Systemic vasculitides: immunogenetics and familial clustering.

P01-023 – Leukocytoclastic vasculitis in a patient with FMF

Introduction A patient with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in addition to undiagnosed Anklosing Spondylitis (AS) and also having cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LV) is presented. Coexistence of FMF with inflammatory disorders including spondyloarthritis and various systemic vasculitides has been reported before. Meanwhile this is the first reported case of FMF, AS, and LV present tog...

Immunogenetics of Asthma and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic auto antibodies (ANCA) in Pakistani patients with systemic vasculitides.

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic auto antibodies are directed against antigens in the neutrophil granules. Their detection by the indirect immunofluorescence clearly divides them into two distinct types, namely c-ANCA (Classical antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody) and the p-ANCA (Perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody). These antibodies have been found to be useful as non-invasive markers ...

Systemic Risk Evaluation of Banks and financial institutions applying Markov clustering method and centrality measures of risk

Systemic risk is the risk beared by an economic system because of a special organization. This means that a liquidity problem or a financial crisis in one company could trigger a chain of reactions that puts the whole market into trouble. This kind of risk was underestimated until 2008 financial crisis. Now federal regulations exist for controlling this risk of financial institutions. Among div...

The Microbiome in Connective Tissue Diseases and Vasculitides: An Updated Narrative Review

OBJECTIVE To provide a narrative review of the most recent data concerning the involvement of the microbiome in the pathogenesis of connective tissue diseases (CTDs) and vasculitides. METHODS The PubMed database was searched for articles using combinations of words or terms that included systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, autoimmune myositis, Sjögren's syndrome, undifferentiate...