Disparate Intent-to-Treat Outcomes for Pediatric Liver Transplantation Based on Indication by Anna Lang, Cameron Goff, Ashley Montgomery, Jake Lynn, Spoorthi Kamepalli, John Goss, Abbas Rana

“…Hepatoblastoma (hazard ratio (HR): 3.73), autoimmune cirrhosis (HR: 1.86), and AHN (HR: 1.77) were associated with significantly increased intent-to-treat mortality. …”
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In silico data mining of large-scale databases for the virtual screening of human interleukin-2 inhibitors by Halim Sobia Ahsan, Zaheer-Ul-Haq, Khan Ajmal, Al-Rawahi Ahmed, Al-Harrasi Ahmed

“…Uncontrolled activated T cells play a key role in the pathophysiology by stimulating inflammation and autoimmune diseases like arthritis, psoriasis and Crohn’s disease. …”
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Variations in Rodent Models of Type 1 Diabetes: Islet Morphology by Lesya Novikova, Irina V. Smirnova, Sonia Rawal, Abby L. Dotson, Stephen H. Benedict, Lisa Stehno-Bittel

“…This study focused on 1 toxin-induced and 2 autoimmune rodent models of T1D: BioBreeding Diabetes Resistant rats, nonobese diabetic mice, and Dark Agouti rats treated with streptozotocin. …”
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Correlation between Maternal Vitamin D and Thyroid Function in Pregnancy with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Salma Ahi, Mohsen Adelpour, Iman Fereydooni, Naser Hatami

“…We evaluated thyroid function tests and thyroid autoantibodies (TPOAb and TGAb), as well as the serum level of 25OHD, to determine the relationship between vitamin D level and autoimmune or non-autoimmune thyroid disease in pregnancy. …”
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Autoantibody to MDM2: A Potential Serological Marker of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Yuan Liu, Liping Dai, Weihong Liu, Guixiu Shi, Jianying Zhang

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by the polyclonal autoantibody production. …”
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IMPASSIVE DICTATING: A Mnemonic Acronym for Systematically Generating Differential Diagnoses by Ho M, Coloma M, Ngo R, Santhakumar J

“…IMPASSIVE DICTATING is an acronym for pathophysiologies to consider in a differential diagnosis: immune reactions and dysregulation, metabolic, psychiatric, allergic, structural, social, infectious, vascular, endocrine/exocrine, degenerative, iatrogenic, congenital, traumatic, autoimmune, toxic, idiopathic, neoplastic, and genetic. …”
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Hydroxychloroquine and Fabry Disease: Three Case Reports Examining an Unexpected Pathologic Link and a Review of the Literature by Rouhin Sen, Kathleen Borghoff, Kirk W. Foster, Stanley J. Radio, Alan Erickson, Michelene Hearth-Holmes

“…Hydroxychloroquine is an effective and widely used treatment in multiple autoimmune connective tissue diseases that gained a lot of publicity in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. …”
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Association of disease activity with programmed cell death 1 and its ligand programmed cell death ligand 1 expressions in lupus patients by Eman Eissa, Rania Kandil, Nehal El-Ghobashy, Walaa Abdelfattah, Zainab Hammouda, Sara Medhat Gadelsayed, Faten Bayoumi

“…Background: Programmed cell death 1(PD-1)/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway is an immune checkpoint implicated in immune tolerance and involved in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multiple immune dysregulation. …”
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IL-6-mediated MHC class II induction on RIN-5AH insulinoma cells by IFN-γ occurs via the G-protein pathway by S. Vassiliadis, G. K. Papadopoulos

“…Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen expression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune type 1 diabetes. In this study we examined the role of various cytoldnes that may induce MHC class II surface antigen expression, using the rat insulinoma line RIN-5AH as a pertinent model system. …”
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Patient with Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma by G. Hyun, K. J. Robbins, N. Wilgus, L. Grosso, S. D. Goyal

“…Extensive work-up for autoimmune and infectious etiologies was unremarkable. …”
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Prevalence of direct antiglobulin test positive in whole blood donors: Study at a tertiary blood center Northern India by Jyoti Bharti, Archana Solanki, Ashutosh Singh, Mallika Agarwal, Tulika Chandra

“…The clinical disorders of hemolytic disease of the newborn, hemolytic transfusion reaction, and autoimmune and drug-induced hemolytic anemia are some examples of those that can cause in vivo coating of RBCs with antibodies or complement autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). …”
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Selective Subnormal IgG1 in 54 Adult Index Patients with Frequent or Severe Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infections by James C. Barton, Luigi F. Bertoli, J. Clayborn Barton, Ronald T. Acton

“…Associated disorders included the following: autoimmune conditions 50.0%; hypothyroidism 24.1%; atopy 38.9%; and other allergy 31.5%. …”
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The Impact of T Cell Vaccination in Alleviating and Regulating Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Manifestation by Liuye Huang, Yuan Yang, Yu Kuang, Dapeng Wei, Wanyi Li, Qin Yin, Juan Pang, Zhongwei Zhang

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease identified by a plethora of production of autoantibodies. …”
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Inhibition of macrophage polarization and pyroptosis in collagen-induced arthritis through MSC-exo and ginsenoside Rh2 by Zhongsheng Zhou, Shuhui Wu, Yang Li, Pu Shao, Jinlan Jiang

“…Abstract Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint inflammation, tissue damage, and fibrosis, significantly affecting the quality of life. …”
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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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Clinical experience with cyclosporine eye drops for severe dry eye by O.I. Lebedev, A.V. Surov, E.V. Akentieva

“…Vykhodtsev, Omsk, Russian Federation<br> <br> Dry eye disease provokes inflammation of autoimmune origin. Therefore, immunosuppressants are pathogenetically reasonable for this disorder. …”
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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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