The anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) autoantibody is specifically
associated with dermatomyositis (DM). Nevertheless, anti–MDA5 + -patients experience …

Objectives To assess the value of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen (HLA-DR)
expression to distinguish anti-synthetase myopathy (ASM) from dermatomyositis (…

Objective. Outcome of JDM is highly heterogeneous. Our objective was to determine clinical
and muscle biopsy features associated with poor outcome and response to treatment. …

Objectives Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) are increasingly used to delineate
distinct subgroups of JDM. The aim of our study was to explore without a priori hypotheses …

Objective The role of interferons (IFN) in the pathophysiology of primary inflammatory and
dysimmune myopathies (IDM) is increasingly investigated, notably because specific …

Macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF) is an emerging condition characterized by specific muscle
lesions assessing abnormal long-term persistence of aluminum hydroxide within …

Background and objectives: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder of unknown etiology. The
outcome of renal transplantation on patients with sarcoidosis is not well known. A few case …

Preventive treatment of focal and segmental glomerusclerosis (FSGS) allograft recurrence
in high risk recipients having a prior history of graft loss caused by FSGS recurrence is still a …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have become major therapeutic agents in oncology over the
last few years. However, they are associated with a variety of potentially severe autoimmune …

Inflammatory bowel diseases ( IBD ) is a systemic disorder with possible renal involvement,
yet data regarding the outcome of kidney transplantation ( KT ) in those patients, and IBD …