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Recognition of Mycobacterial Lipids by Immune Receptors Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), infects one-third of the world's population and causes 1.5 million… cell.com A Functional Role…

Review of Herpes Zoster with Immunosuppression and Autoimmune Disease rheumnow.com Varicella Zoster Virus Downregulates Programmed Death & Promotes Inflammation A recent study found that the varicella zoster virus downregulates expression…

Vitamin D deficiency linked to hepatitis B infection www.mdedge.com3 Sofosbuvir, daclatasvir combo best treatment for HCV cryoglobulinemia vasculitis   www.mdedge.com The A, B, Cs of Viral Hepatitis in the Biologic…

Autoimmune-mediated gut dysmotility puts patients at risk for bacterial overgrowth LAS VEGAS – Patients with systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disease, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who have a gastrointestinal symptom cluster…

Enterococcus hirae and Barnesiella intestinihominis Facilitate Cyclophosphamide-Induced Therapeutic Immunomodulatory Effects Cyclophosphamide (CTX) is an immunomodulatory anticancer compound. Daillère et al. show that the antitumoral efficacy of CTX relies on two gut…

Intestinal dysbiosis is common in systemic sclerosis and associated with gastrointestinal and extraintestinal features of disease Recent evidence suggests a link between autoimmunity and the intestinal microbial composition in several…

Research Explores the Gut's Role in Lupus The gut may play a role in lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome, which affects 10… rheumatologynetwork.com Hints of Hormone-Microbiome Connection in Lupus' Gender Gap…

Distal Airway Dysbiosis Present in Early RA Distal airway dysbiosis is present in untreated early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and similar to that detected in sarcoidosis lung inflammation, according to a…

Microbiota and chronic inflammatory arthritis: an interwoven link Only recently, the scientific community gained insights on the importance of the intestinal resident flora for the host’s health and disease. Gut…

Eating fibre keeps gut microbes from eating you Doctors and nutritionists have always told us to eat our broccoli; a new study shows what happens if we do not listen…