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autoimmune disease

  1. rvallee
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    Selective effects of acute low-grade inflammation on human visual attention (2019) Balter et al.

    Link between inflammation and mental sluggishness shown in new study An estimated 12M UK citizens have a chronic medical condition, and many of...
    Thread by: rvallee, Nov 18, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  2. Michiel Tack
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    The Atlantic: A Breakthrough in the Mystery of Why Women Get So Many Autoimmune Diseases

    The main idea of the theory proposed is that in pre-modern times women were pregnant a lot of the time and the placenta was signaling the immune...
    Thread by: Michiel Tack, Jun 19, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  3. Andy
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    Antigenic mimicry of ubiquitin by the gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis: a potential link with autoimmune disease, 2018, Patrick et al

    Summary Ubiquitin is highly conserved across eukaryotes and is essential for normal eukaryotic cell function. The bacterium Bacteroides fragilis...
    Thread by: Andy, Oct 30, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  4. Andy
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    Article: Autoimmune Diseases Masquerading as Psychiatric Disorders – A Paradigm Shift

    The first description of an autoimmune disease affecting the brain was provided by William Osler in 1895 where he described the occurrence of...
    Thread by: Andy, Aug 10, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  5. Andy
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    Nature: A series of five Reviews [..] discuss the genetic, environmental, microbial, and cellular factors underpinning autoimmune disease

    A series of five Reviews specially commissioned by Nature Immunology discuss the genetic, environmental, microbial, and cellular factors...
    Thread by: Andy, Jun 28, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  6. Indigophoton
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    Epstein-Barr virus protein can “switch on” risk genes for autoimmune diseases

    Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the cause of infectious mononucleosis, has been associated with subsequent development of systemic lupus...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, Apr 16, 2018, 43 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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