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January 2025
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive lung disease with a median survival of 3-5 years. Antifibrotic therapies like pirfenidone and nintedanib slow progression, but the outcomes vary. Gender may influence disease presentation, progression, and response to treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Mol Sci
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), and idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) are autoimmune diseases managed with long-term immunosuppressive therapies. Hu19-CD828Z, a fully human anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) with a CD28 costimulatory domain, is engineered to potently deplete B-cells. In this study, we manufactured Hu19-CD828Z CAR T-cells from peripheral blood of SLE, IIM, and SSc patients and healthy donors (HDs).
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January 2025
Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Inserm U974, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France. Electronic address:
Introduction: Certain types of muscular dystrophy (MD), notably facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), exhibit muscle fiber necrosis with regeneration and a nonspecific inflammatory process. Although rare, the coexistence of MDs and autoimmune myositis has been observed. We hypothesized that, in some circumstances, FSHD may predispose individuals to myositis through muscle damage-induced autoantigen overexpression, contributing to an autoimmune response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVascul Pharmacol
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy. Electronic address:
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) may be involved in dysfunction of pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC) and, thus, in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) pathobiology. We screened the RNA expression profile of commercial human PAEC (hPAEC) exposed to increased hydrostatic pressure, and found that the lncRNA Down syndrome critical region 9 (DSCR9) was the most regulated transcript (log2FC 1.89 vs control).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Rheum Dis
January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate and compare the characteristics of pediatric and adult rhupus patients.
Methods: Thirty pediatric patients with rhupus syndrome and 15 adult patients with rhupus syndrome were included in this study. Similarities and differences between both groups were evaluated.
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