Publications by authors named "K Abacar"
Objective: Bamboo spine is the most severe complication of Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA). This study aims to address whether haplotypes of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase (ERAP)1 and ERAP2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), previously associated with AXSPA, are associated with the development of bamboo spine in an AxSpA cohort.
Methods: The study included 192 patients with AxSpA followed in MARS (MARmara Spondyloarthritis) clinic and fulfilling the modified New York criteria.
Imaging has transformed the understanding of inflammatory and degenerative arthritis in both peripheral and axial disease. In axial inflammation, fat suppression magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has unravelled the role of sub-fibrocartilaginous osteitis in axial spondyloarthritis and the role of peri-entheseal vertebral body osteitis and subsequent spinal new bone formation. Established or late-stage axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) cases often exhibit impressive para-marginal or chunky syndesmophytosis on conventional X-ray that pathologically represents entheseal soft tissue ossification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Pulmonary arterial involvement (PAI) is one of the most common causes of mortality in Behçet's disease (BD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical features, course, and recurrence risk factors of BD-associated PAI.
Methods: BD patients who were followed up in Marmara University BD outpatient clinic between 1990 and 2023 were included.
Article Synopsis
- The text talks about how our immune system can mistakenly attack our own body, which is called autoimmunity. It explains how scientists have learned about different types of immune responses over time.
- It introduces new ideas like "auto inflammation" to show a different way our immune system can act up against itself, beside the old ideas of autoimmunity.
- The text also mentions specific diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, and explains how both parts of the immune system (innate and adaptive) work together in these conditions.