The role of inflammatory mediators in the pathogenesis of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome.
Daryush PurrahmanŁukasz A PoniatowskiPiotr WojdasiewiczMohammad-Reza FathiHomayon YousefiElena LakMohammad-Reza Mahmoudian-SaniPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2022)
It is concluded that some pathophysiological processes are associated with immune dysregulation, which itself may be secondary to environmental factors, genetic background, and underlying diseases, including latent infections that multiply inflammatory mediators. elevated inflammatory markers similarly play a significant part in the clinical outcomes of this condition, whose pyrogenic nature is the reason for the development of episodes of febrile attacks in the population of patients suffering from PFAPA syndrome.