Role of the Specialized Proresolving Mediator Resolvin D1 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Preliminary Results by Luca Navarini, Tiziana Bisogno, Domenico Paolo Emanuele Margiotta, Alessandra Piccoli, Silvia Angeletti, Alice Laudisio, Massimo Ciccozzi, Antonella Afeltra, Mauro Maccarrone

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune systemic disease and its pathogenesis has not yet been completely clarified. …”
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Proteomic profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid uncovers protein clusters linked to survival in idiopathic forms of interstitial lung disease by Linh T. Ngo, Michaella J. Rekowski, Devin C. Koestler, Takafumi Yorozuya, Atsushi Saito, Imaan Azeem, Alexis Harrison, M. Kristen Demoruelle, Jonathan Boomer, Bryant R. England, Paul Wolters, Philip L. Molyneaux, Mario Castro, Joyce S. Lee, Joshua J. Solomon, Koji Koronuma, Michael P. Washburn, Scott M. Matson

“…Background Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs), such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features, present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges due to their heterogeneous nature. …”
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Jianpi Yiqi Busui prescription alleviates myasthenia gravis by regulating Th17 through the TAK1/P38 MAPK/eIF-4E signaling pathway by Zhuming Chen, Jing Lu, Tianying Chang, Dongmei Zhang, Yibin Zhang, Miao Liu, Tong Wu, Peng Xv, Jian Wang

“…In this study, an experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG) rat model was established for research. …”
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Case report: JAK inhibitor treatment of immune dysregulation symptoms in a patient with PTPN2 deficiency by Anna Roppelt, Ulyana Markina, Irina Beloglazova, Irina Beloglazova, Vasily Parshin, Dmitry Kanner, Dmitry Pershin, Mariia Fadeeva, Elena Raykina, Maxim Aleksenko, Alexander Karaulov, Mariana Lysenko, Mariana Lysenko, Daria Fomina, Daria Fomina, Daria Fomina

“…Limited clinical data are available advocating the use of JAK inhibitors as an effective treatment for autoimmune complications of PTPN2 deficiency. However, the mechanism of pathogenesis for these complications suggests this possibility. …”
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The SERPINB4 gene mutation identified in twin patients with Crohn’s disease impaires the intestinal epithelial cell functions by Xiao-Mei Ouyang, Jun-Hui Lin, Ying Lin, Xian-Ling Zhao, Ya‐Ni Huo, Lai-Ying Liang, Yong-Dong Huang, Gui-Jing Xie, Peng Mi, Zhen-Yu Ye, Bayasi Guleng

“…Abstract Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. To identify new targets related to the initiation of CD, we screened a pair of twins with CD, which is a rare phenomenon in the Chinese population, for genetic susceptibility factors. …”
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Changes in TgAb and TPOAb titers are greater in thyrotoxicosis than isolated hypothyroidism induced by PD-1 blockade by Ayana Yamagami, Shintaro Iwama, Tomoko Kobayashi, Xin Zhou, Yoshinori Yasuda, Takayuki Okuji, Masaaki Ito, Tetsushi Izuchi, Masahiko Ando, Takeshi Onoue, Takashi Miyata, Mariko Sugiyama, Daisuke Hagiwara, Hidetaka Suga, Ryoichi Banno, Hiroshi Arima

“…The TgAb titer at baseline and changes in the TgAb and TPOAb titers were greater in patients with thyrotoxicosis than patients with isolated hypothyroidism, suggesting that the magnitude of the thyroid autoimmune response reflects the clinical types of thyroid-irAEs.…”
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Atherosclerotic Risk Factors in Children with Celiac Disease by Anna Rybak, Aldona Wierzbicka, Piotr Socha, Anna Stolarczyk, Bożena Cukrowska, Łukasz Obrycki, Zbigniew Wawer, Roman Janas, Beata Oralewska, Anna Szaflarska-Popławska, Barbara Iwańczak, Elżbieta Cyrta-Jarocka, Urszula Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk, Wojciech Cichy, Grażyna Czaja-Bulsa, Jerzy Socha

“…Celiac disease (CD) is a complex autoimmune disorder occurring in genetically susceptible individuals. …”
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The absolute number of circulating Treg cells is reduced in difficult-to-treat RA patients and is ameliorated by low-dose IL-2 by Huanhuan Yan, Huanhuan Yan, Huanhuan Yan, Xiaoyu Zi, Xiaoyu Zi, Xiaoyu Zi, Huer Yan, Xiaoying Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Jie Bai, Jie Bai, Jie Bai, Chong Gao, Xiaofeng Li, Xiaofeng Li, Xiaofeng Li, Caihong Wang, Caihong Wang, Caihong Wang

“…Low-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) has been considered for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. This study focused on the uniqueness of D2T RA lymphocyte subsets and the feasibility of low-dose IL-2 therapy.MethodsParticipants included 1,042 RA patients who were divided into three groups according to the presence or absence of treatment and their response to treatment in the last 6 months—new group, treated group, and D2T group—and 339 healthy controls (HCs). …”
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The effect of HLA genotype on disease onset and severity in CTLA-4 insufficiency by Sara Posadas-Cantera, Sara Posadas-Cantera, Noriko Mitsuiki, Florian Emmerich, Virginia Patiño, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Olaf Neth, Ingunn Dybedal, Kjetil Taskén, Alejandro A. Schäffer, Bodo Grimbacher, Bodo Grimbacher, Bodo Grimbacher, Bodo Grimbacher, Laura Gámez-Díaz, Laura Gámez-Díaz

“…Multiple HLA haplotypes have been positively or negatively associated with various autoimmune diseases and inborn errors of immunity (IEI) due to the relevance of MHC in the strength of the T cell responses.MethodsIn this exploratory study, we investigated the association of disease onset, severity and clinical manifestations of CTLA-4 insufficiency with specific HLA class I (A, B and C) and class II (DRB1 and DQB1) alleles in forty-three individuals harboring heterozygous mutations in CTLA4. …”
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DLBWE-Cys: a deep-learning-based tool for identifying cysteine S-carboxyethylation sites using binary-weight encoding by Zhengtao Luo, Zhengtao Luo, Zhengtao Luo, Qingyong Wang, Qingyong Wang, Qingyong Wang, Yingchun Xia, Yingchun Xia, Yingchun Xia, Xiaolei Zhu, Xiaolei Zhu, Xiaolei Zhu, Shuai Yang, Shuai Yang, Shuai Yang, Zhaochun Xu, Zhaochun Xu, Lichuan Gu, Lichuan Gu, Lichuan Gu

“…Cysteine S-carboxyethylation, a novel post-translational modification (PTM), plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, particularly ankylosing spondylitis. …”
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T-cell receptor beta variable gene polymorphism predicts immune-related adverse events during checkpoint blockade immunotherapy by Linghua Wang, Siqing Fu, Aung Naing, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Carl Morrison, Joud Hajjar, Mingxuan Xu, Anas Alshawa, Bettzy Stephen, Ying Yuan, Jordi Rodon Ahnert, Abdulrazzak Zarifa, Shrutii Sarda, Timothy Looney, Sapna P Patel, Geoffrey M Lowman, Dzifa Yawa Duose, Jeffrey M Conroy, Evan Kwiatkowski

“…Polymorphisms within the T-cell receptor beta (TCRB) variable (TRBV) gene have been implicated in autoimmune disease and may be mechanistically linked to irAEs. …”
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miR-129-5p Regulates the Immunomodulatory Functions of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells via Targeting Stat1 Signaling by He-Yang Zhang, Yu-Han Wang, Yan Wang, Yan-Nv Qu, Xiao-Hui Huang, Hui-Xin Yang, Chang-Ming Zhao, Youdi He, Si-Wei Li, Jin Zhou, Changyong Wang, Xiao-Xia Jiang

“…Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) have become one of the most promising stem cell populations for cell-based therapies in regenerative medicine and for autoimmune disorders owing to their multilineage differentiation and immunomodulatory capacities, respectively. …”
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A retrospective study of pembrolizumab combined with XELOX regimen in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer by FENG Huizhi, LIU Jingmei, BU Xiaoqian

“…Exclusion criteria: patients with concurrent major organ dysfunction; hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism; blood or coagulation disorders; autoimmune diseases; lactating or pregnant women; individuals with mental illnesses or a history of mental illness; those with concurrent other malignancies; those with severe liver or kidney dysfunction; patients with incomplete clinical data. …”
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Secreted PD-L1 alleviates inflammatory arthritis in mice through local and systemic AAV gene therapy by Wenjun Li, Wenjun Li, Junjiang Sun, Susi Feng, Ariana La Rosa, Panli Zhang, Eveline Y. Wu, Richard Loeser, Chengwen Li, Chengwen Li, Chengwen Li

“…PD-L1 is a checkpoint protein that plays important roles in immune regulation and has been implicated in the initiation and progression of multiple autoimmune diseases.MethodIn a previous study, we demonstrated that intra-articular injection with adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors encoding wild type PD-L1 improved local inflammation in the joint in the collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mouse model of RA. …”
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Evaluation of in-vitro and in-silico antidiabetic potential, glucose metabolism, antioxidant, cytotoxicity and phytochemical content of Ipomoea bolusiana Schinz and Ipomoea crassip... by Garland Kgosi More, Nolitha Nkobole, Charmy Twala, Sechaba Machedi, Tebogo Amos Moswetsa, Ramakwala Christinah Chokwe

“…Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder caused by genetic disorders and other factors such as the use of certain medications, pancreatic injury, and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and high blood pressure. …”
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Impact of Sex on Infection Risk in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by R. Borrelli, S. Nicola, F. Corradi, I. Badiu, L. Lo Sardo, N. Rashidy, A. Quinternetto, M. Mazzola, F. Meli, E. Saracco, I. Vitali, S. Negrini, L. Brussino

“…<b>Background:</b> Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that exhibits considerable diversity in terms of both clinical and immunological manifestations. …”
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Deciphering hub genes and immune landscapes related to neutrophil extracellular traps in rheumatoid arthritis: insights from integrated bioinformatics analyses and experiments by Yang Li, Yang Li, Jian Liu, Jian Liu, Yue Sun, Yue Sun, Yuedi Hu, Yuedi Hu, Qiao Zhou, Qiao Zhou, Chengzhi Cong, Chengzhi Cong, Yiming Chen, Yiming Chen

“…BackgroundRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by synovial inflammation and progressive joint destruction. …”
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Intratumoural CD8+ CXCR5+ follicular cytotoxic T cells have prognostic value and are associated with CD19+ CD38+ B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures in colorectal cancer by Fangze Wei, Xiaotian Xu, Jing Wang, Shi Wen Mei, Fu Qiang Zhao, Fei Huang, Ti Xian Xiao, Guo Jing Wang, Baojun Wei, Shengkai Huang, Wei Cui

“…The presence of CD8+ CXCR5+ follicular cytotoxic T (TFC) cells is strongly associated with autoimmune disease and CD8+ effector function. However, the roles of TFC cells in MSI-high CRC and MSS CRC are unclear. …”
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Serum Neuropeptide Y Levels Are Associated with TNF-α Levels and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Melissa Ramirez-Villafaña, Ana M. Saldaña-Cruz, Javier A. Aceves-Aceves, Edsaul E. Perez-Guerrero, Nicté S. Fajardo-Robledo, Edy D. Rubio-Arellano, Cesar A. Nava-Valdivia, Maria O. Carrillo-Escalante, Sylvia E. Totsuka-Sutto, David Cardona-Müller, Betsabe Contreras-Haro, Mario Salazar-Paramo, Ernesto G. Cardona-Muñoz, M. Huerta, Jorge I. Gamez-Nava, Norma A. Rodriguez-Jimenez, Laura Gonzalez-Lopez

“…The role of NPY on autoimmune inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not completely understood. …”
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Type I IFN induces long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 1 to generate a phosphatidic acid reservoir for lipotoxic saturated fatty acids by Shelley Barnhart, Masami Shimizu-Albergine, Eyal Kedar, Vishal Kothari, Baohai Shao, Melissa Krueger, Cheng-Chieh Hsu, Jingjing Tang, Jenny E. Kanter, Farah Kramer, Danijel Djukovic, Vadim Pascua, Yueh-Ming Loo, Lucrezia Colonna, Sadie J. Van den Bogaerde, Jie An, Michael Gale, Jr., Karen Reue, Edward A. Fisher, Sina A. Gharib, Keith B. Elkon, Karin E. Bornfeldt

“…Our results show that IFN-I induces ACSL1 in macrophages via its interferon-α/β receptor, and consequently that expression of ACSL1 is increased in myeloid cells from individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune condition characterized by increased IFN production. …”
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