Patnaik, Sibabratta Mruthyunjaya, Prakashini Murmu, Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, Soumendu Patro, A Raj Kumar Misra, Ramnath Pati, Sanghamitra Prasad, Punit Ahmed, Sakir
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MIS-C is a rare, highly inflammatory state resembling incomplete Kawasaki disease, temporarily associated with COVID-19. The pathogenesis is not completely known. RNAseq was carried out on whole blood of six treatment-naïve MIS-C patients. This was compared against RNAseq transcriptomics data of five healthy controls (HC), four Kawasaki Disease (KD...
Sharma, Prakriti Brown, Shannon Sokoya, Elke M
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of over 100 different types of autoimmune conditions. In RA, the cells of the immune system attack the tissue lining the joints, triggering inflammation. A large body of research suggests that the underlying trigger(s) of RA are unique to an individual. For example, increased risk of RA can be driven by smoking toba...
Jovicic, Zikica Dragasevic, Sanja Petkovic, Ana Plesinac, Snezana Sokic Milutinovic, Aleksandra Stojanovic, Maja
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Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a large vessel vasculitis affecting predominantly females below the age of 40. Patients with TA seem to be at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, resulting in mother or child complications. Although few studies analyzed the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA) in TA patients, an association between an...
Kouranloo, Koushan Dey, Mrinalini Almutawa, Jude Myall, Nikki Nune, Arvind
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VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a newly discovered autoinflammatory condition characterised by somatic mutation of the UBA1 gene. The syndrome leads to multi-system inflammation affecting predominantly the skin, lungs and bone marrow. We undertook a systematic review of the multisystem features and genot...
Ashrafian, Hutan
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Foda, Asmaa Gilbert, Stephen Mehrali, Tauseef
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Martínez-Díaz, Gabriela Cruz-Domínguez, María Pilar López Zamora, Berenice Ramirez-Facio, Jordan Medina, Gabriela Munguía-Cruz, Ricardo Xavier Saavedra-Salinas, Miguel Angel Arrucha-Cozaya, Michelle Vera-Lastra, Olga Lidia Peralta-Amaro, Ana Lilia
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, generalized fibrosis and high cardiovascular mortality. The evaluation of cardiovascular risk through the visceral adiposity index (VAI) has been helpful due to its direct relationship to the body and visceral fat percentage. We evalua...
Boy, Katharina von Rohr, Sophie May, Susann Kuhn, Sebastian Schett, Georg Labinsky, Hannah Knitza, Johannes Muehlensiepen, Felix
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Patients referred to rheumatologists are currently facing months of inefficient waiting time due to the increasing demand and rising workforce shortage. We piloted a pre-assessment of patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) combining student-led clinics and telemedicine (symptom assessment, symptom monitoring and at-home capillary s...
Lao, Chunhuan Van Dantzig, Philippa White, Douglas Rabindranath, Kannaiyan Foxall, Donna Lawrenson, Ross
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This study aims to examine the prevalence and outcomes of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) among systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. SLE patients identified from the national administrative datasets were linked to the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA) to identify the ESKD cases. Period prevalence of ESKD a...
Korkmaz, Cengiz Yıldırım, Reşit Dinler, Mustafa Cansu, Döndü U
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IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory condition that is characterized by storiform fibrosis, infiltration of IgG4-positive lymphocytes, obliterative phlebitis, and high IgG4 levels. Since IgG4-RD affects a wide variety of organs, a differential diagnosis must include multiple conditions. IgG4-RD is also believed to coexist with cert...
