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Fas deficiency in mice with the Balb/c background induces blepharitis with allergic inflammation and hyper-IgE production in conjunction with severe autoimmune disease

Fas deficiency in mice with the Balb/c background induces blepharitis with allergic inflammation and hyper-IgE p...
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December 6, 2012 2:51 PM
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ScienceDirect.com - Autoimmunity Reviews - Diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of extended autoantibody profile in systemic sclerosis

ScienceDirect.com - Autoimmunity Reviews - Diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of extended autoantibody profile in systemic sclerosis | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
RT @ImmunologyNews: Diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of extended autoantibody profile in systemic sclerosis http://t.co/sy4KPl88...
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December 6, 2012 2:49 PM
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Harvard University Expert to Host Scleroderma Webinar: New Directions for ... - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Harvard University Expert to Host Scleroderma Webinar: New Directions for ... - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Harvard University Expert to Host Scleroderma Webinar: New Directions for ...The Herald | HeraldOnline.comThis free webinar will describe current scleroderma clinical trials and new treatments on the horizon.
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December 2, 2012 1:31 PM
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Anti-SS-A (Ro) antibody is positively associated with steroid-induced psychiatric events in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Anti-SS-A (Ro) antibody is positively associated with steroid-induced psychiatric events in systemic lupus erythematosus patients | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Rheumatology Medical Article: Anti-SS-A (Ro) antibody is positively associated with steroid-induced psychiatric events in systemic lupus erythematosus patients (Anti-SS-A (Ro) antibody is positively associated with steroid-induced psychiatric events...
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December 1, 2012 2:07 AM
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Study finds genes that may be responsible for rheumatoid arthritis - Private MD

Study finds genes that may be responsible for rheumatoid arthritis - Private MD | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Private MDStudy finds genes that may be responsible for rheumatoid arthritisPrivate MDAccording to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), RA is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks healthy tissue.
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November 29, 2012 3:18 PM
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WO2012159100A1 IL-12 P40 MONOMER, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST P40 HOMODIMER AND THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE TREATMENT

WO2012159100A1 IL-12 P40 MONOMER, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST P40 HOMODIMER AND THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE TREATMENT | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
WIPO patent: A novel approach to discover new drugs against MS and other autoimmune diseases is disclosed.
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November 29, 2012 2:59 PM
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Anthera Announces Data from the Phase 2b PEARL-SC Study Presented at the ... - Sacramento Bee

Anthera Announces Data from the Phase 2b PEARL-SC Study Presented at the ... - Sacramento Bee | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Anthera Announces Data from the Phase 2b PEARL-SC Study Presented at the ...Sacramento BeeAnthera is advancing its development of blisibimod, a broad inhibitor of BAFF, to expand its potential clinical utility in autoimmune diseases.
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November 26, 2012 1:45 PM
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:: American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc ::

:: American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc :: | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Information about autoimmunity and autoimmune related diseases. The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association.
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November 24, 2012 3:46 AM
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The Human Leukocyte Antigen DQ2.2 And Celiac Disease : Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Celiac disease (CD) patients lacking both human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2.5 in cis (DQA1*05:01, -DQB1*02:01) or trans (DQA1*05:05, -DQB1*02:02) configuration and HLA-DQ8 (DQA1*03:01, -DQB1*03:02) are considered to be rare.
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November 22, 2012 9:40 AM
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How defects in a signaling protein sabotage the immune system in multiple ... - Medical Xpress

How defects in a signaling protein sabotage the immune system in multiple ... - Medical Xpress | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
How defects in a signaling protein sabotage the immune system in multiple ...Medical Xpress"Human patients with TACI mutations manifest two seemingly opposing conditions—immunodeficiency as well as autoimmunity," says Kong-Peng Lam, a researcher at...
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November 20, 2012 2:44 PM
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Why the Frontiers of Biology Might be Inside a Computer Chip - Wired (blog)

Why the Frontiers of Biology Might be Inside a Computer Chip - Wired (blog) | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Why the Frontiers of Biology Might be Inside a Computer ChipWired (blog)An intermediate stage of computer-simulated thymus gland evolution. (Credit: Vainas et al., Autoimmunity Journal, 44(4) 1-11).
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November 16, 2012 5:41 PM
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B Cell TLR7 Expression Drives Anti-RNA Autoantibod... [J Immunol. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
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November 15, 2012 8:09 PM
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PLOS ONE: Self-Organized Criticality Theory of Autoimmunity

PLOS ONE: Self-Organized Criticality Theory of Autoimmunity | 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 6, 2012 2:52 PM
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ScienceDirect.com - Autoimmunity Reviews - TSH receptor autoantibody immunoassay in patients with Graves' disease: Improvement of diagnostic accuracy over different generations of methods. Systemat...

ScienceDirect.com - Autoimmunity Reviews - TSH receptor autoantibody immunoassay in patients with Graves' disease: Improvement of diagnostic accuracy over different generations of methods. Systemat... | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
TSH receptor autoantibody immunoassay in patients with Graves' disease http://t.co/xLsmLbey...
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December 6, 2012 2:51 PM
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ScienceDirect.com - Autoimmunity Reviews - The role of T cell apoptosis in nervous system autoimmunity

The role of T cell apoptosis in nervous system autoimmunity http://t.co/X4EttKPq RT @ImmunologyNews...
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December 4, 2012 1:34 PM
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ELISA Test Systems in Autoimmune Disease Diagnostics (Autoimmunity)

ELISA test systems are an important technology in the pharmaceutical industry, in medicine, biology, and biochemistry. Right in clinical diagnostics ELISA as...
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December 1, 2012 2:08 AM
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Marrow Derived Suppressor Cells & T Regulatory

Marrow Derived Suppressor Cells & T Regulatory | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
The use of T-Regulatory cells may allow us to halt autoimmunity by bringing balance to the immune system. And if...
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November 30, 2012 2:48 PM
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Autoimmunity and Brain Function: New Insights from Studying a ...

Autoimmunity and Brain Function: New Insights from Studying a ... | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Brain auto-antibodies Autoimmunity were proposed to clarify SLE neuropsychiatric disorders and found for being elevated prior to the start of clinical symptoms. The investigators assessed cognition in Caucasian SLE women ...
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November 29, 2012 3:09 PM
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Study shows how PTPN22 variant linked with T1D influences susceptibility to autoimmunity

Study shows how PTPN22 variant linked with T1D influences susceptibility to autoimmunity | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
As part of their ongoing research on the role of genes in the development of type 1 diabetes, Joslin Diabetes Center scientists, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Würzburg, have demonstrated how a genetic variant associated with...
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November 27, 2012 1:59 PM
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Autoimmunity following Hepatitis B vaccine as part of the spectrum of ‘Autoimmune (Auto-inflammatory) Syndrome induced by Adjuvants’ (ASIA): analysis of 93 cases

Autoimmunity following Hepatitis B vaccine as part of the spectrum of ‘Autoimmune (Auto-inflammatory) Syndrome http://t.co/eCdHWVhF...
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November 24, 2012 2:35 PM
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Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Investigator ... - Wauwatosa Now

Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Investigator ...Wauwatosa Now“We are grateful for the funding from the Lupus Foundation of America, Wisconsin Chapter, which has allowed us to further our studies into understanding...
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November 23, 2012 3:27 PM
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Rituximab shows promise for clinical problems tied to antiphospholipid antibodies - EurekAlert (press release)

Rituximab shows promise for clinical problems tied to antiphospholipid antibodiesEurekAlert (press release)Rituximab, a drug used to treat cancer and arthritis, may help patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) who suffer from aPL-related...
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November 22, 2012 5:11 AM
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Novel approach to identifying autoantibodies in rheumatoid synovitis ...

Novel approach to identifying autoantibodies in rheumatoid synovitis ... | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Novel approach to identifying autoantibodies in rheumatoid synovitis with a biotinylated human autoantigen library and the enzyme-labeled antigen method. Mizutani Y, Matsuoka K, Takeda H, Shiogama K, Inada KI, Hayakawa K, Yamada H, ...
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November 17, 2012 1:57 PM
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The PTPN22 1858T allele but not variants in the proximal promoter region of IL-21 gene is associated with the susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and the presence of autoantibodies in a Brazilian coh...

The PTPN22 1858T allele but not variants in the proximal promoter region of IL-21 gene is associated with the susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and the presence of autoantibodies in a Brazilian coh... | AUTOIMMUNITY | Scoop.it
Immunology: The PTPN22 1858T allele but not variants in the proximal promoter region of IL‐21 gene is associated wit...
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November 16, 2012 3:16 PM
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Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome - In-Depth Overview

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome - In-Depth Overview - Hospital for Special Surgery, New York (I have this.http://t.co/p4vrQ4ua http://t.co/FoFYX5OF...)...
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