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Advances in antigens associated with Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults. Idiopathic MN (IMN), one of the forms of MN, usually has an unknown etiology. IMN is described as an autoimmune disease, and its pathogenesis is quite complex.
Shan-Shan Li, Dong-E Tang, Yong Dai
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Risk factors associated with the occurrence of autoimmune diseases in adult coeliac patients [PDF]
Objectives. Autoimmune diseases (AD) may be associated with coeliac disease (CD), but specific risk factors have been poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to assess the spectrum of AD and its specific risk factors associated in a series of ...
Annibale, Bruno+5 more
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Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Autoimmune Disease
Importance Psychiatric reactions to life stressors are common in the general population and may result in immune dysfunction. Whether such reactions contribute to the risk of autoimmune disease remains unclear.
Huan Song+8 more
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Alopecia areata: a multifactorial autoimmune condition [PDF]
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that results in non-scarring hair loss, and it is clinically characterised by small patches of baldness on the scalp and/or around the body. It can later progress to total loss of scalp hair (Alopecia totalis) and/
Butcher, John P.+3 more
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Vaccinations and Autoimmune Diseases [PDF]
Vaccines represent one of the most effective measures of public health medicine, saving countless lives and preventing lifelong disabilities. Vaccines are extremely safe, however, no vaccine is completely free from risks and adverse events can occur following vaccination.
Bianca Olivieri+2 more
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Vitamin D, Autoimmune Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vitamin D has been reported to influence physiological systems that extend far beyond its established functions in calcium and bone homeostasis. Prominent amongst these are the potent immunomodulatory effects of the active form of vitamin D, 1,25 ...
S. Harrison+4 more
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BackgroundA variety of autoantibodies have been detected in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), while the presence of autoantibody clusters and their clinical significance have not been fully understood.
Dan-Tong Zhao+12 more
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Autoimmune Disease in Women: Endocrine Transition and Risk Across the Lifespan
Women have a higher incidence and prevalence of autoimmune diseases than men, and 85% or more patients of multiple autoimmune diseases are female. Women undergo sweeping endocrinological changes at least twice during their lifetime, puberty and menopause,
Maunil K. Desai, R. Brinton
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A Role for the Intestinal Microbiota and Virome in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? [PDF]
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a heterogeneous disorder of significant societal impact that is proposed to involve both host and environmentally derived aetiologies that may be autoimmune in nature. Immune-related symptoms
Acheson+22 more
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Genetic and Epigenetic Fine-Mapping of Causal Autoimmune Disease Variants
Genome-wide association studies have identified loci underlying human diseases, but the causal nucleotide changes and mechanisms remain largely unknown.
K. Farh+29 more
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