Search Results for: myositis

August 13, 2022August 13, 2022

Appearance of Anti-MDA5 Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis After COVID-19 Vaccination.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Aug 11, 2022 The direct causes of dermatomyositis, a common autoimmune disease, have not yet been accurately identified, but several studies have linked this condition to various patient-associated ... Read more

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022

Successful rituximab treatment for severe rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive juvenile dermatomyositis: a case report and literature review.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Aug 04, 2022 Rapidly progressive (RP) interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a life-threatening complication of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM); however, it is generally refractory to treatment; to the best ... Read more

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

Rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease in patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5-positive dermatomyositis: serial changes on HRCT.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Aug 02, 2022 Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) antibodies in patients with dermatomyositis are associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD). Computed tomography (CT) plays a central ... Read more

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

Longitudinal changes in nailfold video capillaroscopy findings differ by myositis-specific autoantibody in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jul 22, 2022 To assess the longitudinal changes in nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) in patients expressing myositis-specific autoantibodies (anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase , anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1 , and anti-melanoma differentiation-associated ... Read more

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

Evaluating the value of superoxide dismutase in anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis associated with interstitial lung disease.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jul 22, 2022 This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum superoxide dismutase (SOD) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) among patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive ... Read more

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

Identification of three different phenotypes in anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis patients: implications for rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease prediction.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jul 18, 2022 Substantial phenotypic heterogeneity exists in anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody-positive (anti-MDA5 ) dermatomyositis patients, hindering disease assessment and management. This study aimed to identify distinct ... Read more

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

Identification of three different phenotypes in anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis patients: implications for rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease prediction.

Melanoma Literature

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

COVID-19 as a putative trigger of anti-MDA5-associated dermatomyositis with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring lung transplantation, a case report.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jul 13, 2022 Autoimmune disease following COVID-19 has been studied intensely since the beginning of the pandemic. Growing evidence indicates that SARS-CoV-2 infection, by virtue of molecular mimicry ... Read more

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022

Coexisting of anti-Ro52 autoantibodies on anti-MDA5 autoantibodies-positive dermatomyositis is highly associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease and mortality risk.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jun 15, 2022 Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common extramuscular complication contributing to significant morbidity and mortality in anti-melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 positive dermatomyositis (anti-MDA5+ DM). ... Read more

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022

Successful Treatment with Tofacitinib for Relapse of Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease in Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Antibody-Positive Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyositis.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Jun 10, 2022 Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody is associated with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD). Recently, several studies have reported ... Read more