Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection, EBV, HHV-6 and other factors may contribute to inflammation and autoimmunity in long COVID

A Vojdani, E Vojdani, E Saidara, M Maes - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
A novel syndrome called long-haul COVID or long COVID is increasingly recognized in a
significant percentage of individuals within a few months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 …

Viral infections and systemic lupus erythematosus: new players in an old story

M Quaglia, G Merlotti, M De Andrea, C Borgogna… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
A causal link between viral infections and autoimmunity has been studied for a long time
and the role of some viruses in the induction or exacerbation of systemic lupus …

Preclinical autoimmune disease: a comparison of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes

G Frazzei, RF van Vollenhoven, BA de Jong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The preclinical phase of autoimmune disorders is characterized by an initial asymptomatic
phase of varying length followed by nonspecific signs and symptoms. A variety of …

Environmental exposures and the development of systemic lupus erythematosus

M Barbhaiya, KH Costenbader - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Environmental exposures and the development of systemic lupu... : Current Opinion in
Rheumatology Environmental exposures and the development of systemic lupus erythematosus …

Epstein‐Barr virus in systemic autoimmune diseases

AH Draborg, K Duus, G Houen - Journal of Immunology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs) are a group of connective tissue diseases with
diverse, yet overlapping, symptoms and autoantibody development. The etiology behind …

Epstein–Barr virus as a potentiator of autoimmune diseases

WH Robinson, S Younis, ZZ Love, L Steinman… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is epidemiologically associated with development of
autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome …

Genes, epigenetic regulation and environmental factors: which is the most relevant in developing autoimmune diseases?

KH Costenbader, S Gay, ME Alarcón-Riquelme… - Autoimmunity …, 2012 - Elsevier
Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple
sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease, have complex pathogeneses and likely …

The intersection of COVID-19 and autoimmunity

JS Knight, R Caricchio, JL Casanova… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Acute COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is characterized by diverse clinical presentations,
ranging from asymptomatic infection to fatal respiratory failure, and often associated with …

The role of viral infections in the development of autoimmune diseases

HM Hussein, EA Rahal - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The exact aetiology of most autoimmune diseases remains unknown, nonetheless, several
factors contributing to the induction or exacerbation of autoimmune reactions have been …

Human cytomegalovirus and autoimmune disease

A Halenius, H Hengel - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) represents a prototypic pathogenic member of the β‐
subgroup of the herpesvirus family. A range of HCMV features like its lytic replication in …