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Idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease: a systematic literature review

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A systematic review provides comprehensive information about clinical features, treatment, and outcomes of idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease, which accounts for at least 33% of all cases of multicentric Castellan's disease.
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This article is published in The Lancet Haematology.The article was published on 2016-04-01. It has received 198 citations till now.

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Interleukin-6: designing specific therapeutics for a complex cytokine

TL;DR: The roles of IL-6 in health and disease are overviewed and progress with several approaches of inhibitingIL-6-signalling is analyzed, with the aim of illuminating when and how to apply IL- 6 blockade.
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International, evidence-based consensus diagnostic criteria for HHV-8–negative/idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease

TL;DR: The proposed consensus criteria will facilitate consistent diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and collaborative research and exclude infectious, malignant, and autoimmune disorders that can mimic iMCD.
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International, evidence-based consensus treatment guidelines for idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease

TL;DR: These guidelines should help treating physicians to stratify patients based on disease severity in order to select the best available therapeutic option to improve outcomes.
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Overview of Castleman disease.

TL;DR: Advances in diagnosis, classification, pathogenesis, and therapy are substantial since the original description of UCD by Benjamin Castleman in 1954, and further progress will be made by continued engagement of physicians, scientists, and patients.
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Weathering the COVID-19 storm: Lessons from hematologic cytokine syndromes.

TL;DR: Established markers of inflammation as well as cytokine levels are compared and contrasted between these four entities in order to establish a foundation for future diagnostic criteria of COVID-CSS.
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Identification of herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma

TL;DR: unique sequences present in more than 90 percent of Kaposi's sarcoma tissues obtained from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) appear to define a new human herpesvirus.
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in multicentric Castleman's disease

TL;DR: Data suggest that KSHV could play a role in the pathogenesis of MCD, especially in HIV-infected patients, which is a close association with Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine

Preeti N. Malani
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Molecular Mimicry of Human Cytokine and Cytokine Response Pathway Genes by KSHV

TL;DR: Four virus proteins similar to two human macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) chemokines, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interferon regulatory factor (IRF) are encoded by the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) genome.
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