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Antibody type prognostic for myasthenia gravis patients - News-Medical.net

Antibody type prognostic for myasthenia gravis patients News-Medical.net Patients who have myasthenia gravis (MG) are more likely to have a severe form of the disease and more difficulty achieving remission if they are seropositive for antibodies...
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December 23, 2012 4:41 AM
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Multiple Sclerosis Research: Research: Immune Tolerance in humans

Multiple Sclerosis Research: Research: Immune Tolerance in humans | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Research: Immune Tolerance in humans: Loo EW, Krantz MJ, Agrawal B. High dose antigen treatment with a pepti... http://t.co/uJhcILnX #MJ
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December 22, 2012 3:04 PM
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Celiac Disease — NEJM

Celiac disease is characterized by a broad range of clinical presentations, a specific serum autoantibody response, and variable damage to the small-intestinal mucosa.1 ...
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December 22, 2012 4:35 AM
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GEN | Insight & Intelligence™: Hearing Better Through Chemistry

GEN | Insight & Intelligence™: Hearing Better Through Chemistry | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Drug or stem cell therapies for hearing loss may replace mechanical devices within a few years.
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December 20, 2012 3:58 AM
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Autoimmune Disease Patients Fail to Take Medications as Prescribed, Study ... - Science Daily (press release)

Autoimmune Disease Patients Fail to Take Medications as Prescribed, Study ...
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December 19, 2012 1:49 PM
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Arthritis Research & Therapy | Abstract | Autoantibody-mediated ...

The effector functions of immunoglobulin G (IgG) are mediated by interaction of its Fc region with Fc receptors (FcgammaRs) and/or the complement system. The three main pathways of complement activation converge at C3.
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December 19, 2012 1:34 PM
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The environment and the origins of islet autoimmunity and Type 1 diabetes - Eringsmark Regnéll - Diabetic Medicine - Wiley Online Library

The environment and the origins of islet autoimmunity and Type 1 diabetes - Eringsmark Regnéll - Diabetic Medicine - Wiley Online Library | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
The environment and the origins of islet autoimmunity and Type 1 diabetes: Abstract
Type 1 diabetes involves the... http://t.co/ATDmMpyj
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December 17, 2012 8:15 AM
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Effects of Menopause on Autoimmune Diseases - Medscape

MedscapeEffects of Menopause on Autoimmune DiseasesMedscapeRegulation of innate and adaptive immunity by the female sex hormones oestradiol and progesterone. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 38(1), 13–22 (2003).
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December 15, 2012 2:41 AM
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cAMP-responsive Element Modulator α (CREMα) Contributes to Decreased Notch-1 Expression in T Cells from Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Notch-1 Gene Regulation in SLE T Cells [Immunology] http://t.co/vFRKwzUH #JBCTCB
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December 14, 2012 1:20 PM
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Indigenous Australians vulnerable to lupus - Medical Xpress

Indigenous Australians vulnerable to lupus - Medical Xpress | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Indigenous Australians vulnerable to lupusMedical XpressAffecting more than five million people worldwide, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), known as lupus, is an auto immune illness, meaning the body's immune system attacks the body itself,...
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December 13, 2012 3:00 PM
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New Discovery Helps Make Early Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis a ...

... thanks to the discovery of novel antibodies by researchers at the University at Buffalo and Immco Diagnostics, Inc. The breakthrough, described in a paper in the December issue of Clinical Immunology http://bit.ly/TMlsTL, ...
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December 11, 2012 11:17 AM
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Genalyte Awarded $500000 SBIR Grant To Develop Multiplexed Assays For ... - Sacramento Bee

Genalyte Awarded $500000 SBIR Grant To Develop Multiplexed Assays For ... - Sacramento Bee | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Genalyte Awarded $500000 SBIR Grant To Develop Multiplexed Assays For ...Sacramento BeeIt will then expand the approach to profile autoantibody response by multiple criteria, which is expected to enhance the ability of researchers and clinicians to...
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December 9, 2012 4:18 AM
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Janssen seeks US & European approvals for Stelarain to treat active psoriatic ... - pharmabiz.com

Janssen seeks US & European approvals for Stelarain to treat active psoriatic ... - pharmabiz.com | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Janssen seeks US & European approvals for Stelarain to treat active psoriatic ...pharmabiz.comIt is estimated that more than two million people in the US and approximately 4.2 million people across Europe are living with psoriatic arthritis, a chronic...
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December 24, 2012 3:12 PM
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ScienceDirect.com - Journal of Autoimmunity - Heritability versus the role of the environment in autoimmunity

ScienceDirect.com - Journal of Autoimmunity - Heritability versus the role of the environment in autoimmunity | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
RT @ImmunologyNews: Nature or nurture? New review article explores heritability versus the role of the environment in autoimmunity http://t.co/8ng9tEVd
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December 23, 2012 4:41 AM
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Prospective evaluation of risk factors for ... [Pediatr Diabetes. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

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December 22, 2012 3:03 PM
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B Cell TLR7 Expression Drives Anti-RNA Autoantibody Production ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by the production of antinuclear autoantibodies. Antinuclear autoantibody development is recognized as one of the initial stages of ...
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December 22, 2012 4:02 AM
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WO2012172151A2 ISOLATED ANTIGEN PEPTIDE DERIVED FROM S100-BETA PROTEIN, IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF IN THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND/OR MONITORING OF TYPE 1 DIABETES

WO2012172151A2 ISOLATED ANTIGEN PEPTIDE DERIVED FROM S100-BETA PROTEIN, IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF IN THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND/OR MONITORING OF TYPE 1 DIABETES | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
WIPO patent: The invention relates to an isolated antigen peptide derived from S100-beta protein, in which the peptide is bound to a class II MHC molecule.
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December 20, 2012 3:54 AM
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Researchers reveal role of dendritic cells in Type 1 diabetes - News-Medical.net

Researchers reveal role of dendritic cells in Type 1 diabetes News-Medical.net The researchers reveal the role of the innate immune cells, especially the dendritic cells, that cause the activation of the killer T-lymphocytes whose action is...
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December 19, 2012 1:49 PM
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Clinical and Histological Features of Autoantibody ... - MDLinx

Clinical and Histological Features of Autoantibody ... - MDLinx | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
The study aimed to define the clinical features of Chinese patients with autoantibody–negative autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), and to refine the diagnosis and management of these atypical patients. Autoantibody–negative AIH is ...
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December 18, 2012 2:26 PM
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PLOS ONE: Proof of Concept of Microbiome-Metabolome Analysis and Delayed Gluten Exposure on Celiac Disease Autoimmunity in Genetically At-Risk Infants

PLOS ONE: Proof of Concept of Microbiome-Metabolome Analysis and Delayed Gluten Exposure on Celiac Disease Autoimmunity in Genetically At-Risk Infants | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
PLOS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world.
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December 16, 2012 2:14 PM
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Pten loss in CD4 T cells enhances their helper function but does not lead to autoimmunity or... - Europe PMC Article - Europe PubMed Central

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December 14, 2012 1:20 PM
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Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 3 with Anorexia

Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 3 with Anorexia | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
GAD autoantibody and ICA were positive, and he was diagnosed with slowly progressive type 1 diabetes mellitus (SPIDDM). Thyroid autoantibodies were positive. According to these findings, he was diagnosed with autoimmune ...
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December 13, 2012 3:02 PM
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Lilly Ending Trial For Experimental Arthritis Treatment - Inside INdiana Business (press release)

Lilly Ending Trial For Experimental Arthritis Treatment - Inside INdiana Business (press release) | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Inside INdiana Business (press release)Lilly Ending Trial For Experimental Arthritis TreatmentInside INdiana Business (press release)Tabalumab is one of three potential new medicines in late-stage clinical development for a variety of autoimmune...
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December 12, 2012 1:58 PM
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Abstract - The Journal of Immunology

Abstract - The Journal of Immunology | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Ziaur Rahman at the current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, H107, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, ...
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December 9, 2012 4:18 AM
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Biological Aspects of Postpartum Depression: Abstract and Introduction - Medscape

Biological Aspects of Postpartum Depression: Abstract and IntroductionMedscapeIL12, TNFalpha, and hormonal changes during late pregnancy and early postpartum: implications for autoimmune disease activity during these times.
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