The research, published today in the journal Immunity, focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) – which affects an estimated 58 million people worldwide – and its role in triggering a serious autoimmune ...

Is IBD an autoimmune disease? While it has similarities with autoimmune diseases, IBD is a little different. IBD falls under the umbrella of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs).

As with many other types of hepatitis, MASH can progress to scarring (cirrhosis) of the liver. Autoimmune hepatitis. Autoimmune diseases are those in which our bodies make antibodies against our own ...

AIH type 3 is serologically defined by the presence of SLA/LP autoantibodies. However, 74% of patients also have other serological markers of autoimmunity, including SMA and AMA. AIH type 3 has a ...

The hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibody (AB) total test identifies both types of antibodies that the body produces in response to HAV infection. A reactive result means the test has detected HAV ...

The CDC recommends that everyone age 18 and older be screened at least once for hepatitis C. If you’re at high risk, you may need regular testing. Autoimmune hepatitis. Unlike hepatitis A ...

with greater amounts of viral proteins co-localized with tangles of phosphorylated tau -- one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease pathology -- in brain regions especially vulnerable to ...

Context: Autoimmune hepatitis has diverse features that can delay its diagnosis and the institution of potentially lifesaving corticosteroid therapy. Objective: Review the clinical, laboratory ...

Among these patients, 12 had primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), five had primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), four had autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), and one patient had an AIH-PSC variant syndrome.

Immune axonal neuropathies are a particular group of immune-mediated neuropathies that occasionally accompany systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases ... PAN secondary to hepatitis B virus infection ...