An autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, called autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIHT), is the most common autoimmune ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . van Trotsenburg and Mooij are pediatric endocrinologists at Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A small proportion of children at high genetic risk for type 1 diabetes were positive for thyroid autoantibodies ...

Studying mice, researchers have discovered that roseolovirus can trigger autoimmunity in a previously unknown way: by disrupting the process by which immune cells learn to avoid targeting their own ...

This research topic explores the intricate interplay between autoimmunity and cardiovascular disease, two areas traditionally viewed as distinct but now recognised as closely intertwined. Autoimmune ...

COVID infection has been linked to higher risk of autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. But why the virus might cause the body's immune system to go haywire remains ...

In a recent study published in the journal Immunity, researchers reviewed the T cell response in cancer and autoimmunity to propose strategies for more effective immunotherapies. Cancer and ...

(a) Gluten is ingested and digested, reaching the gut lumen as gliadin peptides; (b) Gliadins are a prime substrate for deamidation and cross-linking by luminal transglutaminases. These ...

Physicians should consider measuring anti-endothelial cell antibodies in patients with polycythemia vera, the investigators suggested. A new analysis of anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECAs) in ...

Scientists have revealed a novel mechanism through which the immune system controls autoimmunity and cancer. In the special focus of the researchers were regulatory T cells -- a type of white blood ...