PMID- 36830946 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230228 IS - 2227-9059 (Print) IS - 2227-9059 (Electronic) IS - 2227-9059 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Jan 30 TI - Prevalence of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases in Chronic Urticaria: Pathogenetic, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications. LID - 10.3390/biomedicines11020410 [doi] LID - 410 AB - Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is defined as the almost daily occurrence of widespread wheals, angioedema, or both, for more than 6 weeks. It affects 1-2% of the general population, with a higher prevalence in female patients, and is more frequent patients over 20 years of age. More than half of all cases of chronic idiopathic urticaria are thought to occur due to an autoimmune mechanism, specifically the production of autoantibodies against the high-affinity immunoglobulin E (IgE) receptor (FcepsilonRI). The quality of life in these patients is often greatly compromised, also due to the onset of comorbidities represented by other autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, celiac disease, and type 1 diabetes, among others. This review aimed to analyze the close correlation between CSU and some autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases, in order to encourage a multidisciplinary and multimorbid approach to the patient affected by CSU, which allows not only control of the natural course of the disease, but also any associated comorbidities. FAU - Murdaca, Giuseppe AU - Murdaca G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6403-6905 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. AD - Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, 16132 Genoa, Italy. FAU - Paladin, Francesca AU - Paladin F AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. AD - Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, 16132 Genoa, Italy. FAU - Borro, Matteo AU - Borro M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9896-506X AD - Internal Medicine Department, San Paolo Hospital, 17100 Savona, Italy. FAU - Ricciardi, Luisa AU - Ricciardi L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3105-8347 AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School and Operative Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. FAU - Gangemi, Sebastiano AU - Gangemi S AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, School and Operative Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230130 PL - Switzerland TA - Biomedicines JT - Biomedicines JID - 101691304 PMC - PMC9953398 OTO - NOTNLM OT - autoimmune diseases OT - chronic spontaneous urticaria COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/02/26 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/26 06:01 PMCR- 2023/01/30 CRDT- 2023/02/25 01:27 PHST- 2022/12/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/01/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/02/25 01:27 [entrez] PHST- 2023/02/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biomedicines11020410 [pii] AID - biomedicines-11-00410 [pii] AID - 10.3390/biomedicines11020410 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biomedicines. 2023 Jan 30;11(2):410. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11020410.