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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pancreas and islet cell transplantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Currently, for the patient with type 1 diabetes, a definitive treatment without resorting to the use of exogenous insulin can be achieved only with pancreas or islet cell transplantation.
A.N. Balamurugan   +94 more
core   +1 more source

A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives and Preferences in Lupus Management to Guide Lupus Guidelines Development

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Considering local immunity for innovative immunomodulatory approaches: pulmonary sepsis as a use case

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology
Owing to faster identification of sepsis and improvement of patient management, most septic patients now survive the early phase of sepsis. Therefore, one of the major challenges in sepsis management today is to identify those patients at risk and ...
Emilie Vernay   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment Reduces the Risk of Treatment Escalation Due to Vascular Complications in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Emulation of a Target Trial From the Italian Rheumatology Society SPRING Registry

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon because of the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis   +77 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whole blood ratio of CDK1/CX3CR1 mRNA expression combined to lactate refines the prediction of ICU mortality in septic patients in the Sepsis-3 era: a proof-of-concept study

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine
BackgroundTranscriptomics biomarkers have been widely used to predict mortality in patients with sepsis. However, the association between mRNA levels and outcomes shows substantial variability over the course of sepsis, limiting their predictive ...
Marie-Angélique Cazalis   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive comparison of three different immunosuppressive regimens for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: steroid-free immunosuppression, induction immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The different choices of immunosuppression (IS) regimens influenced the outcomes of liver transplantation. Steroid was applied as a standard IS to prevent and treat rejections. However, steroid-related complications were increasingly prominent.
Yuan-Yuan Liu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined the following: (1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs, and (2) the impact of screening and addressing economic ...
Jay Patel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of sepsis-induced immunosuppression at ICU discharge and 6 months after ICU discharge

open access: yesAnnals of Intensive Care, 2017
Background Increase in mortality and in recurrent infections in the year following ICU discharge continues in survivors of septic shock, even after total clinical recovery from the initial septic event and its complications.
Violette Zorio   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transplant Coordinators' Perceived Impact of Availability of Multiple Generic Immunosuppression Therapies on Patients, Workload, and Posttransplant Maintenance Therapy

open access: yesJournal of Transplantation, 2013
Background. No studies have evaluated the impact of multiple generic immunosuppression medications on transplant coordinators (TCs) and patients. Methods.
K. Parker   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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