Sex Differences Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Daniel S. Smyk, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Albert Pares, Charalambos Billinis, Andrew K. Burroughs, Luigi Muratori, Pietro Invernizzi, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease of autoimmune origin, characterised by the destruction of small intrahepatic bile ducts. …”
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Serum Autoantibodies: From Identification to Clinical Relevance by Pietro Invernizzi, Xavier Bossuyt, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

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Antihistamine-Induced Hepatitis: 2 Cases Involving Loratidine by Hafiz Arshad, Arsalan Khan, Usama Assad, Muaiad Kittaneh, Charles Berkelhammer

“…We present 2 cases of antihistamine-induced hepatitis with autoimmune features, caused by loratidine. One case was confirmed by rechallenge. …”
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Isolation, Characterization, and Molecular Modeling of a Rheumatoid Factor from a Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patient with Sjögren’s Syndrome by Yu-Ching Lee, Keng-Chang Tsai, Sy-Jye Leu, Tuan-Jen Wang, Chia-Yu Liu, Yi-Yuan Yang

“…To study IgG RFs in patients with other autoimmune diseases, phage display antibody libraries from a hepatitis C virus infected patient with Sjögren’s syndrome were constructed. …”
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SIAE Rare Variants in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Primary Antibody Deficiencies by Eirini Sevdali, Elena Tsitsami, Maria Tsinti, Evangelia Farmaki, Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki, Anastasios E. Germenis, Matthaios Speletas

“…Considering the distinct pathogenesis of the two main subtypes of JIA, autoinflammatory systemic (sJIA) and autoimmune oligo/polyarticular (aJIA), and a predisposition to autoimmunity displayed by patients and families with primary antibody deficiencies (PADs), the aim of our study was to analyze whether SIAE rare variants are associated with both the phenotype of JIA and the autoimmunity risk in families with PADs. …”
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Anti-laminin-1 Autoantibodies, Pregnancy Loss and Endometriosis by Junko Inagaki, Akane Kondo, Luis R. Lopez, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Eiji Matsuura

“…Thus, anti-laminin-1 antibodies may be important in development of autoimmune-mediated reproductive failures and the assessment of the antibodies may provide a novel non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis.…”
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T Cell Repertoire and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Kenneth Croitoru, David KH Wong, Maria E Baca-Estrada

“…Selection processes in the thymus and periphery serve to eliminate self-reacting T cells, thereby preventing autoimmune disease. The possibility that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an autoimmune disease has led to the search for an auto-antigen. …”
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Genetics of Myasthenia Gravis: A Case-Control Association Study in the Hellenic Population by Zoi Zagoriti, Marianthi Georgitsi, Olga Giannakopoulou, Fotios Ntellos, Socrates J. Tzartos, George P. Patrinos, Konstantinos Poulas

“…Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by the production of autoantibodies against proteins of the postsynaptic membrane, in the neuromuscular junction. …”
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Gene Expression Profiling in Dermatitis Herpetiformis Skin Lesions by M. Dolcino, E. Cozzani, S. Riva, A. Parodi, E. Tinazzi, C. Lunardi, A. Puccetti

“…Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an autoimmune blistering skin disease associated with gluten-sensitive enteropathy (CD). …”
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Thyroid disorders and inflammatory bowel disease: an association present in adults but also in children and adolescents by Valeria Calcaterra, Valeria Calcaterra, Francesca Penagini, Virginia Rossi, Luisa Abbattista, Alice Bianchi, Massimiliano Turzi, Lucia Cococcioni, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti

“…The etiopathogenetic similarities between IBD and autoimmune thyroiditis are undeniable. Nevertheless, current data does not indicate a unanimous association between GD and HT and chronic IBD (both CD and UC). …”
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Multiple Sclerosis and Obesity: Possible Roles of Adipokines by José de Jesús Guerrero-García, Lucrecia Carrera-Quintanar, Rocío Ivette López-Roa, Ana Laura Márquez-Aguirre, Argelia Esperanza Rojas-Mayorquín, Daniel Ortuño-Sahagún

“…Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder of the Central Nervous System that has been associated with several environmental factors, such as diet and obesity. …”
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Innate and Adaptive Cell Populations Driving Inflammation in Dry Eye Disease by José L. Reyes, Danielle T. Vannan, Bertus Eksteen, Imelda Juárez Avelar, Tonathiu Rodríguez, Marisol Ibet González, Alicia Vázquez Mendoza

“…In its secondary form, DED is often associated with autoimmune diseases such as Sjögren’s syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. …”
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Dengue Infection and Its Relationship with Evans Syndrome: A Pediatric Case by Ivan Jose Ardila Gomez, Pilar Pérez López, Mónika Rocío Hernández Carreño, Juan Camilo Barrios Torres

“…Dengue is not an exception, and it is able to explain different autoimmune phenomena including macrophage activation. …”
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Evaluation of GABAergic Transmission Modulation as a Novel Functional Target for Management of Multiple Sclerosis: Exploring Inhibitory Effect of GABA on Glutamate-Mediated Excitot... by Ankit A. Gilani, Ranjeet Prasad Dash, Mehul N. Jivrajani, Sandeep Kumar Thakur, Manish Nivsarkar

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) where the communication ability of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord with each other gets impaired. …”
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Macrophage Activation Syndrome/Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adult‐Onset Still's Disease: An Uncommon Initial Presentation in a Young Nepalese Female: A Case Repo... by Kanchan Bishwakarma, Kajal Bishwakarma, Sunil Bogati, Saket Jha

“…HLH may be due to immunosuppression, infections, cancer, or autoimmune diseases with fever and cytopenia. HLH which occurs in adult‐onset Stills disease (AOSD) is called secondary HLH, also known as macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). …”
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sCD40L Is Increased and Associated with the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnant Women with Isolated TPOAb Positivity by Xinxin Chen, Qingyao Wang, Xiangguo Cong, Shuyi Jiang, Shuxiang Li, Qiong Shen, Lei Chen

“…Background. Autoimmune disorders are associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women who were positive for thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb). …”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin in the management of idiopathic inflammatory myositis: A single centre retrospective review by Jeet Hemantkumar Patel, Lalit Duggal, Ved Chaturvedi, Neeraj Jain, Gurbir Bhandari, Mayank Gupta

“…Methods: Electronic records from the year 2015–2019 were searched for myositis cases using the terms “myositis, inflammatory myositis, autoimmune myositis.” Cases with dermatomyositis, polymyositis, necrotizing autoimmune myositis, and connective tissue disease myositis/overlap myositis were included (n = 28) and those with infectious or granulomatous myositis were excluded (n = 7). …”
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The Changing Frequency of Celiac Disease Diagnosed at the Stollery Children’s Hospital by Seema Rajani, Hien Q Huynh, Justine Turner

“…BACKGROUND: Celiac disease (CD) is recognized as one of the most common and important autoimmune gastrointestinal disorders affecting children. …”
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Structure of Patients with Hepatocellular Cancer (Data Analysis from Two Specialised Centres) by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. S. Novruzbekov, I. M. Borovkov, D. G. Trofimova, M. S. Zharkova, V. D. Lunkov, K. N. Lutsyk, O. D. Olisov

“…An increase in the number of patients with autoimmune LC and LC associated with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was observed. …”
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Altered AKT1 and MAPK1 Gene Expression on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Correlation with T-Helper-Transcription Factors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Sonia Garcia-Rodriguez, Jose-Luis Callejas-Rubio, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, Esther Zumaquero, Raquel Ríos-Fernandez, Salvador Arias-Santiago, Pilar Navarro, Jaime Sancho, Mercedes Zubiaur

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