Treatment of sarcoidosis: a multidisciplinary approach

AK Gerke - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology defined by the presence of
noncaseating granulomatous inflammation that can cause organ damage and diminished …

Sarcoidosis as an autoimmune disease

AA Starshinova, AM Malkova, NY Basantsova… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite the large number of performed studies, the etiology and pathogenesis of sarcoidosis
still remain unknown. Most researchers allude to the possible autoimmune or immune …

Infliximab for the treatment of CNS sarcoidosis: a multi-institutional series

JM Gelfand, MJ Bradshaw, BJ Stern, DB Clifford… - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To describe clinical and imaging responses in neurosarcoidosis to infliximab, a
monoclonal antibody against tumor necrosis factor–α. Methods: Investigators at 6 US …

Discriminating long myelitis of neuromyelitis optica from sarcoidosis

EP Flanagan, TJ Kaufmann, KN Krecke… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare longitudinally extensive myelitis in neuromyelitis optica spectrum
disorders (NMOSD) and spinal cord sarcoidosis (SCS). Methods We identified adult patients …

Refractory sarcoidosis: a review

T El Jammal, Y Jamilloux… - … and clinical risk …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Sarcoidosis is a multi-system disease of unknown etiology characterized by granuloma
formation in various organs (especially lung and mediastinohilar lymph nodes). In more than …

Imbalance in B cell and T follicular helper cell subsets in pulmonary sarcoidosis

I Kudryavtsev, M Serebriakova, A Starshinova… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease that develops due to the Th1, Th17 and
Treg lymphocytes disturbance. There is an assumption, that B cells and follicular T-helper …

Rituximab in the treatment of refractory pulmonary sarcoidosis

NJ Sweiss, EE Lower, M Mirsaeidi… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease characterised by granulomatous depositions that can occur
in virtually any organ system [ 1]. Currently, there is no US Food and Drug Administration …

Extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis

DA Rao, PF Dellaripa - Rheumatic Disease Clinics, 2013 - rheumatic.theclinics.com
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder characterized by the aberrant development of
granulomas within various organs in the body. The lungs are involved in 90% of patients …

Treatment of sarcoidosis

RP Baughman, EE Lower - Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2015 - Springer
In general, sarcoidosis treatment should be offered to palliate symptoms and improve quality
of life or to prevent end-organ disease. Symptoms include pulmonary as well as extra …

Established and experimental medical therapy of pulmonary sarcoidosis

RP Baughman, H Nunes, NJ Sweiss… - European Respiratory …, 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The treatment options for pulmonary sarcoidosis have increased over the past 10 years. As
new treatments have been introduced, the best way to assess and compare treatments …