Autoimmune diseases (AID) are a collection of many complex disorders of unknown etiology
resulting in immune responses to self-antigens and are thought to result from interactions …

Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites can all cause arthritis of either acute or chronic nature,
which can be divided into infective/septic, reactive, or inflammatory. Considerable advances …

The HLA region encodes several molecules that play key roles in the immune system.
Strong association between the HLA region and autoimmune disease (AID) has been …

The etiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is partially understood. Genetic,
environmental, and hormonal factors and their interactions are considered to play an …

Most rheumatic diseases are complex disorders for which pathogenetic mechanisms are
poorly understood. Nonetheless, increasing evidence suggests that many of these illnesses …

Objective Different viral exposures have been implicated in the etiology of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). Evidence relating to the association between putative viral exposures and the …

The present study aims to clarify the possible involvement of parvovirus B19 (B19V) infection
in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis by investigating the presence of B19V infection …

Activation of auto-reactive T cells by activated dendritic cells (DCs) presenting self-Ag is
widely assumed to be the precipitating event in the development of autoimmune disease …

Parvovirus B19 infection has been associated with a variety of rheumatic manifestations/
diseases, mainly rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) …

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