Sanchez also considered another type of myositis that is specifically associated with the use of the cholesterol-lowering drug the patient was taking, called statin- associated immune-mediated ...

Ra Pharma is developing zilucoplan and zilucoplan extended release (XR) for generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), and other tissue-based, complement ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a subgroup of patients with necrotizing myopathy who have a novel autoantibody specificity that makes them potential ...

Source Reference: Barbacki A, et al "Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy and dietary sources of statins" Ann Intern Med 2018; doi:10.7326/L17-0620.

Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy (NAM) (also known as immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM)) is becoming increasingly recognized as the most common subset among all the inflammatory ...

Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy typically presents with progressive symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and myalgias, although some cases can present with respiratory and esophageal muscle ...

SHANGHAI, NANJING, China and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Jan. 30, 2024, PNAS published the research paper titled "Single-cell analysis of refractory anti-SRP necrotizing ...

Necrotizing myopathy: muscle weakness. Polymyalgia rheumatica occurs more commonly in older persons and preferentially affects the proximal muscles with markedly elevated measures of inflammation ...

Effectiveness of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors in managing hypercholesterolemia post-statin-associated immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy: report of five cases and ...

Compared with patients who die without COVID-19 infection, patients who die with severe COVID-19 may present with signs of mild to severe myositis.

SHANGHAI, NANJING, China and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Jan. 30, 2024, PNAS published the research paper titled "Single-cell analysis of refractory anti-SRP necrotizing ...