A Review of the Various Roles and Participation Levels of B-Cells in Non-Infectious Uveitis
Non-infectious uveitis is an inflammatory disorder of the eye that accounts for severe visual loss without evident infectious agents. While T cells are supposed to dominate the induction of inflammation in non-infectious uveitis, the role of B cells in ...
Lei Zhu, Binyao Chen, Wenru Su
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Non-infectious pediatric uveitis
Because of the varied spectrum of clinical presentation and difficulty in management, pediatric uveitis remains a challenge to the ophthalmologist. Variations in clinical presentation, difficulties in the eye examination, extended burden of the inflammation over quality of life, limited treatment modalities, risk of amblyopia are among the main ...
M. Markova, Al. Oscar
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Guidance on Noncorticosteroid Systemic Immunomodulatory Therapy in Noninfectious Uveitis : Fundamentals Of Care for UveitiS (FOCUS) Initiative [PDF]
Supplemental material available at www.aaojournal.org. Supported by AbbVie, Inc., and the Fundamentals of Care for Uveitis Initiative National Faculty.
Accorinti, Massimo +50 more
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Electroretinogram abnormalities in non‐infectious uveitis often persist [PDF]
AbstractPurposeIn uveitis, a prolonged implicit time of the cone b‐wave is a characteristic electroretinogram (ERG) abnormality. We investigated whether this can improve or deteriorate over time and which clinical factors are associated with change.MethodsProspective cohort study. Patients with a non‐infectious uveitis were included.
Anna H. Brouwer +5 more
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Adhesion Molecule Targeted Therapy for Non-Infectious Uveitis [PDF]
Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) is an inflammatory eye disease initiated via CD4+ T-cell activation and transmigration, resulting in focal retinal tissue damage and visual acuity disturbance. Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are activated during the inflammatory process to facilitate the leukocyte recruitment cascade.
Chen, YH +3 more
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Uveitis and nail psoriasis in a patient without articular involvement: a case report
Background This study aimed to report a case of bilateral anterior non-granulomatous chronic non-infectious uveitis associated with isolated nail psoriasis without articular involvement.
Juan Sebastián Pineda-Sierra +4 more
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Clinical patterns and characteristics of uveitis in a secondary hospital in southern China [PDF]
AIM: To investigate the characteristics of uveitis in a secondary hospital in southern China. METHODS: We reviewed all records of patients with uveitis at Hengli Hospital from January 2008 to December 2011.
Yang Zheng +7 more
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Metagenomic deep sequencing of aqueous fluid detects intraocular lymphomas. [PDF]
IntroductionCurrently, the detection of pathogens or mutations associated with intraocular lymphomas heavily relies on prespecified, directed PCRs. With metagenomic deep sequencing (MDS), an unbiased high-throughput sequencing approach, all pathogens as ...
Acharya, Nisha +6 more
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Emerging Treatments for Non-infectious Uveitis [PDF]
The primary goals of treatment in patients with non-infectious uveitis (NIU) are to control ocular inflammation and prevent sight-threatening complications such as macular edema and glaucoma. Systemic corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment in NIU of the posterior segment (NIU-PS); however, long-term use is associated with treatment-limiting ...
Pauline Merrill +2 more
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No association of CTLA-4 polymorphisms with susceptibility to Behcet disease [PDF]
Background: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a key negative regulator of T lymphocytes and has been shown to be associated with a number of autoimmune diseases. The present study was performed to assess the association between CTLA-
Du, L. +4 more
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