Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, Crohn Disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Autoantibody Positive Thyroiditis: A Case Report and A Review of a Cohort of BBS Patients by Ugur Halac, Denise Herzog

“…Although the disease has been described in a patient with psoriasis, individuals with BBS are not known to be at risk of developing autoimmune disorders. Our objective was to describe a 14-year-old patient with BBS who presented with Crohn disease (CD), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and thyroiditis in the context of a cohort review at Sainte-Justine Hospital and to alert clinicians to the increased risk of autoimmune disorders in these patients. …”
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Bullous pemphigoid after Split Skin grafting in vitiligo patient by Siddharth Bhatt, Anand Mannu, Gourang Paliwal, Biju Vasudevan

“…Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune condition characterized by tense subepidermal blisters commonly seen in old age. …”
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Anti-AMPA-Receptor Encephalitis Presenting as a Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder in a Young Woman with Turner Syndrome by Giuseppe Quaranta, Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani, Giulio Perugi

“…Background. Autoimmune encephalitis is a disorder characterised by the subacute onset of seizures, short-term memory loss, and psychiatric and behavioural symptoms. …”
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General and Specific Genetic Polymorphism of Cytokines-Related Gene in AITD by Chen Xiaoheng, Mei Yizhou, He Bei, Li Huilong, Wang Xin, Hu Rui, Li Lu, Ding Zhiguo

“…Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) shows the highest incidence among organ-specific autoimmune diseases and is the most common thyroid disease in humans, including Graves’ disease (GD) and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT). …”
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Pemphigus Vulgaris with Solitary Toxic Thyroid Nodule by Mostafa Alfishawy, Karim Anwar, Amira Elbendary, Ahmed Daoud

“…It is reported to be associated with other autoimmune diseases including autoimmune thyroid diseases. …”
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The Missing LNK: Evolution from Cytosis to Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis and Germline SH2B3 Mutation by Krishna Gundabolu, Bhavana J. Dave, Carmelita J. Alvares, Jeffrey J. Cannatella, Vijaya R. Bhatt, Lori J. Maness, Zaid S. Al-Kadhimi, Rana K. Zabad, Allison M. Cushman-Vokoun

“…Germline mutation in SH2B adaptor protein 3 (SH2B3) had been reported before to affect a family with autoimmune disorders and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. …”
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Chemokines by Richard Horuk

“…They play a major role in autoimmune disease and chemokine receptors have recently been found to mediate HIV-1 fusion. …”
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Myricetin exposure reduces PC differentiation in vitro in primary human B cells by Shabirul Haque, Betty Diamond

“…Blocking or reducing PC differentiation is one approach to treat autoimmune diseases that are characterized by the presence of pathogenic autoantibodies. …”
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Successful Long-Term Use of Eltrombopag in a Patient with Refractory Severe Thrombocytopenia Associated with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia That Allowed Oral Anticoagulant Treatment... by Juárez Salcedo Luis Miguel, Gil-Fernández Juan José

“…Autoimmune cytopenias (AICs) are frequently associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). …”
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Immune Dysregulation after Cardiothoracic Surgery and Incidental Thymectomy: Maintenance of Regulatory T Cells despite Impaired Thymopoiesis by Nancy J. Halnon, Paige Cooper, Diana Yu Hui Chen, M. Ines Boechat, Christel H. Uittenbogaart

“…Tregs were examined. Atopic or autoimmune-like symptoms and elevated anti-dsDNA antibodies were common after surgery in individuals with low thymopoiesis. …”
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A Rare Case of Paraneoplastic Aortitis Associated with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia by Sylwia Sasinowska, Pamela Traisak, Michael McCormack, Hala Eid

“…Other etiologies include aortitis associated with other autoimmune disorders, infectious causes, and paraneoplastic and idiopathic cases. …”
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Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and immune-mediated diseases: a population-based cohort study by Giovanni Adami, Angelo Fassio, Giovanni Orsolini, Davide Gatti, Maurizio Rossini, Ombretta Viapiana, Camilla Benini, Elena Fracassi, Giorgio Cattani, Marco Pontalti, Eugenia Bertoldo

“…We found a positive association between PM10 and the risk of autoimmune diseases (ρ+0.007, p 0.014). Every 10 µg/m3 increase in PM10 concentration was associated with an incremental 7% risk of having autoimmune disease. …”
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A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis by N. Navarrete-Navarrete, J. Escobar Sevilla, M. Toribio García, F. Urbano, J. M. Sabio, J. Jiménez-Alonso

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New proposal for a multimodal imaging approach for the subclinical detection of hydroxychloroquine-induced retinal toxicity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Ricard Cervera, Alfredo Adan, Gerard Espinosa, Jose Rios, Olga Araujo, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Laura Pelegrín, Ricardo P Casaroli-Marano, Halbert Hernández-Negrín, Marc Figueras-Roca, Vanesa Budi, Montse Morató

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Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Encephalitis as Paraneoplastic Manifestation of Germ-Cells Tumours: A Cases Report and Literature Review by Claudia Geraldine Rita, Israel Nieto Gañan, Adriano Jimenez Escrig, Ángela Carrasco Sayalero

“…Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is the most common form of autoimmune encephalitis, caused by the interaction between an antibody and its target, located on glutamate receptor type N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) of neuronal surface. …”
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Common Adverse Effects of Anti-TNF Agents on Gestation by Zacharias Fasoulakis, Panagiotis Antsaklis, Nikolaos Galanopoulos, Emmanuel Kontomanolis

“…Autoimmune disease has affected up to 50 million Americans, according to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) and 75 percent of those affected are women. …”
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Clinical and Pathological Features of Childhood-Onset Nemaline Myopathy: A Report of Four Cases by Chao Jiang, Jianping Wang, Haidong Lu

“…We examined whether immunological abnormalities can be found in the specimens of four childhood-onset nemaline myopathy (NM) patients without autoimmune diseases. Pathological examination revealed that nemaline rods were found in all specimens. …”
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Variable Presentation of the CYBB Mutation in One Family, Approach to Management, and a Review of the Literature by Tatyana Gavrilova, Ari Zelig, Diana H. Lee

“…Additionally, patients with CGD are predisposed to unique autoimmune manifestations. While generally spared from infectious complications, heterozygous carriers of the abnormal genes implicated in CGD pathogenesis can still present with autoimmune disorders. …”
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The Roles of Thyroid and Thyroid Hormone in Pancreas: Physiology and Pathology by Chaoran Chen, Zhenxing Xie, Yingbin Shen, Shu Fang Xia

“…The topics contained in this review include a summary of the relationship between autoimmune thyroid dysfunction and autoimmune pancreas lesions and the effects of THs on pancreas development and pancreas pathology (diabetes and pancreatic cancer).…”
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Selenium and Thyroid Disease: From Pathophysiology to Treatment by Mara Ventura, Miguel Melo, Francisco Carrilho

“…Regarding thyroid pathology, selenium intake has been particularly associated with autoimmune disorders. The literature suggests that selenium supplementation of patients with autoimmune thyroiditis is associated with a reduction in antithyroperoxidase antibody levels, improved thyroid ultrasound features, and improved quality of life. …”
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