ReviewThe Yale journal of biology and medicine2012
Etiology of sarcoidosis: does infection play a role?
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Serum metabolic disparity between patients with lymph node tuberculosis and patients with sarcoidosis: towards differential diagnosis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Prevalence of SARS-COV-2 infection and outcomes in Greek sarcoidosis patients.Sarcoidosis, vasculitis, and diffuse lung diseases : official journal of WASOG · 2024Article
- Sarcoidosis in a young adult: A rare sequelae of COVID-19 infection.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- AWMF mold guideline "Medical clinical diagnostics for indoor mold exposure" - Update 2023 AWMF Register No. 161/001.Allergologie select · 2024Article
- Impact of comorbid heart failure among hospitalized patients with sarcoidosis: A United States population-based cohort study.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2023Article
- Exertional Dyspnea Incidentally Diagnosed as Sarcoidosis: A Teaching Hospital Experience.Case reports in pulmonology · 2023Article
- Choroidal sarcoid granuloma: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2022Review
- Sarcoidosis developing after COVID-19: A case report.Respirology case reports · 2022Article
- Case series of concurrent occurrence of sarcoidosis and breast cancer - A diagnostic dilemma.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2022Article
- Educational Case: Immune and inflammatory diseases: A case of pulmonary sarcoidosis.Academic pathology · 2022Article
- CD31Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Sarcoid-like reaction in cases treated by checkpoint inhibitors.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2021Review
- Extensive bony sarcoidosis of the head and neck region: a rare presentation.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Identification of microbial agents in tissue specimens of ocular and periocular sarcoidosis using a metagenomics approach.F1000Research · 2021Article
- Atraumatic forearm swelling in a patient with poorly controlled asthma.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2021Article
- Host-microbe interactions in the pathogenesis and clinical course of sarcoidosis.Journal of biomedical science · 2019Review
- New Insights on the Pathogenesis of Takayasu Arteritis: Revisiting the Microbial Theory.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Atypical Cutaneous Presentations of Sarcoidosis: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2018Review
- Histologic Review of Sarcoidosis in a Neck Lymph Node.Head and neck pathology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous inflammatory disorder of unclear etiology, which is known to affect multiple organ systems including the lungs, heart, skin, central nervous system, and eyes, among others. For this reason, sarcoidosis represents a systemic medical disorder that is clinically relevant to multiple medical sub-specialties. Despite extensive research, the etiology of sarcoidosis has yet to be elucidated, although most evidence supports that the pathogenetic mechanism of sarcoidosis is an aberrant immune response, driven by an unidentified antigen (or antigens) in genetically susceptible individuals. Multiple candidate etiologic agents, including microbial organisms and environmental agents, have been investigated, but study results are inconclusive. In this review, we describe the known histologic and immunologic features of sarcoidosis and discuss the evidence supporting a role for infectious processes in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis.
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