Autoimmune Disease

The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis has updated its 2015 treatment recommendations of psoriatic arthritis to include the most up-to-date information.

Although they exhibit a greater risk for severe immune-related adverse effects, patients with preexisting autoimmune disease receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for melanoma had better 2-year survival than controls, according to data.

MONTEREY, Calif. — OC-01 nasal spray showed a significant decrease in the signs and symptoms of dry eye in patients with autoimmune disease and associated dry eye disease.

CHICAGO – Autoimmune diseases affect both the anterior and posterior segments of the eye, Anthony DeWilde, OD, said at Optometry’s Meeting, but these patients can go 4 to 5 years without getting a diagnosis.

DESTIN, Fla. — Myriad symptoms and three different sets of classification criteria make Sjögren's syndrome a challenging diagnosis, according to a presenter at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

Patients with atopic dermatitis, especially those with more severe forms of the disease, are at increased risk for multiple autoimmune conditions, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Mental illness in parents carried no strong link with autoimmune disease in their offspring, but risks varied widely, according to a study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Older adults who took vitamin D with or without omega-3 fatty acid supplementation had a significantly lower rate of autoimmune disease over 5 years compared with those who took placebo, according to findings published in The BMJ.

Adults with a recorded diagnosis of a periodontal disease, including gingivitis and periodontitis, are more likely to develop CVD and other chronic diseases compared with patients without a diagnosis, researchers reported.

SARS-CoV-2 infection, even in asymptomatic cases, can lead to a broad autoantibody response that lasts beyond recovery from infection, according to findings published in the Journal of Translational Medicine.