Spirochete bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex cause Lyme borreliosis.
The three pathogenic subspecies Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia burgdorferi …

Borreliosis (Lyme disease) is a spirochetal disease caused by the species complex of
Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks. Recorded to be the most common tick‐borne …

Objective. A large number of genes, including several not previously implicated in SLE
susceptibility, have recently been identified or confirmed by genome-wide association studies (…

The complement system plays a key role in several dermatological diseases. Overactivation,
deficiency, or abnormality of the control proteins are often related to a skin disease. …

Please cite this paper as: Tyrosine kinase 2 and interferon regulatory factor 5 polymorphisms
are associated with discoid and subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Experimental …

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus ( CLE ) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the skin with
typical clinical manifestations. Here, we genotyped 906 600 single nucleotide polymorphisms ( …

Objective. Several candidate genes have been implicated in susceptibility for systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE), a complex autoimmune disease. The proposed genes include …

The antigenic potential of decorin binding protein A (DbpA) was evaluated in serodiagnosis
of human Lyme borreliosis (LB). The dbpA was cloned and sequenced from the three …

Background Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a heterogeneous disease ranging from mainly
skin-restricted manifestations (discoid LE [DLE] and subacute cutaneous LE) to a progressive …

Our objective was to characterize clinical features, laboratory findings, concomitant
autoimmune diseases, and smoking habits of lupus erythematosus subgroups in genetically …