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Heliyon
January 2025
Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200052, China.
Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by systemic inflammation, often resulting in fusion of the spine and peripheral joints. This study aimed to investigate the role of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in AS patients with high disease activity.
Methods: Blood samples were collected from healthy controls and AS patients categorized by high or low disease activity.
J Immunother Cancer
January 2025
Division of Tumor Immunology, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background: A number of immunotherapeutic approaches have been developed and are entering the clinic. Bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) are one of these modalities and induce robust efficacy by endogenous T cells in several hematological malignancies. However, most of the treated patients experience only a temporary benefit.
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January 2025
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Region Jönköping County, Jönköping, Sweden. Electronic address:
Background: Azathioprine (AZA) is part of the standard treatment for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). The first step in the complex bioconversion of AZA to active metabolites is mediated by glutathione transferases (GSTs).
Aims: Elucidate the association between GSTM1 and GSTT1 copy number variation (CNV), genetic variation in GSTA2, GSTP1, and inosine-triphosphate-pyrophosphatase, and the response to AZA in AIH.
STAR Protoc
January 2025
Heinz-Nixdorf-Chair of Biomedical Electronics, TranslaTUM, School of Computation, Information and Technology, TUM, Germany; Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, TUM, Germany. Electronic address:
Blood cell aggregates are clinically useful biomarkers in a number of medical disorders. This protocol provides accurate and quantitative analysis of cell aggregates using a small volume of whole blood and imaging flow cytometry. We describe steps for sample collection, staining, and measurement.
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January 2025
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Medical Center, People Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China.
To study the clinical, imaging, and computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy pathology of patients with infectious sacroiliitis (ISI). We retrospectively analysed 135 patients diagnosed with ISI between 2008 and 2020, comprehensively evaluating clinical characteristics, laboratory test outcomes, pathological examination results, and magnetic resonance images (MRI). Among the 135 patients with ISI, 90 (66.
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