Moving target: shifting the focus to pulmonary sarcoidosis as an autoimmune spectrum disorder

Y Kaiser, A Eklund, J Grunewald - European Respiratory …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Despite more than a century of research, the causative agent (s) in sarcoidosis, a
heterogeneous granulomatous disorder mainly affecting the lungs, remain (s) elusive …

Immunology of sarcoidosis: old companions, new relationships

F Cinetto, R Scarpa, A Dell'Edera… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Evidence points at microenvironment and cell functional features rather than cell
polarization or differentiation as determinants of pathogenesis. In terms of therapeutic …

Sarcoidosis: immunopathogenesis and immunological markers

WSJ Loke, C Herbert… - International journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder invariably affecting the lungs. It is a
disease with noteworthy variations in clinical manifestation and disease outcome and has …

Advances in understanding the immunopathology of sarcoidosis and implications on therapy

F Cinetto, C Agostini - Expert review of clinical immunology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology.
Ethnicity and environmental factors may influence disease incidence, phenotype and …

The pathogenesis of pulmonary sarcoidosis and implications for treatment

KC Patterson, ES Chen - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
Thoracic sarcoidosis is the most common form of sarcoidosis, encompassing a
heterogeneous group of patients with a wide range of clinical features and associated …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical presentations, pathogenesis, and therapy of sarcoidosis: state of the art

F Polverino, E Balestro, P Spagnolo - Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of
noncaseating granulomas that can occur in any organ, most commonly the lungs. Early and …

Immunogenetics of disease-causing inflammation in sarcoidosis

J Grunewald, P Spagnolo, J Wahlström… - Clinical reviews in allergy …, 2015 - Springer
Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder characterised by tissue infiltration by
mononuclear phagocytes and lymphocytes with associated non-caseating granuloma …

Cellular players in the immunopathogenesis of sarcoidosis

G Zissel, J Müller-Quernheim - Clinics in chest medicine, 2015 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Every year the knowledge on mediators, receptors, and, during the last years, on genes
possibly involved in sarcoidosis is growing. Nevertheless, its cause, its large variability, and …

New concepts in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis

D Bennett, E Bargagli, RM Refini… - Expert Review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The pathogenesis of sarcoidosis is not yet completely understood, although in
recent years our knowledge has made considerable progress. Areas covered: This review …

The immunology of sarcoidosis

AK Gerke, G Hunninghake - Clinics in chest medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Sarcoidosis continues to be a disease of research interest because of its complicated
immune mechanisms and elusive etiology. So far, it has been established that …