The microbiome is represented by microorganisms which live in a symbiotic way with the
mammalian. Microorganisms have the ability to influence different physiological aspects …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors
including obesity and visceral adiposity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and hypertension …

Given the immense antigenic load present in the microbiome, we hypothesized that
microbiota mimotopes can be a persistent trigger in human autoimmunity via cross-reactivity …

The intestinal microbiome is a reservoir of microbial antigens and activated immune cells.
The aims of this review were to describe the role of the intestinal microbiome in generating …

Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) comprise a diverse family of autoantibodies targeted
against proteins with the affinity toward negatively charged phospholipids or protein …

Dysbiosis has been described in systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs), including systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome (SjS), and primary anti-phosholipid …

Autoimmune diseases are thought to develop as a consequence of various environmental
and genetic factors, each of which contributes to dysfunctional immune responses and/or a …

Molecular mimicry between foreign and self-antigens has been implicated as a cause of
autoimmune hepatitis in experimental models and cross-reacting antibodies in patients. This …

Almost 2500 years after Hippocrates' observations on health and its direct association to the
gastrointestinal tract, a paradigm shift has recently occurred, making the gut and its …

Autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are caused by a
complex interaction of environmental-, genetic-, and sex-related factors. Although SLE has …