NEW findings reinforce that fatigue is not just a secondary symptom in myositis, but a central feature of disease activity that should be routinely assessed in both clinical care and research.

Belonging to the same group of autoimmune diseases, both dermatomyositis and polymyositis cause muscle inflammation and weakness. But dermatomyositis also affects your skin and is more likely to ...

Treatment for autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), idiopathic inflammatory myositis, and systemic sclerosis often involves long-term immune suppression. Resetting aberrant ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent findings regarding interferon and Janus kinase inhibition may hold clues to improving outcomes in ...

Some diseases involve autoimmune reactions, when the body begins to attack its own cells and proteins. The biological mechanisms underlying these diseases are often unknown, making treatment ...

The final diagnosis was autoimmune inflammatory myositis of the necrotizing myopathy subtype. Annabelle was treated with a loading dose of methylprednisolone sodium succinate (1 g intravenously daily ...

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are associated with autoantibodies against nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) are specific to patients with IIMs.

BARCELONA, Spain — Efgartigimod could have a role to play in the treatment of both myositis and Sjögren disease, according to data from two “proof-of-concept” phase 2 studies reported at the European ...

Virology researchers have found that a specific protein modification to the immune protein MDA5 is key to how our bodies detect and respond to viruses and viral replication. The publication explains ...