruch of the DRFZ, a member of the Leopoldina, contributed to the statement. The research described in the statement, conducted by the research group led by Dr. Mir-Farzin Mashreghi at the DRFZ, has made a significant contribution to a better understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 can trigger chronic inflammation and what role other viruses play in this process. This has yielded important insights into the development of post-infectious diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leopoldina.org\/ergebnisse-und-termine\/publikationen\/detail\/postinfektioese-erkrankungen-versorgung-dateninfrastruktur-forschung-und-praevention-2026\">Statement by Leopoldina<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n  <section     class=\"section grid-heads alignwide\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n      \n              <div class=\"grid-heads__items grid grid--4\">\n          \n<article\n  id=\"post-2241\" class=\"teaser-head launimation slideBottom  post-2241 head type-head status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry department-pb-1-zell-und-gewebe-rheumatologie programme-area-tax-programmbereich-1 working-group-function-gruppenleitung working-group-tax-zellbiologie\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, 520px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-150x100.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-1024x684.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-1600x1068.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-1366x912.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Radbruch_Andreas-550x367.jpg 550w\" class=\"image image--landscape\" alt=\"\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"684\">      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__header\">\n    <!--    -->    <!--      -->    <!--    -->    <h2 class=\"h6 teaser-head__title launimation slideBottom\">Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Radbruch<\/h2>\n          <div class=\"teaser-head__role\">\n                                  <p class=\"text-label working_group_function working_group\">\n            Gruppenleitung: Zellbiologie          <\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"teaser-head__contact\">\n              <p class=\"text-label\"><a href=\"mailto:radbruch@drfz.de\"\">radbruch@drfz.de<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/koepfe\/prof-dr-rer-nat-andreas-radbruch\/\"\n    aria-describedby=\"post-2241\"\n    title=\"Gehe zum Beitrag\" rel=\"bookmark\"\n    class=\"teaser-head__link button button--small button--arrow button--arrow-link\"><span\n      class=\"visually-hidden\">Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Radbruch<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>\n<article\n  id=\"post-1740\" class=\"teaser-head launimation slideBottom  post-1740 head type-head status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry department-pb-3-systemrheumatologie programme-area-function-leitung programme-area-tax-programmbereich-3 working-group-function-gruppenleitung working-group-tax-therapeutische-genregulation\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, 520px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-150x100.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-1024x684.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-1600x1068.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-1366x912.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mashreghi_Mir-Farzin-550x367.jpg 550w\" class=\"image image--landscape\" alt=\"\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"684\">      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__header\">\n    <!--    -->    <!--      -->    <!--    -->    <h2 class=\"h6 teaser-head__title launimation slideBottom\">PD Dr. Mir-Farzin Mashreghi<\/h2>\n          <div class=\"teaser-head__role\">\n                          <p class=\"text-label programme_area_function programme_area department\">\n            Leitung: Programmbereich 3, Systemrheumatologie          <\/p>\n                          <p class=\"text-label working_group_function working_group\">\n            Gruppenleitung: Therapeutische Genregulation          <\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"teaser-head__contact\">\n              <p class=\"text-label\"><a href=\"mailto:mashreghi@drfz.de\"\">mashreghi@drfz.de<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/koepfe\/dr-mir-farzin-mashreghi\/\"\n    aria-describedby=\"post-1740\"\n    title=\"Gehe zum Beitrag\" rel=\"bookmark\"\n    class=\"teaser-head__link button button--small button--arrow button--arrow-link\"><span\n      class=\"visually-hidden\">PD Dr. Mir-Farzin Mashreghi<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"block_a21f515ee18822d781bbcfb56d6e411e\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide \">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n                        <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">News <\/h2>\n        \n              \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/ebv-reactivation-as-a-key-mechanism-of-mis-c-after-sars-cov-2-infection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">EBV-Reaktivierung als Schl\u00fcsselmechanismus von MIS-C nach SARS-CoV-2 Infektion<\/a>\n\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/ebv-reactivation-as-a-key-mechanism-of-mis-c-after-sars-cov-2-infection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"block_bc477c7cb2ba6173487cb4dbb7694333\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide \">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n                        <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Scientific project at DRFZ<\/h2>\n        \n              \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/forschungsprojekte\/strat4pais-immunological-endotypes-of-pediatric-post-acute-infection-syndromes-pais-mechanistic-stratification-of-me-cfs-and-associated-post-infectious-diseases\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Project funded by ME\/CFS Research Foundation<\/a>\n\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/forschungsprojekte\/strat4pais-immunological-endotypes-of-pediatric-post-acute-infection-syndromes-pais-mechanistic-stratification-of-me-cfs-and-associated-post-infectious-diseases\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">Picture: Leopoldina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement by the Leopoldina On October 1, 2026, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina issued a comprehensive statement on the care, data infrastructure, research,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[288,292],"tags":[639,475,492,496,455,426],"programme-area-tax":[179,181,182],"working-group-tax":[258],"class_list":["post-25007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-patients","category-news-en","tag-andreas-radbruch-en","tag-mashreghi-en","tag-program-area-1","tag-program-area-3","tag-radbruch-en","tag-therapeutic-gene-regulation","programme-area-tax-programme-area-1","programme-area-tax-programme-area-3","programme-area-tax-programme-area-4","working-group-tax-therapeutic-gene-regulation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections - DRFZ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Andreas Radbruch former Scientific Director of the DRFZ contributed to the Leopoldina&#039;s statement on post-infectious diseases\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections - DRFZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andreas Radbruch former Scientific Director of the DRFZ contributed to the Leopoldina&#039;s statement on post-infectious diseases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DRFZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drfz.de\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-05T09:12:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-05T09:13:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ute Hoffmann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DRFZ_Berlin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DRFZ_Berlin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ute Hoffmann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ute Hoffmann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737\"},\"headline\":\"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-05T09:12:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-05T09:13:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Andreas Radbruch\",\"Mashreghi\",\"Program area 1\",\"Program area 3\",\"Radbruch\",\"Therapeutic Gene Regulation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"For patients\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections - DRFZ\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-05T09:12:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-05T09:13:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"Andreas Radbruch former Scientific Director of the DRFZ contributed to the Leopoldina's statement on post-infectious diseases\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Deckblatt der Stellungnahme\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"DRFZ\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/drfz-footer-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/drfz-footer-logo.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/drfz.de\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DRFZ_Berlin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/deutsches-rheuma-forschungszentrum-berlin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCf8nDuqpkWwcmCWmfSTkE3w\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737\",\"name\":\"Ute Hoffmann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ute Hoffmann\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections - DRFZ","description":"Andreas Radbruch former Scientific Director of the DRFZ contributed to the Leopoldina's statement on post-infectious diseases","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections - DRFZ","og_description":"Andreas Radbruch former Scientific Director of the DRFZ contributed to the Leopoldina's statement on post-infectious diseases","og_url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/","og_site_name":"DRFZ","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drfz.de\/","article_published_time":"2026-10-05T09:12:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-05T09:13:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ute Hoffmann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DRFZ_Berlin","twitter_site":"@DRFZ_Berlin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ute Hoffmann","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/"},"author":{"name":"Ute Hoffmann","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737"},"headline":"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections","datePublished":"2026-10-05T09:12:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-05T09:13:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/"},"wordCount":148,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg","keywords":["Andreas Radbruch","Mashreghi","Program area 1","Program area 3","Radbruch","Therapeutic Gene Regulation"],"articleSection":["For patients","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/","name":"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections - DRFZ","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-05T09:12:41+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-05T09:13:56+00:00","description":"Andreas Radbruch former Scientific Director of the DRFZ contributed to the Leopoldina's statement on post-infectious diseases","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261005-Rheumatische-Erkrankungen-als-Spaetfolgen-von-Infektionen_Beitragsbild-1.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Deckblatt der Stellungnahme"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/rheumatic-diseases-as-long-term-consequences-of-infections\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rheumatic Diseases as Long-Term Consequences of Infections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/","name":"DRFZ","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/drfz-footer-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/drfz-footer-logo.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drfz.de\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DRFZ_Berlin","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/deutsches-rheuma-forschungszentrum-berlin","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCf8nDuqpkWwcmCWmfSTkE3w"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737","name":"Ute Hoffmann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ute Hoffmann"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25007"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25013,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25007\/revisions\/25013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25007"},{"taxonomy":"programme-area-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programme-area-tax?post=25007"},{"taxonomy":"working-group-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/working-group-tax?post=25007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}