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S Barbasso Helmers
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 4
Citations - 444
S Barbasso Helmers is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dermatomyositis & Polymyositis. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 412 citations. Previous affiliations of S Barbasso Helmers include Karolinska University Hospital.
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A high incidence of disease flares in an open pilot study of infliximab in patients with refractory inflammatory myopathies
Maryam Dastmalchi,Cecilia Grundtman,Helene Alexanderson,Clio P. Mavragani,H Einarsdottir,S Barbasso Helmers,Kerstin Elvin,Mary K. Crow,Inger Nennesmo,Ingrid E. Lundberg +9 more
TL;DR: Infliximab treatment was not effective in refractory inflammatory myopathies, and activation of the type I IFN system in several cases, infliximab is not an alternative treatment in patients with treatment-resistant myositis.
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Increased serum levels of B cell activating factor (BAFF) in subsets of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Olga Krystufkova,T Vallerskog,S Barbasso Helmers,Heřman Mann,I Putova,Jaromir Belacek,V Malmström,Christina Trollmo,Jiri Vencovsky,Ingrid E. Lundberg +9 more
TL;DR: The finding of elevated serum levels of BAFF in patients with myositis with described phenotypes together with the correlations between levels ofBAFF and CK and a negative correlation with dose of glucocorticoids indicate that BAFF could be a potential therapeutic target in such cases.
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KL‐6: a serological biomarker for interstitial lung disease in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis
TL;DR: KL‐6: a serological biomarker for interstitial lung disease in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis is found to be a good candidate for use in clinical practice.
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Effects of immunosuppressive treatment on microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1 and cyclooxygenases expression in muscle tissue of patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis
Marina Korotkova,S Barbasso Helmers,Ingela Loell,Helene Alexanderson,Cecilia Grundtman,Christina Dorph,Ingrid E. Lundberg,P.-J. Jakobsson +7 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the expression of microsomal prostaglandin E (PGE) synthase 1 (mPGES-1) and cyclooxygenase (COX) in muscle biopsies from patients with polymyositis or dermatomyositis before and after conventional immunosuppressive treatment indicated a role of these enzymes in the chronicity of these diseases.