Objective:In recent years,an increasing number of drugs have been proved to be associated with the induction of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody(ANCA)-associated vasculitis(AAV).This article reviews the latest res...
Diagnosis of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies(ANCA)-associated vasculitis is usually not difficult in patient with systemic disease, including lung and kidneys involvement, and laboratory signs of inflammation. ...
Rationale:Coexistence of anti-glomerular basement membrane(anti-GBM)disease with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody(ANCA)in a case of glomerulonephritis is often identified as a"double-positive"disease.Interestingly...
AIM:To define the parameters that positively predict diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) and differentiate it from gastrointestinal tuberculosis (GITB). METHODS:This prospective study over 3 years was carried out in the...
Objectives: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is an autoimmune disease usually seen in middle-aged and older adults but which is rare in children and adolescents. We sought to determine...
Here, we present the case of a 74-year-old Japanese man with segmental intestinal necrosis, which developed after treatment with pulsed methylprednisolone for mononeuritis multiplex. The patient was weakly positive fo...
Antithyroid drugs are molecules known as thionamides that inhibit thyroid hormone synthesis by interfering with thyroid peroxidase mediated iodination of tyrosine residues in thyroglobulin. These extensively used drug...
supported by a faculty research grant from the Yonsei University College of Medicine(No.6-2019-0184);a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute,funded by the Ministry of Health and Welfare,Republic of Korea(No.HI14C1324)。
Background:Follistatin-like 1(FSTL1)plays both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory roles in the inflammatory processes.We investigated whether serum FSTL1 could predict the current anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antib...
Supported by The Research Project of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University,No.2023JKZKTS33.
BACKGROUND Granulomatosis with polyangiitis(GPA)is one of the most prevalent forms of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody(ANCA)-associated vasculitis.GPA is characterized histologically by necrotizing granulomatou...
AIM:To study serological antibodies in Caucasians and Asians,in health and inflammatory bowel disease(IBD),in Australia and Hong Kong(HK).METHODS:Anti-glycan antibodies[anti-chitobioside(ACCA),anti-laminaribioside(ALC...