Imaging Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Sara C. Croca, Anisur Rahman

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem, autoimmune disease known to be one of the strongest risk factors for atherosclerosis. …”
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Impact of anxiety and depression on disease activity and quality of life in patients with lupus nephritis by Ritambra Dadwal, Pragya Pathak, Arunkumar Subbiah, Ujjwal Dahiya

“…Background of the Study: Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects multiple body systems and requires long-term treatment. …”
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Gut Microbiome: An Intersection between Human Genome, Diet, and Epigenetics by Abdullahi Y. Muhammad, Malik Amonov, Atif A. Baig, Farrukh J. Alvi

“…Specific genetic variants in genes that are responsible for maintaining the composition of the gut commensal, such as genes of the immune system, are described to result in gut dysbiosis that can lead to the development of several autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and type-1 diabetes. …”
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Programmed Cell Death Pathways in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Fangyuan Yang, Yi He, Zeqing Zhai, Erwei Sun

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by excessive inflammatory and immune responses and tissue damage. …”
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Severe Late-Onset Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia Following IFN β-1a Treatment: A Case Report of a 52-Year-Old Woman with Relapse-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis by Christophe Cisarovsky, Marie Théaudin, Pierre-Alexandre Bart, Grégoire Stalder, Lorenzo Alberio

“…Blood work showed an isolated severe thrombocytopenia and ruled out other autoimmune diseases, viral infections, intravascular hemolysis, and renal impairment. …”
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Recurrent Thrombotic Vasculopathy in a Former Cocaine User by Preeti Jadhav, Hassan Tariq, Masooma Niazi, Giovanni Franchin

“…Further workup did not reveal any other, autoimmune or infectious, etiology of this clinical presentation. …”
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Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria in an Adult with Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Ryan Leibrandt, Kenneth Angelino, Monique Vizel-Schwartz, Ilan Shapira

“…Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH) is a rare form of cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia first discovered in the early 20th century in adults with tertiary syphilis. …”
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A Rapid and Satisfactory Outcome with Combined Immunosuppressive Therapy in Acquired Haemophilia A with Underlying Tuberculosis by G. A. C. Gamakaranage, C. Kulathilake, P. G. N. Nadeeshani, K. H. B. P. Fernandopulle, C. S. Moonesinghe, D. Gunawardena, R. S. Gamage, N. Perera, J. Indrakumar

“…The common underlying diseases are autoimmune disorders, malignancies, infections, and drugs. …”
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Profound Autonomic Instability Complicated by Multiple Episodes of Cardiac Asystole and Refractory Bradycardia in a Patient with Anti-NMDA Encephalitis by Stephanie R. Mehr, Roy C. Neeley, Melissa Wiley, Avinash B. Kumar

“…Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis (anti-NMDARE) is autoimmune encephalitis primarily affecting young adults and children. …”
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Familial Bell’s Palsy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mark Kubik, Liliana Robles, Doris Kung

“…Familial Bell’s palsy may represent an autoimmune disease secondary to inherited HLA alloantigens or a structural predisposition to disease based on the dimensions of the facial canal.…”
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A Rare Culprit of Simultaneous Arteriovenous Thromboembolism: Acute Viral Perimyocarditis by Christoph Sossou, Tobi Ogundare, Ogechukwu Chika-Nwosuh, Amee Sodha, Christopher Nnaoma, Cynthia McKinney, Jose Bustillo

“…The culprits are postulated to be viral-induced myocardial necrosis and resulting proinflammatory state in the setting of negative malignant, autoimmune, genetics, and chronic infectious conditions. …”
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Multiple Sclerosis Presenting with Facial Twitching (Myokymia and Hemifacial Spasms) by Risha Hertz, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Doug Stranges

“…The etiology is insufficiently understood. Autoimmune, genetic, viral, and environmental factors have been hypothesized. …”
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Graves’ Disease Presenting as a Unilateral Breast Mass by Neeka N. Akhavan, Edlira Maska

“…Graves’ disease is an autoimmune thyroid disorder that is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. …”
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Interactions of the Intestinal Epithelium with the Pathogen and the Indigenous Microbiota: A Three-Way Crosstalk by C. V. Srikanth, Beth A. McCormick

“…Even slight perturbations in this equilibrium may be detrimental to the host leading to severe bacterial infection or even autoimmune diseases like inflammatory bowel disease. …”
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Evolution of 𝜷-Cell Replacement Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus: Islet Cell Transplantation by Cyrus Jahansouz, Cameron Jahansouz, Sean C. Kumer, Kenneth L. Brayman

“…Of these individuals, 5 to 10% have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), an autoimmune disease. Although it often appears in childhood, T1DM may manifest at any age, leading to significant morbidity and decreased quality of life. …”
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Pathological Features of New Animal Models for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Koichi Tsuneyama, Yuki Moritoki, Kentaro Kikuchi, Yasuni Nakanuma

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease characterized by immune mediated biliary damage and frequent appearance of autoantibodies against mitochondrial enzymes. …”
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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis by Sandeep M Patel, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Jordan P Reynolds, Michael J Krowka

“…Previous case studies have found that the acquired form can be secondary to various autoimmune, infectious, malignant and environmental etiologies. …”
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Transient Complete Recovery of Chronic Refractory Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura after Treatment with Monoclonal Antibody Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein by Pooja Gogia, Yiqing Xu

“…Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), also known as immune thrombocytopenic purpura, is an immune-mediated acquired disease characterized by transient or persistent decrease of the platelet count due to autoimmune-related destruction of platelets. Therapy for ITP relies on competing and inhibiting the autoantibody binding and destruction (intravenous immunoglobulin and anti-D immunoglobulin and spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibitor fostamatinib), augmenting platelet production (thrombopoietin receptor agonists), immunosuppression to reduce the autoantibody production, as well as splenectomy. …”
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Immunoregulation of NKT Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Junwei Chen, Meng Wu, Jing Wang, Xiaofeng Li

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease with different variety of clinical manifestations. …”
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Oral supplementation with propionate is reflected in the serum of healthy individuals by Maximilian Schröder, Arijan Pasic, Frank Hirche, Svitlana Rozanova, Melissa Sgodzai, Barbara Gisevius, Lea Horstkemper, Ralf Gold, Katrin Marcus, Kalliopi Pitarokoili, Jeremias Motte, Katalin Barkovits, Gabriele Stangl, Anna Lena Fisse

“…Supplementing PA has shown benefits for autoimmune diseases. A comprehensive understanding of the PA pharmacokinetics is essential for the optimal design and execution of studies utilizing orally administered PA. …”
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