Authors: Iio K, Iio TU, Okui Y, Ichikawa H, Tanimoto Y, Miyahara N, Kanehiro A, Tanimoto M, Nakata Y, Kataoka M Propionibacterium acnes has been implicated as an etiologic agent of sarcoidosis since the isolation of this bacterium from sarcoid lesions. We experimentally produced a murine pulmonary granuloma model using P. acnes with several features [...]

Authors: Ramos-Casals M, Perez-Alvarez R, Diaz-Lagares C, Cuadrado MJ, Khamashta MA, Biological agents are increasingly used for a rapidly expanding number of rheumatic and systemic autoimmune diseases, with a growing number of reports of the paradoxical induction of autoimmune processes, overwhelmingly associated with anti-TNF agents. In this review, we analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes [...]

Authors: Zampino MR, Corazza M, Borghi A, Marzola A, Virgili A PMID: 19997710 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Acta Derm Venereol A…) Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis

Authors: Shuja F, Kavoussi SC, Mir MR, Jogi RP, Rosen T PMID: 20040254 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Dermatol Online J) Source: MedWorm: Sarcoidosis