Chemotherapy activates a stress sensor in immune cells, triggering inflammation and nerve damage, which may help explain why ...

Kieseier and colleagues present a review of the literature on immune-mediated neuropathies, emphasizing the immunopathologic mechanisms underlying these neuropathies. Immune-mediated neuropathies have ...

Patients suffering from so-called immune-mediated neuropathies frequently have a long medical record. As there are no diagnostic tests available to reliably diagnose the disease, the diagnosis is ...

Laura Waslo is passionate about the guitar, but in 2009, chronic widespread pain prevented her from playing. "It was a burning pain in my legs and feet, and then also my feet, which were getting red ...

A team of physicians from Bochum are the first to successfully use CAR T-cell therapy to treat two patients with a rare autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system. This treatment modifies ...

An analysis of the medical records of patients treated at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for an often-mysterious condition involving damage to small nerve fibers supports the hypothesis that ...

Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2009;5(5):535-546. Owing to the role of DQ2 and DQ8 in the generation of gliadin-specific T cells in CS, it is thought that at some point, T cells specific for gliadin may ...

Two new antibodies may treat autoimmune diseases by reducing inflammation through blocking the immune receptor FcγRI.

Researchers are working on an innovative approach to treat a rare autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system, using a kind of molecular sponge made of sugar to remove pathogenic antibodies ...