A recipe for myositis : nuclear factor κB and nuclear factor of activated T-cells transcription factor pathways spiced up by cytokines [PDF]
, 2017 Nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) is a well-known pro-inflammatory transcription factor that regulates the expression of the tissue’s immune-active components, which include cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules.
De Paepe, Boel
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Study of Tofacitinib in Refractory Dermatomyositis: An Open‐Label Pilot Study of Ten Patients
Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2020 This open‐label 12‐week study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib, a JAK inhibitor, in treatment‐refractory active dermatomyositis (DM).
Julie J. Paik +13 more
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Plasma exosomes from children with juvenile dermatomyositis are taken up by human aortic endothelial cells and are associated with altered gene expression in those cells [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: The pathology of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is characterized by prominent vessel wall and perivascular inflammation. This feature of the disease has remained unexplained and under-investigated. We have hypothesized that plasma exosomes,
Chen, Yanmin +6 more
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Extensive Calcinosis in an Adult Nigerian Woman with Dermatomyositis
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2015 Objectives: Extensive calcinosis in a patient with dermatomyositis is a rare clinical presentation in adults. The aim of this report is to present the clinical and radiographic features of a 25-year-old woman with dermatomyositis and extensive calcinosis.
Olufemi Adelowo +3 more
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Inclusion body myositis: therapeutic approaches. [PDF]
, 2012 The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of diseases that include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), inclusion body myositis (IBM) and other less common myopathies.
Aggarwal, Rohit, Oddis, Chester V
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A Recurrent Episode of Dermatomyositis Associated with Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2017 Objective. It is uncommon for dermatomyositis to be associated with papillary thyroid cancer. We report an unusual case of papillary thyroid cancer presenting with dermatomyositis. Methods.
Vijay Gopal Eranki
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Psoriasis in a patient with dermatomyositis [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2004 Psoriasis has been consistently associated with arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases, though there have been reports on patients with psoriasis and other autoimmune dermatoses.
Pavlović Miloš D. +2 more
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A national registry for juvenile dermatomyositis and other paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: 10 years' experience; the Juvenile Dermatomyositis National (UK and Ireland) Cohort Biomarker Study and Repository for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: The paediatric idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a group of rare chronic inflammatory disorders of childhood, affecting muscle, skin and other organs.
Bohan +50 more
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An unusual presentation of a case of human psittacosis [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Chlamydia psittaci is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular organism. Birds are the main reservoir, but also non-avian domestic animals and humans can be infected.
Boelens, Jerina +7 more
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Subcutaneous calcinosis: Is it different between systemic sclerosis and dermatomyositis?
Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, 2021 Calcinosis cutis is the deposition of insoluble calcium in the skin and subcutaneous tissues. It is a manifestation of several autoimmune connective tissue diseases, most frequently with systemic sclerosis and juvenile dermatomyositis, followed by adult ...
A. Valenzuela, L. Chung
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