Immune Dysregulation after Cardiothoracic Surgery and Incidental Thymectomy: Maintenance of Regulatory T Cells despite Impaired Thymopoiesis by Nancy J. Halnon, Paige Cooper, Diana Yu Hui Chen, M. Ines Boechat, Christel H. Uittenbogaart

“…Questionnaires soliciting symptoms of atopic or autoimmune disease and biomarkers were measured in children and adults with congenital heart disease and either reduced or preserved thymopoiesis. …”
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Thyroid Autoimmunity and Behçet’s Disease: Is There a Significant Association? by Filiz Cebeci, Nahide Onsun, Ayşe Pekdemir, Ahmet R. Uras, Kadir Kayataş

“…Behcet’s disease (BD) could be regarded as an autoimmune disease in many aspects. Autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) is frequently accompanied by other various autoimmune diseases. …”
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Neutrophil Function in an Inflammatory Milieu of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Weiqian Chen, Qin Wang, Yini Ke, Jin Lin

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against citrullinated protein antigens and proinflammatory cytokines which cause chronic synovitis, bone erosion, and eventual deformity; however, the precise etiology of RA is unclear. …”
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Current Status of the Immunomodulation and Immunomediated Therapeutic Strategies for Multiple Sclerosis by Shyi-Jou Chen, Yen-Ling Wang, Hueng-Chuen Fan, Wen-Tsung Lo, Chih-Chien Wang, Huey-Kang Sytwu

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, and CD4+ T cells form the core immunopathogenic cascade leading to chronic inflammation. …”
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Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA): The Difference Between a Honeymoon and a Holiday by Livia M. R. Marcon, Carmine G. Fanelli, Riccardo Calafiore

“…Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which destruction of the insulin-producing β-cells in the pancreatic islets requires regular lifelong insulin replacement therapy, the only lifesaving treatment available at this time. …”
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Automated Evaluation of Crithidia luciliae Based Indirect Immunofluorescence Tests: A Novel Application of the EUROPattern-Suite Technology by Stefan Gerlach, Kai Affeldt, Lena Pototzki, Christopher Krause, Jörn Voigt, Johanna Fraune, Kai Fechner

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a severe rheumatic autoimmune disease with various clinical manifestations. …”
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The Positive Effect of Psychotherapy in the Treatment of an Erosive Oral and Dermal Lichen Planus Case by Zana Fuad Noori, Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Pinar Yaseen Raof, Handren Ameer Kurda, Balen Hamid Qadir, Didar Anwar Abdulrahman, Mohammed Aso Abdulghafor, Mohammed Taib Fatih, Basoz Khalid Hama Noori

“…ABSTRACT Lichen planus (LP) is an autoimmune disease that may affect the oral cavity and the skin, and it has the potential to change to malignancy. …”
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The Prevalence of Autoantibodies in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I by Maaike Dirckx, Marco W. J. Schreurs, Marissa de Mos, Dirk L. Stronks, Frank J. P. M. Huygen

“…Screening for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) is one of the diagnostic tests, which is usually performed if a person is suspected to have a systemic autoimmune disease. Antineuronal antibodies are autoantibodies directed against antigens in the central and/or peripheral nervous system. …”
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Deep Venous Thrombosis and Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism Revealing Silent Celiac Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Igor Dumic, Scott Martin, Nadim Salfiti, Robert Watson, Tamara Alempijevic

“…Celiac disease (CD) is a systemic, chronic autoimmune disease that occurs in genetically predisposed individuals following dietary gluten exposure. …”
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Lower Frequency of CD62Lhigh and Higher Frequency of TNFR2+ Tregs Are Associated with Inflammatory Conditions in Type 1 Diabetic Patients by Monika Ryba, Karolina Rybarczyk-Kapturska, Katarzyna Zorena, Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Jolanta Myśliwska

“…Diabetes type 1 is a chronic autoimmune disease in which insulin-producing cells are gradually destroyed by autoreactive T cells. …”
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Overlap of IgG4-Related disease with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: Report of 2 cases and review of literature by Shivraj Padiyar, Abhilasha Manwatkar, Arvind Ganapati, Sanjeet Roy, John Mathew

“…Association with other systemic autoimmune diseases is uncommonly reported in the literature. …”
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PBC: Animal Models of Cholangiopathies and Possible Endogenous Viral Infections by Masashi Ninomiya, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Tooru Shimosegawa

“…Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) is considered an autoimmune disease characterized by immune-mediated destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts and its characteristic serologic marker, the anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA). …”
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Correlation of Inflammatory Markers and Disease Severity with Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction in Indian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mohan Babu Saminathan, Renuka Sharma, Arun Gogna, Anita Rani, Raj Kapoor

“…Background: RA is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic systemic inflammation, affecting approximately 1% of the population. …”
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Inhibition of CEBPB Attenuates Lupus Nephritis via Regulating Pim-1 Signaling by Xiaoyang Wang, Weili Cheng, Xiaopan Chen, Yanan Gong, Guangjie Wang, Xiaoxue Zhang, Yuanyuan Qi

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease leading to inflammatory damage in multiple target organs, and lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most life-threatening organ manifestations. …”
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Association of anti-phospholipid antibodies and hepatitis B virus infection in Najaf Governorate by Ameer Mohammed Kadhim, Hawraa Ameer Mubark, Dhefaf Hameed Al-Mudhafar, Zainab Hayder Abdulmajeed

“…Abstract Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease with multifactorial risk factors including genetic and environmental factors such as viral infection, and it can be diagnosed by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA) in the serum. …”
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Recapitulation of Candidate Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Associated Variants in Koreans by Ki-Sung Kwon, Hye-Young Cho, Yeun-Jun Chung

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organ systems. …”
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Ultrasonography of articular and periarticular structures as a relapse predictor in patients with clinically remitted rheumatoid arthritis by Mehdi Karami, Zohre Mohammadzadeh, Shadi Ebrahimian, Maryam Moradi, Sayedbonakdar Zahra

“…Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease causing mortality and morbidity among patients. …”
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Onset of Celiac Disease after Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Interferon Based Triple Therapy by Amandeep Singh, Nayere Zaeri, Immanuel K. Ho

“…Patients treated with interferon (IFN) based therapies may develop exacerbation of autoimmune disease. We herein present the case of a 53-year-old female patient who developed celiac disease (CD) as a result of triple therapy (interferon, ribavirin, and boceprevir) for chronic HCV. …”
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Reduced Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methylation Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults via Regulation of SUV39H2 and KDM4C by Xi-yu Liu, Hong Li

“…Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is an autoimmune disease of which the mechanism is not clear. …”
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CUZD1 and Anti-CUZD1 Antibodies as Markers of Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Christos Liaskos, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Timoklia Orfanidou, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Christos N. Papandreou

“…CUZD1 appears to be one of the relatively few biomarkers that serve as both cancer biomarker and autoantigen of autoantibodies in an autoimmune disease unrelated to cancerous organs. This review discusses the role of CUZD1 in cancer and autoimmunity. …”
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