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Serum complements and immunoglobulin profiles in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: An observational study at a teaching hospital

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Context: Serum complement proteins and autoantibodies play an important role in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Abnormalities in various immunoglobulin levels are described in patients of SLE.
Ranjan Singh Rana, Bitan Naik, Mahima Yadav, Usha Singh, Anup Singh, Shailja Singh   +5 more
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SALO, a novel classical pathway complement inhibitor from saliva of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. [PDF]

, 2016
Blood-feeding insects inject potent salivary components including complement inhibitors into their host's skin to acquire a blood meal. Sand fly saliva was shown to inhibit the classical pathway of complement; however, the molecular identity of the ...
Abdeladhim, M., Brandt, E.A., Collin, N., Coutinho-Abreu, I.V., Fazito Vale, V., Ferreira Mendes-Sousa, A., Ferreira, V.P., Gontijo, N.F., Horácio Pereira, M., Kamhawi, S., Kotsyfakis, M., Lima, K.F., Meneses, C., Nascimento Araújo, R., Oliveira, F., Pangburn, M.K., Rasouli, M., Ribeiro, J.M., Valenzuela, J.G.   +18 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren's Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that can impact multiple organ systems, including the peripheral nervous system (PNS). PNS manifestations, which can exist concurrently, include mononeuropathies, polyneuropathies, and autonomic nervous system neuropathies.
Anahita Deboo, Robert Fox, Katherine M. Hammitt, Julie Frantsve‐Hawley, Matthew C. Baker, Stamatina Danielides, Eduardo De Sousa, Brent P. Goodman, Jennifer K. King, Steven Mandel, Ghaith Noaiseh, Pantelis P. Pavlakis, George Sarka, R. Hal Scofield, Arun Varadhachary, Daniel J. Wallace, Matt Makara, Nancy Carteron, Steven Carsons, in collaboration with the Consensus Expert Panel (CEP) members, G. Alden Adkins, Brittany Adler, Hossein Ansari, Senada Arabelovic, Alan Baer, Denis Balaban, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Evelyn Bromet, Krishna Chaganti, Kamal Chemali, Melissa Cortez, Schartess Culpepper, Paul Dellaripa, Dana Direnzo, Daniel El Bogdadi, Robert Fearon, Mehrnez Fischbach, Judi Furlong, Christopher Gibbons, Rachael Gordon, Thomas Grader Beck, Syed Haider, Larry Hollenbeck, Chadwick R. Johr, Stuart S. Kassan, Brian King, Octavia Kincaid, Eugene Kissin, Vasileios Kyttaris, Lindsay Lally, Brandon M. Law, Janet Lewis, Scott M. Lieberman, Amanda Lusa, Joseph Lutt, Rashmi Maganti, Arthur M. Mandelin, Sara McCoy, Kerry Neall, Timothy Niewold, Anne Louise Oaklander, Ruben A. Peredo‐Wende, Lynn Petruzzi, Mark A. Porter, Guada Respicio Duque, Tania Reyna, Nathaniel M. Robbins, Elliot D. Rosenstein, Laura Rosow, Breanna Ruthrauff, Amit Sachdev, Nora Sandorfi, Sarah Schafer, Elena Schiopu, Chokkalingam Siva, Daniel Small, Sara M. Stern, Lauren Stiles, Susan Stoddard, Jinny Tavee, Donald Thomas, Edward L. Treadwell, Nagagopal Venna, Steven Vernino, Frederick B. Vivino, Brittany Weber, Sepideh Yadollahi, Huiying Yu, Scott Zashin   +88 more
wiley   +1 more source

DIAGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF IMMUNITY MARKERS IN INFLAMMATORY CARDIOMYOPATHY PATIENTS

Российский кардиологический журнал, 2017
Aim. To evaluate diagnostic significance of biomarkers for inflammatory cardiomyopathy (ICM).Material and methods. Totally, 35 patients included with suspected inflammatory cardiomyopathy, chronic heart failure of I-III functional class (FC), decreased ...
S. N. Tereschenko, A. A. Skvortsov, A. Yu. Schedrina, O. Yu. Narusov, K. A. Zykov, A. A. Safiullina, A. V. Sychev, I. V. Zhirov   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Characteristics of Patients With IgG4-Related Disease Complicated by Hypocomplementemia

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
BackgroundA proportion of patients with immunogloblin G (IgG) 4-related disease (IgG4-RD) have hypocomplementemia. We aimed to identify characteristics of such patients.MethodsWe analyzed the demographic and clinical data and complement levels of 85 ...
Yuya Fujita, Yuya Fujita, Shoichi Fukui, Masataka Umeda, Sosuke Tsuji, Naoki Iwamoto, Yoshikazu Nakashima, Yoshiro Horai, Takahisa Suzuki, Akitomo Okada, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Yukitaka Ueki, Akinari Mizokami, Tomoki Origuchi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Kiyoshi Migita, Atsushi Kawakami   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immunoglobulins and complement factor C4 in adult rhinosinusitis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 2006
Summary We assessed whether complement and its factor C4 or abnormal immunoglobulin levels are associated with chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis. We used multiple patient and control groups to obtain clinically meaningful data. Adult chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis and acute purulent rhinosinusitis patients were compared with ...
M, Seppänen, J, Suvilehto, M-L, Lokki, I-L, Notkola, A, Järvinen, H, Jarva, I, Seppälä, O, Tahkokallio, H, Malmberg, S, Meri, V, Valtonen   +10 more
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Upward-closed hereditary families in the dominance order [PDF]

, 2019
The majorization relation orders the degree sequences of simple graphs into posets called dominance orders. As shown by Hammer et al. and Merris, the degree sequences of threshold and split graphs form upward-closed sets within the dominance orders they ...
Barrus, Michael D., Guillaume, Jean
core   +4 more sources

Rheumatologic Manifestations of Patients With Type B Insulin Resistance

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objectives of this study were to identify laboratory and clinical features associated with type B insulin resistance (TBIR), a rare condition caused by autoantibodies that inhibit the insulin receptor, most frequently occurring in the setting of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and to increase awareness of this rare, life‐threatening ...
S. Amara Ogbonnaya, Sandra G. Williams, Raphael A. Kirou, Marissa Lightbourne, Rebecca J. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Complement Activation Is Associated With Mortality in Patients With Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections—A Prospective Observational Study

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Aim: We assessed whether different complement factors and complement activation products were associated with poor outcome in patients with necrotizing soft-tissue infection (NSTI).Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational study in an intensive ...
Markus Korsholm Kristensen, Marco Bo Hansen, Marco Bo Hansen, Martin Bruun Madsen, Cecilie Bo Hansen, Katrine Pilely, Ole Hyldegaard, Ole Hyldegaard, Peter Garred   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Australia, 2010–2022: A Population‐Based Study Using Linked National Administrative Health Data

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous inflammatory condition with widely varying global prevalence estimates. The frequency of SLE in the general population of Australia has been reported to be notably lower than contemporary estimates in countries such as the United States or United Kingdom, at 19 to 39 per 100,000 as opposed ...
Lucinda Roper, Rachel Black, Joanna Tieu, Winnie Chen, Matthew Parker, Catherine Hill, Natasha Nassar, Mandana Nikpour   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source