Clinical Diagnosis of an Autoimmune Encephalitis Presented as a Manic Episode with Psychotic Symptoms: A Case Report by Miguel Soto Ontoso, Ruben A. Piernas González, Isabel Ramírez Martínez, José Miguel Meca García

“…Introduction. Autoimmune encephalitis is caused by antineuronal immune mechanisms. …”
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Genetically Engineered Islets and Alternative Sources of Insulin-Producing Cells for Treating Autoimmune Diabetes: Quo Vadis? by Feng-Cheng Chou, Shing-Hwa Huang, Huey-Kang Sytwu

“…However, two major problems need to be overcome: (1) detrimental immune responses, including inflammation induced by the islet isolation/transplantation procedure, recurrence autoimmunity, and allorejection, can cause graft loss and (2) inadequate numbers of organ donors. …”
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Immunological Remission as a Basis for Dose Reduction of Immunosuppressors in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Results of Monocenter Surveillance Study by A. O. Bueverov, S. V. Koblov, P. O. Bogomolov

Subjects: “…autoimmune hepatitis…”
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Invasive fungal diseases in patients with autoimmune diseases: a case series from the French RESSIF network by Vincent Poindron, Benjamin Terrier, François Maillot, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Nassim Kamar, Valéry Salle, Lilia Hasseine, François Danion, Lilia Merabet, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Éric Bailly, Milène Sasso, Antoine Néel, Simon Galmiche, Benjamin Thoreau, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio, André Paugam, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Sophie Cassaing, Hélène Guegan, Loïc Favennec, Alida Minoza, Florent Morio, Julie Bonhomme, Odile Eloy, Laurence Millon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Philippe Poirier, Maxime Moniot, Taieb Chouaki, Antoine Huguenin, Frédéric Dalle, Bernard Bouteille, Muriel Nicolas, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Karine Boukris-Sitbon, Fanny Lanternier, Caroline Mahinc, Marc Pihet, Magalie Demar, Céline Damiani, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Elena Charpentier, Cécile Nourrisson, Benoit Suzon

“…Objectives We aimed to describe patients with autoimmune diseases (AID) developing invasive fungal disease (IFD) and identify factors associated with short-term mortality.Methods We analysed cases of IFD associated with AID from the surveillance network of invasive fungal diseases (Réseau de surveillance des infections fongiques invasives, RESSIF) registry of the French national reference centre for invasive mycoses. …”
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Perturbations in gut microbiota composition in patients with autoimmune neurological diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaolin Deng, Xiaolin Deng, Xue Gong, Xue Gong, Dong Zhou, Zhen Hong, Zhen Hong

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Autoimmune Factor V Deficiency That Took 16 Years to Diagnose due to Pseudodeficiency of Multiple Coagulation Factors by Takaaki Kato, Takaya Hanawa, Mea Asou, Tomohiko Asakawa, Hisashi Sakamaki, Makoto Araki

“…Subsequently, factor V antibodies were confirmed by the immunoblot method and the diagnosis of autoimmune factor V deficiency was made. When factor V, which is downstream of the coagulation cascade, is inhibited, coagulation test using the one-stage clotting method shows a pseudolow value. …”
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Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS): A Case Report and Review of Literature by Jordan Roussel, Sudha Pandit, Paul Jordan, Moheb Boktor, Kurt Knowles, Nester Dela Cruz, Hrishikesh Samant

“…The common causes of abnormal liver chemistries in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients are multifactorial. Diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in HIV infected patients is intriguing but data is scarce. …”
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Causal association between non-thyroidal autoimmune diseases and Graves' ophthalmopathy: A mendelian randomization study by Lan Ma, Xue Jiang, Zhijia Hou, Dongmei Li

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Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis (Lupoid Hepatitis) and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Two Young Adult Females by Gerald Y. Minuk, Lloyd R. Sutherland, S. Chris Pappas, James K. Kelly, Sue E. Martin

“…Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis (CAH) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) arc chronic diseases of the hepatobiliary system that have many clinical, immunologic and genetic features in common. …”
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Association of Polymorphisms in Toll-Like Receptors 4 and 9 with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in Korean Pediatric Patients by Won Kyoung Cho, Jung-Pil Jang, Eun-Jeong Choi, Moonbae Ahn, Shin Hee Kim, Kyoung Soon Cho, So Hyun Park, In Cheol Baek, Min Ho Jung, Tai-Gyu Kim, Byung-Kyu Suh

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Autoimmune-Associated Hemophagocytosis and Myelofibrosis in a Newly Diagnosed Lupus Patient: Case Report and Literature Review by Deonne Thaddeus V. Gauiran, Paula Victoria Catherine Y. Cheng, Christopher Ryan P. Pagaduan, Maria Clariza M. Santos

“…In this study, we present a rare case of concurrent autoimmune hemophagocytic syndrome and autoimmune myelofibrosis, potentially life-threatening conditions, in a newly diagnosed SLE patient. …”
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The role of TRECs/KRECs as immune indicators that reflect immunophenotypes and predict the risk of infection in systemic autoimmune diseases by Takuji Itakura, Hirokazu Sasaki, Tadashi Hosoya, Natsuka Umezawa, Tetsuya Saito, Hideyuki Iwai, Hisanori Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Sato, Akihiro Hirakawa, Kohsuke Imai, Tomohiro Morio, Naoki Kimura, Shinsuke Yasuda

“…To clarify the significance of TRECs and KRECs as immune indicators in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases, we prospectively evaluated TREC and KREC levels with qPCR, lymphocyte phenotypes with flow cytometry, along with lymphocyte counts and serum immunoglobulin levels in peripheral blood samples from newly diagnosed patients. …”
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Case Report: Combined Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Ulcerative Colitis and Sclerosing Cholangitis in 28-y.o. Patient by A. R. Khurmatullina, A. V. Okhlobystin, L. N. Androsova, R. T. Rzayev, A. S. Tertychnyy, A. P. Kiryukhin, O. Z. Okhlobystina, M. S. Zharkova, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

Subjects: “…autoimmune pancreatitis…”
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Metformin Attenuates Experimental Autoimmune Arthritis through Reciprocal Regulation of Th17/Treg Balance and Osteoclastogenesis by Hye-Jin Son, Jennifer Lee, Seon-Yeong Lee, Eun-Kyung Kim, Min-Jung Park, Kyoung-Woon Kim, Sung-Hwan Park, Mi-La Cho

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Diplopia, Convergent Strabismus, and Eye Abduction Palsy in a 12-Year-Old Boy with Autoimmune Thyroiditis by Pedro Marques, Sandra Jacinto, Maria do Carmo Pinto, Catarina Limbert, Lurdes Lopes

“…A 12-year-old boy has been followed up for autoimmune thyroiditis under LT4. Family history was irrelevant for endocrine or autoimmune diseases. …”
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Effect of decitabine on PD-L2 methylation in whole blood of iodine-induced autoimmune thyroiditis rats by Baiming Jin, Yanbo Qi, Hong Chao, Xiaolei Yang, Hongjie Li, Siyuan Wan

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Advances in thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) biomarkers for autoimmune thyroid diseases by Aulanniam, Achmad Rudijanto, Andreas Budi Wijaya

“… The development of immunological methods in the 1970s and 1980s led to the identification of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) as key players in the onset of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD). TSHR is primarily associated with hyperthyroidism, while TPO is linked to hypothyroidism. …”
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Anti-N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Severe, Potentially Reversible Autoimmune Encephalitis by Cai-yun Liu, Jie Zhu, Xiang-Yu Zheng, Chi Ma, Xu Wang

“…Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is potentially lethal, but it is also a treatable autoimmune disorder characterized by prominent psychiatric and neurologic symptoms. …”
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Have serum vitamin D and ferritin a role in predicting the prognosis of autoimmune hepatitis treatment in children? by Salma Nagi, Sania Ali Yehia, Yasmen Abdelaziz Elhagali, Shimaa Saad Elkholy, Basma Mahmoud Abd-Elaati

Subjects: “…autoimmune hepatitis…”
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Successful Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Recurrent IVF Failure and Anti-hCG Autoimmunity: A Report of Three Cases by Valeria Muller, Ksenia Ob’edkova, Inna Krikheli, Igor Kogan, Irina Fedorova, Elena Lesik, Evgenia Komarova, Alexandr Gzgzyan

“…In order to be given an adequate efficient treatment, women with recurrent implantation failure should be suspected for autoimmune factor of infertility and its possible association with anti-hCG autoimmunity.…”
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