Risk factors, clinical features and treatment of Behçet's disease uveitis

Z Zhong, G Su, P Yang - Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Behçet's disease is a systemic vasculitis frequently associated with intraocular inflammation.
Recent findings identified independent clinical clusters in Behçet's disease, each involving …

Activation of the interleukin-23/interleukin-17 signalling pathway in autoinflammatory and autoimmune uveitis

Z Zhong, G Su, A Kijlstra, P Yang - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2021 - Elsevier
Uveitis is a group of diseases characterized by intraocular inflammation, of which some are
driven by autoinflammatory or autoimmune responses, such as Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada …

A metagenomic study of the gut microbiome in Behcet's disease

Z Ye, N Zhang, C Wu, X Zhang, Q Wang, X Huang… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Behcet's disease (BD) is a recalcitrant, multisystemic inflammatory disease that
can lead to irreversible blindness. Microbial agents have been considered to contribute to …

Roles of PRR-mediated signaling pathways in the regulation of oxidative stress and inflammatory diseases

P Li, M Chang - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress is a major contributor to the pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases.
Accumulating evidence has shown that oxidative stress is characterized by the …

Oral microbiota dysbiosis accelerates the development and onset of mucositis and oral ulcers

Z Min, L Yang, Y Hu, R Huang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
With the rapid development of metagenomic high-throughput sequencing technology, more
and more oral mucosal diseases have been proven to be associated with oral microbiota …

Macrophage polarization toward M1 phenotype through NF-κB signaling in patients with Behçet's disease

X Wu, Z Wang, J Shi, X Yu, C Li, J Liu, F Zhang… - Arthritis research & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Macrophages are key innate immune cells implicated in the pathogenesis of
Behçet's disease (BD), and macrophage polarization plays a pivotal role in inflammatory …

Inflammasomes, the eye and anti-inflammasome therapy

P Yerramothu, AK Vijay, MDP Willcox - Eye, 2018 - nature.com
Inflammasomes, key molecular regulators that play an important role in inflammation, consist
of a central protein, an adaptor protein ASC (apoptosis speck-like protein) and a caspase-1 …

Dense genotyping of immune-related loci implicates host responses to microbial exposure in Behcet's disease susceptibility

M Takeuchi, N Mizuki, A Meguro, MJ Ombrello… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract We analyzed 1,900 Turkish Behçet's disease cases and 1,779 controls genotyped
with the Immunochip. The most significantly associated SNP was rs1050502, a tag SNP for …

Secretion of mitochondrial DNA via exosomes promotes inflammation in Behçet's syndrome

H Konaka, Y Kato, T Hirano, K Tsujimoto… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) leakage into the cytoplasm can occur when cells are exposed
to noxious stimuli. Specific sensors recognize cytoplasmic mtDNA to promote cytokine …

Natural Compounds as Regulators of NLRP3 Inflammasome‐Mediated IL‐1β Production

J Tőzsér, S Benkő - Mediators of Inflammation, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
IL‐1β is one of the main proinflammatory cytokines that regulates a broad range of immune
responses and also participates in several physiological processes. The canonical …