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Researchers looking into foundations of autoimmune disease development, may yield new treatments (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-06
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Researchers looking into foundations of autoimmune disease development, may yield new treatments
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-06
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedAn Idaho State University biologist and her students are exploring new ways to fight autoimmune diseases by studying how environmental toxins, specifically asbestos, can affect the immune system.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedServe says asbestos exposure can lead to autoantibodies, and previous research by Serve and others found that exposure to Libby asbestiform amphibole led to elevated levels of autoantibodies.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedIn 2024, Serve and Brian Cherrington sought to understand how exposure to Libby asbestiform amphibole changes proteins in the body, and their work identified about a dozen proteins altered after asbestos exposure.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedThe current project aims to determine how proteins are modified, what happens to protein function after modification, and whether these modified proteins are targets of the immune system.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedServe says the overall goal is to understand how protein modification contributes to autoimmune disease, using Libby amphibole asbestos as a model for other autoimmune responses arising from environmental exposures, with the hope of identifying ways to prevent or slow disease development.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe article cites a December 2024 paper in The Journal of Clinical Investigation saying that more than 15 million people in the United States have an autoimmune disease and that two out of three diagnosed patients are women.View evidenceHide evidence
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Autoantibodies targeting G protein-coupled receptors and clinical outcome after ischemic stroke (PROSCIS-B).
Journal of Neurology · 2026 · PubMed
Libby amphibole-induced mesothelial cell autoantibodies bind to surface plasminogen and alter collagen matrix remodeling.
Physiological Reports · 2016 · PubMed, Crossref
Perspective: The Lung, Particles, Fibers, Nanomaterials, and Autoimmunity.
2020 · Europe PMC
Amphibole asbestos as an environmental trigger for systemic autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmunity Reviews · 2024 · PubMed
Characterization of historical amphibole samples from the former vermiculite mine near Libby, Montana, U.S.A
European Journal of Mineralogy · 2008 · Crossref
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