Levels of soluble Fas/APO-1 in patients with Behçet's disease by K. Hamzaoui, A. Hamzaoui, L. Zakraoui, A. Chabbou

“…The aim of this study was to quantify soluble Fas/APO1 (sFas/APO-1) protein in the serum of patients with Behcet's disease (BD) in active and inactive stages, compared with patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Case of Rapid Progression of Hemiatrophy on the Face: A New Clinical Entity? by Hisashi Nomura, Shohei Egami, Tomoaki Yokoyama, Makoto Sugiura

“…A lot of diseases, including lupus profundus, morphea, lipodystrophy, and Parry-Romberg syndrome, may manifest progressive hemifacial atrophy. …”
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Hidden Hematologic Disease in Trauma Patients: A Report of Two Cases by Sung Woo Jang, Pil Young Jung

“…In this report, we present cases of two hematologic disorders found in trauma patients: autoimmune hemolytic anemia induced by systemic lupus erythematosus and myelodysplastic syndrome.…”
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The Spectrum of Anti-Chromatin/Nucleosome Autoantibodies: Independent and Interdependent Biomarkers of Disease by Sonal Mehra, Marvin J. Fritzler

“…Over time, immunoassays ranging from ELISA and line immunoassays to more modern bead-based assays incorporated histone and DNA mixtures, purified histones, and purified nucleosomes leading to a more thorough understanding of the genesis and pathogenetic relationships of antibodies to chromatin components in systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune conditions. …”
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Mixed Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia - A Rare Case Report by Saroj Rajput, Jogender Kataria, Tathagata Chatterjee

“…Hence, further diagnosis of MAIHA associated with systemic lupus erythematosus was made. A high-dose steroid therapy was given to the patient, and significant improvement was seen clinically.…”
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Immunopeptidomics for autoimmunity: unlocking the chamber of immune secrets by Sanya Arshad, Benjamin Cameron, Alok V. Joglekar

“…We highlight the application of immunopeptidomics in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). …”
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Bone Loss Triggered by the Cytokine Network in Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases by Dulshara Sachini Amarasekara, Jiyeon Yu, Jaerang Rho

“…Bone loss and fracture risk are implicated in inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus. The network of inflammatory cytokines produced during chronic inflammation induces an uncoupling of bone formation and resorption, resulting in significant bone loss in patients with inflammatory autoimmune diseases. …”
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狼 by 罗泽珣

“…<正> 狼（Canis lupus Linnaeus）是益是害,在国际上是有争论的。在中国牧区,没有一个牧民不恨狼的。例如内蒙古呼伦贝尔大草原放牧的羊群头数很多,狼常乘虚而入,咬死后拖走羊是常有的事。…”
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The Histone Modification Code in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases by Yasuto Araki, Toshihide Mimura

“…In this paper, we discuss the significant roles of histone modifications involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, and type 1 diabetes.…”
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A Dysmorphic Child with a Pericentric Inversion of Chromosome 8 by Venkateshwari Ananthapur, Srilekha Avvari, Sujatha Madireddi, Pratibha Nallari, Jyothy Akka

“…An 8-year-old boy was referred to our institute with dysmorphic features such as mild lupus, micrognathia, low hair line, hypoplasia, hemi atrophy of left side of the face, abnormal size of ears, hypothenar, hypoplasia of chin, and tongue tie. …”
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis spectrum for the rheumatologist by Jyoti Ranjan Parida, Saumya Ranjan Tripathy

“…A patient with SJS/TEN as a presenting feature poses two-fold challenge to a rheumatologist as it could be a manifestation of lupus or side effects of a myriad of drugs used by the rheumatologist.…”
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Sjogren’s Syndrome and TAM Receptors: A Possible Contribution to Disease Onset by Richard Witas, Ammon B. Peck, Julian L. Ambrus, Cuong Q. Nguyen

“…Like the related autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), SS patients and mouse models display accumulation of apoptotic cells and a Type I interferon (IFN) signature. …”
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Eosinophilic Enteritis with Ascites in a Patient with Overlap Syndrome by Spyros Aslanidis, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, Kostas Soufleris, Eirini Kazantzidou, Stella Douma

“…Gastrointestinal involvement is frequent in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, however, has only rarely been described in rheumatological conditions, despite its reported connection to autoimmune diseases, such as hypereosinophilic syndrome, vasculitides, and systemic mastoidosis. …”
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Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis Associated with Autoimmune Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment by Yan Cao, Wensong Zhang, Jie Wu, Hong Zhang, Hongyan Zhou

“…PUK may have a connection to systemic conditions, such as long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Wegener granulomatosis (WG), relapsing polychondritis, classic polyarteritis nodosa and its variants, microscopic polyangiitis, and Churg-Strauss syndrome. …”
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Protein Phosphatase 2A: Role in T Cells and Diseases by Suyasha Roy, Lalit Batra

“…PP2A fosters Th17 cell differentiation which contributes to the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by enhancing the transactivation of the Il17 gene. …”
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Long Term Safety of Infliximab by Thomas F Schaible

“…While low titres of autoantibodies developed in less than 10% of patients, drug-induced lupus was seen in less than 1%, with these cases resolving upon discontinuation of the drug. …”
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Pancreas as an Occult Source of Recurrent Salmonella enteritidis Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient by Don Bambino Geno Tai, Laxmi Upadhyay, Ruchika Jain, Robert Goldstein

“…We report a rare case of repeated Salmonella enteritidis infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. She was treated with intravenous and oral antibiotics but still had recurrence of fevers and bacteremia. …”
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Targeting Toll-Like Receptors for Treatment of SLE by Christopher G. Horton, Zi-jian Pan, A. Darise Farris

“…Nucleic acid-sensing TLRs, TLR 7 in particular, have been implicated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and are thought to exacerbate disease pathology. …”
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome May Be an Autoimmune Disorder by Hifsa Mobeen, Nadeem Afzal, Muhammad Kashif

“…There is an association between PCOS and autoimmune diseases such as ANA and anti-TPO that have been documented in systemic lupus erythematosus and Hashimoto thyroiditis, respectively, and it is suspected that there are autoantibodies that might affect the long term clinical management of these patients. …”
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Comprehensive treatment of the macular edema in patients with retinal vein occlusion and hemostasis system disturbances by T.V. Shelkovnikova, Kh.P. Takhchidi, G.V. Vavin, N.Yu. Barkova, N.Yu. Shishlyannikova

“…<br> <br> <b>Key words:</b> retinal vein occlusion, macular edema, hemostasis, vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF, lupus anticoagulant.<br> <b>For citation:</b> Shelkovnikova T.V., Takhchidi Kh.P., Vavin G.V. et al. …”
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