Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group. [PDF]
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of cancer. However, increasing use of immune-based therapies, including the widely used class of agents known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, has exposed a discrete group of immune-related adverse ...
Abdallah, K. +80 more
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Systemic aging fuels heart failure: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic avenues
Abstract Systemic aging influences various physiological processes and contributes to structural and functional decline in cardiac tissue. These alterations include an increased incidence of left ventricular hypertrophy, a decline in left ventricular diastolic function, left atrial dilation, atrial fibrillation, myocardial fibrosis and cardiac ...
Zhuyubing Fang +7 more
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Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis and extra-articular manifestations in everyday rheumatology practice [PDF]
The SpAs are a group of overlapping, chronic, inflammatory rheumatic diseases including AS, a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the SI joints.
Elewaut, Dirk, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco
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Abstract The immune system has long been recognized as a key driver in the progression of heart failure (HF). However, clinical trials targeting immune effectors have consistently failed to improve patient outcome across different HF aetiologies. The activation of the immune system in HF is complex, involving a broad network of pro‐inflammatory and ...
Johann Roessler +4 more
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Long-Term Corticosteroid-Sparing Immunosuppression for Cardiac Sarcoidosis. [PDF]
Background Long-term corticosteroid therapy is the standard of care for treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). The efficacy of long-term corticosteroid-sparing immunosuppression in CS is unknown.
Benn, Bryan S +17 more
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Disease and psychological status in ankylosing spondylitis. [PDF]
Objectives. Psychological factors may be important in the assessment and management of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Our primary objective was to describe associations between disease and psychological status in AS, using AS-specific assessment tools and ...
Goodacre, J. A. +5 more
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In this review, we critically summarized the application of natural polysaccharides (NPs) for the treatment of IBD. This approach combines, in a unique way (right), the basic structure–activity relationships of NPs from different origins (left) with their multipronged mode of action, which involves modulation of the gut microbiota and other ...
Felix Danso +3 more
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Outcomes of a National Cohort of Children with Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
AimAll Irish children with ulcerative colitis (UC) attend the National Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. The aim of this study was to determine the outcomes of children with acute severe ulcerative colitis
Abisoye O. Akintimehin +7 more
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Clinical performance of an infliximab rapid quantification assay [PDF]
Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)-based algorithms can be used to guide infliximab (IFX) adjustments in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients.
Afonso, Joana +21 more
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Long term treatment with infliximab in pediatric Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
Purpose: To report a case of pediatric Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) successfully treated with infliximab and methotrexate for ten years. Observations: A 9-year-old Hispanic girl with VKH disease, was successfully treated with oral methotrexate 15 mg/week ...
Gustavo A. Budmann +2 more
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