Inflammatory Response
Understanding brain-immune interaction key to developing multiple sclerosis therapies
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — More than a century of scientific research has shed light on the neuroimmune interaction in multiple sclerosis, which will be key for the development of disease-specific therapies, according to Jack P. Antel, MD.
Q&A: Considerations for arrhythmia risk management after COVID-19 infection
SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent COVID-19 are linked to elevated risk for abnormal heart rhythms, and understanding underlying mechanisms and management strategies are clinically important objectives, researchers reported.
Stress may be associated with increased risk for psoriasis among men
Low stress resilience in men may be linked to an increased risk for developing psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, according to a study.
Study: Iptacopan superior to placebo in reducing proteinuria at 9 months
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Iptacopan may be superior to placebo in reducing proteinuria at 9 months, with early onset and effect consistency, according to data presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, here.
Q&A: Delays in endometriosis diagnosis, treatment ‘multifactorial’
Long delays in endometriosis diagnosis are the result of factors spanning from lack of patient and provider awareness to insurance issues. Physicians should consider endometriosis when patients present with abdominal pain, an expert said.
‘Ubiquitous’ COVID-19 may help rheumatologists understand integrated immune response
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. —The COVID-19 pandemic could enable better understanding of the relationship between infection and autoimmunity, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.
Q&A: Inflammatory response to COVID-19 infection in children may affect CV, other systems
Hospitals in the U.S. and the CDC have reported rising incidence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children after COVID-19 infection.
Dual vaping/cigarette use may be no safer than tobacco cigarette use alone
E-cigarette use combined with use of traditional cigarettes may confer similar inflammatory and oxidative stress to exclusive use of traditional cigarettes, according to research published in Circulation.
Some dry eye may have a systemic cause
Your patient is back — again. She has presented with red, dry eyes for the last 2 years.
SARS-CoV-2 infection may not elicit inflammatory response linked to myocarditis
A lower SARS-CoV-2 virus load within the cardiac tissue may not prompt the inflammatory response associated with clinical myocarditis, researchers reported.