Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disorders
Shared Autoimmunity: A Case Series of 56 Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Associated with Other Autoimmune Disorders
... more autoimmune disorders in the same individual has been attributed to “shared autoimmunity” caused by the interaction between genetic and environmental ...other autoimmune disorders. ...
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The role of epigenetic mechanisms and processes in autoimmune disorders
... improve autoimmunity, it will first be necessary to determine the epigenetic marks associated with these hormones in normal healthy cells and organs and compare these with the same patterns in diseased or dysfunc- ...
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Allogeneic hematolymphoid microchimerism and prevention of autoimmune disease in the rat A relationship between allo and autoimmunity
... attributes autoimmunity to a failure of central ...cure autoimmune disorders in experimental animals and advo- cated as therapy in humans (10, ...
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Natural killer cells in human autoimmune disorders
... By virtue of their ability to rapidly kill abnormal cells and produce cytokines and chemokines, NK cells infl uence and shape adaptive immune responses and are positioned to play a role in regulating autoimmune ...
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Increased Prevalence of Familial Autoimmunity in Probands With Pervasive Developmental Disorders
... the autoimmune families may also be accompa- nied by greater ...specific autoimmune disorders and may be less likely to report false pos- itives than parents of children from the 2 other ...of ...
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The emerging role of epigenetics in human autoimmune disorders
... Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) belong to a group of rare chronic inflammatory condi- tions including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus ...
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Celiac Disease-Associated Autoimmune Endocrinopathies
... and autoimmune thyroid disorders share a common genetic predisposition, namely, the DQ2 ...thyroid autoimmune disorders in CD than in the general ...thyroid autoimmunity in patients ...
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Autoimmune Disorders – Immunopathogenesis and Potential Therapies
... The annual incidence of SLE is estimated to be 6.4-7.6 cases per 100,000, whereas, approximately one case per 2,000 Caucasians are reported. SLE occurs more commonly in females (15-45 yrs) than males in the ratio of ...
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Involvement of miR-126 in autoimmune disorders
... These discovers implicate that miR-126 have a central role in many pathways leading to the development and the sustain of autoimmune diseases. Its key role could let us speculate this microRNA to be a potential ...
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Vol 29, No 4 (2019)
... chronic autoimmune urticaria ...with autoimmunity is supported by detection of various autoantibodies in blood and positive association with HLA subtypes DRB*04 and ...of autoimmune ...
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Association of PTPN22 rs2476601 Polymorphism with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Celiac Disease in Khuzestan Province, Southwestern Iran
... PTPN22 C1858T belongs to a growing family of shared autoimmunity loci, which are associated with various autoimmune disorders. The +T1858 allele increases the risk of developing RA and lupus [13] . ...
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Review of 113 cases of autoimmune disorders in pregnancy
... In our study, most of the patients were either continued on the same treatment they were taking before pregnancy or were started on treatment once they were diagnosed with autoimmune disorders, and hence ...
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Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke in an Infant
... Antiphospholipid antibodies occur frequently in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus but are. also reported in other autoimmune disorders and in[r] ...
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Autoimmunity in connection with a metal implant: a case of autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants
... Abstract Autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome indu- ced by adjuvants (ASIA) has been recently proposed by Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin as a new entity that com- prises several conditions: the macrophagic-myofasciitis ...
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APC derived cytokines and T cell polarization in autoimmune inflammation
... cell–mediated autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis are driv- en by autoaggressive Th ...of autoimmune diseases, recent data obtained in gene-targeted mice and the ...
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Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcus: In Reply
... ents” or “chronic Lyme parents” are in denial that their children suffer from psychiatric disorders and are unre- alistic in insisting that antibiotics be used rather than the “conventional treatment.” However, ...
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Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody and vitiligo: a controlled study
... of autoimmune thyroid disorders including Graves' disease and Hashim- oto thyroiditis, and considering the fact that vitiligo usu- ally precedes the onset of thyroid dysfunction, periodic follow-up of ...
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T cell control in autoimmune bullous skin disorders
... Algorithm for HLA class II–Dsg3 peptide interaction in PV. Shown is the physical interaction of DR β 1*0402 with a representative Dsg3 peptide. HLA-DRβ1*0402 differs from other HLA-DR4 molecules by the pres- ence of a ...
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders without and with autoimmune diseases
... spectrum disorders, OCB oligoclonal banding, RA33 anti-RA33 antibodies, RF rheumatoid factor, Rib-P anti-ribosomal P protein antibodies, RNP anti-ribonucleoprotein antibodies, Scl-70 anti-topoisomerase I ...
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Eating Disorders: Could They be Autoimmune Diseases?
... Due to the fact that AN and BN have prominent psychological disturbances, many researchers have questioned whether eating disorders have a biological or genetic basis. Recent studies have shown abnormalities in ...
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