The Mosaic of Autoimmunity Newsletter

This September, we're looking at autoimmune disease through the clues it leaves behind: the ones that show up, the ones that don't, and the ones science is still learning to read.

🔍  THE AUTOIMMUNE SIGN THAT GOES MISSING

Why Do Rheumatic Diseases with Pulmonary Fibrosis Rarely Develop Digital Clubbing?

New in the Journal of Mosaic of Autoimmunity: digital clubbing shows up reliably in cancer, infection, and liver-lung disease, but almost never in autoimmune interstitial lung disease, even with real hypoxemia. This review digs into why, and what that missing sign reveals about how autoimmune fibrosis behaves differently at the vascular and cytokine level.

🧪  THE AUTOIMMUNE CASE THAT TOOK MONTHS TO CRACK

Uncovering Breast Implant Illness

New 10-minute course: this case, presented by Dr. Anaïs Di Via Ioschpe, follows a real patient with longstanding breast implants who develops a severe, unexplained systemic inflammatory illness. Work through her labs, biopsy findings, and the diagnostic dead-ends, then see why implant removal alone didn't solve it.

📅  NEW AUTOIMMUNE SIGNALS, LIVE OCTOBER 2

The next International Friday Meeting

Join International Friday Meeting No. 206 on October 2, 4:00 PM CEST | 10:00 AM ET. Featuring presentations by Ayham Alnabulsi (Epitogen®) on AI-driven immunoprofiling, Halima Kholaiq on autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons in life-threatening COVID-19, and Federico Perosa on inflammatory biomarkers for cardiovascular risk assessment in SLE, alongside four additional expert talks.