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Autoimmune hepatitis is an inflammatory liver disease in which the immune system is believed to orchestrate an immune attack onto the liver cell. Current knowledge suggests that both T helper 1 (TH1) and TH2 programmes are involved in the generation of the liver damage.
Vergani, D, Mieli-Vergani, G
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Association of the AFF3 gene and IL2/IL21 gene region with juvenile idiopathic arthritis [PDF]
Recent genetic studies have led to identification of numerous loci that are associated with susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. The strategy of using information from these studies has facilitated the identification of novel juvenile idiopathic ...
Barton, A. +12 more
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Key Clinical Message The immunosuppressant agents should be considered earlier in the course of treatment with rituximab, possibly after the unfavorable response at first cycle of treatment, especially in male patients and those with high BMI.
Zeinab Aryanian +6 more
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Burden of pemphigus vulgaris with a particular focus on women: A review
Pemphigus vulgaris is a chronic autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering disorder. Apart from the disease itself, other aspects of patients’ life, including psychological, social, and financial, can be affected.
Nika Kianfar, MD-MPH +3 more
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Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a severe hepatopathy characterised by female preponderance, hypertransaminasaemia, elevated levels of immunoglobulin (IgG), presence of serum autoantibodies and, histologically, by interface hepatitis. AIH occurs both in adults and children, being particularly aggressive in the latter.
Longhi, Maria Serena +2 more
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Global discovery of lupus genetic risk variant allelic enhancer activity
Thousands of genetic variants have been associated with lupus, but causal variants and mechanisms are unknown. Here, the authors combine a massively parallel reporter assay with genome-wide ChIP experiments to identify risk variants with allelic enhancer
Xiaoming Lu +15 more
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Screening for type 1 diabetes-, thyroid-, gastric-, and adrenal-specific humoral autoimmunity in 529 children and adolescents with celiac disease at diagnosis identifies as positive one in every nine patients [PDF]
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Anania, Caterina +9 more
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Frontal fibrosing alopecia: An update on the hypothesis of pathogenesis and treatment
Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a relatively new scarring alopecia that is considered a variant of lichen planopilaris (LPP) with no recognized promising treatments. In this study, we tried to clarify the underlying signaling pathways and their roles
Soheil Tavakolpour, PhD +5 more
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Two asymptomatic facial erythematous macules in an adult male
Pemphigus is a group of autoimmune bullous disorders with different types. Pemphigus foliaceous (PF) is a difficult‐to‐diagnosis disorder which shares clinical features with many dermatoses.
Kamran Balighi +3 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Scleromyxedema: A 10-Year Retrospective Survey
Scleromyxedema is a rare but important mucinosis disorder of the skin that is presented with dermatological manifestations such as waxy papules, diffuse induration, and nondermatologic involvements like neurological and renal disorders.
Abtin Ansari +6 more
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