The evolving spectrum of interstitial lung disease in myositis—Management pearls by Takahisa Gono

“…Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are characterized by muscle inflammation caused by exacerbated autoimmunity reactions. Patients with IIMs also have extramuscular lesions, such as skin rash, arthritis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), and cardiomyopathy. …”
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Association between Levels of IgA Antibodies to Tissue Transglutaminase and Gliadin-Related Nonapeptides in Dermatitis Herpetiformis by Justyna Gornowicz-Porowska, Monika Bowszyc-Dmochowska, Agnieszka Seraszek-Jaros, Elżbieta Kaczmarek, Marian Dmochowski

“…Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an autoimmunity-driven inflammatory blistering dermatosis associated with a gluten-dependent enteropathy. …”
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The Perspective of Therapeutic Antibody Marketing in Iran: Trend and Estimation by 2025 by Monireh Golpour, Pouya Vatanpour, Mina Amini, Majid Saeedi, Nasim Hafezi, Alireza Rafiei

“…Monoclonal antibodies with high efficiency and specificity are one of the best strategies to diagnose and treat a variety of diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, and inflammatory diseases. The market for monoclonal therapeutic antibodies (MTAs) has grown dramatically in the past decade. …”
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Altered Immune Regulation in Type 1 Diabetes by András Zóka, Györgyi Műzes, Anikó Somogyi, Tímea Varga, Barbara Szémán, Zahra Al-Aissa, Orsolya Hadarits, Gábor Firneisz

“…It develops when a susceptible individual is exposed to potential triggers in a given sequence and timeframe that eventually disarranges the fine-tuned immune mechanisms that keep autoimmunity under control in health. Genomewide association studies have helped to understand the congenital susceptibility, and hand-in-hand with the immunological research novel paths of immune dysregulation were described in central tolerance, apoptotic pathways, or peripheral tolerance mediated by regulatory T-cells. …”
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Iodine Supplementation: Usage “with a Grain of Salt” by Alessandro Prete, Rosa Maria Paragliola, Salvatore Maria Corsello

“…Iodine-induced thyroid disorders include thyroid autoimmunity, thyrotoxicosis, iodine-induced goiter, and hypothyroidism. …”
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Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Male Gender Are Associated with Diabetes Occurrence in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major by Giovanni M. Pes, Francesco Tolu, Maria P. Dore

“…Age, gender, duration of chelation therapy, body mass index, and markers of pancreatic and extrapancreatic autoimmunity were analyzed. Results. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that anti-thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies (Ab) (OR = 3.36; p=0.008) and male gender (OR = 1.98; p=0.025) were significantly associated with glucose impairment, while the other variables were not. …”
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Characterization of a WAS splice-site variant in a patient with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome by Elisabetta Toriello, Rosa Maritato, Antonio De Rosa, Maria Valeria Esposito, Carla Damiano, Carla Damiano, Carmen Rosano, Emilia Cirillo, Antonietta Tarallo, Antonietta Tarallo, Cosimo Abagnale, Francesca Cillo, Roberta Romano, Laura Grilli, Marika Comegna, Marika Comegna, Giancarlo Blasio, Giancarlo Parenti, Giancarlo Parenti, Enrico Maria Surace, Giuseppe Castaldo, Giuseppe Castaldo, Claudio Pignata, Giuliana Giardino

“…Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) (MIM #301000) is a rare X-linked primary immunodeficiency due to mutations in the WAS gene, characterized by thrombocytopenia with small platelets, eczema, recurrent infections, and an increased incidence of autoimmunity and malignancies. A wide spectrum of mutations has been identified in the WAS gene responsible for a broad variety of clinical phenotypes. …”
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In Vitro Effects of Some Botanicals with Anti-Inflammatory and Antitoxic Activity by Gianandrea Guidetti, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Angela Giovazzino, Valentina Rubino, Anna Teresa Palatucci, Sara Centenaro, Elena Fraccaroli, Laura Cortese, Maria Grazia Bonomo, Giuseppina Ruggiero, Sergio Canello, Giuseppe Terrazzano

“…Several extrinsic factors, like drugs and chemicals, can foster autoimmunity. Tetracyclines, in particular oxytetracycline (OTC), appear to correlate with the emergence of immune-mediated diseases. …”
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Association of High Vitamin D Status with Low Circulating Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Independent of Thyroid Hormone Levels in Middle-Aged and Elderly Males by Qingqing Zhang, Zhixiao Wang, Min Sun, Mengdie Cao, Zhenxin Zhu, Qi Fu, Yuan Gao, Jia Mao, Yanyun Li, Yun Shi, Fan Yang, Shuai Zheng, Wei Tang, Yu Duan, Xiaoping Huang, Wei He, Tao Yang

“…The goal of the present study was to explore the relationship between vitamin D status and circulating TSH levels with thyroid autoimmunity and thyroid hormone levels taken into consideration in a population-based health survey of middle-aged and elderly individuals. …”
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Vaccination and Infection as Causative Factors in Japanese Patients With Rasmussen Syndrome: Molecular Mimicry and HLA Class I by Yukitoshi Takahashi, Kazumi Matsuda, Yuko Kubota, Jiro Shimomura, Etsuko Yamasaki, Tatsuya Kudo, Katsuyuki Fukushima, Hitoshi Osaka, Noriyuki Akasaka, Atsushi Imamura, Shinji Yamada, Naomi Kondo, Tateki Fujiwara

“…Rasmussen syndrome is an intractable epilepsy with a putative causal relation with cellular and humoral autoimmunity. Almost half of the patients have some preceding causative factors, with infections found in 38.2%, vaccinations in 5.9% and head trauma in 8.9% of Japanese patients. …”
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The Expansion of CD25highIL-10highFoxP3high B Regulatory Cells Is in Association with SLE Disease Activity by Zahava Vadasz, Regina Peri, Nasren Eiza, Gleb Slobodin, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, Elias Toubi

“…B regulatory cells (Bregs) belong to a subgroup of activated B cells tasked with maintaining self-tolerance and preventing autoimmunity. While sharing similar regulatory mechanisms such as IL-10 dependency, they also defer in exhibiting their suppressive effects by expressing Fas-Ligand, TGF-beta, and PDL-1. …”
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PADI4 Haplotypes in Association with RA Mexican Patients, a New Prospect for Antigen Modulation by Maria Guadalupe Zavala-Cerna, Norma Guadalupe Gonzalez-Montoya, Arnulfo Nava, Jorge I. Gamez-Nava, Maria Cristina Moran-Moguel, Roberto Carlos Rosales-Gomez, Susan Andrea Gutierrez-Rubio, Jose Sanchez-Corona, Laura Gonzalez-Lopez, Ingrid Patricia Davalos-Rodriguez, Mario Salazar-Paramo

“…Further evidence about proteomic expression of this gene will determine its participation in antigenic generation and autoimmunity.…”
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Radiological Patterns of Lung Involvement in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Diletta Cozzi, Chiara Moroni, Gloria Addeo, Ginevra Danti, Monica Marina Lanzetta, Edoardo Cavigli, Massimo Falchini, Fabio Marra, Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Luca Brunese, Vittorio Miele

“…The common embryonic origin of intestine and lungs from the foregut, autoimmunity, smoking, and bacterial translocation from the colon may all be involved in the pathogenesis of these manifestations in IBD patients. …”
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Immune-endocrine crossroads: the impact of nuclear receptors in Tuberculosis and Chagas disease by Ana R. Pérez, Ana R. Pérez, Oscar A. Bottasso, Oscar A. Bottasso, Oscar A. Bottasso, Natalia E. Santucci, Natalia E. Santucci

“…Evidence indicates that in infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmunity, NRs modulate immune and endocrine responses, altering the transcriptional profile of cells and organs and influencing disease progression. …”
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Increased Performances of the Biological Diagnosis of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome by the Use of a Multiplex Assay by M. Sénant, H. Rostane, F. Fernani-Oukil, F. Hosking, F. Bellery, A. Courchinoux, E. Tartour, L. Darnige, M-A. Dragon-Durey

“…Patients were categorized according to clinical scores of APS from 0 to 3 based on presence or not of arterial or venous thrombosis, fetal loss, and autoimmunity. We used a multiplex assay for APS for simultaneous detection of aCL, anti-B2GP1, and factor II and compared its performances to ELISA assays. …”
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The Association of TNF-Alpha Inhibitors and Development of IgA Nephropathy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes by Vedran Premužić, Ivan Padjen, Mislav Cerovec, Marijana Ćorić, Bojan Jelaković, Branimir Anić

“…Discontinuation of anti-TNF-alpha therapy and initiation of immunosuppressive therapy led to improvement in serologic abnormalities and renal function in two patients, while the third patient’s 24-hour proteinuria was only partially reduced, which supports previous reports on TNF-alpha inhibitor induced autoimmunity. Two of our patients had previously been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus while the third patient developed diabetes years after the onset of IgAN. …”
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder due to a Novel Mutation in Recombination Activation Gene 2: About 2 Cases by Ibtihal Benhsaien, Fatima Ailal, Khadija Elazhary, Jalila El bakkouri, Abdallah Badou, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha

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Treatment advances in Vitiligo: An Updated Review by Ishrat Binti Ismail, Yasmeen Jabeen Bhat, Mohd Shurjeel ul Islam

“…The etiopathogenesis of this disorder is obscure, but multiple factors contribute to the loss of melanocytes in the skin, like oxidative stress, inflammation, genetics, and autoimmunity. The treatment of vitiligo has been challenging over the past years, but recent developments in understanding the etiopathogenesis of the disease have paved the way for the development of more effective and promising therapeutic treatment options. …”
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ABIN1 Inhibits Inflammation through Necroptosis-Dependent Pathway in Ulcerative Colitis by Jing Bao, Bin Ye, Yuhan Ren

“…A recent study revealed that an ubiquitin binding protein ABIN1 played a role in tissue homeostasis and autoimmunity diseases which involved in the anti-inflammatory response of intestinal epithelia cells. …”
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Evaluation of Serum D-dimer Levels and the Disease Severity in Patients of Chronic Urticaria by Leelavathy Budamakuntla, Sachin Somashekar, Heera Ramesh, Tapasya S Kini, S Nandish Kumar

“…Background: Urticaria is a common disorder. Besides autoimmunity, the coagulation pathway is also involved in the pathogenesis of chronic urticaria (CU). …”
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