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The levels of two blood-circulating microRNAs, called microRNA-126 and microRNA-223, may work as new biomarkers for cardiac sarcoidosis, according to researchers. Their small study, “Serum microRNA-126 and -223 as new-generation biomarkers for sarcoidosis in patients with heart failure,” was published in the Journal of Cardiology. Cardiac…

The occurrence of sarcoidosis and sarcoma — a rare type of cancer — at the same time or one after the other may be more common than previously thought, according to a small study. These results highlight a potential association between these two distinct diseases, which could change…

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, a rare lung disease, can develop in patients with sarcoidosis, according to a new case study from India. The report, “Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia with Sarcoidosis Overlap: An Atypical Case Study,” was published in the journal Case Reports in Medicine. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, also known…

Neurosarcoidosis — a rare form of sarcoidosis affecting the central nervous system — can be misdiagnosed as meningitis because of similarities in neurological symptoms, a case study from Mexico reports.  Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes, called meninges, that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.

The risk of sarcoidosis is higher in families with a history of the disease, according to researchers from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The study reporting the findings is titled “Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Sarcoidosis: A Swedish Nested Case-Control Study,” and was published in the…

Penn Medicine‘s app for sarcoidosis patients, Apple’s ResearchKit, is now available on android. Patients with android phones, Google Pixel and Samsung, for example, now can download the app from the Google Play store. The announcement was shared on the website of the Foundation for Sarcoidosis…

A G908R mutation in the NOD2 gene is an indicator of familial sarcoidosis, according to a French study. When present in combination with IL17RA, EPHA2, and KALRN gene variants, it influences disease progression, researchers reported. Their study, “G908R NOD2 variant in a family with sarcoidosis,” was published…

Sarcoidosis patients can be divided into women over age 40 with skin and eye lesions, and men under 40 with lung involvement, according to a large survey conducted in Japan. The study, titled “Nationwide survey on the organ-specific prevalence and its interaction with sarcoidosis in Japan,”…

A recent study shows that while lung function was unaffected, patients with fibrotic sarcoidosis report increased respiratory symptoms and decreased quality of life after short-term exposure to air pollution. This small cohort study, titled “Short-Term Particulate Air Pollution Exposure is Associated with Increased Severity of Respiratory and…

A new case report from India describes the occurrence of both sarcoidosis and tuberculosis (TB) in a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and highlights the importance of early treatment in these rare cases. The study, “Coexistence of Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis Presenting with Severe…