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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Polymyositis and dermatomyositis: Disease spectrum and classification
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2012 Muscle inflammation and weakness are the key features of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). In addition IIMs are frequently associated with cutaneous and pulmonary involvement. In clinical practice the three common inflammatory myopathies we come
Siba P Raychaudhuri, Anupam Mitra
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Inclusion-Body Myositis Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease
Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 Sporadic inclusion-body myositis (s-IBM) is a myopathy that is characterized by progressive weakness and muscle pathology demonstrating inflammation and rimmed vacuoles.
Danijela Levacic +4 more
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An investigation of infectious etiologies of sporadic inclusion body myositis [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a rare, debilitating disease that can significantly lower one’s quality of life. Unfortunately, there are no current effective treatments, as the underlying causes are still unknown. We hypothesize
Kennedy, Tyler, Meltzer, MD, Michele
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Sarcoidosis presenting as granulomatous myositis in a 16-year-old adolescent [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a multi-system disease characterized by the presence of non-caseating epithelioid granulomas in affected tissues, including skeletal muscle.
Eutsler, Eric Eutsler +4 more
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A Case of Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy. [PDF]
, 2017 A 70-year-old previously independent man developed progressive proximal leg weakness resulting in a fall at home suffering traumatic brain injury. He was prescribed a statin medication two years prior, but this was discontinued on admission to the ...
Dokukin, Andrei N +6 more
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Multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous p.Arg159His VCP mutation : a tale of the unexpected [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveTo assess the clinical, radiologic, myopathologic, and proteomic findings in a patient manifesting a multisystem proteinopathy due to a homozygous valosin-containing protein gene (VCP) mutation previously reported to be pathogenic in the ...
Azmi, A +12 more
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Inclusion body myositis – pathomechanism and lessons from genetics
Open Medicine, 2015 Inclusion body myositis is a rare, late-onset myopathy. Both inflammatory and myodegenerative features play an important role in their pathogenesis.
Murnyák Balázs +8 more
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Scanning for therapeutic targets within the cytokine network of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies [PDF]
, 2015 The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) constitute a heterogeneous group of chronic disorders that include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) and necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM).
De Paepe, Boel, Zschüntzsch, Jana
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Cardiology Discovery. Previous studies have reported elevated cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in patients with inclusion body myositis due to skeletal myopathy. Although the trends of cTnT have been reported in some cases, the onset of elevation has barely been reported.
Zhiqing Fu, Xiujin Zhang, Hanjia Gao
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