We present a review of the association between COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases,
focusing on similarities in immune responses, cross-reactivity of SARS-CoV-2, the …

Epigenetic mechanisms, which include DNA methylation, histone modification, and
microRNA (miRNA), can produce heritable phenotypic changes without a change in DNA …

Regulatory T (Treg) cells, as central mediators of immune suppression, play crucial roles in
many facets of immune systems. The transcription factor Foxp3 has been characterized as a …

Health professions preventing and controlling Coronavirus Disease 2019 are prone to skin
and mucous membrane injury, which may cause acute and chronic dermatitis, secondary …

Why systemic lupus erythematosus primarily affects women is unknown. Recent evidence
indicates that human lupus is an epigenetic disease characterized by impaired T cell DNA …

Objective To identify microRNA genes with abnormal expression in the CD4+ T cells of
patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to determine the role of microRNA …

Infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 can result in severe respiratory complications and death.
Patients with a compromised immune system are expected to be more susceptible to a …

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by an excessively
aberrant hyperproliferation of keratinocytes. The pathogenesis of psoriasis is complex and …

Autoimmune diseases are immune disorders characterized by T cell hyperactivity and B cell
overstimulation leading to overproduction of autoantibodies. Although the pathogenesis of …

Objective Inhibition of T cell DNA methylation causes autoreactivity in vitro and a lupus‐like
disease in vivo, suggesting that T cell DNA hypomethylation may contribute to autoimmunity …