Title |
Pearls in autoimmunity
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Published in |
Autoimmunity Highlights, March 2011
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DOI | 10.1007/s13317-011-0016-x |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Yehuda Shoenfeld |
Abstract |
This manuscript does a review of the more frequent issues published at Autoimmunity Reviews, Journal of Autoimmunity and Autoimmunity in the period of January-December 2009. The following topics were commented: (1) multiple sclerosis (MS) and its relationships with Epstein Barr infection, with vitamin D polymorphism and the new modalities of MS treatment. (2) Type 1 diabetes and genetic discovers, studies with GAD 65 and IA-2 autoantigen and the association T1D and autoimmune organ-specific diseases. (3) Autoimmune thyroid disorders and its association with susceptibility genes and polymorphisms. (4) Multiplex autoantibody profiling approaches in MS and rheumatoid arthritis. (5) Th17 cytokine in primary biliary cirrhosis, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and celiac disease. (6) Vitamin D and experimental autoimmune prostatitis and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | 2% |
Colombia | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 39 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 8 | 20% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
Student > Master | 3 | 7% |
Other | 2 | 5% |
Other | 6 | 15% |
Unknown | 12 | 29% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 32% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 12% |
Neuroscience | 3 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
Other | 2 | 5% |
Unknown | 13 | 32% |