Howard Amital

Research interests

Publications

• Autoantibodies targeting GPCRs and RAS-related molecules associate with COVID-19 severity

  Nature Communications · 2022 · 10.1038/s41467-022-28905-5

• Immune-Mediated Disease Flares or New-Onset Disease in 27 Subjects Following mRNA/DNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination

  Vaccines · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050435

• Covid-19 and autoimmunity

  Autoimmunity Reviews · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102597

• ASIA syndrome and endocrine autoimmune disorders

  Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2020 · 10.1016/j.beem.2020.101412

• Silicone breast implants and the risk of autoimmune/rheumatic disorders: a real-world analysis

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2018 · 10.1093/ije/dyy217

• Rheumatic manifestations among cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

  Autoimmunity Reviews · 2018 · 10.1016/j.autrev.2018.01.003

• Seasonality and autoimmune diseases: The contribution of the four seasons to the mosaic of autoimmunity

  Journal of Autoimmunity · 2017 · 10.1016/j.jaut.2017.06.001

• Autoimmunity in the Elderly: Insights from Basic Science and Clinics - A Mini-Review

  Gerontology · 2017 · 10.1159/000478012

• Physical activity and autoimmune diseases: Get moving and manage the disease

  Autoimmunity Reviews · 2017 · 10.1016/j.autrev.2017.11.010

• The autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA)/Shoenfeld’s syndrome: descriptive analysis of 300 patients from the international ASIA syndrome registry

  Clinical Rheumatology · 2017 · 10.1007/s10067-017-3748-9

• Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib monotherapy, tofacitinib with methotrexate, and adalimumab with methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ORAL Strategy): a phase 3b/4, double-blind, head-to-head, randomised controlled trial

  The Lancet · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31618-5

• Smoke and autoimmunity: The fire behind the disease

  Autoimmunity Reviews · 2016 · 10.1016/j.autrev.2016.01.001

• A volcanic explosion of autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus: A diversity of 180 different antibodies found in SLE patients

  Autoimmunity Reviews · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2014.10.003

• Fibromyalgia and cytokines

  Immunology Letters · 2014 · 10.1016/j.imlet.2014.01.009

• Clinical, radiographic and immunogenic effects after 1 year of tocilizumab-based treatment strategies in rheumatoid arthritis: the ACT-RAY study

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2014 · 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204761

• Pathogenesis of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss in thyroid autoimmunity

  Journal of Autoimmunity · 2012 · 10.1016/j.jaut.2011.11.014

• Adding tocilizumab or switching to tocilizumab monotherapy in methotrexate inadequate responders: 24-week symptomatic and structural results of a 2-year randomised controlled strategy trial in rheumatoid arthritis (ACT-RAY)

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2012 · 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201282

• Serum concentrations of 25-OH vitamin D in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are inversely related to disease activity: is it time to routinely supplement patients with SLE with vitamin D?

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2009.120329

• Vitamin D: an instrumental factor in the anti-phospholipid syndrome by inhibition of tissue factor expression

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2010 · 10.1136/ard.2010.134817

• The effect of melanism and vitamin D synthesis on the incidence of autoimmune disease

  Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology · 2009 · 10.1038/ncprheum0989

• Effects of tobacco smoke on immunity, inflammation and autoimmunity

  Journal of Autoimmunity · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut.2009.12.003

• The mosaic of autoimmunity: prediction, autoantibodies, and therapy in autoimmune diseases--2008.

  PubMed · 2008

• The mosaic of autoimmunity: hormonal and environmental factors involved in autoimmune diseases--2008.

  PubMed · 2008

• Vitamin D and autoimmunity: new aetiological and therapeutic considerations

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2007.069831

• Novel Biomarkers in Autoimmune Diseases

  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 10.1196/annals.1398.044

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