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Autoimmune Orchitis and Autoimmune Oophoritis
(Elsevier Academic Press Inc, 2013)
The etiology of gonadal failure with infertility in men and women may have a genetic, environmental, or autoimmune basis. The major support for an autoimmune basis has come from studies on patients with the autoimmune ...
The kaleidoscope of autoimmunity: Multiple autoimmune syndromes and familial autoimmunity
Three related lines of evidence sustain the common origin for autoimmune diseases (ADs). First, the clinical evidence corresponding to the kaleidoscope of autoimmunity, which is the co-occurrence of various ADs within an ...
Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease: A Colombian construction beyond deconstructions
The first Colombian Autoimmune Symposium held in Medellin, Colombia, February 23–25, 2005, covered the entire spectrum of the diverse aspects of autoimmunity and autoimmune disorders. The symposium originated as part of a ...
The autoimmune tautology: From polyautoimmunity and familial autoimmunity to the autoimmune genes.
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are chronic conditions initiated by the loss of immunological tolerance to self-antigens and represent a heterogeneous group of disorders that afflict specific target organs or multiple organ ...
Primary immunodeficiencies unravel critical aspects of the pathophysiology of autoimmunity and of the genetics of autoimmune disease
(SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS, 2008)
Background Primary Immunodeficiencies (PIDs) represent unique opportunities to understand the operation of the human immune system. Accordingly, PIDs associated with autoimmune manifestations provide insights into the ...
The Autoimmune Tautology: From Polyautoimmunity and Familial Autoimmunity to the Autoimmune Genes
(Universidad del Rosario, 2012)
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are chronic conditions initiated
by the loss of immunological tolerance to self-antigens and
represent a heterogeneous group of disorders that afflict specific
target organs ormultiple organ ...
Autoimmune disease aggregation in families with primary Sjögren's syndrome
Objective. Diverse autoimmune diseases may coexist in the same individual and in families, implying a common etiology. We examined the aggregation of autoimmune diseases among first-degree relatives (FDR) of patients with ...
Analysis of thyroglobulin gene polymorphisms in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis
(Springer, 2010-06)
The autoimmune thyroid disease is a complex disorder caused by a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental factors, which are believed to initiate the autoimmune response to thyroid antigens. Identification ...
Autoimmune hepatitis and dermatomyositis: a rare association
(MEDFARMA-EDICOES MEDICAS, LDAALGES, 2012)
The association between autoimmune hepatitis and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies has been rarely described in literature. To our knowledge, there are only five reports of autoimmune hepatitis, all coursing with polymyositis. ...
The gut microbiome in autoimmune diseases
(2019-01-01)
Dysbiosis observed in autoimmune diseases is associated with decreased bacteria function and diversity, impaired epithelial barrier, bacterial translocation, inflammation, and decreased regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the ...