Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and immune-mediated diseases: a population-based cohort study by Giovanni Adami, Angelo Fassio, Giovanni Orsolini, Davide Gatti, Maurizio Rossini, Ombretta Viapiana, Camilla Benini, Elena Fracassi, Giorgio Cattani, Marco Pontalti, Eugenia Bertoldo

“…We found a positive association between PM10 and the risk of autoimmune diseases (ρ+0.007, p 0.014). Every 10 µg/m3 increase in PM10 concentration was associated with an incremental 7% risk of having autoimmune disease. …”
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Dermatomyositis Sine Myositis with Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis by Mohammad Bagher Owlia, Roya Hemayati, Shokouh Taghipour Zahir, Mohammad Moeini Nodeh

“…Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by involvement of proximal musculature and skin. …”
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Acute Respiratory Failure due to Neuromyelitis Optica Treated Successfully with Plasmapheresis by Massa Zantah, Timothy B. Coyle, Debapriya Datta

“…Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) is a demyelinating autoimmune disease involving the central nervous system. …”
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Role of Microglia in CNS Autoimmunity by Tobias Goldmann, Marco Prinz

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) in the Western world. …”
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Updates in the management of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease by Chengappa Kavadichanda, G S R S N K Naidu

“…The occurrence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in a setting of a well-defined autoimmune disease or in the presence of autoantibodies is being increasingly recognized. …”
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Inflammation in Retinal Vein Occlusion by Avnish Deobhakta, Louis K. Chang

“…It has long been recognized that systemic inflammatory disorders, such as autoimmune disease, are a significant risk factor for this condition. …”
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Steroid Avoidance in Liver Transplantation by José Oberholzer, Mohammed Al-Saghier, Norman M Kneteman

“…New, powerful immunosuppressants have allowed steroid use to be reduced or avoided altogether, but use of these regimens is not simple and may be associated with late acute rejection and recurrence of autoimmune disease. The present review examines the rationale for steroid avoidance in liver transplantation and assesses the new regimens that are currently being developed.…”
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Bullous pemphigoid after Split Skin grafting in vitiligo patient by Siddharth Bhatt, Anand Mannu, Gourang Paliwal, Biju Vasudevan

“…Vitiligo is another autoimmune disease associated with loss of melanocytes. …”
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Coexisting Situs Inversus Totalis and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Kemal Gundogdu, Fatih Altintoprak, Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu, Enis Dikicier, İsmail Zengin, Orhan Yağmurkaya

“…Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disease with destruction of thrombocytes. This paper is presentation of surgical approach to a case with coexistence of these two conditions.…”
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An Interesting Case of Bilateral Facial Palsy due to Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Rajish Sanjit Kumar Shil, Jamal Ali Teir

“…Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly called Wegener’s granulomatosis) is a systemic autoimmune disease, which can lead to necrotizing vasculitis affecting small vessels and cause inflammation of blood vessels in the nose, sinuses, throat, lungs, and kidneys. …”
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Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Multiple Sclerosis by Wenjing Cheng, Guangjie Chen

“…Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease with classical traits of demyelination, axonal damage, and neurodegeneration. …”
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Evans Syndrome Associated with Pregnancy and COVID-19 Infection by Gayathri Vadlamudi, Leah Hong, Madhurima Keerthy

“…Evans syndrome (ES) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by autoimmune hemolytic anemia along with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. …”
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Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Hair Loss Disease Alopecia Areata by Taisuke Ito

“…Alopecia areata is considered to be a cell-mediated autoimmune disease, in which autoreactive cytotoxic T cells recognize melanocyte-associated proteins such as tyrosinase. …”
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An Unusual Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Hemophagocytic Syndrome by Saika Sharmeen, Nazia Hussain

“…Hemophagocytic syndrome (HS) or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an immune mediated phenomenon that can occur in the setting of an autoimmune disease, chronic immunosuppression, malignancy, or infection. …”
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One in a Million: A Case Report of Stiff Person Syndrome by Ruchi Yadav, Neeraj Abrol, Sima Terebelo

“…Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare autoimmune disease caused by lack of inhibition to excitatory neurotransmitters in the central nervous system (CNS) leading to inappropriate motor unit firing. …”
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Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome: A disease with many faces by Ankit Agrawal, Sangeetha Pabolu, Shirisha Ale, Yesenia Galan

“…Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome (HUVS) is a rare autoimmune disease process where the exact pathogenesis is not known. …”
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Complement Diagnostics: Concepts, Indications, and Practical Guidelines by Bo Nilsson, Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl

“…Aberrations in the complement system have been shown to be direct or indirect pathophysiological mechanisms in a number of diseases and pathological conditions such as autoimmune disease, infections, cancer, allogeneic and xenogeneic transplantation, and inflammation. …”
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The Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis from the Perspective of the Epigenetic Landscape by Yasuto Araki, Toshihide Mimura

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that is characterized by synovial hyperplasia and progressive joint destruction. …”
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Multifactorial Induction of a “Scleroderma‐Like Pattern” Without Underlying Connective Tissue Disease: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications by Angelo Nigro

“…Comprehensive immunologic and instrumental assessments demonstrated no evidence of systemic involvement or autoimmune disease. This case emphasizes the need to recognize the substantial role of cardiometabolic risk factors, including smoking, diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, in contributing to capillaroscopic abnormalities that may mimic systemic sclerosis. …”
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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Revealing Primary Sjögren Syndrome: Report of 2 Cases by A. Mercurio, M. Altieri, V. M. Saraceni, T. Paolucci, G. L. Lenzi

“…Sjögren syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease of the exocrine glands, characterized by focal lymphocytic infiltration and destruction of these glands. …”
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