Exploring Systemic Autoimmunity in Thyroid Disease Subjects by Thushani Siriwardhane, Karthik Krishna, Vinodh Ranganathan, Vasanth Jayaraman, Tianhao Wang, Kang Bei, John J. Rajasekaran, Hari Krishnamurthy

“…Individuals with one autoimmune disease are at risk of developing a second autoimmune disease, but the pathogenesis or the sequential occurrence of multiple autoimmune diseases has not been established yet. …”
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Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma with Right Atrial Involvement in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Zachary Benson, Sarah Gordon, Patricia Nicolato, Andrew Poklepovic

“…Patients with preexisting autoimmune diseases or prior immune-related adverse events from therapy are largely excluded from clinical trials. …”
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An Overview of the Safety, Efficiency, and Signal Pathways of Stem Cell Therapy for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Qian Yang, Yiping Liu, Guangyong Chen, Wancong Zhang, Shijie Tang, Tianbiao Zhou

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs and tissues. …”
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Chemokines by Richard Horuk

“…They play a major role in autoimmune disease and chemokine receptors have recently been found to mediate HIV-1 fusion. …”
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Recurrence of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura after mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccine Administered Shortly after COVID-19 by Korin Karabulut, Ana Andronikashvili, Ahmet Hakki Kapici

“…This case report exemplifies potential safety issues that may be encountered with new vaccine administration in patients with recent COVID-19 and underlying autoimmune disease. There are no specific recommendations for COVID-19 vaccine administration in such patients.…”
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Inhibition of macrophage polarization and pyroptosis in collagen-induced arthritis through MSC-exo and ginsenoside Rh2 by Zhongsheng Zhou, Shuhui Wu, Yang Li, Pu Shao, Jinlan Jiang

“…Abstract Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint inflammation, tissue damage, and fibrosis, significantly affecting the quality of life. …”
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T Cell Repertoire and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Kenneth Croitoru, David KH Wong, Maria E Baca-Estrada

“…Selection processes in the thymus and periphery serve to eliminate self-reacting T cells, thereby preventing autoimmune disease. The possibility that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an autoimmune disease has led to the search for an auto-antigen. …”
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CARP VIII antibody-related autoimmune cerebellar ataxia in a child after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: a case report by Minglei Li, Zongming Han, Jinlei Li, Qianyun Wang, Zufang Lv

“…The cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the early stage of the disease (within three months) does not show significant atrophy of the cerebellum and brainstem; 3. presence of either of the following: 1) positive anti-cerebellar antibodies in serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid cell-based assay (CBA), 2) at least two of the following are present: ① the patient or first-degree relative has a history of autoimmune disease, ② cerebrospinal fluid leukocytes >5×106/L, or positive for cerebrospinal fluid specific oligoclonal bands, ③ tissue-based assay (TBA) revealing the characteristic fluorescent form of Purkinje cell antibody, and ④ the presence of systemic autoimmune disease-related antibodies; and 4. the absence of other diseases. …”
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Biomarkers in scleroderma: Current status by Latika Gupta, Sanat Phatak, Sukesh Edavalath

“…Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease characterized by indolent obliterative vasculopathy and widespread fibrosis. …”
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Towards a Vaccine Against Rheumatic Fever by L. Guilherme, K. C. Faé, F. Higa, L. Chaves, S. E. Oshiro, S. Freschi de Barros, C. Puschel, M. A. Juliano, A. C. Tanaka, G. Spina, J. Kalil

“…Rheumatic fever (RF) is an autoimmune disease which affects more than 20 million children in developing countries. …”
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An updated review on abnormal epigenetic modifications in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus by Xingyu Zhou, Shengnan Zhou, Yaping Li

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease. The inconsistent prevalence of SLE between monozygotic twins suggests that environmental factors affect the occurrence of this disease. …”
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Main Ocular Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Sandra Saray Quignon Santana, Osbel Alfonso Sánchez

“…Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an autoimmune disease in which articular and extra articular manifestations are produced and contribute to alter the functional capacity of the individual. …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): A review on the prevalence, clinical manifestation, and disease assessment by Malarvili Selvaraja, Maha Abdullah, Anim Md Shah, Masita Arip, Syafinaz Amin Nordin

“… Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a varying clinical phenotype. This disease occurs when the body’s tissues are attacked by its own immune system. …”
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Drug-Induced Lupus with Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Associated with Apixaban by John Yang, Steffi Lena, Daniel Tarditi, Gopika Banker

“…Drug-induced lupus is an iatrogenic-induced autoimmune disease with common offending agents well documented in the literature. …”
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miRNAs Participate in MS Pathological Processes and Its Therapeutic Response by Ting Wu, Guangjie Chen

“…Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. It is believed that the increased migration of autoreactive lymphocytes across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) may be responsible for axonal demyelination of neurons. …”
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Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in Two Pediatric Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Dongning Wu, Kenneth Bromberg, Roberto Jodorkovsky

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease associated with high morbidity and mortality, often caused by infection. …”
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Biopsychosocial Model Analysis of a Recurrent Guillain–Barré Syndrome Patient’s Recovery by Prashant P. Naik, Rutuja A. Phadke, Amogh R. Kulkarni, Vishagh K. Nair

“…Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease that generally follows a monophasic course and typically does not recur. …”
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NMO-IgG and AQP4 Peptide Can Induce Aggravation of EAMG and Immune-Mediated Muscle Weakness by Tehila Mizrachi, Livnat Brill, Malcolm Rabie, Yoram Nevo, Yakov Fellig, Mayan Zur, Dimitrios Karussis, Oded Abramsky, Talma Brenner, Adi Vaknin-Dembinsky

“…Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and myasthenia gravis (MG) are autoimmune diseases mediated by autoantibodies against either aquaporin 4 (AQP4) or acetylcholine receptor (AChR), respectively. …”
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Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and immune-mediated diseases: a population-based cohort study by Giovanni Adami, Angelo Fassio, Giovanni Orsolini, Davide Gatti, Maurizio Rossini, Ombretta Viapiana, Camilla Benini, Elena Fracassi, Giorgio Cattani, Marco Pontalti, Eugenia Bertoldo

“…We found a positive association between PM10 and the risk of autoimmune diseases (ρ+0.007, p 0.014). Every 10 µg/m3 increase in PM10 concentration was associated with an incremental 7% risk of having autoimmune disease. …”
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