Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common
autoinflammatory disease (AID), and it is characterized by spontaneous attack with fever, abdominal pain, and polyserositis.
The discovery of the pathophysiology of the disease reinforces a hypothesis of possible
autoinflammatory disease [4].
The new activity index known as the
Autoinflammatory Disease Activity index should be used in the future in prospective studies.
In patients with FMF, serum IL-17 levels were high both during the attack one of the
autoinflammatory disease periods and during asymptomatic periods (32).
Familial mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive
autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent fever, serositis, and erysipelas-like erythema.
Schwartz et al., "Loss-of-function mutations in TNFAIP3 leading to A20 haploinsufficiency cause an early-onset
autoinflammatory disease," Nature Genetics, vol.
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a rare autosomal recessive
autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in MVK, causing loss of function of the enzyme mevalonate kinase (MVK).
All of the involved patients should have at least one known mutation, and parents should not have any history for
autoinflammatory disease.
Several aspects of BD are typical of an immune-mediated disease, but whether BD is an autoimmune or an
autoinflammatory disease is still debated.
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are a rare,
autoinflammatory disease group that generally has autosomal dominant inheritance.
A DNA test to detect Shar-Pei
Autoinflammatory Disease (SPAID) is now available, thanks to the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC).