TLR8 may participate in the pathogenesis of SLE by recognition of RNA autoantigens11.
Peritoneal fluid (PF) inflammatory factors may participate in the pathogenesis of endometriosis.
We therefore examined whether MCV might participate in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer.
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB) might participate in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).
Anti-DNA antibodies are the serological hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus, and participate in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis by cross-reacting with multiple renal antigens.
The HIV regulatory protein Tat is both neurotoxic and pro-inflammatory, suggesting that Tat might participate in the pathogenesis of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND).
Both experimental and clinical studies have shown that oxygen-derived free radicals rise in the plasma after thermal injury and participate in the pathogenesis of tissue damage.
Future studies are needed to elucidate whether the mutation-harbouring CD8+ T-cell clones truly participate in the pathogenesis of an autoimmune disease, or whether they are like 'scars' in the genome after vigorous antigen-driven proliferation.
Recently, CxHCs have been associated to denervation-induced skeletal muscle atrophy (1), and may also participate in the pathogenesis of corticoids induced muscle atrophy.
This suggests that host-related factors, in addition to an inhaled antigen in cigarette smoke, participate in the pathogenesis of PLCH [5, 6].
Many type 1 cytokines exhibit vasoactive properties and are likely to participate in the pathogenesis of vascular leak.
