Primary biliary cholangitis: pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities

AF Gulamhusein, GM Hirschfield - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Primary biliary cholangitis is a chronic, seropositive and female-predominant inflammatory
and cholestatic liver disease, which has a variable rate of progression towards biliary …

Myasthenia Gravis: paradox versus paradigm in autoimmunity

S Berrih-Aknin - Journal of autoimmunity, 2014 - Elsevier
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a paradigm of organ-specific autoimmune disease (AID). It is
mediated by antibodies that target the neuromuscular junction. The purpose of this review is …

[PDF][PDF] IL‐12/Th1 and IL‐23/Th17 biliary microenvironment in primary biliary cirrhosis: implications for therapy

CY Yang, X Ma, K Tsuneyama, S Huang… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The interleukin (IL)‐12/IL‐23‐mediated Th1/Th17 signaling pathway has been associated
with the etiopathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). To address the cytokine …

Genome-wide association studies in primary biliary cirrhosis

AF Gulamhusein, BD Juran… - Seminars in liver …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been a significant technological advance
in our ability to evaluate the genetic architecture of complex diseases such as primary biliary …

Genetic factors and systemic sclerosis

G Murdaca, M Contatore, R Gulli, P Mandich… - Autoimmunity …, 2016 - Elsevier
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare connective tissue disease of unknown etiology
characterized by chronic inflammation and fibrosis of the skin, vascular abnormalities, and …

Increased sensitivity of Treg cells from patients with PBC to low dose IL-12 drives their differentiation into IFN-γ secreting cells

E Liaskou, SR Patel, G Webb, DB Dimakou… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
IL-12 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that induces the production of interferon-γ (IFNγ) and
favours the differentiation of T helper 1 (Th1) cells. In the presence of IL-12 human Treg cells …

The expanding repertoire of the IL-12 cytokine family in teleost fish: Identification of three paralogues each of the p35 and p40 genes in salmonids, and comparative …

T Wang, M Husain - Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Interleukin (IL)-12 family cytokines are heterodimers of an α-chain (p19, p28 and
p35) and a β-chain (p40 and Ebi3), present as IL-12 (p35/p40), IL-23 (p19/p40), IL-27 …

Genetics of systemic sclerosis

L Bossini-Castillo, E López-Isac, MD Mayes… - Seminars in …, 2015 - Springer
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is connective tissue disorder in which fibrosis of the skin and
internal organs is the main hallmark. Despite the difficulties of studying a complex disease …

Ameliorative effects of Antrodia cinnamomea polysaccharides against cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppression related to Nrf2/HO-1 signaling in BALB/c mice

Y Liu, A Yang, Y Qu, Z Wang, Y Zhang, Y Liu… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to determine the ameliorative effects of Antrodia cinnamomea
polysaccharide (ACPS) against cyclophosphamide (CTX)-induced immunosuppression in …

Identification of potential cytokine pathways for therapeutic intervention in murine primary biliary cirrhosis

K Kawata, M Tsuda, GX Yang, W Zhang, H Tanaka… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is considered a model autoimmune disease, with the most
highly directed and specific autoantibody in both murine and human autoimmunity, the anti …