Crosstalk between the Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy: From the Perspective of Gut Microbiota by Yuying Fan, Hua Wang, Xueyan Liu, Junmei Zhang, Gang Liu

“…In particular, the significant involvement of the autoimmune processes in the development of epilepsy, one of the most serious and widespread neurological diseases, has led to a suggested link with the gut microbiome. …”
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Defects of CTLA-4 Are Associated with Regulatory T Cells in Myasthenia Gravis Implicated by Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy by Wenhua Xu, Mingshan Ren, Swagata Ghosh, Kai Qian, Zhaofeng Luo, Aimei Zhang, Cuiping Zhang, Jiajun Cui

“…Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a CD4+ T cell-dependent autoimmune disease resulting from aberrant immune response mediated by circulating autoantibodies at the neuromuscular junction. …”
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Autoantibody with Cross-Reactivity between Insulin and Ductal Cells May Cause Diabetic Mastopathy: A Case Study by Katsutoshi Miura, Chikako Teruya, Nasu Hatsuko, Hiroyuki Ogura

“…The condition usually affects women with a long history of diabetes mellitus (DM) and also those with autoimmune disorders. While the pathogenesis is unknown, a particular type of class II human leukocyte antigen has been associated with this disease. …”
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Detection of t(14;16)(q32;q22) and Monosomy 13 by FISH Analysis in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma Associated with Sjögren’s Syndrome: The First Case Report from India by Rupesh R. Sanap, Arundhati S. Athalye, Prochi F. Madon, Boman N. Dhabhar, Mahendra B. Sute, Amit A. Mahabale, Dhanashree J. Warang, Firuza R. Parikh

“…Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic slowly progressive autoimmune disorder characterized by symptoms of oral and ocular dryness, exocrine dysfunction, and lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands. …”
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Icaritin Provokes Serum Thrombopoietin and Downregulates Thrombopoietin/MPL of the Bone Marrow in a Mouse Model of Immune Thrombocytopenia by Ke Zhang, Zhenfeng Dai, Runzhe Liu, Fang Tian, Xi Liu, Yi Sun, Xin Zhao, Xiaoping Pu

“…Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a common acquired autoimmune disease, and thrombopoietin (TPO) is an important cytokine that regulates the production of megakaryocytes and platelets. …”
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Targeting glycolytic reprogramming by tsRNA-0032 for treating pathological lymphangiogenesis by Fan Ye, Ziran Zhang, Lianjun Shi, Shuting Lu, Xiumiao Li, Wan Mu, Qin Jiang, Biao Yan

“…Abnormal lymphangiogenesis has been implicated in several diseases such as cancers, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases. In this study, we elucidate the role of tsRNA-0032 in lymphangiogenesis and its molecular mechanism. tsRNA-0032 expression is significantly decreased in corneal suture model and human lymphatic endothelial cell (HLEC) model under inflammatory condition. …”
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Proinflammatory Effects of Diesel Exhaust Nanoparticles on Scleroderma Skin Cells by A. Mastrofrancesco, M. Alfè, E. Rosato, V. Gargiulo, C. Beatrice, G. Di Blasio, B. Zhang, D. S. Su, M. Picardo, S. Fiorito

“…Autoimmune diseases are complex disorders of unknown etiology thought to result from interactions between genetic and environmental factors. …”
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Assessment of T Regulatory Cells and Expanded Profiling of Autoantibodies May Offer Novel Biomarkers for the Clinical Management of Systemic Sclerosis and Undifferentiated Connecti... by Paola Cordiali-Fei, Anna Mussi, Giovanna D'Agosto, Elisabetta Trento, Valentina Bordignon, Silvana Trincone, Antonella Vento, Isabella Sperduti, Antonio Cristaudo, Fabrizio Ensoli

“…In order to identify disease biomarkers for the clinical and therapeutic management of autoimmune diseases such as systemic sclerosis (SSc) and undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD), we have explored the setting of peripheral T regulatory (T reg) cells and assessed an expanded profile of autoantibodies in patients with SSc, including either limited (lcSSc) or diffuse (dcSSc) disease, and in patients presenting with clinical signs and symptoms of UCTD. …”
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A Rare Case of Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy Associated with Hodgkin Lymphoma by Keiki Nagaharu, Yuka Sugimoto, Keiki Kawakami

“…Immunotactoid glomerulopathy (ITG) is characterized by Congo red-negative microtubular deposits, and it has been reported as a rare paraneoplastic syndrome due to hematologic malignancies, viral infections, or autoimmune diseases. In hematologic malignancies, multiple myeloma and other mature B-cell malignancies are the most common hematologic malignancies, and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is extremely rare. …”
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Gαq Regulates the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Modulating Th1 Differentiation by Dashan Wang, Yuan Liu, Yan Li, Yan He, Jiyun Zhang, Guixiu Shi

“…Gαq has been found to play an important role in immune regulation and development of autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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The Role of Aggregates of Therapeutic Protein Products in Immunogenicity: An Evaluation by Mathematical Modeling by Liusong Yin, Xiaoying Chen, Abhinav Tiwari, Paolo Vicini, Timothy P. Hickling

“…Therapeutic protein products (TPP) have been widely used to treat a variety of human diseases, including cancer, hemophilia, and autoimmune diseases. However, TPP can induce unwanted immune responses that can impact both drug efficacy and patient safety. …”
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Modulation of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Transcriptome by G-CSF Stimulation by Luz M. Avila-Portillo, Fabio Aristizabal, Angela Riveros, Martin C. Abba, Diego Correa

“…Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) exhibit multidifferentiation potential, paralleled with immunomodulatory and trophic properties that make them viable alternative tools for the treatment of degenerative disorders, allograft rejection, autoimmune diseases, and tissue regeneration. MSC functional attributes can be modulated by exposing them to inflammatory-stimulating microenvironments (i.e., priming) before their therapeutic use. …”
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Expression of CD24 in Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Is Regulated by TGFβ3 and Induces a Myofibroblast-Like Genotype by Luisa Marilena Schäck, Manuela Buettner, Alexander Wirth, Claudia Neunaber, Christian Krettek, Andrea Hoffmann, Sandra Noack

“…The protein CD24 has been reported to be involved in a diverse range of processes such as cancer, adaptive immunity, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases in other cell types. Its expression in hBMSCs, which has not yet been analyzed, may add an important aspect in the understanding of hBMSC biology. …”
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Peptide-Based Vaccination Therapy for Rheumatic Diseases by Bin Wang, Shiju Chen, Qing Zheng, Yuan Liu, Guixiu Shi

“…Peptide-based vaccination is a highly desirable strategy in treating noninfection diseases, such as cancer and autoimmune diseases, and has gained increasing attentions. …”
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Rules for investigation of patients with asymptomatic elevation of serum aminotransferase activity by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, Ye. N. German

“…Screening markers and specifying diagnostic tests are necessary to diagnose correct the majority of liver diseases – viral hepatites, alcoholic (ALD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD), autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), Wilson diseases, primary hemochromatosis etc. …”
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Anti-Factor H Antibodies in Egyptian Children with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome by Shereen Shawky, Hesham Safouh, Mona Gamal, Mohammed M. Abbas, Azza Aboul-Enein, Toshihiro Sawai, Yosra Fahmy, Heba Selim

“…Early diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune HUS (AI-HUS) is essential and leads to a favorable outcome. …”
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Exclusive Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Sarcoidal Granulomatous Inflammation due to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Report of Two Cases with Unusual Manifestations and Review of the Lit... by Narciss Mobini, Rummit Dhillon, Jason Dickey, Jordan Spoon, Kaviyon Sadrolashrafi

“…This enhanced immune response can induce autoimmune adverse effects in many organs. Although skin toxicities are the most common, sarcoidal inflammation with exclusive cutaneous involvement is a rare occurrence with only 6 cases reported to date. …”
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Primary Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Liver in a Patient with Sjogren Syndrome by Vadim Gorodetskiy, Wolfram Klapper, Natalya Probatova, Vladimir Vasilyev

“…Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) has the highest incidence of malignant lymphoproliferative disorders transformation among autoimmune diseases. We present a case of extranodal high grade lymphoma of the liver in a 52-year-old patient with long history of SS. …”
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Unveiling the Anti-Angiogenic Potential of Small-Molecule (Kinase) Inhibitors for Application in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Fatemeh Khodadust, Eva M. L. Philippon, Maarten M. Steinz, Jan Piet van Hamburg, Johan van Meerloo, Judy R. van Beijnum, Gerrit Jansen, Sander W. Tas, Conny J. van der Laken

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation leading to joint damage and systemic complications. …”
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PEPITEM, its tripeptide pharmacophores and their peptidomimetic analogues regulate the inflammatory response through parenteral and topical dosing in models of peritonitis and psor... by Anella Saviano, Bonita Apta, Samantha Tull, Laleh Pezhman, Areeba Fatima, Mustafa Sevim, Antonio Mete, Myriam Chimen, Anna Schettino, Noemi Marigliano, Helen M. McGettrick, Asif J. Iqbal, Francesco Maione, G. Ed Rainger

“…Taken together with other reports on the efficacy of PEPITEM, this study paves the way for the development and translation of a novel class of anti-inflammatory agents which may have utility in a broad range of autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases.…”
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