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Infections and Autoimmune Diseases: An Interplay of Pathogenic and Protective Links
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Chapter 57 - Infections Associated with Retinal Autoimmunity
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Autoimmune reactivity and autoimmune disease in the eye is a rapidly expanding area of research and therapy. We present evidence implicating three distinct…”
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Chapter 56 - Infections and Autoimmune Renal Diseases
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Renal manifestations are frequent in the context of systemic autoimmune diseases, and the development of several primary glomerulonephritides also depends on…”
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Chapter 9 - Microbiota and Autoimmunity
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…The gut contains the largest collection of microorganisms in the human body, which are collectively referred to as the gut microbiome. Alterations in the fine…”
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Chapter 28 - Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Autoimmunity: Coincidence or a Cause and Effect Relationship?
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Helicobacter pylori is usually acquired during childhood and, if left untreated, remains a life-long resident in its host’s gastric ecosystem. The infection…”
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Chapter 43 - Rheumatoid Arthritis and Infections: More Than an Association?
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease manifested mainly as erosive arthritis. The aetiology of the disease is not fully understood, and it is believed to…”
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Chapter 21 - Parvovirus Infection and Its Association with Autoimmune Diseases
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Among environmental factors, infectious agents have been suggested to play a fundamental role in the induction of an autoimmune response and, eventually, an…”
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Chapter 29 - Multiple Sclerosis and Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease are Autoimmune Diseases Probably Caused by Exposure to the Nasal Microbe Acinetobacter
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and some with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) have elevated levels of antibodies to the nasal microbe Acinetobacter. Both…”
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Chapter 59 - Infections as a Cause of Guillain–Barré Syndrome
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune disorder, the incidence of which is estimated to be from 0.6 to 4 in 100,000 people per year worldwide…”
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Chapter 15 - Opportunistic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Infections are common causes of morbidity and mortality in autoimmune diseases, and opportunistic infections are the tip of this problem, emerging as one main…”
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Chapter 14 - BCG Vaccination
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…BCG vaccination given as an intramuscular injection or as intravesical instillation can create some autoimmune phenomena.The link between the scientific…”
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Chapter 25 - Celiac Disease and Rotavirus Infection
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Celiac disease (CD) is a systemic autoimmune disorder sustained by an inappropriate immune response to dietary gluten. We have provided experimental evidence…”
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Chapter 48 - The Role of Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Initiation, Exacerbation and Protection
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Inflammatory bowel diseases are disorders involving the chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract marked by episodes of exacerbations interspersed…”
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Chapter 16 - Can Antibiotics Cure Autoimmune Diseases?
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…For autoimmune disorders to develop, a combination of genetic, immunologic, hormonal, and environmental factors is required, comprising what is known as “the…”
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Chapter 13 - Vaccination and Autoimmunity
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is among the most common aetiologic factors influencing vasculitis in humans. Long-term infection is…”
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Chapter 60 - Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a commonly encountered inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). ADEM usually…”
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Chapter 24 - Viral Infection and Heart Disease: Autoimmune Mechanisms
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Myocarditis and subsequent dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are major causes of heart failure, especially in children and young adults. There is at present no…”
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Chapter 50 - Nonnutritional Environmental Factors Associated with Celiac Disease: The Infectome
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease induced by well-known nutritional factors. The nondietary factors influencing CD development and progression are less…”
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Chapter 4 - Epitope Spreading in Autoimmune Diseases
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…The diversification of the immune response induced by an antigen to new T cell and/or antibody specificities during the course of an autoimmune disease is…”
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Chapter 22 - Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1 and Rheumatic Diseases: A Link Between Infection and Autoimmunity
Published in Infection and Autoimmunity (2015)“…Several environmental factors have been studied as triggers of autoimmune diseases, infectious agents in particular. The human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) is a…”
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