Vogt-koyanagi-harada syndrome

RS Moorthy, H Inomata, NA Rao - Survey of ophthalmology, 1995 - Elsevier
The Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome (VKH) is a bilateral, diffuse granulomatous uveitis
associated with poliosis, vitiligo, alopecia, and central nervous system and auditory signs …

Activation of the interleukin-23/interleukin-17 signalling pathway in autoinflammatory and autoimmune uveitis

Z Zhong, G Su, A Kijlstra, P Yang - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2021 - Elsevier
Uveitis is a group of diseases characterized by intraocular inflammation, of which some are
driven by autoinflammatory or autoimmune responses, such as Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada …

The role of infections in autoimmune disease

AM Ercolini, SD Miller - Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system recognizes and attacks host tissue. In
addition to genetic factors, environmental triggers (in particular viruses, bacteria and other …

Behçet's disease: infectious aetiology, new autoantigens, and HLA-B51

H Direskeneli - Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2001 - ard.bmj.com
Neutrophils are mature immune cells with a very short life in vitro and have a pivotal role in
innate immune responses. As typical BD lesions such as pustular folliculitis, pathergy …

Understanding uveitis: the impact of research on visual outcomes

MD de Smet, SRJ Taylor, B Bodaghi… - Progress in retinal and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The term uveitis encompasses a very diverse group of inflammatory ocular diseases that
cause a significant burden of legal and economic blindness. Indeed, the socioeconomic …

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: review of a rare autoimmune disease targeting antigens of melanocytes

MM Lavezzo, VM Sakata, C Morita… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (VKHD) is a rare granulomatous inflammatory
disease that affects pigmented structures, such as eye, inner ear, meninges, skin and hair …

[HTML][HTML] Upregulated IL-23 and IL-17 in Behçet patients with active uveitis

W Chi, X Zhu, P Yang, X Liu, X Lin, H Zhou… - … & visual science, 2008 - arvojournals.org
purpose. Behçet disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory disease presumably caused by
an autoimmune response. The interleukin (IL)-23/IL-17 pathway has been demonstrated to …

TNF-α in uveitis: from bench to clinic

Q Jiang, Z Li, T Tao, R Duan, X Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Uveitis is an inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina, or choroid, which has been
shown to be the first manifestation of numerous systemic diseases. Studies about the …

Birdshot chorioretinopathy

KH Shah, RD Levinson, F Yu, R Goldhardt… - Survey of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Birdshot chorioretinopathy is a well-known, yet poorly understood, form of posterior uveitis,
characterized by multiple, distinctive, hypopigmented choroidal lesions, and strongly …

Molecular and pathogenic effects of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases ERAP1 and ERAP2 in MHC-I-associated inflammatory disorders: towards a unifying view

JAL de Castro, C Alvarez-Navarro, A Brito, P Guasp… - Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The inflammatory diseases that are most strongly associated with major histocompatibility
Complex class I (MHC-I) alleles are also influenced by endoplasmic reticulum …