Autoimmune diseases are considered as one of the most important disorders of the immune
system, in which the prolonged and chronic processes eliminate self-tolerance to the auto …

Fibrotic disorders account for an increasing burden of disease-associated morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Although numerous risk factors have been recognized, the etiologies of …

The mRNA-1273 vaccine, popularly called the" Moderna vaccine" is being widely
administered in the United States for the prevention of COVID-19 infection since December …

Rationale: Diverse autoantibodies are present in most patients with idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis (IPF). We hypothesized that specific autoantibodies may associate with IPF …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic immune-driven inflammatory disease characterised by
synovial inflammation, leading to progressive cartilage and bone destruction, impacting …

Drug-induced autoimmunity is an idiosyncratic, non-IgE immune related drug reaction.
Interestingly, although many drugs have been reported to induce autoantibodies, only a few …

Background Severe acute exacerbations (AE) of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are
medically untreatable and often fatal within days. Recent evidence suggests autoantibodies …

Microbial infections often precede the onset of autoimmunity. How infections trigger
autoimmunity remains poorly understood. We investigated the possibility that infection might …

Infectious agents have been implicated in the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases.
Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder affecting patients with a specific genetic …

The “exposome” is a term recently used to describe all environmental factors, both
exogenous and endogenous, which we are exposed to in a lifetime. It represents an …