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A recipe for myositis : nuclear factor κB and nuclear factor of activated T-cells transcription factor pathways spiced up by cytokines [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +3 more sources

Hepatic Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, and Inflammation in Broiler Chickens With Wooden Breast Myopathy

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2021
Wooden breast (WB) syndrome has emerged as a global myopathy in modern commercial broiler chickens, mainly affecting the pectoralis major muscle. Recent evidence suggests that WB myopathy is a systemic disease, which might be accompanied by other ...
Tong Xing   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Aspects of Thromboangiitis obliterans (von Winiwarter-Buerger's Disease) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
The existence of thromboangiitis obliterans as a clinical entity has been a matter of debate for many years. In contrast to other immunovasculitides there is no organ involvement while peripheral vessels are affected.
Berlit, Peter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: A Systematic Review.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a research priority in chronic diseases. We undertook a systematic review (registration #CRD42015024939) to identify, appraise and synthesize the evidence relating to HRQoL in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies ...
Valérie Leclair   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuromuscular Disorders: A Histomorphological and Clinicopathological Evaluation in a Tertiary Care Centre

open access: yesJournal of Medical Sciences and Health, 2023
Background: Neuromuscular disorders are rare, inherited progressive disorders leading to major disabilities over the years. As a group, there prevalence is not so uncommon and requires attention in view of their rising cases. Muscle biopsy forms
Ashmeet Kaur   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A fresh look at paralytics in the critically ill: real promise and real concern. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), or "paralytics," often are deployed in the sickest patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) when usual care fails.
Kenyon, Nicholas J   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Polymyositis: clinical investigation in two sisters [PDF]

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2002
We present an investigation of a case of polymyositis affecting two sisters of one same parenthood. Their cases have been documented for almost two decades, being investigated by means of a diagnostic protocol which combined clinical findings as well as ...
Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review article: pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) involvement is a common cause of debilitating symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). There are no disease modifying therapies for this condition and the treatment remains symptomatic, largely owing to
Abraham   +105 more
core   +2 more sources

The clinicoserological spectrum of inflammatory myopathy in the context of systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus

open access: yesIndian Journal of Rheumatology, 2020
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are characterized by a pathological triad composed of autoimmunity/inflammation, microangiopathy, and aberrant tissue remodeling.
John D Pauling   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Statins and muscle – friends or foes? Discussions based on a case report [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2022
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a type of autoimmune myopathy characterized by relatively severe proximal weakness, myofiber necrosis with minimal inflammatory cell infiltrate on muscle biopsy, and infrequent extra-muscular involvement ...
Andra Patricia Stanciu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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