Vasculitis - Immunology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: could geographic patterns be explained by ambient ultraviolet radiation?

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: This ecological study describes and quantifies the association between ambient ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels, including daily winter vitamin D effective UV radiation levels and the incidence of the 3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic ... Read more...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides and respiratory disease.

29 Sep 2009 Vasculitides associated with serum positivity for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are a well-established subgroup affecting small- to medium-sized vessels that are commonly recognized as ANCA-associated vasculitis, which includes ... Read more...

Drug-induced autoimmunity.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review aims to draw attention to the increased spectrum of the features of drug-induced autoimmunity (DIA), including both clinical and autoantibody profiles in addition to the potential chronicity of the syndrome. RECENT ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vasculitis - Immunology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: could geographic patterns be explained by ambient ultraviolet radiation? 13 Oct 2009
• Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides and respiratory disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Drug-induced autoimmunity. 30 Aug 2009
• Infectious serologies and autoantibodies in Wegener's granulomatosis and other vasculitides: novel associations disclosed using the Rad BioPlex 2200. 30 Aug 2009
• DNA-bound lactoferrin is the major target for antineutrophil perinuclear cytoplasmic antibodies in ulcerative colitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Urinary CD4+ effector memory T cells reflect renal disease activity in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Hypercoagulability inhibits monocyte transendothelial migration through protease-activated receptor-1-, phospholipase-Cbeta-, phosphoinositide 3-kinase-, and nitric oxide-dependent signaling in monocytes and promotes plaque stability. 15 Aug 2009
• Deficiency of the long pentraxin PTX3 promotes vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. 8 Aug 2009
• Two cases of ANCA-associated vasculitis in post-transplant kidney: relapse and de novo. 30 Jul 2009
• Subclinical peritubular capillaritis in serial graft biopsies in cadaveric kidney transplant recipient with pre-transplant anti-HLA antibodies. 30 Jul 2009
• Approach to the patient with drug allergy. 30 Jul 2009
• Autoantibodies against complement C1q specifically target C1q bound on early apoptotic cells. 29 Jul 2009
• Use of likelihood ratios can improve the clinical usefulness of enzyme immunoassays for the diagnosis of small-vessel vasculitis. 28 Jul 2009
• Myeloid-related protein-8/14 is critical for the biological response to vascular injury. 18 Jul 2009
• LAMPs and NETs in the pathogenesis of ANCA vasculitis. 14 Jul 2009
• [Anti-B-cell strategies in vasculitides and collagenoses] 29 Jun 2009
• Mycophenolate mofetil as maintenance therapy in patients with vasculitis and renal involvement. 29 Jun 2009
• A multicenter survey of rituximab therapy for refractory antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. 29 Jun 2009
• Vasculitis working group: selected unanswered questions related to giant cell arteritis and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. 24 Jun 2009
• Resveratrol blocks interleukin-18-EMMPRIN cross-regulation and smooth muscle cell migration. 24 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Vasculitis'

Definition: Inflammation of any one of the blood vessels, including the ARTERIES; VEINS; and rest of the vasculature system in the body.

Descriptor UI: D014657

Alternative terms: Vasculitis; Vasculitides; Angiitis; Angiitides;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.907.940;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: general or unspecified; consider ARTERITIS or PHLEBITIS & their indentions; hemorrhagic vasculitis = PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH