Vania Borba

Dr. Vania Borba

Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 October 2017 in American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
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VBVania Borba
Vania Borba
KSKassem Sharif
Kassem Sharif
Yehuda ShoenfeldYehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld

12 October 2020 in Biomolecules
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VBVania Borba
Vania Borba
AMAnna Malkova
Anna Malkova
NGNatali Gavrilova
Natali Gavrilova
GHGilad Halpert
Gilad Halpert
LALaura ANDREOLI
Laura ANDREOLI
Yehuda ShoenfeldYehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld
Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA) was first introduced in 2011 by Shoenfeld et al. and encompasses a cluster of related immune mediated diseases, which develop among genetically prone individuals as a result of adjuvant agent exposure. Since the recognition of ASIA syndrome, more than 4400 documented cases have been reported so far, illustrated by heterogeneous clinical manifestations and severity. In this review, five enigmatic conditions, including sarcoidosis, Sjögren’s syndrome, undifferentiated connective tissue disease, silicone implant incompatibility syndrome (SIIS), and immune-related adverse events (irAEs), are defined as classical examples of ASIA. Certainly, these disorders have been described after an adjuvant stimulus (silicone implantation, drugs, infections, metals, vaccines, etc.) among genetically predisposed individuals (mainly the HLA-DRB1 and PTPN22 gene), which induce an hyperstimulation of the immune system resulting in the production of autoantibodies, eventually leading to the development of autoimmune diseases. Circulating autonomic autoantibodies in the sera of patients with silicone breast implants, as well as anatomopathological aspects of small fiber neuropathy in their skin biopsies have been recently described. To our knowledge, these novel insights serve as a common explanation to the non-specific clinical manifestations reported in patients with ASIA, leading to the redefinition of the ASIA syndrome diagnostic criteria.

28 May 2018 in Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
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CACarolina Almeida
Carolina Almeida
VBVania Borba
Vania Borba
LSLELITA Conceicao SANTOS
LELITA Conceicao SANTOS

11 January 2019 in Clinical Rheumatology
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VBVania Borba
Vania Borba
YSYehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld

19 September 2024 in Autoimmunity Reviews
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VBVania Borba
Vania Borba
PCPedro Carrera-Bastos
Pedro Carrera-Bastos
GZGisele Zandman-Goddard
Gisele Zandman-Goddard
ALAlejandro Lucia
Alejandro Lucia
YSYehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld

23 October 2025 in Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
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VBVania Borba
Vania Borba
PCPedro Carrera-Bastos
Pedro Carrera-Bastos
AHAbihai Lucas Hernández
Abihai Lucas Hernández
YSYehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld