Psoriatic arthritis and COVID-19: a new challenge for rheumatologists and dermatologists.

COVID-19 has changed the global health system and has great impact on different types of medical specialties including, dermatology and rheumatology. This point is important because although these two specialties are distinct subfields of medicine, there is some overlap between them. The overlap can be described by a number of rheumatic diseases that have cutaneous manifestations and vice versa.

Neurological Adverse Events Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination.

Jadali Z. Neurological Adverse Events Associated with COVID-19 Vaccination. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023;27(2):154-155.

Renal Complications Following COVID-19 Vaccination.

There is no abstract.

Increased Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and Oxidative Damage in Patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

Background: The purpose of present study was to investigate mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNAcn) and mtDNA damage in peripheral blood of patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and healthy controls (HC).

Methods: The relative mtDNAcn and oxidative DNA damage in this case-control study were measured in peripheral blood of 50 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and 50 healthy controls using quantitative real-time PCR. The study was conducted in Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospital, Tehran, Iran in 2018.

Pediatric Coronavirus Disease 2019: Why Is It Less Severe and Frequent in Children than Adults?

There is no abstract.

Unfulfilled Inflammatory Resolution: A Key Factor in the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis.

Recent literature has highlighted the importance of chronic inflammation in psoriasis pathogenesis. Non-resolving inflammation can trigger progressive tissue damage and inflammatory mediator release which in turn perpetuate the inflammatory cycle. Under normal conditions, inflammatory responses are tightly controlled through several mechanisms that restore normal tissue function and structure.

Novel coronavirus(Covid19), Its renal manifestations, and complications.

No abstract.

Quantification of mitochondrial DNA damage and copy number in circulating blood of patients with systemic sclerosis by a qPCR-based assay.

Background: Although not fully understood, oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of different autoimmune diseases such as systemic sclerosis. Accumulating evidence indicates that oxidative stress can induce mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage and variations in mtDNA copy number (mtDNAcn).

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore mtDNAcn and oxidative DNA damage byproducts in peripheral blood of patients with systemic sclerosis and healthy controls.

TIM-3 genetic variants and risk of Behçet disease in the Iranian population.

Background: Behçet disease is a prototypical systemic autoimmune disease, caused by a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors. The transmembrane immunoglobulin and mucin domain-3 (TIM-3) is a distinct member of the TIM family that is preferentially expressed on Th1 cells and plays a role in Th1-mediated autoimmune or inflammatory diseases, such as Behçet disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to test the potential association between TIM-3 gene polymorphisms and Behçet disease.

Enhanced Th17 Responses in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis.

BACKGROUND T cells are major players in chronic inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). However, it is not clear which subset of T cells participates in the pathophysiology of the disease. The aim of this study was to assess the expression profile of signature transcription factor and cytokines of T helper 17 (Th17) cells in patients with AIH.