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Frontiers | Self-Organized Criticality Theory and the Expansion of PD-1-Positive Effector CD4 T Cells: Search for Autoantibody-Inducing CD4 T Cells | Frontiers in T Cell Biology

Frontiers | Self-Organized Criticality Theory and the Expansion of PD-1-Positive Effector CD4 T Cells: Search for Autoantibody-Inducing CD4 T Cells | Frontiers in T Cell Biology | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Frontiers | Self-Organized Criticality Theory and the Expansion of PD-1-Positive Effector CD4 T Cells: Search for Autoantibody-Inducing CD4 T Cells | Frontiers in T Cell Biology publishes articles on the most outstanding discoveries across the...
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Frontiers | Immunodeficiency with Autoimmunity: Beyond the Paradox | Frontiers in Primary Immunodeficiencies

Frontiers | Immunodeficiency with Autoimmunity: Beyond the Paradox | Frontiers in Primary Immunodeficiencies | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Frontiers | Immunodeficiency with Autoimmunity: Beyond the Paradox | Frontiers in Primary Immunodeficiencies publishes articles on the most outstanding discoveries across the research spectrum of Frontiers | Immunodeficiency with Autoimmunity:...
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JAMA Network | JAMA Neurology | Neuromyelitis Optica and Non–Organ-Specific Autoimmunity

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JAMA Network | JAMA Neurology | Neuromyelitis Optica and Non–Organ-Specific Autoimmunity http://t.co/znvxGkKDFZ
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Rheumatoid arthritis blood tests launched by Quest Diagnostics - News-Medical.net

Rheumatoid arthritis blood tests launched by Quest Diagnostics News-Medical.net Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the availability of two new blood tests for aiding the...
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BMC Medicine | Full text | Requirements for Innate Immune Pathways in Environmentally Induced Autoimmunity.

There is substantial evidence that environmental triggers in combination with genetic and stochastic factors play an important role in spontaneous autoimmune disease.
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The granulocyte colony stimulating factor pathway regulates autoantibody production in a murine induced model of systemic lupus erythematosus

The granulocyte colony stimulating factor pathway regulates autoantibody production in a murine induced model of systemic lupus erythematosus - up-to-the-minute news and headlines.
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New autoimmune diseases after cord blood transplantati... [Blood. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

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Pathogenesis of Autoimmunity

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Several mechanisms are thought to be operative in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, against a backdrop of genetic predisposition and environmental modulation.
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April 5, 2013 1:52 PM
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Cell Reports - Obesity-Associated Autoantibody Production Requires AIM to Retain the Immunoglobulin M Immune Complex on Follicular Dendritic Cells

RT @ImmunityCP: Online @CellReports IgM-AIM complexes provide a link between obesity and autoimmunity http://t.co/OGV0ekaAvC
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AARDA Launches "My Autoimmune Story" Video Series - Newswise (press release)

AARDA Launches "My Autoimmune Story" Video Series Newswise (press release) Newswise — DETROIT, March 28, 2013 – The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) has launched its new “My Autoimmune Story” video series on its YouTube...
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BMC Medicine | Full text | Age-related autoimmunity

Older persons have higher autoimmunity but a lower prevalence of autoimmune diseases. A possible explanation for this is the expansion of many protective regulatory mechanisms highly characteristic in the elderly.
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BMC Medicine | Full text | Biologic therapy for autoimmune diseases: an update

Biologic therapies for rheumatologic diseases, which are targeted at molecules involved in the mechanisms of the immune system, provide an alternative to the existing treatment methods of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and other...
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Vertigo, Meniere's Disease and Autoimmunity

http://www.DrDavidSchiller.com. Vertigo, Dizziness, and Meniere's disease and the relationship to autoimmunity is discussed by Dr. David Schiller in Avon, CT...
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HLA-A*24 Is an Independent Predictor of 5-Year Progression to Diabetes in Autoantibody-Positive First-Degree Relatives of Type 1 Diabetic Patients

HLA-A*24 IIndependent Predictor of 5-Year Prog 2 Di in Autoantibody-Positive First-Degree Relatives of T1 Patients http://t.co/Ksu1wup0sq
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Study Reveals Function of Thousands of Autoantibodies in Blood - Science Daily (press release)

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Study Reveals Function of Thousands of Autoantibodies in Blood
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Women have significantly more autoantibodies than men which may account for the higher incidence of autoimmune diseases among women.
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April 9, 2013 1:46 PM
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GlutenTox Tests Available in Canada - PR.com (press release)

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GlutenTox Tests Available in Canada PR.com (press release) All GlutenTox test kits contain the G12 antibody, specifically developed to recognize the toxic portion of gluten present in wheat, barley, rye and oat that prompts the auto-immune response...
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Cutting edge: issues in autoimmunity. BMC Medicine. | Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Cutting edge: issues in autoimmunity. BMC Medicine. http://t.co/KmcKdzsOGO
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Serum agonistic autoantibodies against type-1 angiotensin II ...

Serum agonistic autoantibodies against type-1 angiotensin II receptor titer in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer: a potential role in tumor cell migration and angiogenesis - up-to-the-minute news and headlines.
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“Silent” B cells trigger autoimmunity | VUMC Reporter | Vanderbilt ...

“Silent” B cells trigger autoimmunity | VUMC Reporter | Vanderbilt ... | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Silent” B cells trigger autoimmunity. Immune cells that recognize self antigens (e.g. insulin), but are functionally silent, can trigger autoimmune diseases such as diabetes.
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OPKO Health Announces Publication of Study Detecting Antibodies in NMO ... - Fort Mills Times

OPKO Health Announces Publication of Study Detecting Antibodies in NMO ...
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NMO is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system.
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No need for rheumatoid factor testing, GPs told - Pulse

No need for rheumatoid factor testing, GPs told Pulse Their study found that, in two UK practices, GPs requested over 250 rheumatoid factor tests during a three-year period, but that all of the patients subsequently diagnosed with rheumatoid...
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Arthritis Research & Therapy | Abstract | Implications in the ...

Autoantibodies and clinical manifestations in polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM) are affected by both genetic and environmental factors. High prevalence of DM and anti-Mi-2 in Central America is thought to be associated ...
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Triggers and drivers of autoimmunity: lesson... [Nat Rev Immunol. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

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BMC Medicine | Full text | The thrombophilic network of autoantibodies in celiac disease

Celiac disease is a life-long autoimmune condition, affecting genetically susceptible individuals that may present with thromboembolic phenomena.
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Implications in the difference of anti-Mi-2 and -p155/140 autoantibody prevalence in two dermatomyositis cohorts from Mexico City and Guadalajara

Implications in the difference of anti-Mi-2 and -p155/140 autoantibody prevalence in two dermatomyositis cohorts from Mexico City and Guadalajara - up-to-the-minute news and headlines.
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