Adverse Reactions

Autoimmune (Auto-Inflammatory) Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA) – Animal Models as a Proof of Concept

Captured 2023-03-26
Document Highlights

ASIA syndrome, “Autoimmune (Auto-inflammatory) Syndromes Induced by Adjuvants” includes at least four conditions which share a similar complex of signs and symptoms and have been defined by hyperactive immune responses: siliconosis, macrophagic myofasciitis syndrome, Gulf war syndrome and post-vaccination phenomena.

Exposure to adjuvants has been documented in these four medical conditions, suggesting that the common denominator to these syndromes is a trigger entailing adjuvant activity.

We included in this review animal models for rheumatoid arthritis-like disease, for systemic lupus erythematosus-like disease, autoimmune thyroid disease-like disease, antiphospholipid syndrome, myocarditis and others.