Adalimumab‐Induced Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus: Cases Presenting With Malar Rash and Panniculitis by Parvin Mansouri, Farahnaz Bidari‐Zerehpoosh, Nikoo Mozafari

“…ABSTRACT Tumor necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α) inhibitors are commonly used for management of various autoimmune disorders but can rarely cause isolated cutaneous lupus. …”
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Inflammation in Retinal Vein Occlusion by Avnish Deobhakta, Louis K. Chang

“…It has long been recognized that systemic inflammatory disorders, such as autoimmune disease, are a significant risk factor for this condition. …”
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Lung Transplantation in a Patient with COPA Syndrome by Jorge M. Mallea, Anna Kornafeld, Andras Khoor, David B. Erasmus

“…COPA syndrome is a newly discovered, rare genetic autoimmune disorder, which can affect the lungs, joints, and kidneys. …”
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Steroid Avoidance in Liver Transplantation by José Oberholzer, Mohammed Al-Saghier, Norman M Kneteman

“…New, powerful immunosuppressants have allowed steroid use to be reduced or avoided altogether, but use of these regimens is not simple and may be associated with late acute rejection and recurrence of autoimmune disease. The present review examines the rationale for steroid avoidance in liver transplantation and assesses the new regimens that are currently being developed.…”
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Multicentric Castleman’s Disease, Associated with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Ruchi Sood, Harris C. Taylor, Hamed Daw

“…We present the third known association between MCD and previous immune thrombocytopenia in the absence of HIV and HHV-8 infection and review its association with other autoimmune disorders and attendant implications for pathogenesis. …”
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Transient Pneumonitis as a Possible Adverse Reaction to the BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yusuke Ohkubo, Shin-ichiro Ohmura, Ryuhei Ishihara, Toshiaki Miyamoto

“…Although COVID-19 vaccines have excellent effectiveness in reducing morbidity and disease severity with minor adverse reactions, some patients develop late hypersensitivity events as autoimmune reactions such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus nephritis, and vasculitis following COVID-19 vaccination. …”
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Exploring Anthropometric and Laboratory Differences in Children of Varying Ethnicities with Celiac Disease by Seema Rajani, Abeer Alzaben, Leanne Shirton, Rabindranath Persad, Hien Q Huynh, Diana R Mager, Justine M Turner

“…BACKGROUND: Celiac disease (CD) is a common autoimmune disorder with an increasing prevalence, including in ethnic minorities.…”
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A Man with Rapidly Progressive Limb Gangrene by Ada Wing Tung Leung, Virginia Weng Nga Lao

“…Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) are two distinct, but potentially overlapping, autoimmune disorders that are characterized by vascular morbidities. …”
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Adiponectin in Cardiovascular Inflammation and Obesity by Tamar R. Aprahamian, Flora Sam

“…This review explores the recently described role of adiponectin as an immunomodulatory factor and how it intersects with the inflammation associated with both cardiovascular and autoimmune pathologies.…”
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Coexisting Situs Inversus Totalis and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Kemal Gundogdu, Fatih Altintoprak, Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Enis Dikicier, İsmail Zengin, Orhan Yağmurkaya

“…Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disease with destruction of thrombocytes. …”
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An Adult Case of Adenovirus-Associated Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis by Dewayne Campbell, Gordon S. Wong, Hyun Park, Gavin McLeod

“…Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune neurological disease that predominately affects pediatric population. …”
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Apoptotic Pathways in Pemphigus by Meryem Bektas, Puneet Jolly, David S. Rubenstein

“…Pemphigus is a group of human autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin in which autoantibodies to desmosome cadherins induce loss of cell-cell adhesion (acantholysis). …”
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Association of PTPN22 Haplotypes (−1123G>C/+1858C>T) with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Western Mexican Population by Yeniley Ruiz-Noa, Jorge Ramón Padilla-Gutiérrez, Jorge Hernández-Bello, Claudia Azucena Palafox-Sánchez, Yeminia Valle, Edith Oregón-Romero, Ana Laura Pereira-Suárez, Ana Guilaisne Bernard-Medina, José Francisco Muñoz-Valle

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP), a consequence of the breakdown of immune tolerance. …”
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Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis by Noelia Marquez Pete, Cristina Perez Ramirez, Maria del Mar Maldonado Montoro, Fernando Martinez Martinez, Fernando Fernández-Llimos, Antonio Sánchez Pozo, María del Carmen Ramirez Tortosa, Alberto Jiménez Morales

“…Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology which causes progressive deterioration of the joints, leading to severe pain and functional disability. …”
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Current Treatment Regimens and Promising Molecular Therapies for Chronic Hepatobiliary Diseases by Marilena Durazzo, Arianna Ferro, Victor Manuel Navarro-Tableros, Andrea Gaido, Paolo Fornengo, Fiorella Altruda, Renato Romagnoli, Søren K. Moestrup, Pier Luigi Calvo, Sharmila Fagoonee

“…In this review, we highlight the major molecular changes occurring in patients affected by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, viral hepatitis (Delta virus), and autoimmune chronic liver diseases (autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis). …”
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Isolated IgA Anti-β2 Glycoprotein I Antibodies in Patients with Clinical Criteria for Antiphospholipid Syndrome by Raquel Ruiz-García, Manuel Serrano, José Ángel Martínez-Flores, Sergio Mora, Luis Morillas, María Ángeles Martín-Mola, José M. Morales, Estela Paz-Artal, Antonio Serrano

“…Seronegative antiphospholipid syndrome (SNAPS) is an autoimmune disease present in patients with clinical manifestations highly suggestive of Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) but with persistently negative consensus antiphospholipid antibodies (a-PL). …”
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Cold Agglutinin Disease Unfurled in Laboratory and Blood Bank: A Little Poignant Observation Can Speak a Lot! by Archana Shetty, Gurudatta Murthy, Bharadwaj Golithadka

“…Autoimmune hemolytic anemias (AIHAs) are hemolytic anemias characterized by the production of autoantibodies against surface antigens on red blood cells. …”
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Mature Ovarian Teratoma: Neurological Implications in a Young Woman by Michele Carlo Schiavi, Fabio Manganelli, Claudia Morgani, Pietro Cignini, Veronica Yacoub, Valerio Carletti, Debora Grilli, Anna Di Pinto, Francesco Bisogni, Azzurra Ligato, Francesco Galanti, Herbert Carmelo Carlo Valensise, Pier Luigi Palazzetti

“…Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is an autoimmune syndrome associated with antibodies against NMDA receptors. …”
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Second Cancers in a Patient with Gastric MALT Lymphoma by Lucy Navsaria, Alfonso Badillo, Michael Wang

“…Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is an extranodal low-grade B-cell lymphoma, which is thought to arise from a background of chronic immune stimulation, bacterial, viral, or autoimmune stimuli. Treatment advances have increased the number of MALT lymphoma survivors, but there is still debate as to whether these patients are at a higher risk of developing second cancers. …”
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CFAP43 variant in persistent respiratory symptoms after hematopoietic cell transplantation by Shun Nagasawa, Toyoki Nishimura, Ai Yamada, Sachiyo Kamimura, Masataka Ishimura, Hiroshi Moritake

“…Abstract We describe a case of RAS-associated autoimmune leukoproliferative disease with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)-like symptoms, such as recurrent pneumonia, sinusitis, and otitis media, that occurred 7 years after hematopoietic cell transplantation. …”
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