The increasing prevalence of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases: an urgent call to action for improved understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

FW Miller - Current opinion in immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Autoimmunity is defined by a self-reactive adaptive immune system, causing
clinical pathology in autoimmune diseases.•Evidence suggests that autoimmunity and …

High risk of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19

C Sharma, J Bayry - Nature reviews rheumatology, 2023 - nature.com
The full picture of post-COVID-19 autoimmune diseases and their prevalence is lacking
despite numerous case reports and small series. Two studies that use large cohorts now …

Circulating anti-nuclear autoantibodies in COVID-19 survivors predict long COVID symptoms

K Son, R Jamil, A Chowdhury… - European …, 2023 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Autoimmunity has been reported in patients with severe coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). We investigated whether anti-nuclear/extractable-nuclear antibodies …

Autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders following COVID-19

SH Lim, HJ Ju, JH Han, JH Lee, WS Lee… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multiple cases of autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases after COVID-19
have been reported. However, their incidences and risks have rarely been quantified …

Risk of autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and the potential protective effect from vaccination: a population-based cohort study

K Peng, X Li, D Yang, SCW Chan, J Zhou… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Case reports suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection could lead to immune
dysregulation and trigger autoimmunity while COVID-19 vaccination is effective against …

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 …

Immune mechanisms underlying COVID-19 pathology and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)

S Mohandas, P Jagannathan, TJ Henrich, ZA Sherif… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
With a global tally of more than 500 million cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections to date, there are growing concerns about the post …

Incident autoimmune diseases in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a matched cohort study

F Tesch, F Ehm, A Vivirito, D Wende, M Batram… - Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To investigate whether the risk of developing an incident autoimmune disease is
increased in patients with prior COVID-19 disease compared to those without COVID-19, a …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 a triggering factor of autoimmune and multi-inflammatory diseases

EK Sher, A Ćosović, A Džidić-Krivić, EK Farhat, E Pinjić… - Life sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
SARS-Cov-2 virus has attracted a lot of attention globally, due to the autoimmune and
inflammatory processes that were observed during the development of Covid-19 disease …

Molecular mimicry and autoimmunity in the time of COVID-19

M Rojas, M Herrán, C Ramírez-Santana… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases are commonly implicated as potential initiators of autoimmune diseases
(ADs) and represent the most commonly known factor in the development of autoimmunity in …