Hepatobiliary and pancreatic manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease: an umbrella review of meta-analyses by Runsheng Hong, Zhixue Li, Meng Li, Yun Dai

“…Suggestive evidence showed a significantly higher prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, and autoimmune pancreatitis in IBD patients than in the general population. …”
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Endocrine and metabolic comorbidities in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus by Su Jin Park, Moon Bae Ahn, Dae Chul Jeong

“…Background and aimsJuvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting individuals under 18, causing multi-system impairment. …”
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Successful treatment with efgartigimod as an add-on therapy for acute attack of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a case report by Huasheng Huang, Yizhi Wei, Huihui Qin, Guangshun Han, Jie Li

“…Abstract Background Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is an autoimmune, antibody-mediated inflammatory disease of the brain characterized by the presence of IgG antibodies targeting the excitatory N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). …”
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Camrelizumab-Related Lethal Arrhythmias and Myasthenic Crisis in a Patient with Metastatic Thymoma by Bo Zhang, Laxman Gyawali, Zengzhang Liu, Huaan Du, Yuehui Yin

“…However, ICI therapy has also been associated with various immune-related adverse events (irAEs), especially for patients with preexisting autoimmune status, which sometimes can be life-threatening. …”
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siRNA therapeutics for effective management of rheumatoid arthritis by Vishakha R. Chakole, Tathagata Dutta, Priyankar Sen

“…This property makes siRNA a valuable tool for developing RNAi therapeutics, particularly for managing conditions like osteoporosis, cancer, genetic disorders, and autoimmune disorders. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a significant autoimmune disorder. …”
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Clinical and Biochemical Features Used to Classify Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetes: A Scoping Review by Ulagamadesan Venkatesan, Anandakumar Amutha, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Ranjit Unnikrishnan, Bagavandas Mappillairajan, Viswanathan Mohan

“…While age at diagnosis, autoimmune markers, and beta-cell function are among the crucial clinical parameters, biochemical indicators like C-peptide levels and antibody analyses play a pivotal role. …”
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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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Disparate Intent-to-Treat Outcomes for Pediatric Liver Transplantation Based on Indication by Anna Lang, Cameron Goff, Ashley Montgomery, Jake Lynn, Spoorthi Kamepalli, John Goss, Abbas Rana

“…Hepatoblastoma (hazard ratio (HR): 3.73), autoimmune cirrhosis (HR: 1.86), and AHN (HR: 1.77) were associated with significantly increased intent-to-treat mortality. …”
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Correlation between Maternal Vitamin D and Thyroid Function in Pregnancy with Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Salma Ahi, Mohsen Adelpour, Iman Fereydooni, Naser Hatami

“…We evaluated thyroid function tests and thyroid autoantibodies (TPOAb and TGAb), as well as the serum level of 25OHD, to determine the relationship between vitamin D level and autoimmune or non-autoimmune thyroid disease in pregnancy. …”
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Autoantibody to MDM2: A Potential Serological Marker of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Yuan Liu, Liping Dai, Weihong Liu, Guixiu Shi, Jianying Zhang

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the systemic autoimmune diseases characterized by the polyclonal autoantibody production. …”
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IMPASSIVE DICTATING: A Mnemonic Acronym for Systematically Generating Differential Diagnoses by Ho M, Coloma M, Ngo R, Santhakumar J

“…IMPASSIVE DICTATING is an acronym for pathophysiologies to consider in a differential diagnosis: immune reactions and dysregulation, metabolic, psychiatric, allergic, structural, social, infectious, vascular, endocrine/exocrine, degenerative, iatrogenic, congenital, traumatic, autoimmune, toxic, idiopathic, neoplastic, and genetic. …”
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Hydroxychloroquine and Fabry Disease: Three Case Reports Examining an Unexpected Pathologic Link and a Review of the Literature by Rouhin Sen, Kathleen Borghoff, Kirk W. Foster, Stanley J. Radio, Alan Erickson, Michelene Hearth-Holmes

“…Hydroxychloroquine is an effective and widely used treatment in multiple autoimmune connective tissue diseases that gained a lot of publicity in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. …”
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Association of disease activity with programmed cell death 1 and its ligand programmed cell death ligand 1 expressions in lupus patients by Eman Eissa, Rania Kandil, Nehal El-Ghobashy, Walaa Abdelfattah, Zainab Hammouda, Sara Medhat Gadelsayed, Faten Bayoumi

“…Background: Programmed cell death 1(PD-1)/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway is an immune checkpoint implicated in immune tolerance and involved in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multiple immune dysregulation. …”
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IL-6-mediated MHC class II induction on RIN-5AH insulinoma cells by IFN-γ occurs via the G-protein pathway by S. Vassiliadis, G. K. Papadopoulos

“…Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen expression has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune type 1 diabetes. In this study we examined the role of various cytoldnes that may induce MHC class II surface antigen expression, using the rat insulinoma line RIN-5AH as a pertinent model system. …”
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Prevalence of direct antiglobulin test positive in whole blood donors: Study at a tertiary blood center Northern India by Jyoti Bharti, Archana Solanki, Ashutosh Singh, Mallika Agarwal, Tulika Chandra

“…The clinical disorders of hemolytic disease of the newborn, hemolytic transfusion reaction, and autoimmune and drug-induced hemolytic anemia are some examples of those that can cause in vivo coating of RBCs with antibodies or complement autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). …”
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Selective Subnormal IgG1 in 54 Adult Index Patients with Frequent or Severe Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infections by James C. Barton, Luigi F. Bertoli, J. Clayborn Barton, Ronald T. Acton

“…Associated disorders included the following: autoimmune conditions 50.0%; hypothyroidism 24.1%; atopy 38.9%; and other allergy 31.5%. …”
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Sex Differences Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Daniel S. Smyk, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Albert Pares, Charalambos Billinis, Andrew K. Burroughs, Luigi Muratori, Pietro Invernizzi, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease of autoimmune origin, characterised by the destruction of small intrahepatic bile ducts. …”
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Clinical experience with cyclosporine eye drops for severe dry eye by O.I. Lebedev, A.V. Surov, E.V. Akentieva

“…Vykhodtsev, Omsk, Russian Federation<br> <br> Dry eye disease provokes inflammation of autoimmune origin. Therefore, immunosuppressants are pathogenetically reasonable for this disorder. …”
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Isolation, Characterization, and Molecular Modeling of a Rheumatoid Factor from a Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patient with Sjögren’s Syndrome by Yu-Ching Lee, Keng-Chang Tsai, Sy-Jye Leu, Tuan-Jen Wang, Chia-Yu Liu, Yi-Yuan Yang

“…To study IgG RFs in patients with other autoimmune diseases, phage display antibody libraries from a hepatitis C virus infected patient with Sjögren’s syndrome were constructed. …”
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Diagnosing and Treating ANCA-Associated Vasculitis within the COVID-19 Era: A Challenging Case Report by Erjola Likaj, Larisa Shehaj, Deniona Nunci, Lordian Nunci, Irda Rrugeja, Merita Rroji, Saimir Seferi, Nertila Gjonaj, Alma Idrizi, Arjana Strakosha

“…Introduction: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)- associated vasculitis (AAV) is a rare group of systemic autoimmune diseases that primarily target small blood vessels. …”
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