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Overlapping humoral autoimmunity links rheumatic fever and the antiphospholipid syndromeM Blank
Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
Rheumatology (Oxford) 45:833-41. 2006....
The future of autoimmunityYehuda Shoenfeld
The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 42:113-20. 2012..The goal is to bring to the readership provocative articles that ultimately will lead to improvement in patient care...
Neurological dysfunction associated with antiphospholipid syndrome: histopathological brain findings of thrombotic changes in a mouse modelLea Ziporen
Research Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
Clin Dev Immunol 11:67-75. 2004..Thrombotic occlusion of capillaries in combination with mild inflammation was the main finding and may underlie the neurological defects displayed by mice with APS...
Autoantibodies profile in the sera of patients with Sjogren's syndrome: the ANA evaluation--a homogeneous, multiplexed systemBoris Gilburd
Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Clin Dev Immunol 11:53-6. 2004..CONCLUSION: The AtheNa Multi-Lyte ANA Test System offers a sensitive and specific result for the detection of ANA and ENA antibodies in the sera of patients with SS...
Autoantibodies associated with reproductive failureY Shoenfeld
Internal Medicine B and The Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Lupus 13:643-8. 2004....
The infectious etiology of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)Y Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine 'B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Autoimmun Rev 3:S32-4. 2004
[Doctors as naive (innocent) drug advertisers]Y Shoenfeld
Harefuah 147:98-9. 2008
Anti-phospholipid syndrome from a systemic disease toward the infectious etiologyY Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine 'B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
Rev Med Interne 25:S10-1. 2004
i.v.IG for autoimmune, fibrosis, and malignant conditions: our experience with 200 patientsYehuda Shoenfeld
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
J Clin Immunol 24:107-14. 2004..When given properly (not more than 0.4 g/Kg. B.W. 5 day), side effects are minimal. Yet, its high price (> 3000 US dollars per monthly course) precludes the application of i.v.IG more frequently...
Antiphospholipid syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus: are they separate entities or just clinical presentations on the same scale?Yehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Internal Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Curr Opin Rheumatol 21:495-500. 2009..However, cases of primary antiphospholipid syndrome were reported to evolve into systemic lupus erythematosus over time suggesting that these apparently different diseases are somehow related...
5th International symposium on IVIG: IVIG in the third millenium, 25-27 September 2003, Interlaken, SwitzerlandYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Autoimmun Rev 3:234-41. 2004
Eighth international workshop on autoantibodies and autoimmunity Berlin, Germany, 10-13 September, 2003Y Shoenfeld
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine 'B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Autoimmun Rev 3:77-84. 2004
The autoimmunologist: geoepidemiology, a new center of gravity, and prime time for autoimmunityYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
J Autoimmun 31:325-30. 2008....
Prevalence and clinical correlations of antibodies against six beta2-glycoprotein-I-related peptides in the antiphospholipid syndromeY Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Clin Immunol 23:377-83. 2003..Evaluation of APS patients for the presence of specific antipeptides Abs may be of a value in predicting the risk for future thrombotic and obstetrical complication, as well as for specific therapeutic purposes...
Systemic antiphospholipid syndromeY Shoenfeld
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Lupus 12:497-8. 2003..In the article it is suggested to add to the syndrome the word systemic in analogy to its sister condition, systemic lupus erythematosus...
Neuronal-binding antibodies from patients with antiphospholipid syndrome induce cognitive deficits following intrathecal passive transferY Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba MedicalCenter, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Lupus 12:436-42. 2003..These results support the hypothesis that aPL that gain access to the central nervous system may play a direct role in the pathogenesis of neurological manifestations of APS...
A novel system to diagnose cutaneous adverse drug reactions employing the cellscan--comparison with histamine releasing test and Inf-gamma Releasing TestIlan Goldberg
Department of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Clin Dev Immunol 12:85-90. 2005..There are several mechanisms to describe allergic drug reactions yet the methods to diagnose them are limited...
The mosaic of autoimmunity: prediction, autoantibodies, and therapy in autoimmune diseases--2008Yehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 10:13-9. 2008
Autoantibodies and prediction of reproductive failureYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Internal Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Am J Reprod Immunol 56:337-44. 2006..To determine which autoantibodies are associated with reproductive failure...
EASI - The European Autoimmunity Standardisation Initiative: a new initiative that can contribute to agreed diagnostic models of diagnosing autoimmune disorders throughout EuropeYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center Affiliated to Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1109:138-44. 2007..All EASI teams will present and discuss the results of their activities with other experts in the field in an EASI Conference, which will be held biannually at the International Congress on Autoimmunity...
APS--more systemic disease than SLEYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 32:129-30. 2007..Importantly, there is a wide range of clinical presentations. In this issue we have attempted to provide an overview of these features and place it in the context of autoimmunity...
Accelerated atherosclerosis in autoimmune rheumatic diseasesYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center Tel-Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Circulation 112:3337-47. 2005
Anti-DNA idiotypes: from induction of disease to novel therapeutical approachesYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Immunol Lett 100:73-7. 2005
To smell autoimmunity: anti-P-ribosomal autoantibodies, depression, and the olfactory systemYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 52621 Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Autoimmun 28:165-9. 2007..The titer of the autoantibodies correlate with disease activity, kidney involvement and hepatitis. In this review, the mechanisms involved in CNS involvement and its relationship with anti-P ribosomal antibodies will be described...
Autoantibody explosion in antiphospholipid syndromeYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University, Israel
J Autoimmun 30:74-83. 2008..This autoantibody explosion might be important in early identification of the syndrome and its manifestations...
[Patients' families abuse the medical and nursing staff]Y Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Harefuah 144:74-5. 2005
IVIg therapy in autoimmunity and related disorders: our experience with a large cohort of patientsYehuda Shoenfeld
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel
Autoimmunity 38:123-37. 2005..We suggest that in the presence of a steroid and immunosuppressive-resistant autoimmune disease, IVIg is a rational and safe choice...
Whither autoimmunity: the lessons of anti-CCP and B cell depletionYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Affiliated to Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Israel
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 34:1-3. 2008..Although the Th1 to Th2 dichotomy is well known to both murine and human immunologists, it is really in the study of specific inflammatory responses that they are correctly placed in the perspective of the continuum of immunopathology...
The mosaic of autoimmunity: genetic factors involved in autoimmune diseases--2008Yehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 10:3-7. 2008
Autoantibodies-the smoke and the fireYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Incumbent of the Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair for Research of Autoimmune Diseases, Tel-Aviv University Tel-Hashomer Israel
Autoimmunity 38:1-2. 2005
The mosaic of autoimmunity: hormonal and environmental factors involved in autoimmune diseases--2008Yehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 10:8-12. 2008
The diversity of autoantibodies to P-ribosomal: the infectious-autoimmunity plotYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Internal Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
J Mol Med 85:907-9. 2007
Classification of anti-endothelial cell antibodies into antibodies against microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells: the pathogenic and diagnostic implicationsYehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Cleve Clin J Med 69:SII65-7. 2002
'ASIA' - autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvantsYehuda Shoenfeld
The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine B Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Autoimmun 36:4-8. 2011..Relating to the current knowledge we would like to suggest to include these comparable conditions under a common syndrome entitled ASIA, "Autoimmune (Auto-inflammatory) Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants"...
Geoepidemiology of autoimmune rheumatic diseasesYinon Shapira
Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
Nat Rev Rheumatol 6:468-76. 2010....
Heat shock protein 60/65, beta 2-glycoprotein I and oxidized LDL as players in murine atherosclerosisY Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Autoimmun 15:199-202. 2000..Thus, autoimmune factors appear to influence early artherosclerosis progression in mice. If proven in humans these antigen specific responses may be harnessed for selective immunomodulation of the atherosclerotic plaque...
AtherosclerosisY Sherer
Department of Medicine B and Centre of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, 52621 Israel
Ann Rheum Dis 61:97-9. 2002..Is atherosclerosis a cellular or humoral mediated autoimmune disease?..
The expanding world of autoimmunityYehuda Shoenfeld
Dept of Medicine 'B' and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, 52621, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Trends Immunol 23:278-9. 2002
Bcg and autoimmunity: another two-edged swordY Shoenfeld
Department of Internal Medicine B and C and the Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Autoimmun 16:235-40. 2001..One of these patients developed Reiter's syndrome. We also refer to the possible immune mechanisms by which BCG can trigger arthritis, as well as to the link between mycobacterial infection, BCG immunotherapy and autoimmunity...
Autoantibodies associated with atherosclerosisY Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and The Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Ann Med 32:37-40. 2000..This manuscript provides a review of autoantibodies directed towards oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL), cardiolipin, beta2-glycoprotein-I and heat-shock protein 60/65, and their association with human and murine atherosclerosis...
Tolerogenic dendritic cells inhibit antiphospholipid syndrome derived effector/memory CD4⁺ T cell response to β2GPIHonorio Torres-Aguilar
Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ann Rheum Dis 71:120-8. 2012..We aim to evaluate the capability of tDCs to induce antigen-specific tolerance in effector/memory T cells from patients with APS and to elucidate the involved mechanism...
Autoantibodies against protective molecules--C1q, C-reactive protein, serum amyloid P, mannose-binding lectin, and apolipoprotein A1: prevalence in systemic lupus erythematosusYehuda Shoenfeld
Center for Autoimmune Diseases and Department of Medicine B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1108:227-39. 2007..These autoantibodies may play a pathogenic role in the development or perpetuation of autoimmunity in SLE...
Induction and treatment of the antiphospholipid syndrome--lessons from animal modelsY Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Eur J Clin Invest 31:736-40. 2001..Experimental induction and treatment of APS largely contributes to our understanding of the disease and to better management of its clinical characteristics...
Induction of early atherosclerosis in LDL-receptor-deficient mice immunized with beta2-glycoprotein IJ George
From the Research Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Circulation 98:1108-15. 1998..The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of beta2GPI immunization on the progression of atherosclerosis...
Restricted specificity of anti-ribosomal P antibodies to SLE patients in IsraelO Shovman
Center for Autoimmune Diseases and Dept. of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Clin Exp Rheumatol 24:694-7. 2006..No significant correlation with a specific manifestation described on the SLEDAI score was established in this small cohort of patients...
Coronary artery disease but not coronary calcification is associated with elevated levels of cardiolipin, beta-2-glycoprotein-I, and oxidized LDL antibodiesY Sherer
Department of Medicine 'B' and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Cardiology 95:20-4. 2001..046). CONCLUSION: Anti-CL, beta2GPI and oxLDL antibodies are elevated in coronary heart disease patients regardless of coronary calcification...
Anti-serum amyloid component P antibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus correlate with disease activityG Zandman-Goddard
Centre for Autoimmune Diseases and Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel 52621
Ann Rheum Dis 64:1698-702. 2005..CONCLUSION: Raised anti-SAP antibody titres detected in patients with SLE correlate with disease activity and decrease with improvement of clinical disease, and thus may serve as an additional prognostic marker...
Hyperimmunization of apo-E-deficient mice with homologous malondialdehyde low-density lipoprotein suppresses early atherogenesisJ George
Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Atherosclerosis 138:147-52. 1998..The results of this study show that immunization with MDA-LDL has a protective effect in apo-E-deficient mice, and further suggests that this mouse model is suitable for studies of immunomodulation...
Novel insights into associations of antibodies against cardiolipin and beta2-glycoprotein I with clinical features of antiphospholipid syndromeO Shovman
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Israel
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 32:145-52. 2007..This manuscript reviews the current studies published recently in this field and discusses the relationship between the existence of aCL and anti-beta2GPI antibodies and the main and unusual manifestations of APS...
Cellular and humoral immune responses to heat shock protein 65 are both involved in promoting fatty-streak formation in LDL-receptor deficient miceJ George
Department of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
J Am Coll Cardiol 38:900-5. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Antibodies and lymphocytes reactive to HSP65 promote fatty-streak formation in mice, providing direct evidence for the proatherogenic properties of cellular and humoral immunity to HSP65...
Anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) in systemic sclerosis--increased sensitivity using different endothelial cell substrates and association with other autoantibodiesY Renaudineau
Research Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Autoimmunity 33:171-9. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Since false-negative AECA may result from lack of expression of various antigens on a specific EC, analysis of AECA in SSc patients requires using several EC types, including microvascular EC...
Cross-reactive epitopes on beta2-glycoprotein-I and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in patients with the antiphospholipid syndromeI Krause
Department of Medicine E, Rabin Medical Center Beilinson Campus, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1108:481-8. 2007..In conclusion, a subpopulation of anti-beta2GPI is specific to the glycosylated site of the beta2GPI molecule that cross-reacts with PPM...
Adoptive transfer of beta(2)-glycoprotein I-reactive lymphocytes enhances early atherosclerosis in LDL receptor-deficient miceJ George
Research Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
Circulation 102:1822-7. 2000..In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that adoptive transfer of beta2GPI-reactive T cells can accelerate fatty streak formation in LDL-RD mice...
The dual association between lymphoma and autoimmunityM Ehrenfeld
Research Centre for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Blood Cells Mol Dis 27:750-6. 2001..Descriptions of lymphocytic malignancies among other autoimmune rheumatic disease have been published. In some patients, the malignant disease is diagnosed months or years before the appearance of the rheumatic disease...
Vitamin D: an instrumental factor in the anti-phospholipid syndrome by inhibition of tissue factor expressionN Agmon-Levin
The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases and Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Ann Rheum Dis 70:145-50. 2011..Therefore, we studied serum vitamin D levels in a cohort of APS patients, as well as the effect of vitamin D in an in vitro model of APS-mediated thrombosis...
Common infectious agents prevalence in antiphospholipid syndromeH Zinger
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Lupus 18:1149-53. 2009..e. toxoplasma and rubella, might either be related to the pathogenesis of antiphospholipid syndrome or alternatively to its manifestations...
Infectious antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus patientsY Berkun
Safra Children Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Lupus 18:1129-35. 2009..Our data suggest the importance of previous exposure to infectious agents in the induction and the prevention of SLE...
Antiphospholipid antibody levels in intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) preparationsY Sherer
Department of Medicine 'B' and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Lupus 10:568-70. 2001..The absence of abnormal elevated levels of any of these autoantibodies in five different IVIg preparations provides additional evidence for the safety of IVIg use in APS...
Antiphospholipid antibodies bind ATP: a putative mechanism for the pathogenesis of neuronal dysfunctionJ Chapman
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
Clin Dev Immunol 12:175-80. 2005..We conclude that aPL IgG bind ATP, probably through beta32-GPI. This binding could interfere with the normal extracellular function of ATP and similar neurotransmitters...
Mechanisms of action of the anti-atherogenic effect of magnesium: lessons from a mouse modelY Sherer
Department of Medicine B, and Institute of Lipid and Atherosclerosis Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Magnes Res 14:173-9. 2001..Platelets coverage area on extracellular matrix was similar between groups. These results suggest that Mg might affect LDL oxidation, and thus atherogenesis...
Treatment of MRL/lpr mice, a genetic autoimmune model, with the Ras inhibitor, farnesylthiosalicylate (FTS)A Katzav
Department of Physiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
Clin Exp Immunol 126:570-7. 2001..These findings indicate that modulation of Ras activation has a significant impact on the MRL/lpr model and may represent a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases such as SLE and APS...
Hyperactivity in a mouse model of the antiphospholipid syndromeA Katzav
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
Lupus 10:496-9. 2001..023) and higher number of stairs climbed (P < 0.019) by the mice in 3 min. This simple test demonstrated that experimental APS animals are significantly hyperactive and may serve as a marker for CNS involvement in this model...
The diagnostic utility of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, matrix metalloproteinase-3, rheumatoid factor, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and C-reactive protein in patients with erosive and non-erosive rheumatoid arthritisO Shovman
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Clin Dev Immunol 12:197-202. 2005..CONCLUSION: The results of our study suggest that the presence of elevated anti-CCP antibody titers have better diagnostic performance than MMP-3, RF, CRP and ESR in patients with erosive RA...
Molecular mimicry in systemic lupus erythematosusN Agmon-Levin
Department of Medicine B, and The Center for Autoimmune Diseases Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Lupus 18:1181-5. 2009..Here we review the current evidence of molecular mimicry between different infectious agents and systemic lupus erythematosus...
Anti-prothrombin antibodies cause thrombosis in a novel qualitative ex-vivo animal modelS Haj-Yahia
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine 'B, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Lupus 12:364-9. 2003..Active immunization with prothrombin or beta2GPI/prothrombin is associated with prothrombotic activity of blood in an ex-vivo model. This is the first direct evidence for thrombus induction by aPT...
Vaccination and autoimmunity-'vaccinosis': a dangerous liaison?Y Shoenfeld
Department of Internal Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Autoimmun 14:1-10. 2000..We discuss the pros and cons of this issue (although the temporal relationship (i.e. always 2-3 months following immunization) is impressive)...
Behavioral and cognitive deficits occur only after prolonged exposure of mice to antiphospholipid antibodiesS Shrot
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Lupus 11:736-43. 2002..The mechanism involved in these CNS manifestations remains to be elucidated...
Libman-Sacks endocarditis associated with antiphospholipid syndrome and infectionM Blank
Department of Medicine B, The Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
Thromb Res 114:589-92. 2004..CONCLUSION: We point to the possibility that Libman-Sacks nonbacterial endocarditis may have an infectious origin...
The mosaic of autoimmunityC M Brickman
Department of Medicine B and The Center for Autoimmune Diseases, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv, Israel
Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl 235:3-15. 2001..Concluding remarks address the factors that normally prevent the progression of autoimmunity to autoimmune disease and the application of current knowledge to future therapeutic approaches...
The association of thrombocytopenia with systemic manifestations in the antiphospholipid syndromeIlan Krause
Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
Immunobiology 210:749-54. 2005..Our data suggest the presence of thrombocytopenia may be a risk factor for cardiac, neurological, articular and cutaneous complications in APS...
Induction of oral tolerance in experimental antiphospholipid syndrome by feeding with polyclonal immunoglobulinsIlan Krause
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Eur J Immunol 32:3414-24. 2002..Our results point to a possible application of IVIG in the induction of oral tolerance against various autoimmune diseases...
B cell targeted therapy in autoimmunityMiri Blank
The Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Autoimmun 28:62-8. 2007..This review focuses on some of the emerging therapies based on co-stimulation blockers, and compounds which contribute to a specific B cells depletion, based on studies in animal models and human clinical studies...
Mechanisms of disease: atherosclerosis in autoimmune diseasesYaniv Sherer
Department of Medicine 'B' and of the Center for Autoimmune Diseases at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol 2:99-106. 2006..In this article, we briefly review the contribution of autoimmune elements, such as autoreactive lymphocytes and autoantibodies to atherosclerosis and discuss the nature of atherosclerosis in autoimmune rheumatic diseases...
Immunomodulation for treatment and prevention of atherosclerosisYaniv Sherer
Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 52621, Israel
Autoimmun Rev 1:21-7. 2002..These include immunosuppression, active immunization, induction of tolerance, administration of intravenous immunoglobulin, gene therapy, cytokine network manipulation and statins...
Inhibition of ras by farnesylthiosalicylate significantly reduces the levels of autoantibodies in two animal models of the antiphospholipid syndromeAviva Katzav
Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
Immunobiology 207:47-50. 2003..The differential modulation of immune function by alternate day compared to daily treatment may provide better understanding of the role of Ras activation in this system...
Tobacco smoking and autoimmune rheumatic diseasesMichal Harel Meir
Department of Medicine B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol 3:707-15. 2007..Further studies, perhaps using animal models, are needed to analyze the exact effect of smoking on each disease separately...
HIV and autoimmunityGisele Zandman-Goddard
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine 'B, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
Autoimmun Rev 1:329-37. 2002..In this review, we describe the various autoimmune diseases that develop in HIV/AIDS patients through possible mechanisms related to immune activation...
The involvement of beta2-glycoprotein I (beta2-GPI) in human and murine atherosclerosisJ George
Department of Medicine B and the Research Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
J Autoimmun 13:57-60. 1999..Thus, the immune response towards beta2-GPI may play an important role in atherogenesis, serving as a possible target for antigen specific therapies...
Immunomodulatory effects of intravenous immunoglobulins as a treatment for autoimmune diseases, cancer, and recurrent pregnancy lossTal Sapir
Department of Internal Medicine B and Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1051:743-78. 2005..The only downside of IVIG therapy is its high price. Therefore, clinicians should balance efficiency versus cost in deciding whether or not to treat certain conditions with IVIG...
Antiphospholipid antibodies: are they pro-atherogenic or an epiphenomenon of atherosclerosis?Yaniv Sherer
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Immunobiology 207:13-6. 2003....
Protective molecules--C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid P (SAP), pentraxin3 (PTX3), mannose-binding lectin (MBL), and apolipoprotein A1 (Apo A1), and their autoantibodies: prevalence and clinical significance in autoimmunityMartine Szyper Kravitz
Center for Autoimmune Diseases and Department of Medicine B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
J Clin Immunol 25:582-91. 2005....
Low levels of heat shock proteins-60 and -65 autoantibodies in Sjögren's syndromeOra Shovman
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 7:778-80. 2005..Additional studies in larger patient populations are required to evaluate the prevalence of these autoantibodies in SS patients...
The story of the 16/6 idiotype and systemic lupus erythematosusMiri Blank
Center for Autoimmune Diseases and Department of Internal Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 10:37-9. 2008..We also discuss various therapeutic modalities to treat 16/6 induced lupus in mice...
Glucocorticoids and the cardiovascular system: state of the artUdi Nussinovitch
Department of Internal Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Curr Pharm Des 16:3574-85. 2010..Some of the well-known side effects of GC therapy involve bone, metabolic, and cardiovascular systems and include osteoporosis, fractures, dyslipidemia, diabetes, obesity, and hypertension...
Vaccination may be associated with autoimmune diseasesMoshe Tishler
Department of Medicine B, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 6:430-2. 2004
Beta-2-glycoprotein-I, infections, antiphospholipid syndrome and therapeutic considerationsMiri Blank
Department of Medicine B and The Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
Clin Immunol 112:190-9. 2004..In this paper, we discuss the association of antiphospholipid antibodies, infectious states, and molecular mimicry as a proposed mechanism for development of APS...
Prevalence of antiphospholipid and antioxidized low-density lipoprotein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritisYaniv Sherer
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1051:299-303. 2005..Whether the presence of anticardiolipin signifies increased risk for thrombosis and atherosclerosis in these patients should be studied further...
Non-stroke neurological syndromes associated with antiphospholipid antibodies: evaluation of clinical and experimental studiesJ Chapman
Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
Lupus 12:514-7. 2003....
The detection of pleural effusion using a parametric EIT techniqueM Arad
Department of Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Physiol Meas 30:421-8. 2009..53). The present study further supports the feasibility and applicability of the bioimpedance technique, and specifically the approach of parametric left and right lung resistivity reconstruction, in monitoring lung patients...
Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus in autoimmune diseases: are they truly notorious? A preliminary reportO Barzilai
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1108:567-77. 2007..Our data support the theory that EBV is notoriously associated with many autoimmune diseases. CMV appears to be associated to autoimmune diseases as well, yet establishing this theory requires further investigation...
Autoantibodies as predictors of pregnancy complicationsH J A Carp
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Rheumatology (Oxford) 47:iii6-8. 2008..However, a large meta-analysis of published trials is required in order to determine the prevalence of each particular autoantibody and different combinations of antibodies in different forms of reproductive failure...
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) specific activity of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg)Maya Damianovich
Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Int Immunol 21:1057-63. 2009..IVIg was found to exhibit inhibitory effect on VEGF-mediated blood perfusion in the ischemic limb. The present study shows a presence of anti-VEGF fraction in IVIg preparation...
The efficacy of specific IVIG anti-idiotypic antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS): trophoblast invasiveness and APS animal modelMiri Blank
The Autoimmune Disease Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Int Immunol 19:857-65. 2007..The aim of this study was to fractionate the anti-beta-2-glycoprotein-I (beta(2)GPI) anti-idiotypic antibodies from a commercial IVIG preparation and use it as a treatment in an experimental antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) mouse model...
Heat-shock protein 65 autoantibodies are differently associated with early atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis and in healthy subjectsYaniv Sherer
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1108:408-13. 2007..As opposed to the association with cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis of anti-HSPs in the general population, among RA patients anti-HSP-65 cannot be regarded as associated with early atherosclerosis...
Antiphospholipid syndrome and cancerEyal Reinstein
Department of Internal Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 32:184-7. 2007..Continuing research on the association between the antiphospholipid syndrome/aPL and malignancies is important, given the potential impact on the understanding and treatment of both antiphospholipid syndrome and cancer...
Carotid artery intima-media thickness, heat shock proteins and oxidized LDL autoantibodies in systemic necrotizing vasculitisYaniv Sherer
Department of Medicine B and Center of Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 52621 Tel Aviv, Israel
Rheumatol Int 28:1099-103. 2008..As a group, patients having various necrotizing vasculitis have similar extent of early atherosclerotic changes regardless of the vasculitis type, and these levels are similar to those found in SLE...
Anti-ribosomal-P antibodies in lupus patients and healthy controls: evaluation of three ELISA assaysNancy Agmon-Levin
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 11:403-6. 2009..This lack of consistency might stem from several factors, such as the lag period between clinical manifestations and the time blood was drawn; or the different methods used for antibodies detection...
Interaction of inflammation, thrombosis, aspirin and enoxaparin in CNS experimental antiphospholipid syndromeDavid Tanne
Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Neurobiol Dis 30:56-64. 2008..Enoxaparin attenuates behavior better than aspirin possibly by reducing thrombosis or stabilization of the blood brain barrier, suggesting an advantage for similar drugs in CNS APS...
Anti-P ribosomal antibodies induce defect in smell capability in a model of CNS -SLE (depression)Aviva Katzav
Department of Neurology, Sagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Autoimmun 31:393-8. 2008..Injection of anti-P ribosomal antibodies (anti-P) directly to the brain ventricles of mice induces depression manifested by increased immobility time in the forced swim test (FST)...
Abnormal olfactory function demonstrated by manganese-enhanced MRI in mice with experimental neuropsychiatric lupusShaye Kivity
Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1193:70-7. 2010..We concluded that an impaired olfactory neuronal function in mice with experimental depression, mediated by passive transfer of human-anti-ribosomal-P, can be demonstrated by MEMRI...
Olfaction, psychiatric disorders and autoimmunity: is there a common genetic association?Oscar Danilo Ortega-Hernandez
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Autoimmunity 42:80-8. 2009..This finding may constitute an association among autoimmunity, psychiatric disorders and smell impairment. In this review, we examine the anatomic, genetic and clinical clues that may support an association among these conditions...
