Lupus is increasingly recognised as a heterogeneous spectrum of chronic autoimmune disorders, presenting distinct challenges in diagnosis and management, ...

Panelists discuss how immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy develops through a complex 4-hit cascade involving aberrant IgA1 glycosylation, anti-glycan antibody formation, immune complex deposition, and ...

The ongoing search for a putative virus involved in the pathogenesis of BA has led to conflicting findings regarding at least three different viruses: reovirus, rotavirus, and CMV. Interest in ...

Fatty liver diseases (FLD) have become a significant health concern worldwide, affecting millions. The two most common types of FLD are non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and ...

Leucine-rich repeat-containing 8A (LRRC8A) is a ubiquitously expressed transmembrane protein that functions as the essential ...

Despite the long history of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), until recently, little had been known of their underlying genetics and pathogenesis. Without this knowledge, rational clinical ...

The etiopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is not fully understood. However, there is strong evidence indicating that genetic factors play a pivotal role in disease susceptibility, and that ...

Donald Mutti has a financial conflict of interest in relation to the Committee on Focus on Myopia – Pathogenesis and Rising Incidence because he is a consultant for Vyluma, a company developing ...

FROM the impact of epidemics on the rise and fall of empires to the part played by the Black Death in hastening the transition from a feudal, religious society to a capitalist, secular one, humankind ...