Dental amalgam & lupus/autoimmune conditions
Arnett FC, Fritzler MJ, Ahn C, Holian A. Urinary mercury levels in patients with autoantibodies to U3-RNP (fibrillarin). J Rheumatol. 2000 Feb;27(2):405-10.
Mean urinary Hg levels were significantly elevated in the antifibrillarin antibody positive patients compared to those in other patients with SSc and controls
Mercury & lupus
Cooper GS, Parks CG,
et al, Occupational risk factors for
the development of systemic lupus erythematosus. J
Rheumatol. 2004 Oct;31(10):1928-33.
Conclusions: Positive associations
for lupus were seen with self-reported occupational exposure to mercury (OR
3.6, 95% CI 1.3, 10.0), mixing pesticides for agricultural work (OR 7.4, 95%
CI 1.4, 40.0), and among dental workers (OR 7.1, 95% CI 2.2, 23.4).
Silbergeld EK, Silva IA, Nyland JF. Mercury and autoimmunity: implications for occupational and environmental health. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2005 Sep 1;207(2 Suppl):282-92.
a recent epidemiological study has
demonstrated a link between occupational Hg exposure and lupus. These
results suggest a new model for Hg immunotoxicity, as a co-factor in
autoimmune disease, increasing the risks and severity of clinical disease in
the presence of other triggering events, either genetic or acquired.
Via CS, Nguyen P,
Niculescu F, Papadimitriou J, Hoover D, Silbergeld
EK, Low-dose exposure to
inorganic mercury accelerates disease and mortality in acquired murine
lupus. Environ Health Perspect. 2003
Aug;111(10):1273-7.
These results are consistent with the hypothesis that low-level, nontoxic iHg preexposure may interact with other risk factors, genetic or acquired, to promote subsequent autoimmune disease development.
Mercury & arthritis
Karatas GK, Tosun AK, Karacehennem E, Sepici V.
Mercury poisoning: an unusual cause
of polyarthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2002 Feb;21(1):73-5.
we report a patient who developed polyarthritis after mercury exposure
Hansson M, Djerbi M,
et al; Exposure to mercuric chloride
during the induction phase and after the onset of collagen-induced arthritis
enhances immune/autoimmune responses and exacerbates the disease in DBA/1
mice.
Immunology. 2005 Mar;114(3):428-37.
Our findings suggest that exposure to mercury during the development of collagen-induced arthritis(CIA) may influence immunological factors in such a way as to synergistically promote disease development.
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