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[17] compared patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and MS, and identified a common autoimmunity signature as well as disease-specific gene expression signatures.
Among male patients reported to date who have hypogonadism and RAD are individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) [ 4, 5, 6, 7], lupus anticoagulant and antiphospholipid syndrome associated [ 8], scleroderma [ 9, 10, 11, 12], rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [ 13], ankylosing spondylitis (AS) [ 14, 15, 16], and polymyositis [ 17], while Turner's syndrome has been associated with autoimmune thyroiditis [ 3], juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) [ 18], and juvenile-onset inflammatory bowel disease [ 19].
The relative lack of progress in certain human autoimmune diseases for which an animal model does not exist, such as neuropsychiatric lupus, corroborates the indispensable role played by animal models.
In fact, in the Lpr model of systemic lupus erythematosus, the Lps locus was believed a likely modulator of phenotype [ 32].
Cardiovascular diseases, a major health concern in industrialized countries [ 1 2 3 4 ] , include vasculopathies such as atherosclerosis [ 5 ] and autoimmune vascular diseases such as lupus [ 6 ] , graft versus host disease [ 7 ] , and systemic sclerosis [ 8 ] . Many factors are involved in the development and progression of these diseases including lifestyle (diet, smoking, and lack of physical exercise); genes, and environment [ 1 2 3 4 ] . Also, infectious agents, including both bacterial (Chlamydia) [ 9 10 ] , and viral (CMV) [ 11 12 ] , have been implicated.