Viral infections have historically had a complex relationship with autoimmune diseases. For patients with preexisting autoimmune disorders, often complicated by immunosuppressive therapies, there are numerous potential effects of COVID-19, a disease of complex immunobiology, including the potential for an altered natural history of COVID-19 when infected. In addition, individuals without recognized autoimmune disease may be vulnerable to virally induced autoimmunity in the forms of autoantibody formation, as well as the development of clinical immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Until quite recently in the pandemic, this relationship between COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases has been relatively underexplored; yet such investigation offers potential insights into immunopathogenesis as well as for the development of new immune-based therapeutics. Our review examines this relationship through exploration of a series of questions with relevance to both immunopathogenic mechanisms as well as some clinical implications.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Autoimmunity, MIS-C, autoantibodies, DMARDs, Immune-mediated inflammatory disease, 【초록키워드】 pandemic, Infection, Autoimmune disease, Immunopathogenesis, Patient, Autoimmune diseases, disease, mechanism, Autoimmune disorders, autoantibody, immunosuppressive therapies, Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, individual, complex, offer, clinical implications, Effect, addition, form, question, 【제목키워드】 current,