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Environmental Factors Involved in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Hiroshi Okamoto • 31 Dec 2014
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that predominantly affects women and is characterized by widespread immunologic abnormalities. The disease involves multiple organs includin...
No Differences in Number and Distribution of Dermal Mast Cells between Acute and Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Mikiko Uede1, Yasushi Nakamura2, Yuki Yamamoto1 and Fukumi Furukawa1* • 26 Dec 2014
The appearance of mast cells at eruption sites was examined in acute (ACLE) and chronic (CCLE) cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (LE). As shown by toluidine blue staining and c-kit immunost...
Celiac Disease: A Brief Review of Current Literature
Farah Khalifeh* and Hamzeh M. Halawani1 • 27 Dec 2014
B Cells with Regulatory Function in Human Diseases
Yuhua Wang1 and Xiaozhe Han* • 22 Nov 2014
Effects of Cissampelos sympodialis Extract in a Murine Model of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes
Ana Tereza Cerqueira Lima1, Laise Cedraz Pinto1, Tatiane Oliveira Teixeira1, Samara dos Santos Suzarth1, Keina Maciele Campos Dourado1, Karina Carla de Paula Medeiros2, Márcia Regina Piuvezam3, Lain Carlos Pontes de Carvalho4, Neuza Maria Alcantara-Neves1 and Camila A Figueiredo1* • 19 Nov 2014
Cissampelos sympodialis (Cs) is an herb used for the treatment of several diseases due to its anti-inflammatory properties. The present study investigated the effect of oral administration of Cs ...
Current Management of Type 1 Autoimmune Pancreatitis: From the Viewpoint of Pancreatic Endocrine and Exocrine Function
Lingaku Lee1, Tetsuhide Ito1*, Masayuki Hijioka1, Hisato Igarashi1, Keijiro Ueda1, Takashi Fujiyama1, Yuichi Tachibana1, Ken Kawabe1, Robert T Jensen2, Kazuhiko Nakamura1, Masaki Kato1, Koichi Suzuki3 and Ryoichi Takayanagi1 • 16 Nov 2014
Autoimmune Pancreatitis (AIP) is a pancreatic inflammatory disease caused by an autoimmune mechanism. Histologically, two subtypes exist: type 1 characterized by lymphoplasmacytic scler...