Objective Up‐regulation of whole blood type I interferon (IFN)–driven transcripts and
chemokines has been described in a number of autoimmune diseases. An IFN gene expression “…

… They play a unique role in initiating immunity through the activation of naive T cells, and in
sustaining local immune responses by their ability to activate effector T cells (5, 6). Emerging …

Objective. To investigate B cell survival cytokine messenger RNA (mRNA) levels as
biomarkers of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM). Methods. We measured and compared …

Acute graft-versus-host disease after orthotopic liver transplantation is an underrecognized
entity with a guarded prognosis. We describe a patient who underwent orthotopic liver …

Immunostimulatory CpG motifs in synthetic oligonucleotides can be effective adjuvants for
the priming of CTLs. We first observed that a single male-specific peptide (KCSRNRQYL)(HY2…

Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) presents with severe constipation due to absent ganglion cells
in the distal rectum. We sought to determine whether maternal chimeric cells are present in …

Pure BN coatings have been synthesized on the surface of SiC powders and fibers by a novel
carbothermal nitridation method. Three stages are involved in the process: first, formation …

Objective Juvenile dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune disease of childhood characterized
by lesions in skin and muscle that are populated by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs) …