Causality: autoimmunity and cancer

Introduction: The effectors of autoimmune diseases are the mechanisms of hypersensitivity. These processes also appear in cancer, which can give rise to autoinflammation. Objective: To describe the causality between autoimmune diseases and cancer. Material and Methods: A bibliographic review was mad...

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Main Authors: Maricarmen González-Costa, Alexander Ariel Padrón-González
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Editorial de Ciencias Médicas (ECIMED) 2020-01-01
Series:Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas
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Online Access:http://www.revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/552
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description Introduction: The effectors of autoimmune diseases are the mechanisms of hypersensitivity. These processes also appear in cancer, which can give rise to autoinflammation. Objective: To describe the causality between autoimmune diseases and cancer. Material and Methods: A bibliographic review was made using the Google Scholar and articles of free access in the Pubmed and Scielo database from January 2014 to February 2019. The search terms were used according to the DeCS and MeSH descriptors. Development: Autoimmune diseases are chronic inflammatory processes caused by failures in tolerance. The mechanisms and specific processes that initiate the damage are still unknown. The activity of inflammatory cells and soluble pro-inflammatory mediators leads to a greater recruitment of endothelial cells and promotes angiogenesis. Persistent inflammation (chronic or low grade) can often promote tumor development, tumor progression and invasion. In the tumor environment there is release of molecular patterns associated with damage (DAMPs), which mimic a sterile lesion and recruit cells of innate immunity, which can promote an inflammatory environment and cause an autoimmune phenomenon. Conclusions: Inflammatory responses can improve tumor growth and progression. Cancer can develop self-immunity or arise secondary to the genetic and epigenetic changes of autoinflammation. The causality between cancer and autoimmunity is bi-directional due to inflammatory processes.
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spelling doaj.art-2b19e7985db145209237d8ebe7ec59562022-12-21T19:49:50ZspaCentro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Editorial de Ciencias Médicas (ECIMED)Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas0864-03001561-30112020-01-01385360Causality: autoimmunity and cancerMaricarmen González-Costa0Alexander Ariel Padrón-González1Institute of Basic and Preclinical Sciences "Victoria de Girón". University of Medical Sciences of HavanaInstitute of Basic and Preclinical Sciences "Victoria de Girón". University of Medical Sciences of HavanaIntroduction: The effectors of autoimmune diseases are the mechanisms of hypersensitivity. These processes also appear in cancer, which can give rise to autoinflammation. Objective: To describe the causality between autoimmune diseases and cancer. Material and Methods: A bibliographic review was made using the Google Scholar and articles of free access in the Pubmed and Scielo database from January 2014 to February 2019. The search terms were used according to the DeCS and MeSH descriptors. Development: Autoimmune diseases are chronic inflammatory processes caused by failures in tolerance. The mechanisms and specific processes that initiate the damage are still unknown. The activity of inflammatory cells and soluble pro-inflammatory mediators leads to a greater recruitment of endothelial cells and promotes angiogenesis. Persistent inflammation (chronic or low grade) can often promote tumor development, tumor progression and invasion. In the tumor environment there is release of molecular patterns associated with damage (DAMPs), which mimic a sterile lesion and recruit cells of innate immunity, which can promote an inflammatory environment and cause an autoimmune phenomenon. Conclusions: Inflammatory responses can improve tumor growth and progression. Cancer can develop self-immunity or arise secondary to the genetic and epigenetic changes of autoinflammation. The causality between cancer and autoimmunity is bi-directional due to inflammatory processes.http://www.revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/552autoimmunitycancerinflammationautoimmune diseases
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Alexander Ariel Padrón-González
Causality: autoimmunity and cancer
Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas
autoimmunity
cancer
inflammation
autoimmune diseases
title Causality: autoimmunity and cancer
title_full Causality: autoimmunity and cancer
title_fullStr Causality: autoimmunity and cancer
title_full_unstemmed Causality: autoimmunity and cancer
title_short Causality: autoimmunity and cancer
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topic autoimmunity
cancer
inflammation
autoimmune diseases
url http://www.revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/552
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