The Serum IL-6 Profile and Treg/Th17 Peripheral Cell Populations in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Monika Ryba-Stanisławowska, Maria Skrzypkowska, Jolanta Myśliwska, Małgorzata Myśliwiec

“…Its elevated levels are found in a range of autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. IL-6 is also involved in regulation of the balance between two T cell subsets: Tregs and Th17, which have contradictory functions in the control of inflammation. …”
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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). …”
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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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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. …”
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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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Apoptotic Pathways in Pemphigus by Meryem Bektas, Puneet Jolly, David S. Rubenstein

“…Pemphigus is a group of human autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin in which autoantibodies to desmosome cadherins induce loss of cell-cell adhesion (acantholysis). …”
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Anti-laminin-1 Autoantibodies, Pregnancy Loss and Endometriosis by Junko Inagaki, Akane Kondo, Luis R. Lopez, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Eiji Matsuura

“…Thus, anti-laminin-1 antibodies may be important in development of autoimmune-mediated reproductive failures and the assessment of the antibodies may provide a novel non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis.…”
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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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Gene Expression Profiling in Dermatitis Herpetiformis Skin Lesions by M. Dolcino, E. Cozzani, S. Riva, A. Parodi, E. Tinazzi, C. Lunardi, A. Puccetti

“…Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an autoimmune blistering skin disease associated with gluten-sensitive enteropathy (CD). …”
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Dengue Infection and Its Relationship with Evans Syndrome: A Pediatric Case by Ivan Jose Ardila Gomez, Pilar Pérez López, Mónika Rocío Hernández Carreño, Juan Camilo Barrios Torres

“…Dengue is not an exception, and it is able to explain different autoimmune phenomena including macrophage activation. …”
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Macrophage Activation Syndrome/Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adult‐Onset Still's Disease: An Uncommon Initial Presentation in a Young Nepalese Female: A Case Repo... by Kanchan Bishwakarma, Kajal Bishwakarma, Sunil Bogati, Saket Jha

“…HLH may be due to immunosuppression, infections, cancer, or autoimmune diseases with fever and cytopenia. HLH which occurs in adult‐onset Stills disease (AOSD) is called secondary HLH, also known as macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). …”
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sCD40L Is Increased and Associated with the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnant Women with Isolated TPOAb Positivity by Xinxin Chen, Qingyao Wang, Xiangguo Cong, Shuyi Jiang, Shuxiang Li, Qiong Shen, Lei Chen

“…Background. Autoimmune disorders are associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women who were positive for thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb). …”
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The case of Kinsburn’s Encephalopathy in a child with neuroblastoma of posterior mediastinum by T.I. Stetsenko, H.M. Fedushka, S.O. Rebenkov, T.P. Ivanova

“…Opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome (OMAS) is an autoimmune rare disease of the central nervous system with lesion of the cerebellum and its ligaments. …”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin in the management of idiopathic inflammatory myositis: A single centre retrospective review by Jeet Hemantkumar Patel, Lalit Duggal, Ved Chaturvedi, Neeraj Jain, Gurbir Bhandari, Mayank Gupta

“…Methods: Electronic records from the year 2015–2019 were searched for myositis cases using the terms “myositis, inflammatory myositis, autoimmune myositis.” Cases with dermatomyositis, polymyositis, necrotizing autoimmune myositis, and connective tissue disease myositis/overlap myositis were included (n = 28) and those with infectious or granulomatous myositis were excluded (n = 7). …”
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Co-Occurrence of Multiple Endocrine Abnormalities Induced by the DIHS/DRESS by Mingqun Deng, Han Wu, Miao Yu, Yi Tian, Yuxiu Li, Xinhua Xiao

“…Our results indicated that DIHS/DRESS is a potential etiological factor of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome (APS), especially APS III. …”
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JAK2, STAT3 Gene Polymorphisms in Turkish Patients with Behçet’s Disease by Darya Farhoomand Aksoy, Rahime Aksoy, Sevim Gönen, Ümit Ölmez

“…Methods: A case-control study included a total of 197 patients with BD who were referred to the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine and 100 healthy individuals without a history of autoimmune disease or BD in their family or themselves. …”
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Isolated IgA Anti-β2 Glycoprotein I Antibodies in Patients with Clinical Criteria for Antiphospholipid Syndrome by Raquel Ruiz-García, Manuel Serrano, José Ángel Martínez-Flores, Sergio Mora, Luis Morillas, María Ángeles Martín-Mola, José M. Morales, Estela Paz-Artal, Antonio Serrano

“…Seronegative antiphospholipid syndrome (SNAPS) is an autoimmune disease present in patients with clinical manifestations highly suggestive of Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) but with persistently negative consensus antiphospholipid antibodies (a-PL). …”
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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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A Case of Acquired Hemophilia A in a Patient with Exposure to COVID-19 by Jorge D. Guerra, Jasmine Gowarty, Jordan Buess, James Mason, Kathleen Halka

“…Acquired Hemophilia A (AHA) is a very rare autoimmune condition involving immune-mediated depletion of Factor VIII, resulting in spontaneous hemorrhage. …”
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