Journal of Autoimmunity

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Autoimmunity is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Safety of biologic immunosuppressants in pregnant women with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases412
The universal effects of low-dose interleukin-2 across 13 autoimmune diseases in a basket clinical trial227
Janus kinase inhibition prevents autoimmune diabetes in LEW.1WR1 rats190
Advances in SLE classification criteria151
Consumption of complement in a 26-year-old woman with severe thrombotic thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccination140
ATP-binding cassette G1 membrane transporter-mediated cholesterol efflux capacity influences coronary atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis128
HNF4α, SP1 and c-myc are master regulators of CNS autoimmunity119
GILZ regulates type I interferon release and sequesters STAT1110
Autoimmune associated HLAs and T cell autoantigens exhibit common patterns across several autoimmune diseases105
Differences in innate immune cell populations distinguish autoimmune from herpesvirus-associated encephalitis101
Ectopic CD4+ T cells in choroid plexus mediate neuropsychiatric lupus symptoms in mice via interferon-γ induced microglia activation98
Immunological and fibrotic profiling in the NOD.c3c4 murine model of autoimmune cholangitis94
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Tfh cell-derived small extracellular vesicles exacerbate the severity of collagen-induced arthritis by enhancing B-cell responses89
Autoreactivity to self-antigens LL37 and ADAMTSL5 influences the clinical response to risankizumab in psoriatic patients85
Global and regional epidemiology of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis: A comprehensive systematic analysis and modelling study82
Breach of tolerance versus burden of bile acids: Resolving the conundrum in the immunopathogenesis and natural history of primary biliary cholangitis82
Lupus nephritis: new progress in diagnosis and treatment75
Disease activity in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases after SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations73
Anti-annexin A4 antibody as a biomarker for desquamative interstitial pneumonia70
Earlier vs. later time period of COVID-19 infection and emergent autoimmune signs, symptoms, and serologies68
FAPI PET/CT for tracking disease trajectory in myositis-related interstitial lung disease63
Post-translationally modified proteins bind and activate complement with implications for cellular uptake and autoantibody formation62
Cellular communication network factor 3 contributes to the pathological process of rheumatoid arthritis through promoting cell senescence and osteoclastogenesis in the joint56
Interferon signatures fuel B cell hyperactivity and plasmablast expansion in systemic lupus erythematosus50
Intracellular virus sensor MDA5 mutation develops autoimmune myocarditis and nephritis49
Genetic and transcriptomic analyses support a switch to lytic phase in Epstein Barr virus infection as an important driver in developing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus47
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LAT1 enables T cell activation under inflammatory conditions47
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Autoantibodies against a subunit of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I in inclusion body myositis46
Glycobiology of psoriasis: A review45
Sunscreen use associated with elevated prevalence of anti-nuclear antibodies in U.S. adults45
Identification of the central tolerance checkpoint for autoreactive proteinase 3+ B cells in human bone marrow44
Durable renal response and safety with add-on belimumab in patients with lupus nephritis in real-life setting (BeRLiSS-LN). Results from a large, nationwide, multicentric cohort43
Whole blood transcriptome identifies interferon-regulated genes as key drivers in thrombotic primary antiphospholipid syndrome39
Targeting macrophages with phosphatidylserine-rich liposomes as a potential antigen-specific immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes38
Antigenic mimicry – The key to autoimmunity in immune privileged organs36
The complement system and human autoimmune diseases35
Non-coding RNAs in immunoregulation and autoimmunity: Technological advances and critical limitations35
Familial patterns of alopecia areata: A systematic review and meta-analysis34
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The role of gut flora-driven Th cell responses in preclinical rheumatoid arthritis34
Assessment of the 2023 ACR/EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria in a Chinese cohort: Impact on clinical practice34
Clinical targeted treatment in Sjogren's disease: A systematic literature review for an evidence-based medicine approach33
Impact of BNT162b2 mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine on interferon-alpha production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells and autoreactive T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: The COVALUS proje31
Antigen-specific immune reactions by expanded CD8+ T cell clones from HLA-B*27-positive patients with spondyloarthritis30
Autoimmune markers and vascular immune deposits in Finkelstein-Seidlmayer vasculitis: Systematic literature review30
Modulation of PKM2 inhibits follicular helper T cell differentiation and ameliorates inflammation in lupus-prone mice29
Differential changes in the gut microbiota between extrinsic and intrinsic atopic dermatitis29
External and internal exposome as triggers of biological signalling in systemic sclerosis – A narrative synthesis29
Pregnancy-related complications in systemic lupus erythematosus29
Silencing of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor restrains Th17 cell immunity in autoimmune hepatitis29
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels in primary antiphospholipid syndrome. The multicenter ATHERO-APS study29
Long-term efficacy and safety of colchicine and anti-IL-1 blockers in FMF: results from the Eurofever multicenter observational study28
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor in immune regulation and autoimmune pathogenesis28
Clinical utility of measuring CD4+ T follicular cells in patients with immune dysregulation28
Distinct gene dysregulation patterns herald precision medicine potentiality in systemic lupus erythematosus27
Single-cell sequencing of the retina shows that LDHA regulates pathogenesis of autoimmune uveitis27
Renal and vascular outcomes in patients with isolated antiphospholipid syndrome nephropathy27
Autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus: From immunopathology to therapeutic target26
Peripheral immune profiling highlights a dynamic role of low-density granulocytes in myasthenia gravis26
Autoantibodies against α-synuclein inhibit its aggregation and cytotoxicity25
LAMP3-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition promotes the invasion and excessive proliferation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis25
Functional metagenomic analysis reveals potential inflammatory triggers associated with genetic risk for autoimmune disease25
Coronavirus disease 2019, vaccination against coronavirus and immunoglobulin A-mediated diseases: systematic literature review24
Does COVID-19 impact the prevalence of myositis specific antibodies in the Netherlands? A comparative nationwide study24
Interferon signature in giant cell arteritis aortitis24
T cell aging as a risk factor for autoimmunity24
Recent advances in cutaneous lupus24
Altered lipid metabolism in synovial fibroblasts of individuals at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis23
Environmental exposures as risk factors for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies23
Autoimmune hepatitis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: New-onset or flare-up?23
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Interleukin-15 is a hair follicle immune privilege guardian22
Pro-fibrotic effect of the susceptible gene PCSK5 in vascular fibrosis of Takayasu arteritis via TGF-β and SMAD3 signaling pathway activation22
High-content multimodal analysis supports the IL-7/IL-7 receptor axis as a relevant therapeutic target in primary Sjögren's syndrome22
JAK inhibitors in refractory juvenile rheumatic diseases: Efficacy, tolerance and type-I interferon profiling, a single center retrospective study22
Acquired susceptibility to autoimmune diseases in pediatric patients with Escherichia coli infection: A population-matched retrospective cohort study21
Anti-DNA antibody-targeted D-peptide nanoparticles ameliorate lupus nephritis in MRL/lpr mice21
Gut microbiota in systemic lupus erythematosus: A fuse and a solution21
T follicular helper cells in autoimmune diseases21
Interleukin 17-producing C-C motif chemokine receptor 6 + conventional CD4+ T cells are arthritogenic in an animal model of spondyloarthritis21
High T-cell response rate after COVID-19 vaccination in belimumab and rituximab recipients21
Extracellular vesicle autoantibodies21
2023 International Consensus Guidance for the use of Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F in the treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis21
Significance of anti-transcobalamin receptor antibodies in cutaneous arteritis revealed by proteome-wide autoantibody screening20
Autoimmune diseases and the risk of bladder cancer: A Mendelian randomization analysis20
RNA-binding protein hnRNP UL1 binds κB sites to attenuate NF-κB-mediated inflammation20
Identifying the genetic association between systemic lupus erythematosus and the risk of autoimmune liver diseases20
VEXAS syndrome: A newly identified X-Linked hematoinflammatory disorder – A comprehensive overview of its genetic, molecular, inflammatory, and clinical landscape19
Application of laboratory models for sarcoidosis research19
Altered glucose metabolism in B cells: Implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of autoimmune diseases19
Pin1 maintains the effector program of pathogenic Th17 cells in autoimmune neuroinflammation19
Immunosuppression induces regression of fibrosis in primary biliary cholangitis with moderate-to-severe interface hepatitis19
Multi-omics study reveals different pathogenesis of the generation of skin lesions in SLE and IDLE patients18
Natural IgG protects against early dissemination of vesicular stomatitis virus18
A survey of ficolin-3 activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus reveals a link to hematological disease manifestations and autoantibody profile18
Genetic and pharmacological targeting of GSDMD ameliorates systemic inflammation in macrophage activation syndrome18
Fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: What we learnt from the explorative clinical trial18
Insights into the knowledge of complex diseases: Environmental infectious/toxic agents as potential etiopathogenetic factors of systemic sclerosis17
Poorer survival for patients with inflammatory arthritis treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma17
Elevated unphosphorylated STAT1 and IRF9 in T and B cells of primary sjögren's syndrome: Novel biomarkers for disease activity and subsets17
Suppression of YTHDF2 attenuates autoimmune hepatitis by expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells17
Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis) after COVID-19 vaccination17
Corrigendum to “Cell surface-expressed Ro52/IgG/HLA-DR complex is targeted by autoantibodies in patients with inflammatory myopathies” [J. Autoimmun. 126 (2022) 102774]17
PD-1 antibody interactions with Fc gamma receptors enable PD-1 agonism to inhibit T cell activation – therapeutic implications for autoimmunity17
Neutrophil activation biomarker pentraxin 3 for diagnosis and monitoring of macrophage activation syndrome occurrence in adult-onset Still's disease17
Comprehensive description of adult-onset Still's disease after COVID-19 vaccination17
Acute-type acquired hemophilia A after COVID-19 mRNA vaccine administration: A new disease entity?17
Regulatory T cells effectively downregulate the autoimmune anti-MPO response and ameliorate anti-MPO induced glomerulonephritis in mice17
PD1+ innate lymphoid cells 3 predict JAK-dependent inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis17
CD72-semaphorin3A axis: A new regulatory pathway in systemic lupus erythematosus17
Accelerated waning of immune responses to a third COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases16
Outcome and prognosis of isolated carotid vasculitis16
Treatment of mixed connective tissue disease: A multicenter retrospective study16
Autophagy pathways in autoimmune diseases16
Cognitive dysfunction in SLE: An understudied clinical manifestation16
Amelioration of immunoglobulin A vasculitis by suppression of the pathological expansion of T follicular helper 17 cells16
Repeated immunization with ATRA-containing liposomal adjuvant transdifferentiates Th17 cells to a Tr1-like phenotype16
Cytokine producing B-cells and their capability to polarize macrophages in giant cell arteritis16
Developmental drugs for sarcoidosis16
Pathogenicity of functionally activated PD-1+CD8+ cells and counterattacks by muscular PD-L1 through IFNγ in myositis15
Extracellular microRNAs induce dendritic cell-dependent joint inflammation and potentiate osteoclast differentiation via TLR7/8 engagement15
Peripheral helper T cells in human diseases15
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Sonic hedgehog promotes synovial inflammation and articular damage through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in experimental arthritis15
A cluster of type II interferon-regulated genes associates with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus15
Comparative effectiveness of preventive treatment with dimethyl fumarate-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles and oral dimethyl fumarate in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis15
Pre-existing conditions associated with post-acute sequelae of COVID-1915
Monoclonal antibodies from B cells of patients with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis directly stimulate interferon gamma production15
Autoimmune hepatitis following COVID-19 vaccination15
Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy: A comprehensive review of the pathogenesis, clinical features, and treatments15
PPARG-mediated autophagy activation alleviates inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis15
Modulating T-cell activation with antisense oligonucleotides targeting lymphocyte cytosolic protein 214
Flagellin-specific human CAR Tregs for immune regulation in IBD14
mTOR-dependent loss of PON1 secretion and antiphospholipid autoantibody production underlie autoimmunity-mediated cirrhosis in transaldolase deficiency14
B cell-specific mAb–siRNA conjugates improve experimental myasthenia14
Diversity and function of regulatory T cells in health and autoimmune diseases14
Loss of function of XBP1 splicing activity of IRE1α favors B cell tolerance breakdown14
Trained innate immunity in response to nuclear antigens in systemic lupus erythematosus14
Risk factors for hypogammaglobulinemia and association with relapse and severe infections in ANCA-associated vasculitis: A cohort study14
High throughput screening identifies repurposable drugs for modulation of innate and acquired immune responses13
K2P2.1 is a regulator of inflammatory cell responses in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies13
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New insights into the taxonomy of autoimmune diseases based on polyautoimmunity13
Anti-retinal immune response in sarcoid uveitis: A potential role for PCLO as an antigenic target13
Prioritization of infectious epitopes for translational investigation in type 1 diabetes etiology13
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Transcriptomic analyses of lung tissues reveal key genes associated with progression of systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD)13
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines do not worsen autoimmunity in patients with autoimmune liver diseases13
Cytokine receptor γc effectuates the generation of proinflammatory innate CD8 T cells by non-classical MHC-I molecules13
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Chronic inflammation and extracellular matrix-specific autoimmunity following inadvertent periarticular influenza vaccination13
Autoreactive T cells targeting type II pneumocyte antigens in COVID-19 convalescent patients13
Anti-Ro60 and anti-Ro52/TRIM21: Two distinct autoantibodies in systemic autoimmune diseases12
Melatonin synergistically potentiates the effect of methylprednisolone on reducing neuroinflammation in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mouse model of multiple sclerosis12
Gut microbiome, metabolome, host immunity associated with inflammatory bowel disease and intervention of fecal microbiota transplantation12
Compositional and functional aberrance of the gut microbiota in treatment-naïve patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome12
Phosphatase control of cytokine-mediated overproduction of galactose-deficient IgA1, the main autoantigen in IgA nephropathy12
Immune complexome analysis of a rich variety of serum immune complexes identifies disease-characteristic immune complex antigens in systemic sclerosis12
Blockade of neutrophil extracellular trap components ameliorates cholestatic liver disease in Mdr2 (Abcb4) knockout mice12
TIGIT-Fc fusion protein alleviates murine lupus nephritis through the regulation of SPI-B-PAX5-XBP1 axis-mediated B-cell differentiation12
Novel and unique rheumatoid factors cross-react with viral epitopes in COVID-1912
Targeted protein degradation in autoimmune diseases: from mechanisms to therapeutic breakthroughs12
How early-life adversity affects the risk of pediatric-onset immune-mediated inflammatory disease12
Mepolizumab versus benralizumab for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA): A European real-life retrospective comparative study12
Perivascular B cells link intestinal angiogenesis to immunity and to the gut-brain axis during neuroinflammation12
The risk of cancer in pediatric-onset immune-mediated inflammatory diseases – A nationwide study12
Passive maternal immunity in children born to women with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease – A case-control study11
Autoantibodies against the NineTeen complex and U5 RNP in systemic sclerosis11
Effects of fecal microbiota transplant on DNA methylation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus11
WTAP promotes the progression of ulcerative colitis by silencing the expression of CES2 through m6A modification11
COVID-19 outcomes in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica versus rheumatoid arthritis: A national, multicenter, cohort study11
Evolving understandings for the roles of non-coding RNAs in autoimmunity and autoimmune disease11
Identification of a novel PDC-E2 epitope in primary biliary cholangitis: Application for engineered Treg therapy11
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients with autoimmune hepatitis11
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Sex differences in biomarkers and biologic mechanisms in psoriatic diseases and spondyloarthritis11
Autoimmune hepatitis after COVID-19 vaccine – more than a coincidence11
Molecular signature of neutrophil extracellular trap mediating disease module in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy10
Disease status in human and experimental arthritis, and response to TNF blockade, is associated with MHC class II invariant chain (CD74) isoform expression10
Neointimal myofibroblasts contribute to maintaining Th1/Tc1 and Th17/Tc17 inflammation in giant cell arteritis10
Cognition following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: A systematic review10
SB431542 alleviates lupus nephritis by regulating B cells and inhibiting the TLR9/TGFβ1/PDGFB signaling10
Circulating T cells in sarcoidosis have an aberrantly activated phenotype that correlates with disease outcome10
ETS-1 facilitates Th1 cell-mediated mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases through upregulating CIRBP10
Tlr9 expression protects against Tlr7-dependent exocrine gland and systemic disease manifestations in primary Sjögren's disease in a sex-biased manner10
Adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing contributes to type I interferon responses in systemic sclerosis10
Alopecia Areata: Case report and review of pathophysiology and treatment with Jak inhibitors10
Neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles induce endothelial inflammation and damage through the transfer of miRNAs10
Evaluation of minor labial salivary gland focus score in Sjögren's disease using deep learning: a tool for more efficient diagnosis and future tissue biomarker discovery10
Supraphysiological FOXP3 expression in human CAR-Tregs results in improved stability, efficacy, and safety of CAR-Treg products for clinical application10
Short term outcomes of COVID-19 in lupus: Propensity score matched analysis from a nationwide multi-centric research network10
Control of naive and effector CD4 T cell receptor repertoires by rheumatoid-arthritis-risk HLA alleles10
miR-143-3p boosts extracellular vesicles to improve the dermal fibrosis of localized scleroderma10
Signal responses to neutral TSH receptor antibody – A cycle of damage in the pathophysiology of Graves’ disease10
Salivary gland epithelial cell in Sjögren's syndrome: Metabolic shift and altered mitochondrial morphology toward an innate immune cell function10
Isolation and characterisation of PR3-specific B cells and their immunoglobulin sequences9
Inflammatory disease status and response to TNF blockade are associated with mechanisms of endotoxin tolerance9
The emerging role of BLyS/APRIL in autoimmune diseases: Biological characteristics, functions, and therapeutic potential9
Conformational state of C-reactive protein is critical for reducing immune complex-triggered type I interferon response: Implications for pathogenic mechanisms in autoimmune diseases imprinted by type9
A novel subset of inflammation-related liver NK cells modulates immune responses in a murine model of primary biliary cholangitis9
Butyrophilin 2a2 (Btn2a2) expression on thymic epithelial cells promotes central T cell tolerance and prevents autoimmune disease9
CD72 is an inhibitory pattern recognition receptor that recognizes ribosomes and suppresses production of anti-ribosome autoantibody9
Old known and possible new biomarkers of ANCA-associated vasculitis9
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Fecal microbiota transplantation for the management of autoimmune diseases: Potential mechanisms and challenges9
Associations between domestic hard water exposure and incident psoriasis in adults: Insights from the UK Biobank cohort study9
Circulating immune profile in granulomatosis with polyangiitis reveals distinct patterns related to disease activity9
Caspase-10 affects the pathogenesis of primary biliary cholangitis by regulating inflammatory cell death9
Advanced pulmonary sarcoidosis9
Sarcoidosis and its relation to other immune-mediated diseases: Epidemiological insights9
Soluble form of immune checkpoints in autoimmune diseases9
Autoreactive B cells remain active despite clinical disease control in rheumatoid arthritis8
Increased RNA editing sites revealed as potential novel biomarkers for diagnosis in primary Sjögren's syndrome8
Divergent regulatory T cell responses to high-dose methylprednisolone and tocilizumab in giant cell arteritis8
A framework for exclusion of alternative diagnoses in sarcoidosis8
Tissue-resident memory T cells: The key frontier in local synovitis memory of rheumatoid arthritis8
Citrullination of myelin basic protein induces a Th17-cell response in healthy individuals and enhances the presentation of MBP85-99 in patients with multiple sclerosis8
Infectious diseases, autoantibodies, and autoimmunity8
Decoding CD4+ T cell transcriptome in giant cell arteritis: Novel pathways and altered cross-talk with monocytes8
Integrative single-cell analysis reveals distinct adaptive immune signatures in the cutaneous lesions of pemphigus8
Lung transplantation in pulmonary sarcoidosis8
Renoprotective anti-CD45RB antibody induces B cell production in systemic lupus erythematosus based on single-cell RNA-seq analysis8
Single-cell analysis highlights a population of Th17-polarized CD4+ naïve T cells showing IL6/JAK3/STAT3 activation in pediatric severe aplastic anemia8
rs9459874 and rs1012656 in CCR6/FGFR1OP confer susceptibility to primary biliary cholangitis8
Engineered Treg cells: The heir to the throne of immunotherapy8
Gut dysbiosis promotes islet-autoimmunity by increasing T-cell attraction in islets via CXCL10 chemokine8
The immunomodulatory roles of the gut microbiome in autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system: Multiple sclerosis as a model8
Rapamycin nanoparticles increase the therapeutic window of engineered interleukin-2 and drive expansion of antigen-specific regulatory T cells for protection against autoimmune disease8
The cancer-associated glycan polysialic acid is dysregulated in systemic sclerosis and is associated with fibrosis8
Involvement of trained immunity during autoimmune responses8
Neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus: Focusing on autoantibodies8
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Extracellular vesicles released upon stimulation with antiphospholipid antibodies: An actual direct procoagulant mechanism or a new factor in the lupus anticoagulant paradox?8
Exercise, autoimmune diseases and T-regulatory cells8
Role of mitochondria in the myopathy of juvenile dermatomyositis and implications for skeletal muscle calcinosis8
LIGHT signaling through LTβR and HVEM in keratinocytes promotes psoriasis and atopic dermatitis-like skin inflammation8
Autoimmune and autoinflammatory conditions after COVID-19 vaccination. New case reports and updated literature review7
Associations between CD70 methylation of T cell DNA and age in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus and population controls: The Michigan Lupus Epidemiology & Surveillance (MILES) Program7
Alterations of fecal microbiome and metabolome in pemphigus patients7
Impaired central tolerance induces changes in the gut microbiota that exacerbate autoimmune hepatitis7
Systemic lupus erythematosus-complicating immune thrombocytopenia: From pathogenesis to treatment7
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Research progress of single-cell transcriptome sequencing in autoimmune diseases and autoinflammatory disease: A review7
A prospective multicenter study assessing humoral immunogenicity and safety of the mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in Greek patients with systemic autoimmune and autoinflammatory rheumatic diseases7
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Liver X receptor beta deficiency attenuates autoimmune-associated neuroinflammation in a T cell-dependent manner7
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