Journal of Autoimmunity

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Autoimmunity is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Safety of biologic immunosuppressants in pregnant women with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases407
GILZ regulates type I interferon release and sequesters STAT1227
Advances in SLE classification criteria190
Janus kinase inhibition prevents autoimmune diabetes in LEW.1WR1 rats150
ATP-binding cassette G1 membrane transporter-mediated cholesterol efflux capacity influences coronary atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis133
HNF4α, SP1 and c-myc are master regulators of CNS autoimmunity125
The universal effects of low-dose interleukin-2 across 13 autoimmune diseases in a basket clinical trial115
Consumption of complement in a 26-year-old woman with severe thrombotic thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccination105
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Differences in innate immune cell populations distinguish autoimmune from herpesvirus-associated encephalitis100
Autoimmune associated HLAs and T cell autoantigens exhibit common patterns across several autoimmune diseases96
Global and regional epidemiology of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis: A comprehensive systematic analysis and modelling study92
Immunological and fibrotic profiling in the NOD.c3c4 murine model of autoimmune cholangitis87
Autoreactivity to self-antigens LL37 and ADAMTSL5 influences the clinical response to risankizumab in psoriatic patients82
Tfh cell-derived small extracellular vesicles exacerbate the severity of collagen-induced arthritis by enhancing B-cell responses81
Ectopic CD4+ T cells in choroid plexus mediate neuropsychiatric lupus symptoms in mice via interferon-γ induced microglia activation80
Breach of tolerance versus burden of bile acids: Resolving the conundrum in the immunopathogenesis and natural history of primary biliary cholangitis77
Disease activity in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases after SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations72
Lupus nephritis: new progress in diagnosis and treatment70
Interferon signatures fuel B cell hyperactivity and plasmablast expansion in systemic lupus erythematosus65
Anti-annexin A4 antibody as a biomarker for desquamative interstitial pneumonia64
Earlier vs. later time period of COVID-19 infection and emergent autoimmune signs, symptoms, and serologies61
Antigenic mimicry – The key to autoimmunity in immune privileged organs60
Whole blood transcriptome identifies interferon-regulated genes as key drivers in thrombotic primary antiphospholipid syndrome55
FAPI PET/CT for tracking disease trajectory in myositis-related interstitial lung disease50
Glycobiology of psoriasis: A review46
Post-translationally modified proteins bind and activate complement with implications for cellular uptake and autoantibody formation46
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Sunscreen use associated with elevated prevalence of anti-nuclear antibodies in U.S. adults44
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Durable renal response and safety with add-on belimumab in patients with lupus nephritis in real-life setting (BeRLiSS-LN). Results from a large, nationwide, multicentric cohort43
Genetic and transcriptomic analyses support a switch to lytic phase in Epstein Barr virus infection as an important driver in developing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus43
Intracellular virus sensor MDA5 mutation develops autoimmune myocarditis and nephritis43
Identification of the central tolerance checkpoint for autoreactive proteinase 3+ B cells in human bone marrow41
Cellular communication network factor 3 contributes to the pathological process of rheumatoid arthritis through promoting cell senescence and osteoclastogenesis in the joint40
LAT1 enables T cell activation under inflammatory conditions39
The complement system and human autoimmune diseases37
Targeting macrophages with phosphatidylserine-rich liposomes as a potential antigen-specific immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes36
Non-coding RNAs in immunoregulation and autoimmunity: Technological advances and critical limitations35
Autoantibodies against a subunit of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I in inclusion body myositis34
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Assessment of the 2023 ACR/EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria in a Chinese cohort: Impact on clinical practice33
Differential changes in the gut microbiota between extrinsic and intrinsic atopic dermatitis32
Familial patterns of alopecia areata: A systematic review and meta-analysis31
Impact of BNT162b2 mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine on interferon-alpha production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells and autoreactive T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: The COVALUS proje30
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels in primary antiphospholipid syndrome. The multicenter ATHERO-APS study29
The role of gut flora-driven Th cell responses in preclinical rheumatoid arthritis29
Clinical targeted treatment in Sjogren's disease: A systematic literature review for an evidence-based medicine approach29
Autoimmune markers and vascular immune deposits in Finkelstein-Seidlmayer vasculitis: Systematic literature review28
Antigen-specific immune reactions by expanded CD8+ T cell clones from HLA-B*27-positive patients with spondyloarthritis28
External and internal exposome as triggers of biological signalling in systemic sclerosis – A narrative synthesis28
Single-cell sequencing of the retina shows that LDHA regulates pathogenesis of autoimmune uveitis28
Peripheral immune profiling highlights a dynamic role of low-density granulocytes in myasthenia gravis27
Clinical utility of measuring CD4+ T follicular cells in patients with immune dysregulation27
Long-term efficacy and safety of colchicine and anti-IL-1 blockers in FMF: results from the Eurofever multicenter observational study27
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor in immune regulation and autoimmune pathogenesis26
Distinct gene dysregulation patterns herald precision medicine potentiality in systemic lupus erythematosus26
Modulation of PKM2 inhibits follicular helper T cell differentiation and ameliorates inflammation in lupus-prone mice26
Renal and vascular outcomes in patients with isolated antiphospholipid syndrome nephropathy26
Pregnancy-related complications in systemic lupus erythematosus26
Silencing of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor restrains Th17 cell immunity in autoimmune hepatitis26
Interferon signature in giant cell arteritis aortitis25
Recent advances in cutaneous lupus25
Autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus: From immunopathology to therapeutic target25
Autoantibodies against α-synuclein inhibit its aggregation and cytotoxicity25
Does COVID-19 impact the prevalence of myositis specific antibodies in the Netherlands? A comparative nationwide study24
LAMP3-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition promotes the invasion and excessive proliferation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis24
Coronavirus disease 2019, vaccination against coronavirus and immunoglobulin A-mediated diseases: systematic literature review23
Functional metagenomic analysis reveals potential inflammatory triggers associated with genetic risk for autoimmune disease23
Altered lipid metabolism in synovial fibroblasts of individuals at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis22
T cell aging as a risk factor for autoimmunity22
Environmental exposures as risk factors for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies22
Autoimmune hepatitis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: New-onset or flare-up?22
Acquired susceptibility to autoimmune diseases in pediatric patients with Escherichia coli infection: A population-matched retrospective cohort study21
High-content multimodal analysis supports the IL-7/IL-7 receptor axis as a relevant therapeutic target in primary Sjögren's syndrome21
2023 International Consensus Guidance for the use of Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F in the treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis21
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Pro-fibrotic effect of the susceptible gene PCSK5 in vascular fibrosis of Takayasu arteritis via TGF-β and SMAD3 signaling pathway activation21
JAK inhibitors in refractory juvenile rheumatic diseases: Efficacy, tolerance and type-I interferon profiling, a single center retrospective study21
Identifying the genetic association between systemic lupus erythematosus and the risk of autoimmune liver diseases21
Significance of anti-transcobalamin receptor antibodies in cutaneous arteritis revealed by proteome-wide autoantibody screening21
Gut microbiota in systemic lupus erythematosus: A fuse and a solution20
High T-cell response rate after COVID-19 vaccination in belimumab and rituximab recipients20
Extracellular vesicle autoantibodies19
RNA-binding protein hnRNP UL1 binds κB sites to attenuate NF-κB-mediated inflammation19
Interleukin-15 is a hair follicle immune privilege guardian19
Interleukin 17-producing C-C motif chemokine receptor 6 + conventional CD4+ T cells are arthritogenic in an animal model of spondyloarthritis19
Anti-DNA antibody-targeted D-peptide nanoparticles ameliorate lupus nephritis in MRL/lpr mice19
Natural IgG protects against early dissemination of vesicular stomatitis virus18
T follicular helper cells in autoimmune diseases18
Multi-omics study reveals different pathogenesis of the generation of skin lesions in SLE and IDLE patients18
Autoimmune diseases and the risk of bladder cancer: A Mendelian randomization analysis18
A survey of ficolin-3 activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus reveals a link to hematological disease manifestations and autoantibody profile18
Comprehensive description of adult-onset Still's disease after COVID-19 vaccination18
Altered glucose metabolism in B cells: Implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of autoimmune diseases17
Fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: What we learnt from the explorative clinical trial17
Acute-type acquired hemophilia A after COVID-19 mRNA vaccine administration: A new disease entity?17
Application of laboratory models for sarcoidosis research17
Insights into the knowledge of complex diseases: Environmental infectious/toxic agents as potential etiopathogenetic factors of systemic sclerosis17
VEXAS syndrome: A newly identified X-Linked hematoinflammatory disorder – A comprehensive overview of its genetic, molecular, inflammatory, and clinical landscape17
Immunosuppression induces regression of fibrosis in primary biliary cholangitis with moderate-to-severe interface hepatitis17
Pin1 maintains the effector program of pathogenic Th17 cells in autoimmune neuroinflammation17
Corrigendum to “Cell surface-expressed Ro52/IgG/HLA-DR complex is targeted by autoantibodies in patients with inflammatory myopathies” [J. Autoimmun. 126 (2022) 102774]16
Treatment of mixed connective tissue disease: A multicenter retrospective study16
Poorer survival for patients with inflammatory arthritis treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma16
Suppression of YTHDF2 attenuates autoimmune hepatitis by expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells16
Amelioration of immunoglobulin A vasculitis by suppression of the pathological expansion of T follicular helper 17 cells16
Cytokine producing B-cells and their capability to polarize macrophages in giant cell arteritis16
Developmental drugs for sarcoidosis16
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis) after COVID-19 vaccination16
Genetic and pharmacological targeting of GSDMD ameliorates systemic inflammation in macrophage activation syndrome16
Neutrophil activation biomarker pentraxin 3 for diagnosis and monitoring of macrophage activation syndrome occurrence in adult-onset Still's disease16
Regulatory T cells effectively downregulate the autoimmune anti-MPO response and ameliorate anti-MPO induced glomerulonephritis in mice16
CD72-semaphorin3A axis: A new regulatory pathway in systemic lupus erythematosus16
Accelerated waning of immune responses to a third COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases15
Pathogenicity of functionally activated PD-1+CD8+ cells and counterattacks by muscular PD-L1 through IFNγ in myositis15
Monoclonal antibodies from B cells of patients with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis directly stimulate interferon gamma production15
A cluster of type II interferon-regulated genes associates with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus15
PD1+ innate lymphoid cells 3 predict JAK-dependent inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis15
PD-1 antibody interactions with Fc gamma receptors enable PD-1 agonism to inhibit T cell activation – therapeutic implications for autoimmunity15
Cognitive dysfunction in SLE: An understudied clinical manifestation15
Sonic hedgehog promotes synovial inflammation and articular damage through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in experimental arthritis15
Elevated unphosphorylated STAT1 and IRF9 in T and B cells of primary sjögren's syndrome: Novel biomarkers for disease activity and subsets15
Outcome and prognosis of isolated carotid vasculitis15
Comparative effectiveness of preventive treatment with dimethyl fumarate-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles and oral dimethyl fumarate in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis15
Repeated immunization with ATRA-containing liposomal adjuvant transdifferentiates Th17 cells to a Tr1-like phenotype15
Autophagy pathways in autoimmune diseases14
Autoimmune hepatitis following COVID-19 vaccination14
PPARG-mediated autophagy activation alleviates inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis14
Pre-existing conditions associated with post-acute sequelae of COVID-1914
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Extracellular microRNAs induce dendritic cell-dependent joint inflammation and potentiate osteoclast differentiation via TLR7/8 engagement14
Flagellin-specific human CAR Tregs for immune regulation in IBD14
B cell-specific mAb–siRNA conjugates improve experimental myasthenia13
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines do not worsen autoimmunity in patients with autoimmune liver diseases13
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Trained innate immunity in response to nuclear antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus13
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy: A comprehensive review of the pathogenesis, clinical features, and treatments13
Diversity and function of regulatory T cells in health and autoimmune diseases13
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Autoreactive T cells targeting type II pneumocyte antigens in COVID-19 convalescent patients13
Modulating T-cell activation with antisense oligonucleotides targeting lymphocyte cytosolic protein 213
Loss of function of XBP1 splicing activity of IRE1α favors B cell tolerance breakdown13
Risk factors for hypogammaglobulinemia and association with relapse and severe infections in ANCA-associated vasculitis: A cohort study13
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mTOR-dependent loss of PON1 secretion and antiphospholipid autoantibody production underlie autoimmunity-mediated cirrhosis in transaldolase deficiency13
Peripheral helper T cells in human diseases13
Prioritization of infectious epitopes for translational investigation in type 1 diabetes etiology12
New insights into the taxonomy of autoimmune diseases based on polyautoimmunity12
Anti-Ro60 and anti-Ro52/TRIM21: Two distinct autoantibodies in systemic autoimmune diseases12
Mepolizumab versus benralizumab for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA): A European real-life retrospective comparative study12
Chronic inflammation and extracellular matrix-specific autoimmunity following inadvertent periarticular influenza vaccination12
Cytokine receptor γc effectuates the generation of proinflammatory innate CD8 T cells by non-classical MHC-I molecules12
Transcriptomic analyses of lung tissues reveal key genes associated with progression of systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD)12
How early-life adversity affects the risk of pediatric-onset immune-mediated inflammatory disease12
Immune complexome analysis of a rich variety of serum immune complexes identifies disease-characteristic immune complex antigens in systemic sclerosis12
Melatonin synergistically potentiates the effect of methylprednisolone on reducing neuroinflammation in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mouse model of multiple sclerosis12
Anti-retinal immune response in sarcoid uveitis: A potential role for PCLO as an antigenic target12
High throughput screening identifies repurposable drugs for modulation of innate and acquired immune responses12
TIGIT-Fc fusion protein alleviates murine lupus nephritis through the regulation of SPI-B-PAX5-XBP1 axis-mediated B-cell differentiation12
K2P2.1 is a regulator of inflammatory cell responses in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies12
Gut microbiome, metabolome, host immunity associated with inflammatory bowel disease and intervention of fecal microbiota transplantation11
Blockade of neutrophil extracellular trap components ameliorates cholestatic liver disease in Mdr2 (Abcb4) knockout mice11
Evolving understandings for the roles of non-coding RNAs in autoimmunity and autoimmune disease11
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Novel and unique rheumatoid factors cross-react with viral epitopes in COVID-1911
Autoantibodies against the NineTeen complex and U5 RNP in systemic sclerosis11
Targeted protein degradation in autoimmune diseases: from mechanisms to therapeutic breakthroughs11
Compositional and functional aberrance of the gut microbiota in treatment-naïve patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome11
Control of naive and effector CD4 T cell receptor repertoires by rheumatoid-arthritis-risk HLA alleles10
Identification of a novel PDC-E2 epitope in primary biliary cholangitis: Application for engineered Treg therapy10
The risk of cancer in pediatric-onset immune-mediated inflammatory diseases – A nationwide study10
Perivascular B cells link intestinal angiogenesis to immunity and to the gut-brain axis during neuroinflammation10
Autoimmune hepatitis after COVID-19 vaccine – more than a coincidence10
Disease status in human and experimental arthritis, and response to TNF blockade, is associated with MHC class II invariant chain (CD74) isoform expression10
Adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing contributes to type I interferon responses in systemic sclerosis10
WTAP promotes the progression of ulcerative colitis by silencing the expression of CES2 through m6A modification10
Sex differences in biomarkers and biologic mechanisms in psoriatic diseases and spondyloarthritis10
COVID-19 outcomes in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica versus rheumatoid arthritis: A national, multicenter, cohort study10
Alopecia Areata: Case report and review of pathophysiology and treatment with Jak inhibitors10
Neointimal myofibroblasts contribute to maintaining Th1/Tc1 and Th17/Tc17 inflammation in giant cell arteritis10
Phosphatase control of cytokine-mediated overproduction of galactose-deficient IgA1, the main autoantigen in IgA nephropathy10
Effects of fecal microbiota transplant on DNA methylation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus10
Passive maternal immunity in children born to women with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease – A case-control study10
miR-143-3p boosts extracellular vesicles to improve the dermal fibrosis of localized scleroderma9
Supraphysiological FOXP3 expression in human CAR-Tregs results in improved stability, efficacy, and safety of CAR-Treg products for clinical application9
ETS-1 facilitates Th1 cell-mediated mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases through upregulating CIRBP9
Caspase-10 affects the pathogenesis of primary biliary cholangitis by regulating inflammatory cell death9
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients with autoimmune hepatitis9
Salivary gland epithelial cell in Sjögren's syndrome: Metabolic shift and altered mitochondrial morphology toward an innate immune cell function9
Molecular signature of neutrophil extracellular trap mediating disease module in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy9
Tlr9 expression protects against Tlr7-dependent exocrine gland and systemic disease manifestations in primary Sjögren's disease in a sex-biased manner9
Circulating T cells in sarcoidosis have an aberrantly activated phenotype that correlates with disease outcome9
Inflammatory disease status and response to TNF blockade are associated with mechanisms of endotoxin tolerance9
Short term outcomes of COVID-19 in lupus: Propensity score matched analysis from a nationwide multi-centric research network9
Evaluation of minor labial salivary gland focus score in Sjögren's disease using deep learning: a tool for more efficient diagnosis and future tissue biomarker discovery9
Signal responses to neutral TSH receptor antibody – A cycle of damage in the pathophysiology of Graves’ disease9
SB431542 alleviates lupus nephritis by regulating B cells and inhibiting the TLR9/TGFβ1/PDGFB signaling9
CD72 is an inhibitory pattern recognition receptor that recognizes ribosomes and suppresses production of anti-ribosome autoantibody9
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Neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles induce endothelial inflammation and damage through the transfer of miRNAs9
Cognition following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: A systematic review9
Soluble form of immune checkpoints in autoimmune diseases8
Fecal microbiota transplantation for the management of autoimmune diseases: Potential mechanisms and challenges8
Butyrophilin 2a2 (Btn2a2) expression on thymic epithelial cells promotes central T cell tolerance and prevents autoimmune disease8
Circulating immune profile in granulomatosis with polyangiitis reveals distinct patterns related to disease activity8
Single-cell analysis highlights a population of Th17-polarized CD4+ naïve T cells showing IL6/JAK3/STAT3 activation in pediatric severe aplastic anemia8
Integrative single-cell analysis reveals distinct adaptive immune signatures in the cutaneous lesions of pemphigus8
LIGHT signaling through LTβR and HVEM in keratinocytes promotes psoriasis and atopic dermatitis-like skin inflammation8
Neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus: Focusing on autoantibodies8
Increased RNA editing sites revealed as potential novel biomarkers for diagnosis in primary Sjögren's syndrome8
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Old known and possible new biomarkers of ANCA-associated vasculitis8
Isolation and characterisation of PR3-specific B cells and their immunoglobulin sequences8
Divergent regulatory T cell responses to high-dose methylprednisolone and tocilizumab in giant cell arteritis8
Decoding CD4+ T cell transcriptome in giant cell arteritis: Novel pathways and altered cross-talk with monocytes8
Lung transplantation in pulmonary sarcoidosis8
Associations between domestic hard water exposure and incident psoriasis in adults: Insights from the UK Biobank cohort study8
A framework for exclusion of alternative diagnoses in sarcoidosis8
Sarcoidosis and its relation to other immune-mediated diseases: Epidemiological insights8
Advanced pulmonary sarcoidosis8
The emerging role of BLyS/APRIL in autoimmune diseases: Biological characteristics, functions, and therapeutic potential8
Conformational state of C-reactive protein is critical for reducing immune complex-triggered type I interferon response: Implications for pathogenic mechanisms in autoimmune diseases imprinted by type8
The immunomodulatory roles of the gut microbiome in autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system: Multiple sclerosis as a model8
A novel subset of inflammation-related liver NK cells modulates immune responses in a murine model of primary biliary cholangitis8
Involvement of trained immunity during autoimmune responses8
Renoprotective anti-CD45RB antibody induces B cell production in systemic lupus erythematosus based on single-cell RNA-seq analysis8
Rapamycin nanoparticles increase the therapeutic window of engineered interleukin-2 and drive expansion of antigen-specific regulatory T cells for protection against autoimmune disease7
Infectious diseases, autoantibodies, and autoimmunity7
Citrullination of myelin basic protein induces a Th17-cell response in healthy individuals and enhances the presentation of MBP85-99 in patients with multiple sclerosis7
Autoreactive B cells remain active despite clinical disease control in rheumatoid arthritis7
Gut dysbiosis promotes islet-autoimmunity by increasing T-cell attraction in islets via CXCL10 chemokine7
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Synovial regulatory T cells expressing ST2 deteriorate joint inflammation through the suppression of immunoregulatory eosinophils7
Tissue-resident memory T cells: The key frontier in local synovitis memory of rheumatoid arthritis7
Extracellular vesicles released upon stimulation with antiphospholipid antibodies: An actual direct procoagulant mechanism or a new factor in the lupus anticoagulant paradox?7
Role of mitochondria in the myopathy of juvenile dermatomyositis and implications for skeletal muscle calcinosis7
Abnormalities of T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus: new insights in pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies7
Systemic lupus erythematosus-complicating immune thrombocytopenia: From pathogenesis to treatment7
Machine learning approach to single cell transcriptomic analysis of Sjogren's disease reveals altered activation states of B and T lymphocytes7
The cancer-associated glycan polysialic acid is dysregulated in systemic sclerosis and is associated with fibrosis7
rs9459874 and rs1012656 in CCR6/FGFR1OP confer susceptibility to primary biliary cholangitis7
Engineered Treg cells: The heir to the throne of immunotherapy7
Exercise, autoimmune diseases and T-regulatory cells7
Cannabinoid receptor 2 selective agonist alleviates systemic sclerosis by inhibiting Th2 differentiation through JAK/SOCS3 signaling7
EZH2 promotes B-cell autoimmunity in primary Sjogren's syndrome via METTL3-mediated m6A modification6
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UBE2L3 regulates TLR7-induced B cell autoreactivity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus6
Balancing efficacy and safety of complement inhibitors6
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