'ASIA' - autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants.

Autoimmune/Inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants and Thyroid Autoimmunity

The autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA), presented by Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin in 2011, is an entity that incorporates diverse autoimmune conditions induced by the exposure to various adjuvants. Adjuvants are agents that entail the capability to induce immune reactions. Adjuvants are found in many vaccines and used mainly to increase the response to vaccination in the ...

Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) 2013: Unveiling the pathogenic, clinical and diagnostic aspects.

In 2011 a new syndrome termed 'ASIA Autoimmune/Inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants' was defined pointing to summarize for the first time the spectrum of immune-mediated diseases triggered by an adjuvant stimulus such as chronic exposure to silicone, tetramethylpentadecane, pristane, aluminum and other adjuvants, as well as infectious components, that also may have an adjuvant effect. All...

Autoimmune/Inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants and Sjögren's Syndrome.

Sjögren's syndrome (SS), a chronic systemic autoimmune inflammatory condition involving the exocrine glands, has been suggested to be part of the spectrum of the Autoimmune/ inflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA). ASIA incorporates an umbrella of clinical conditions including siliconosis, macrophage myofasciitis syndrome, and post-vaccination phenomena that occur after the exposure t...

Autoimmune or auto-inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA): old truths and a new syndrome?

There has been considerable interest in the role of environmental factors and the induction of autoimmunity and the ways by which they facilitate loss of tolerance. Clearly both genetic and environmental factors are incriminated, as evidenced by the lack of concordance in identical twins and the relatively recent identification of the shared epitope in rheumatoid arthritis. In this issue a new ...

Churg-Strauss Syndrome: Singulair or Silicone (or both?).

l eukotriene receptor antagonists have been used successfully for asthma treatment. These drugs could induce eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), previously known as Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS), in patients who are prone to develop autoimmune diseases [1] One of the most important adjuvants responsible for developing ASIA (autoimmune/ inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants...

Siliconosis: autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA).