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ArticleJournal of translational autoimmunity2021

Autoimmune diseases - New insights into a troublesome field.

Thomas Lung, Benjamin Sakem, Andreas Hemmerle, Michèle Nydegger, Martin Risch, Lorenz Risch, Urs Nydegger

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Article in Journal of translational autoimmunity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas LungCenter for Laboratory Medicine Dr Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Benjamin SakemCenter for Laboratory Medicine Dr Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Andreas HemmerleCenter for Laboratory Medicine Dr Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Michèle NydeggerInstitute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Triemli City Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Martin RischCenter for Laboratory Medicine Dr Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Lorenz RischCenter for Laboratory Medicine Dr Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Urs NydeggerCenter for Laboratory Medicine Dr Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
University of Liechtenstein · LIUniversity of Bern · CHTriemli Hospital · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent updates in the diagnosis and management of chronic inflammatory conditions can be brought together to better understand autoimmune diseases (ADs). With organ-specific or organ-limited and systemic ADs, physicians often are faced with a dilemma when making a diagnosis and may feel a kind of embarrassment when a more distinct nosological entity cannot be found. ADs often overlap with other diseases and good diagnostic procedures for ADs only become evidence-based when refined histopathologic, immunopathologic, and general laboratory analyses are available. Immunofluorescence analyses, Western blotting, CUT & RUN technology allow localization of the site of autoantibody-reactivity on the relevant DNA sequence. The Polymerase chain reaction technology and CRISPR-Cas9, the new gene editor using pools of synthetic non-coding RNAs in screening experiments, are expected to lead to advances in the diagnosis of ADs. The current use of mRNA as a vaccine against COVID-19 has increased confidence in the use of mRNA or long non-coding RNAs in the treatment strategy for ADs. The integration of new knowledge about innate immunity, the complement system, vaccinology, and senescence into the care of patients with ADs expands the therapeutic arsenal of disease-modifying drugs and allows for the repurposing of anti-cytokine monoclonal/biosimilar antibodies, originally designed for chronic inflammatory diseases, for ADs. This review article brings together some of the most relevant ideas; a case report included in this review highlights the difficulty of distinguishing between ADs, chronic inflammation, and/or granular disease.

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Biosimilars IComplementCytokineInnate immunityMonoclonal antibodies

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PMID34179743
PMCPMC8188057
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