Mycoplasma Pneumonia: An Unrecognized Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin in an Adult by Fatima Ali-Ahmed, Alexandra Halalau

“…She had no respiratory symptoms or family history of autoimmune diseases. A chest X-ray was negative for pneumonia or hilar adenopathy. …”
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Role of Cytokines and Toll-Like Receptors in the Immunopathogenesis of Guillain-Barré Syndrome by Kishan Kumar Nyati, Kashi Nath Prasad

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system, mostly triggered by an aberrant immune response to an infectious pathogen. …”
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Sjogren’s Syndrome and TAM Receptors: A Possible Contribution to Disease Onset by Richard Witas, Ammon B. Peck, Julian L. Ambrus, Cuong Q. Nguyen

“…Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic, progressive autoimmune disease featuring both organ-specific and systemic manifestations, the most frequent being dry mouth and dry eyes resulting from lymphocytic infiltration into the salivary and lacrimal glands. …”
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Occlusion of Internal Carotid Artery in Kimura's Disease by Tomonori Tamaki, Node Yoji

“…We suspected that occlusion of this patient's internal carotid artery may be caused by the autoimmune mechanism that underlies Kimura's disease.…”
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The Role of CARD9 Deficiency in Neutrophils by Ruanmei Sheng, Xiaoming Zhong, Zhiwen Yang, Xuemin Wang

“…Neutrophils play a critical role in innate immune defense and directly contribute to infectious and autoimmune ailments. Great efforts are underway to better understand the nature of neutrophilic inflammation. …”
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Targeting Toll-Like Receptors for Treatment of SLE by Christopher G. Horton, Zi-jian Pan, A. Darise Farris

“…Genome-wide association studies, single nucleotide polymorphism analyses as well as experimental mouse models have provided evidence of TLR signaling involvement in SLE and other autoimmune diseases. Since activation of these receptor pathways promotes autoimmune phenotypes, inhibitory drugs that target these pathways constitute important new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of systemic autoimmunity.…”
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Primary biliary cirrhosis: clinical and laboratory criteria of diagnostics and up-to-date treatment by L. Yu. Il’chenko, V. I. Reshetn’yak

“…PBC is organ-specific autoimmune liver disease affecting predominantly women that is characterized by chronic progressing destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts with portal inflammation, resulting in development of liver cirrhosis (LC). …”
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Immune Tolerance Regulation Is Critical to Immune Homeostasis by Lei Han, Tianxiang Wu, Qin Zhang, Anning Qi, Xiaohui Zhou

“…Its induction or elimination plays a significant role in autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation, and cancer therapy, markedly impacting various major diseases in modern clinical practice. …”
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Evaluation of the deleted in malignant brain tumor 1 protein expression and DNA methylation profile in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Khushboo Choudhury, Monika Gandhi, Uma Kumar, Sayan Chatterjee, Ram Singh Purty

“…Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease that progressively leads to joint destruction and functional disability which eventually affects the quality of life of the people suffering from it. …”
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Severe Primary Raynaud’s Disease Treated with Rituximab by Mohammed Shabrawishi, Abdurahman Albeity, Hani Almoallim

“…There were no symptoms of underlying autoimmune disease or malignancy, and autoimmune, serology, and immunology test results were normal; a biopsy of her left little finger was negative for vasculitis. …”
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Relapsing Polychondritis in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis Using Etanercept by Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, Natalia Bassalobre Galli, Alais Daiane Fadini Kleinfelder, Julia Farabolini D’Ippolito, Andressa Gulin Tolentino, Eduardo Paiva

“…Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an autoimmune disease characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation and progressive destruction of cartilaginous tissues, especially of the ears, nose, joints, and tracheobronchial tree. …”
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Bullous Lupus: An Atypical Case of Refractory Disease in a Patient with Sulfa Allergy by Maria Salgado Guerrero, Oscar Mena Miranda, Ana B. Arevalo, Nevena Barjaktarovic, Barbara Mendez

“…Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus (BSLE) is a rare cutaneous autoimmune disorder characterized by rapid, widespread vesiculobullous lesions in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). …”
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A Hypothesis Concerning a Potential Involvement of Ceramide in Apoptosis and Acantholysis Induced by Pemphigus Autoantibodies by Wendy B. Bollag

“…Autoimmune diseases affect more than 50 million Americans, resulting in significant healthcare costs. …”
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Molecular and Cellular Pathways Contributing to Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Qinghua Fang, Chun Zhou, Kutty Selva Nandakumar

“…Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune syndrome associated with several genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors affecting the articular joints contributing to cartilage and bone damage. …”
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Ignoring Gender-Based Immunometabolic Reprograming, a Risky Business in Immune-Based Precision Medicine by Vijay Kumar

“…Immunology advances have increased our understanding of autoimmune, auto-inflammatory, immunodeficiency, infectious, and other immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs). …”
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Hepatitis due to Coxsackie A virus in an adult: a case report by Likith Surendra, Varun Sharma, Milan Sivakumar, Tara Lanzendorf, Thomas C. Varkey, Kaivan Salehpour

“…Given the patient’s history of potential autoimmune and tramadol-induced hepatocyte damage, our case suggests that Coxsackie A may be more virulent in a patient with underlying liver vulnerability. …”
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15-Deoxy-γ12,14-prostaglandin J2 Reduces Liver Impairment in a Model of ConA-Induced Acute Hepatic Inflammation by Activation of PPARγ and Reduction in NF-κB Activity by Kan Chen, Jingjing Li, Junshan Wang, Yujing Xia, Weiqi Dai, Fan Wang, Miao Shen, Ping Cheng, Yan Zhang, Chengfen Wang, Jing Yang, Rong Zhu, Huawei Zhang, Yuanyuan Zheng, Jie Lu, Zhuoyi Fan, Yingqun Zhou, Chuanyong Guo

“…In this study, we investigated both effects of 15d-PGJ2 and its protection mechanism in concanavalin A- (ConA-) induced autoimmune hepatitis in mice. Materials and Methods. …”
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Overview of Celiac Disease in Russia: Regional Data and Estimated Prevalence by Lyudmila V. Savvateeva, Svetlana I. Erdes, Anton S. Antishin, Andrey A. Zamyatnin

“…Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of dietary gluten from some cereals mainly in individuals carrying the HLA-DQ2 and/or HLA-DQ8 haplotypes. …”
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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis as a Cause of Sudden-Onset Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Case Report and Recommendations for Initial Assessment by Paul R. Ratmeyer, Benjamin R. Johnson, Luis P. Roldan, Tania L. Kraai

“…The aim of this paper is to delineate an appropriate diagnostic work-up for patients with bilateral SSNHL when there is concern for autoimmune disease.…”
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Challenges in Treating Statin-Associated Necrotizing Myopathy by Patrick Webster, Nicholas Wiemer, Abdalhamid Al Harash, Cody Marshall, Nazia Khatoon, Michael Lucke

“…This single-center case series highlights the clinicopathologic features diagnostic for statin-associated autoimmune myopathy as well as treatment challenges for the patient population. …”
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