Essays about: "autoimmune"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 95 essays containing the word autoimmune.

  1. 1. United States of America: The land of threat and opportunity : A qualitative study of democratic autoimmunity in the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Karin Rådemar; [2023]
    Keywords : Capitol riot; Autoimmunity; Derrida; Democracy; United States;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to address and problematize how an undemocratic event like the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021 could occur in the United States, the nation that for so long has been perceived to be the world’s leading democracy. The thesis takes a point of departure in French philosopher Jaques Derrida’s theory of autoimmunity, which is a theory aiming to explain how democracies are at constant risk of developing autoimmune reactions within their institutions, causing them to undermine their own values and principles. READ MORE

  3. 2. Entangled in comorbidity and intersectionalities: self identified women with autoimmune disease

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Alejandra Gall Peña; [2023]
    Keywords : Resourcefulness; patienthood; emancipatory technologies; intersecting discrimination; resilience;

    Abstract : An intersectionality-based content analysis was done; an eclectic and abductive approach was needed to understand the entanglement of comorbidity and intersectionalities impacting self-identified women transnationally.  The research project is presented in three parts detailing its specific features. READ MORE

  4. 3. Profiling the Blood Proteome in Autoimmune Disease Using Proximity Extension Assay

    University essay from KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Author : Julia Asp; [2023]
    Keywords : Plasma proteomics; proximity extension assay; autoimmune disease; differential expression; machine learning; biomarkers; Plasma proteomik; proximity extension assay; autoimmuna sjukdomar; differentiellt proteinuttryck; maskininlärning; biomarkörer;

    Abstract : Autoimmuna sjukdomar är en samling komplexa, kroniska, inflammatoriska sjukdomstillstånd som kännetecknas av dysreglering av immunsystemet, vilket resulterar i inflammation och skada av vävnader, celler och organ. Dessa sjukdomar har en betydande inverkan på individens livskvalitet och bidrar ofta till ökad dödsrisk där komorbiditeter föreligger. READ MORE

  5. 4. Prediction of Persistence to Treatment for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis using Deep Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Serkan Arda Yilal; [2023]
    Keywords : Variational Autoencoders; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Precision Medicine; Treatment Prediction; Deep Learning; Supervised Learning; Rheumatoid Artrit; Precisionsmedicin; Behandlingsförutsägelse; Djupinlärning; Övervakat lärande;

    Abstract : Rheumatoid Arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease that is one of the most common autoimmune diseases in the world. The treatment usually starts with a first-line treatment called Methotrexate, but it is often insufficient. One of the most common second-line treatments is Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi). READ MORE

  6. 5. Influence of Nrf2 Activators and Keap1 Inhibitors on Antioxidative Phenotypes of THP-1-Derived M1 and M2 macrophages: Therapeutic Potential for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för immunologi, genetik och patologi

    Author : Leo Svahn; [2023]
    Keywords : NRF2; KEAP1; THP-1; M1; M2; SLE;

    Abstract : POPULAR SCIENTIFIC SUMMARY Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is not your average disorder. It behaves like a mischievous troublemaker, wreaking havoc throughout the body, causing inflammation that affects multiple organs. READ MORE