Surgical Approach to Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients with Concomitant Thyroid Diseases: A Retrospective Single Center Study by Elena Castellano, Paolo Benso, Roberto Attanasio, Alberto Boriano, Corrado Lauro, Giorgio Borretta, Felice Borghi

“…Among 238 PHPT patients undergoing parathyroidectomy (PTX) between 2002 and 2017, 128 were affected also by a benign thyroid disease, namely, goiter in 118 (76 multinodular (MNG) and 42 uninodular (UNG)), autoimmune thyroiditis in 10, and hyperthyroidism in 21. …”
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Complicating Dengue and Plasmodium vivax Coinfection by Muhammad Khurram, Muhammad Faheem, Muhammad Umar, Asif Yasin, Wajeeha Qayyum, Amna Ashraf, Javeria Zahid Khan, Ali Hasnain Yasir, Yusra Ansari, Muhammad Asad, Iram Khan, Shuja Abbas, Irum Rasheed, Natasha Rasool, Hamama Tul Bushra Khar

“…Infections, malignancies, and autoimmune disorders are associated with development of HLH. …”
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Myasthenic Crisis in an Elderly Patient with Positive Antibodies against Acetylcholine and Anti-MuSK, Successfully Treated with Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation by José A. Fernández, Antonio Fernández-Valiñas, Daniel Hernández, Joel Orozco, Antonio Lugo

“…Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease characterized by muscle weakness. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of TSPAN32 Regulatory Networks and Their Role in Immune Cell Biology by Grazia Scuderi, Katia Mangano, Maria Cristina Petralia, Maria Sofia Basile, Francesco Di Raimondo, Paolo Fagone, Ferdinando Nicoletti

“…These findings not only shed light on the biology of TSPAN32 but also provide the basis for exploring its diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potential in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, as well as in hematopoietic cancers.…”
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A rare case of recurrent polychondritis with aortic valve involvement by N.V. Bortniak, O.A. Yepanchintseva, G.I. Kovtun, S.I. Dorofeieva, O.S. Chumak, G.M. Prus, O.J. Zharinov, B.M. Todurov

“…The article presents a clinical case of aortic valve disease and recurrent polychondritis (autoimmune disease) with lesions of cartilage tissue in 68-year-old patient admitted to a cardiac surgery clinic due to need for surgical treatment of aortic heart disease. …”
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Innovative Lipid Nanoparticles Co-Delivering Hydroxychloroquine and siRNA for Enhanced Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy by Yanru Feng, Xintong Pan, Ziqian Li, Yue Li, Ya’nan Sun, Shaokun Yang, Chaoxing He, Yunjie Dang, Lu Huang, Bai Xiang

“…<b>Background:</b> Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a debilitating autoimmune disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and joint damage. …”
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Comprehensive Enteroviral Serology Links Infection and Anti‐Melanoma Differentiation‐Associated Protein 5 Dermatomyositis by Sahana Jayaraman, Eleni Tiniakou, William R. Morgenlander, Miso Na, Lisa Christopher‐Stine, H. Benjamin Larman

“…Objective Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of heterogeneous, systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by specific clinical features and, frequently, skeletal muscle inflammation. …”
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A rare case of postoperative hemorrhage following laparoscopic cholecystectomy - A case report by Mei-Ling Chen, Ruo-Tong Cai, Haitham Salameen, Xiu-Lin Wang, Peng Chen, Xiong Ding, Yun-Bing Wang

“…Here, we present a rare case of a patient diagnosed with an overlapping syndrome comprising primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), along with Sjögren's syndrome (SS). …”
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Anti-ribosomal P2: could it be a useful new criterion for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus? by Menna N. Hemdan, Tayseer Khedr, Samar H. Goma, Fatma Mohammed Helbawi Mohammed, Maha S. I. Abdelrahman

“…Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem autoimmune disorder that displays numerous autoantibodies such as anti-nuclear, anti-Smith, anti-double-stranded DNA, and anti-ribosomal antibodies. …”
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Th17 Cell Enhances CD8 T-Cell Cytotoxicity via IL-21 Production in Emphysema Mice by Min-Chao Duan, Ying Huang, Xiao-Ning Zhong, Hai-Juan Tang

“…Emphysema is a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease caused predominantly by cigarette smoking. …”
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Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiac Lupus: A Retrospective Study by K Maria Koshy, Tarun George, Sohini Das, J V Punitha, Sudha Jasmine Rajan, Bijesh Yadav, Thambu David Sudarsanam, Vijay Prakash Turaka

“…Objectives: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can affect every organ system. …”
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Correction of Hypothyroidism Seems to Have No Effect on Body Fat by Okan Bakiner, Emre Bozkirli, Emine Duygu Ersozlu Bozkirli, Kursat Ozsahin

“…Forty-two women with naive autoimmune hypothyroidism were included. Also, 40 healthy participants were enrolled as a control group. …”
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Efficacy of CLT4A variants as immunoregulatory molecules among Vitiligo patients in Saudi Arabia by Amal F. Alshammary, Ghada BinSaif, Imran Ali Khan

“…The Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene has been reported to be related to vitiligo and other autoimmune diseases. The purpose of this study was to explore the molecular involvement of rs231775 and rs3087243 SNPs in the CTLA4 gene in vitiligo patients. …”
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Abrogation of mercuric chloride-induced nephritis in the Brown Norway rat by treatment with antibodies against TNFα by A. Molina, F. Sánchez-Madrid, T. Bricio, A. Martín, E. Escudero, V. Alvarez, F. Mampaso

“…HgCl2 induces an autoimmune disease in the Brown Norway rat characterized by synthesis of autoantibodies (mainly, anti-GBM Abs), severe proteinuria and interstitial nephritis. …”
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A minimal mathematical model for the initial molecular interactions of death receptor signalling by Christian Winkel, Simon Neumann, Christina Surulescu, Peter Scheurich

“…TNF itself is a strong proinflammatory regulator of the innate immune system, but has been also recognized as a major factor in progression of autoimmune diseases. A subgroup of the TNF ligand family, including TNF, signals via so-called death receptors, capable to induce a major form of programmed cell death, called apoptosis. …”
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A Case of Spontaneously Improving Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Adult Associated with T-Cell Histiocyte-Rich Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Cyrus Askin, Ashley Burris, Clifton Layman, Brian Haney, Jordan Hall

“…It is seen as a complication of infections, autoimmune diseases, and malignancies. Among the malignancy-related causes, aggressive T-cell or NK-cell neoplasms are most notable, while B-cell lymphomas are less commonly implicated. …”
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A Natural Flavonoid Glucoside, Icariin, Regulates Th17 and Alleviates Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Murine Model by Liqun Chi, Wenyuan Gao, Xiangrong Shu, Xin Lu

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that causes deformity of the joints and physical disability. …”
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Clinical and Capillaroscopic Modifications of the Psoriatic Plaque during Therapy: Observations with Oral Acitretin by Giuseppe Stinco, Cinzia Buligan, Enzo Errichetti, Francesca Valent, Pasquale Patrone

“…Psoriasis is considered to be an inflammatory autoimmune disease, where angiogenesis plays an undefined pathogenetic role. …”
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Interleukin-17A Exacerbates Ferric Chloride-Induced Arterial Thrombosis in Rat Carotid Artery by Francesco Maione, Antonio Parisi, Elisabetta Caiazzo, Silvana Morello, Fulvio D'Acquisto, Nicola Mascolo, Carla Cicala

“…Interleukin-17A (IL-17A), the most widely studied member of the IL-17 cytokine family, is a cytokine which emerged to be critical for host defense as well as in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders. Moreover, IL-17A is involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndrome and in the cardiovascular risk associated with systemic immunological disorders. …”
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Topical steroids as alternative to systemic hormonal treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases in pediatric practice by E. N. Fedulova, O. V. Shumilova, O. V. Fedorova, O. A. Tutina, G. V. Medyantseva

“…Etiopathogenesis of IBD represents the cascade of self-maintaining pathophysiological reactions: adaptive microcirculational, hypoxicmetabolic, autoimmune inflammatory and dysbiotic disorders emerging on a background of genetic features of the body under the effect of unfavorable environmental factors. …”
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