The discovery of novel autoantigen systems related to idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
(collectively referred to as myositis) in adults and children has had major implications for the …

The adult and juvenile myositis syndromes, commonly referred to collectively as idiopathic
inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), are systemic autoimmune diseases with the hallmarks of …

Autoimmune diseases develop as a result of chronic inflammation owing to interactions
between genes and the environment. However, the mechanisms by which autoimmune …

Abstract Anti-synthetase syndrome (ASyS)-associated myositis is a major subgroup of the
idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and is characterized by disease chronicity with …

The major forms of autoimmune myopathies include dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis
(PM), myositis associated with antisynthetase syndrome (ASS), immune-mediated …

The steadily increasing knowledge regarding pathogenetic mechanisms in autoimmune
rheumatic diseases has paved the way to different therapeutic approaches. In particular, the …

The childhood-onset or juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (JIIMs) are a
heterogenous group of rare and serious autoimmune diseases of children and young …

Autoimmune myopathies (myositides) are strongly associated with malignancy. The link
between myositis and cancer, originally noticed by Bohan and Peter in their classification in …

To report our experience in using rituximab (RTX) for treating refractory rapidly progressive
interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD) complicating anti-melanoma differentiation-associated …

Objective Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a heterogeneous group of
autoimmune diseases with various subtypes, myositis-specific antibodies, and affect multiple …