Journal ArticleAnn Clin Transl Neurol · December 18, 2025
BACKGROUND: Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (pNMDARE) is an autoantibody-mediated disorder that can cause severe autonomic dysfunction, including symptomatic bradycardia and asystole. Dysautonomia can last for years, making it very challenging to ...
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Journal ArticleJ Infect · September 2025
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune encephalitis after herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE-AE) represents the intersection of central nervous system infection and autoimmunity. Defining the phenotype and the safety and effectiveness of immunotherapy in HSVE-AE woul ...
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Journal ArticlePediatr Neurol · October 2024
BACKGROUND: Isolated psychiatric symptoms can be the initial symptom of pediatric anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor autoimmune encephalitis (pNMDARE). Here we report on the prevalence of isolated psychiatric symptoms in pNMDARE. We also assess whet ...
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Journal ArticleCurr Allergy Asthma Rep · April 2024
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the field of rheumatology, emphasizing resulting insights related to the risks of viral infections in immunosuppressed patients, vaccine immunogenicity in immunocompromised p ...
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Journal ArticleJ Neuroimmunol · August 15, 2023
Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor autoimmune encephalitis (NMDAR AE) is an antibody-mediated neurological disorder that may be caused by post-herpes simplex virus-1 meningoencephalitis (HSV ME) and ovarian teratomas, although most pediatric cases are idio ...
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Journal ArticleImmunity · February 14, 2023
β-glucosylceramide (β-GlcCer) accumulates in Gaucher disease, but how β-GlcCer, a Mincle ligand, causes characteristic neuroinflammation and neuronopathy is poorly understood. In this issue of Immunity, Shimizu et al. reveal that Mincle-dependent activatio ...
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Journal ArticlePediatr Infect Dis J · August 1, 2022
Although case reports have suggested an association between severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 and appendicitis, we found that the overall incidence of appendicitis was stable throughout the pandemic at our tertiary pediatric hospital ...
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Journal ArticlePediatr Qual Saf · 2021
UNLABELLED: Obesity affected 13.7 million children in the United States in 2015. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers an evidence-based approach to obesity management, but adherence to recommendations is suboptimal. Our objective was to improve ...
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Journal ArticleCase Reports Immunol · 2020
X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP1) is a rare primary immunodeficiency characterized by EBV-triggered immune dysregulation, lymphoproliferation, dysgammaglobulinemia, and lymphoma. Early childhood mortality from overwhelming inflammation is expecte ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Allergy Asthma Immunol · October 2019
OBJECTIVE: To assess the iatrogenic risks of gelatin allergy and identify resources for patient management. DATA SOURCES: A literature review was performed using PubMed and public databases provided by the National Library of Medicine. STUDY SELECTIONS: Re ...
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Journal ArticleSci Transl Med · April 10, 2019
Neonatal herpes simplex virus (nHSV) infections cause devastating morbidity and mortality in infants. Most nHSV cases are associated with primary maternal infection, consistent with the hypothesis that maternal immunity is protective. In humans, we found H ...
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Journal ArticlemBio · July 5, 2017
While antibody responses to neurovirulent pathogens are critical for clearance, the extent to which antibodies access the nervous system to ameliorate infection is poorly understood. In this study on herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), we demonstrate that HSV- ...
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Journal ArticlemBio · October 27, 2015
UNLABELLED: Herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK) is a blinding ocular disease that is initiated by HSV-1 and characterized by chronic inflammation in the cornea. Although HSK immunopathology of the cornea is well documented in animal models, events preceding t ...
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Journal ArticleGenes and Cancer · December 1, 2010
Growth factor signaling drives increased glucose uptake and glycolysis-the Warburg effect-that supports macromolecular synthesis necessary for cell growth and proliferation. Thioredoxin interacting protein (TXNIP), a direct and glucose-induced transcriptio ...
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