Asbestos and Probable Microscopic Polyangiitis by George S Rashed Philteos, Kelly Coverett, Rajni Chibbar, Heather A Ward, Donald W Cockcroft

“…Several inorganic dust lung diseases (pneumoconioses) are associated with autoimmune diseases. Although autoimmune serological abnormalities are common in asbestosis, clinical autoimmune/collagen vascular diseases are not commonly reported. …”
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Fecal microbiota transplantation: an update on the advances in the treatment of complex diseases by Carlotta Magrì, Giuliana Calabrese, Letizia Masi, Sara Troisi, Federica di Vincenzo, Pierluigi Puca, Cristina Graziani, Loris R. Lopetuso, Valentina Petito

“…This review aims to discuss the many promising applications of FMT in intestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and extraintestinal diseases such as neuropsychiatric disorders, metabolic syndrome, and autoimmune diseases. For each disease group, preclinical data will be presented in addition to clinical trial evidence.…”
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PD-1 Blockade in Advanced Melanoma in Patients with Hepatitis C and/or HIV by Diwakar Davar, Melissa Wilson, Chelsea Pruckner, John M. Kirkwood

“…Given hypothesized risk of triggering exacerbations of autoimmune diseases and/or chronic viral infections, clinical trials (including regulatory studies) evaluating checkpoint blocking antibodies PD-1 and CTLA-4 have excluded patients with autoimmune diseases, chronic hepatitis B/C virus (HBV/HCV), and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. …”
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Livedoid vasculopathy with mononeuritis multiplex associated with protein S deficiency mimicking systemic vasculitis by Vikramraj K Jain, Krishnamurthy Hegde, Renuka Panchagnula

“…LV can be associated with thrombophilias, fibrinolytic disorders, autoimmune diseases, and malignancy. Polyarteritis nodosa closely mimics the disease and needs a deep dermal biopsy to differentiate.…”
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Biomimetic nanocarriers: integrating natural functions for advanced therapeutic applications by Hugo Felix Perini, Beatriz Sodré Matos, Carlo José Freire de Oliveira, Marcos Vinicius da Silva

“…Biomimetic nanocarriers demonstrate significant advancements in drug delivery systems against cancer therapy, Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune diseases, and viral infections such as COVID-19. …”
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Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet’s Disease by Esra Guney, Gulunay Akcali, Betul Ilkay Akcay, Cihan Unlu, Gurkan Erdogan, Tahir Kansu Bozkurt, Huseyin Bayramlar

“…Interferon treatment in various diseases have also been observed causing certain autoimmune diseases such as vitiligo because of its immunomodulatory activity. …”
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) association in serological studies by Witold Czyż, Marta Chuncia-Ilczeko, Michalina Wójcikiewicz, Filip Arczewski, Karol Dziedzic, Julia Kulbacka, Maciej Wojszczyk, Damian Zys, Piotr Pasek, Julia Ryniecka

“… Over the past 50 years, a substantial body of research revealed an association between  Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and various aspects of EBV infection, with multiple autoimmune diseases. Growing evidence points to EBV as a potential co-factor in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this relationship, however there is as yet no conclusive proof of causality. …”
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Tolerance in Kidney Transplantation: What Is on the B Side? by Laura Carreras-Planella, Francesc E. Borràs, Marcella Franquesa

“…Regulatory B cells (Breg) are in the spotlight for their role in immune homeostasis maintenance and tolerance achievement as in the last years the correlation with functional and increased Breg numbers in autoimmune diseases and transplantation has been extensively proven. …”
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The Effect of TNF-α on CHD and the Relationship between TNF-α Antagonist and CHD in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review by Yezhou Qian, Menghui Mao, Feige Nian

“…Meanwhile, this pro-inflammatory factor is also involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with RA correspond to a higher risk of CHD. …”
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Intraindividual variation in histone acetylation and its impact on autoimmune thyroid diseases by Emi Haga, Naoya Inoue, Yoshinori Iwatani, Yuya Arakawa, Emi Morita, Hidemi Hashimoto, Yusuke Noguchi, Yoh Hidaka, Mikio Watanabe

“…Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), such as Graves’ disease (GD) and Hashimoto’s disease (HD), are organ-specific autoimmune diseases. Histone acetylation, especially that of histone H3, is an epigenetic mechanism that regulates gene expression and is associated with the development of autoimmune diseases. …”
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Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis as a cause of systemic embolism by N.D. Oryshchyn

“…Presented case demonstrates need for awareness regarding nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in patients with systemic embolism and in specific groups of patients (autoimmune diseases and oncology).…”
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Macrophage Extracellular Traps: Current Opinions and the State of Research regarding Various Diseases by Weizhen Weng, Zuoyu Hu, Yunfeng Pan

“…ETs are thought to immobilize and kill microorganisms, as well as play an important role in tissue damage, inflammatory progression, and autoimmune diseases. In this review, the structure, identification, mechanism, and research progress of macrophage extracellular traps (METs) in related diseases are reviewed.…”
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New Insights into Artesunate as a Pleiotropic Regulator of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells by Lixian Lin, Zengqi Tang, Zhenrui Shi, Qing Guo, Hui Xiong

“…Although it shows promising application in many diseases, such as inflammatory diseases, hypersensitivity, autoimmune diseases, and cancers, little is known about underlying molecular. …”
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Secondary Hemophagocytic Syndrome: The Importance of Clinical Suspicion by Cristina Oliveira, Sérgio Chacim, Isabel Ferreira, Nelson Domingues, José Mário Mariz

“…The latter can be secondary to infections, malignancies, or autoimmune diseases. Clinically, patients present signs of severe inflammation, with unremitting fever, cytopenias, spleen enlargement, phagocytosis of bone marrow elements, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypofibrinogenemia. …”
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A Case Report of X-Linked Hyperimmunoglobulin M Syndrome with Lipoma Arborescens of Knees by Qiuting Dong, Jinxia Zhao, Zhongqiang Yao, Xiangyuan Liu, Huiying He

“…Patients with X-linked HIGM are susceptible to infection as well as autoimmune diseases. Lipoma arborescens (LA) is a rare benign tumor, of which the pathogenesis mechanism has not been clearly understood. …”
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Autoimmune pancreatitis – the special form of chronic pancreatitis by Ya. S. Tsimmerman

“…AIP is frequently combined to other autoimmune diseases. The most typical serological marker of AIP is elevation of serum IgG4 level. …”
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Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Autoimmunity: A Case Report of an Unusual Presentation of Myelodysplastic Syndrome by Andrea L. Merrill, Hedy Smith

“…We present the case of a woman with MDS (karyotype 46,XX,+1,der(1;7)(q10;p10)[20], that evolved with an additional trisomy 8 clone) and a novel spectrum of autoimmune diseases including acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) and lacrimal gland pseudotumor.…”
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Altered AKT1 and MAPK1 Gene Expression on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Correlation with T-Helper-Transcription Factors in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Sonia Garcia-Rodriguez, Jose-Luis Callejas-Rubio, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, Esther Zumaquero, Raquel Ríos-Fernandez, Salvador Arias-Santiago, Pilar Navarro, Jaime Sancho, Mercedes Zubiaur

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Erythema Multiforme Attributable to Herpes Simplex Virus: Clinical Aspects and Treatment by Aya Mtiri, Ghada Bouslama, Nour-sayda Ben Messouad, Iyadh Abidi, Souha Ben Youssef, Badreddine Sriha

“…Erythema multiforme is an acute mucocutaneous hypersensitivity reaction with various etiological factors, including herpes simplex virus, medications, autoimmune diseases, and malignancies, but the most common cause is infection by herpes simplex virus. …”
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Pregnancy counseling in rheumatic diseases: Where science meets the steps by Anu Balakrishnan, Pankti Mehta, Latika Gupta

“…The knowledge, as well as practices of contraception in autoimmune diseases, are low and varied in various populations. …”
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