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Role of brain perfusion SPECT with 99mTc HMPAO in the assessment of response to drug therapy in patients with autoimmune vasculitis: a prospective study [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of vasculitis in the brain remains a quite difficult achievement. To the best of our knowledge, there is no imaging method reported in literature which is capable of reaching to a diagnosis of vasculitis with very high ...
Anna Margherita Maffione, 2, Christos, Anagnostou, CIVITELLI, Liana, COLLORONE, SARA, DRUDI, Francesco Maria, FRANCIA, Ada, LIBERATORE, Mauro, Maria Cristina Marzola, 3, MEGNA, VALENTINA, MORREALE, MANUELA, Rubello, Domenico, Sotirios Chondrogiannis, 2   +11 more
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Influence of 1 Alpha, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on T helper 17 cells and related cytokines in systemic lupus erythematosus [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. Emerging data suggests that T helper 17 (Th17) cells play a pathogenic role in SLE and the increased number of these cells correlates with disease activity.
Abdollahi, N., Ghoryani, M., Mahmoudi, M., Rastin, M., Reihani, H., Sahebari, M., Tabasi, N.S., Taghizadeh Rabe, S.Z.   +7 more
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Prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of antibodies against carbamylated proteins in a monocentric cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune rheumatic diseases [PDF]

, 2016
Antibodies against carbamylated proteins (anti-CarP) have been recently identified in the sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of anti-CarP compared to ...
Alessandri, Cristiano, Barbati, Cristiana, Ceccarelli, Fulvia, Colasanti, Tania, Conti, Fabrizio, DI FRANCO, Manuela, Mancini, Riccardo, Morello, Francesca, Pecani, Arbi, Pendolino, Monica, Priori, Roberta, Riccieri, Valeria, Sabatinelli, Danilo, Spinelli, FRANCESCA ROMANA, Truglia, Simona, Valesini, Guido, Vomero, Marta   +16 more
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Lupus cardiomyopathy in young woman with high lupus activity [PDF]

Българска кардиология
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting predominantly young women. Cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus is common and the typical manifestations are pericarditis, myocarditis, valvular disease, coronary ...
A. Borizanova-Petkova, D. Somleva, E. Kinova, V. Koleva, Y. Zdravkova, A. Goudev   +5 more
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The use of sex hormones in women with rheumatological diseases [PDF]

, 2011
A number of rheumatological diseases predominantly affect women of reproductive age. There has always been concern that the use of oestrogen-containing agents such as combined hormonal contraception and hormone therapy might aggravate these conditions ...
Gebbie, AE, Glasier, AF, Ho, PC, Li, RHW, Ng, EHY, Wong, RWS   +5 more
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Low expression of estrogen receptor β in T lymphocytes and high serum levels of anti-estrogen receptor α antibodies impact disease activity in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Current evidence indicates that estrogens, in particular 17β-estradiol (E2), play a crucial role in the gender bias of autoimmune diseases although the underlying molecular mechanisms have not yet been fully elucidated.
ALESSANDRI, cristiano, BARBATI, CRISTIANA, Ciarlo, Laura, COLASANTI, TANIA, CONTI, FABRIZIO, Maselli, Angela, Ortona, Elena, Patrizio, Mario, Pierdominici, Marina, SPINELLI, FRANCESCA ROMANA, VALESINI, Guido, VOMERO, MARTA   +11 more
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Audio-vestibular symptoms in systemic autoimmune diseases [PDF]

, 2018
Immune-mediated inner ear disease can be primary, when the autoimmune response is against the inner ear, or secondary. The latter is characterized by the involvement of the ear in the presence of systemic autoimmune conditions. Sensorineural hearing loss
Adelchi, Croce, D'AGUANNO, VITTORIO, DE VINCENTIIS, Marco, DE VIRGILIO, ARMANDO, DI STADIO, Arianna, GRECO, Antonio, LONGO, Lucia, RALLI, MASSIMO   +7 more
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Interferon and Granulopoiesis Signatures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Blood

Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2003
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototype systemic autoimmune disease characterized by flares of high morbidity. Using oligonucleotide microarrays, we now show that active SLE can be distinguished by a remarkably homogeneous gene expression ...
Lynda Bennett, A. Palucka, Edsel Arce, Edsel Arce, Victoria Cantrell, Victoria Cantrell, J. Borvák, J. Banchereau, Virginia Pascual, Virginia Pascual   +9 more
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Exosome-delivered microRNAs promote IFN-α secretion by human plasmacytoid DCs via TLR7 [PDF]

, 2018
The excessive production of type I IFNs is a hallmark and a main pathogenic mechanism of many autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Andreoli, Laura, Bergese, Paolo, Bosisio, Daniela, Busatto, Sara, D'Oro, Ugo, Giannello, Veronica, Salvi, Valentina, Sozzani, Silvano, Tincani, Angela, Zingoni, Alessandra   +9 more
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Epidemiology of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Lupus, 2019
Epidemiology is the study of the frequency and distribution of diseases and factors related to the development of diseases. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rare, chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that affects many tissues and organs, whose ...
Masakazu Washio, Chikako Kiyohara, Akiko Ohta   +2 more
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