Aristo Vojdani, PhD: environmental factors and autoimmune disease.

Patients with Autoimmune Disease Antibodies in Children with Autism and Promote Development of Peptidase Heat Shock Protein and Gliadin Peptide

Assessment of Intestinal Barrier Permeability to Large Antigenic Molecules

Both systemic and organ-specific autoimmune diseases are major manifestations of IgA deficiency (IgAD), the most common primary immunodeficiency In addition to 14 . , discuss the clinical findings of IgAD patients, we proposed a hypothesis to explain the high association with autoimmune phenomena. Assessment of Intestinal Barrier Permeability to Large Antigenic Molecules Aristo Vojdani, Ph.D., ...

A Potential Link between Environmental Triggers and Autoimmunity

Autoimmune diseases have registered an alarming rise worldwide in recent years. Accumulated evidence indicates that the immune system's ability to distinguish self from nonself is negatively impacted by genetic factors and environmental triggers. Genetics is certainly a factor, but since it normally takes a very long time for the human genetic pattern to change enough to register on a worldwide...

Environmental Triggers and Autoimmunity

Currently, studies have shown that genetic predisposition accounts for approximately thirty percent of all autoimmune diseases. The rest, 70 percent, are due to environmental factors, including toxic chemicals, dietary components, gut dysbiosis, and infections (Figure 1). Autoimmune disorder symptoms are initially nonspecific and include malaise and fatigue, low-grade fevers, aches, and pains. ...

Elevated levels of antibodies against xenobiotics in a subgroup of healthy subjects

In spite of numerous research efforts, the exact etiology of autoimmune diseases remains largely unknown. Genetics and environmental factors, including xenobiotics, are believed to be involved in the induction of autoimmune disease. Some environmental chemicals, acting as haptens, can bind to a high-molecular-weight carrier protein such as human serum albumin (HSA), causing the immune system to...