Autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), affect ...

Infections in the brain can have serious consequences and are often fatal. The immune defense system works differently here ...

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Autoimmune diseases, especially in women, are associated with nearly a twofold increased risk for affective disorders, new ...

Although certain diets are sometimes touted as solutions for multiple sclerosis, they often lack evidence to support their claims, one expert says.

On the other hand, analyzing pathways of brain-to-immune communication will help to understand the pathophysiology of chronic inflammatory disorders and will form the basis for optimizing treatment of ...

A blood test might predict when multiple sclerosis patients are about to suffer a relapse in their symptoms, a new study says.

Many autoimmune diseases in which women predominate are exacerbated by the higher levels of female sex steroids in pregnancy (a period that is also characterized by a shift towards Th2 response ...

Blood levels of a protein called neurofilament light chain rise significantly in MS patients up to a year before they have a ...

In any autoimmune disorder, the dysregulated immune system is overactive, which causes vascular damage and tissue fibrosis. To investigate the variation of symptoms among patients, researchers took ...

Objective The association between allergy and multiple sclerosis (MS) is still unclear. In our study, we assessed the association between a self-reported history of allergic conditions with MS ...

“We know that immune dysregulation causes vascular damage and tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis,” says lead author, Hiroshi Shimagami.