Abstract A major problem in autoimmunity has been identification of the earliest events that lead to breach of tolerance. Although there have been major advances in dissecting effector pathways and the multi-lineage immune responses to mitochondrial self-antigens in primary bilia…

Abstract The identification of environmental factors that lead to loss of tolerance has been coined the Holy Grail of autoimmunity. Our work has focused on the reactivity of antimitochondrial autoantibodies (AMA) to chemical xenobiotics and has hypothesized that a modified peptid…

Abstract The detection of antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) is the specific diagnostic marker for primary biliary cholangitis. Indeed, it is the most specific autoantibody in clinical autoimmunity, with a high titer directed response to the inner lipoyl domain of PDC-E2. The cur…

Abstract To determine if deoxycytidyl-deoxyguanosine oligonucleotides (CpG ODN) can be used effectively as nonspecific inducers of innate immune defenses for preventative or therapeutic interventions in infectious disease models for nonhuman primates, the present study evaluated …

Abstract Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune disease with a strong genetic component characterized by biliary ductular inflammation with eventual liver cirrhosis. The serologic hallmark of PBC is antimitochondrial antibodies that react with the pyruvate dehydrogenase…

Abstract There have been important advances in defining effector mechanisms for several human autoimmune diseases. However, for most human autoimmune diseases, the induction stage is less well defined and there are very few clues on etiology. Our laboratory has focused on definin…

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www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Optimizing polycrystalline diamond compact bit selection and drilling parameters for deviated wells in the Majnoon Field, Iraq Ahmed N. Al-Dujaili1, Maaly S. Asad2, Najah Saeed3 & Nurbol Tileuberdi4 Several mechanisms were postulated to redu…

Abstract The hallmark of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is the presence of autoreactive T and B cell responses that target biliary epithelial cells (BEC). We have previously demonstrated that biliary cell cytotoxicity is dependent upon the initiation of innate immune responses f…

INTRODUCTION Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an indicator of how a health condition and its treatment affect physical, emotional and social well being [ 1 ]. Hypertension is an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) [ 2 ], which is associated …

foods Article Effect of In Vitro Digestion on the Antioxidant and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Potential of Buffalo Milk Processed Cheddar Cheese Amal Shaukat 1,2 , Muhammad Nadeem 1, * , Tahir Mahmood Qureshi 3 , Rabia Kanwal 4 , Muhammad Sultan 5 , Olivier Basole Ka…

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Abstract Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a liver specific autoimmune disease characterized by antimitochondrial autoantibodies (AMAs) and progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts. The elucidation of early events in the induction of tissue inflammation and autoimmunit…

Abstract Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by immune-driven destruction of small intrahepatic bile ducts leading a proportion of patients to hepatic failure over the years. Diagnosis at early stages in concert with ursodeoxycho…