Ankylosing spondylitis: an autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease?

D Mauro, R Thomas, G Guggino, R Lories… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology. Unlike
other systemic autoimmune diseases, in AS, the innate immune system has a dominant role …

Familial Mediterranean fever, from pathogenesis to treatment: a contemporary review

A Tufan, H LACHMANN - Turkish Journal of Medical …, 2020 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Abstract Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)(OMIM# 249100) is the most common hereditary
autoinflammatory disease in the world. FMF is caused by gain of function mutations of MEFV …

Familial mediterranean fever

H Ozdogan, S Ugurlu - La Presse Médicale, 2019 - Elsevier
Summary Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is the oldest and the most frequent of all
described hereditary periodic fever syndromes. The populations originating from …

Evaluation of co-existing diseases in children with familial Mediterranean fever

M Yildiz, A Adrovic, E Tasdemir, K Baba-Zada… - Rheumatology …, 2020 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is A common periodic fever syndrome. The causative
gene of the FMF is named Mediterranean Fever gene (MEFV). Increased inflammation in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study in Turkish and Iranian populations identify rare familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV) polymorphisms associated with …

Z Li, S Akar, H Yarkan, SK Lee, P Çetin, G Can… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a highly heritable immune-mediated arthritis common in
Turkish and Iranian populations. Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal …

[HTML][HTML] High prevalence of spondyloarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis among familial Mediterranean fever patients and their first-degree relatives: further evidence …

S Akar, O Soysal, A Balci, D Solmaz, V Gerdan… - Arthritis research & …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an auto-inflammatory disease
characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and serositis. Limited data suggest that the …

Effects of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents for familial mediterranean fever patients with chronic arthritis and/or sacroiliitis who were resistant to colchicine treatment

SA Bilgen, L Kilic, A Akdogan, S Kiraz… - JCR: Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: Effectiveness of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents in colchicine-
resistant familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients has attracted attention in recent years …

Familial mediterranean fever

S Padeh, Y Bilginer, S Ozen - Textbook of Autoinflammation, 2019 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease characterized
by recurrent, sporadic, self-limited episodes of fever accompanied by peritonitis, pleuritis …

HLA-B27: what's new?

NJ Sheehan - Rheumatology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The HLA-B27 molecule is one of the most fascinating in medicine. Its contribution to the
aetiopathogenesis of SpA and other diseases, and its protective action in certain infections …

The myths we believed in familial Mediterranean fever: what have we learned in the past years?

S Ozen, ED Batu - Seminars in immunopathology, 2015 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever is the most common monogenic periodic fever syndrome over
the world especially in the eastern Mediterranean. It presents with recurrent and self-limited …