Thyrotoxic Dysphagia in an 82-Year-Old Male by Konstantinos Parperis, Ramona Dadu, Sheikh Hoq, Vivian Argento

“…Workup for his dysphagia with upper endoscopy, MRI brain, electromyography, acetyl-cholinesterase receptor antibodies, and voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies were negative. …”
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Lower Limb Ischemia: Aortoiliac Thrombosis Related to Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)—Case Report and Review of the Literature by Arnaldo Toffon, Raffaella Piovesan, Consolato Francesco Minniti, Omar Caruso, Paolo Criscenti, Sabina Villalta, Maurizio Cavallo

“…The discovery of anti-cardiolipin antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome is due to Harris et al. who described the syndrome. …”
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Interleukin-1, Tumour Necrosis Factor and Treatment of the Septic Shock Syndrome by Charles A Dinarello

“…Treating the septic shock syndrome with antibodies that block only endotoxin has its limitations. …”
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Association of Neospora caninum and abortions in water buffaloes in Venezuela by Rosaura Pérez-Gil

“…A chi-square test was performed to estimate the association between the presence of antibodies against N. caninum with parity and abortions. …”
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Serological monitoring of avian influenza and Newcastle disease in the Russian Federation in 2019 by M. A. Volkova, I. A. Chvala, O. S. Osipova, M. A. Kulagina, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…The detected antibodies were specific to the haemagglutinin subtype of the vaccine antigen. …”
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Sex-specific association of immunological markers in CS-delivered newborns with pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain of mothers by Karolina Rak, Michaela Godyla-Jabłoński, Monika Bronkowska

“…The concentration of antibodies in maternal serum (MS) and UCS were determined by ELISA method. …”
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A Pilot Seroprevalence Study Suggests Silent Zika virus Transmission in Bhopal Region of Central India by Shashwati Nema, Dipesh Kale, Romesh Jain, Ajay Halder, Manisha Shrivastava, Deepak Vaishnav, Ashvini Kumar Yadav, Divya Namdeo, Debasis Biswas

“…Conclusion: This study, which is the first survey of seroprevalence of anti-Zika antibodies from India, reports an overall seropositivity rate of 10% for anti-Zika antibodies among the healthy population, suggesting an ongoing, low level, silent transmission of ZIKV in the local community.…”
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CryJ-LAMP DNA Vaccines for Japanese Red Cedar Allergy Induce Robust Th1-Type Immune Responses in Murine Model by Yan Su, Michael Connolly, Anthony Marketon, Teri Heiland

“…CryJ1-LAMP and CryJ2-LAMP were administrated to BALB/c mice and antigen-specific Th1-type IgG2a and Th2-type IgG1 antibodies, as well as IgE antibodies, were assayed longitudinally. …”
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Detection of Insulin in Insulin-Deficient Islets of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Yuliya Krivova, Alexandra Proshchina, Dmitry Otlyga, Anastasia Kharlamova, Sergey Saveliev

“…The present study aimed to test the ability of various antibodies to detect insulin in insulin-deficient islets of T1D patients. …”
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Investigation of bhv-1, bvdv and eblv infections in bulls selected for artificial investigation of bhv-1, bvdv and eblv infections in bulls selected for artificial by Orhan Yapkıç, Oya Bulut, Atilla Şimşek, Sibel Yavru, Mehmet Kale, OğuzhanAvcı

“…In this study, blood samples taken from 143 bulls choosen bulls that using in artificial insemination centers were investigated for antibodies against BHV-1, BVDV and EBLV infections by ELISA/Ab. …”
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Early Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A New Association with Erythema Nodosum of Unknown Origin by Nikolaos K. Gatselis, Kalliopi Zachou, George N. Dalekos

“…PBC diagnosis was established according to the cholestatic biochemical profile, anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA) positivity and liver histology (first), and AMA and antinuclear (ANA) PBC-specific antibodies (second). …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of African Horse Sickness in Three Agroecological Zones of Cameroon by Mohamed M. F. Ndebé, Mohamed M. M. Mouiche, Frédéric Moffo, Rodrigue N. S. Poueme, Julius Awah-Ndukum

“…Of the 336 sera obtained, 198 were positive for antibodies with a prevalence of 58.93% (CI: 53.67–64.19). …”
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Incidentally Diagnosed Alport Syndrome in a Patient with Drug-Induced Vasculitis by D. Lai, N. Dave, R. Raghavan

“…Laboratory studies revealed the presence of dual Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (anti-MPO and anti-PR3), anti-nuclear and anti-histone antibodies. …”
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Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase-Associated Myasthenia Gravis: A Neuromuscular Surprise by Hassam Ali, Rahul Pamarthy, Nayab Ahsan, null WashmaAwan, Shiza Sarfraz

“…Although most commonly caused by antibodies to the acetylcholine receptor, antibodies against MuSK (muscle-specific kinase) protein can also weaken transmission at the neuromuscular junction. …”
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Hyper IgG4-Related Disease Presenting with Orbital Tumor and Immune Deficiency by Caroline G. Olson, Nancy Y. Olson

“…In contrast to previous cases with normal-to-high IgM, the IgM was low with impaired functional antibodies.…”
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TESTING OF COMBINED VACCINES AGAINST AUJEZSKY’S DISEASE, PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME AND PORCINE PARVOVIRUS INFECTION FOR THEIR ANTIGENICITY by Ye. P. Baborenko, Ye. K. Dolganova, K. N. Gruzdev

“…The use of the vaccine based on marker Aujeszky’s disease virus strain allows differentiation between the animals that have antibodies to the marker vaccine strain (in the absence of antibodies to the glycoprotein gE in 100% of cases) from the animals with antibodies to field strains of the Aujeszky’s disease virus in their sera. …”
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Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy Presenting with Unusual Behavioural Disturbances in an Adolescent Girl by Murugan Selvaraj Karthik, Kulothungan Nandhini, Viswanath Subashini, Ramasamy Balakrishnan

“…On further investigation, patient was found to have high serum anti-TPO antibodies of about 1261 U/mL with euthyroid status, which supported a suspicion of HE. …”
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Ultrasensitive interferons quantification reveals different cytokine profile secretion in inflammatory myopathies and can serve as biomarkers of activity in dermatomyositis by Loïs Bolko, Loïs Bolko, Loïs Bolko, Céline Anquetil, Céline Anquetil, Alba Llibre, Solène Maillard, Damien Amelin, Karim Dorgham, Vincent Bondet, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Océane Landon-Cardinal, Ségolène Toquet, Ségolène Toquet, Kuberaka Mariampillai, Samuel Malatre, Alexandrine Mahoudeau, Baptiste Hervier, Mathieu Rodero, Guy Gorochov, Darragh Duffy, Olivier Benveniste, Olivier Benveniste, Yves Allenbach, Yves Allenbach

“…Furthermore, Myositis-specific antibodies appear to be associated with a different secretion profile; patients with anti-MDA 5 antibodies had higher level of IFN-α than most other antibodies (6.58 vs 0.14 p<0.005). …”
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Anti-MuSK-Positive Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient with Parkinsonism and Cognitive Impairment by S. Lanfranconi, S. Corti, P. Baron, G. Conti, L. Borellini, N. Bresolin, A. Bersano

“…Muscle-specific tyrosine kinase- (MuSK-) antibodies-positive Myasthenia Gravis accounts for about one third of Seronegative Myasthenia Gravis and is clinically characterized by early onset of prominent bulbar, neck, shoulder girdle, and respiratory weakness. …”
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Autoimmunity against cytokines: Double strike in autoimmune disease, a historical perspective by Iván Insignares, Luis E. Rodríguez, Óscar Correa-Jiménez, Alberto Alfaro-Murillo, Laura Rincón-Arenas, Andrés Sánchez, Marlon Múnera

“…Autoimmune responses are characterized by the development of antibodies and the activation of T lymphocytes against self-antigens. …”
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