Current management of lupus nephritis: popular misconceptions.

abstract：:Renal involvement is one of the main complications of systemic lupus erythematosus, causing a significant impact on patients' morbidity and mortality. Renal biopsy is still the gold standard of diagnosis, but it has many limitations. In this sense, several recent studies aim to identify biomarkers that not only predic...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gasparin AA,Pamplona Bueno de Andrade N,Hax V,Tres GL,Veronese FV,Monticielo OA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations at the ITGAM gene, which encodes for the CD11b chain of the Mac-1 (alphaMbeta2; CD11b/CD18; complement receptor-3) integrin, is one of the strongest genetic risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). More specifically, a genetic variant (rs1143679) which results in an arginine to histidine substit...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Fagerholm SC,MacPherson M,James MJ,Sevier-Guy C,Lau CS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is burdensome and must be assessed using validated scales. Although the psychometric properties of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) scale in SLE have been evaluated previously, its content validity in this disease remain...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Kosinski M,Gajria K,Fernandes AW,Cella D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine kidney transplantation (KTx) outcomes for Greek patients with renal failure caused by lupus nephritis (LN) compared with matched controls, kidney recipients with other causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Twenty-six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) subjected t...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lionaki S,Kapitsinou PP,Iniotaki A,Kostakis A,Moutsopoulos HM,Boletis JN

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens and their receptors may play a role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Genetic alterations in the exon 8-coding region of the estrogen receptor alpha alter the intracellular signalling of estrogens, leading in enhanced or diminished activity. We investigated whether genetic alterations in e...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Kassi E,Vlachoyiannopoulos PG,Kominakis A,Kiaris H,Moutsopoulos HM,Moutsatsou P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial and/or platelet activation likely initiates thrombus formation. Whether antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) is an activator, a toxic response, or a protective response is not clear, nor is it certain whether aPL is germ-line encoded or antigen-driven. The pregnancy model is particularly informative. Alternativ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lockshin MD

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare and rank currently available pharmacological interventions for the prevention of recurrent miscarriage (RM) in women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:A search was performed using PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, CNKI, ClinicalTrials....

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Yang Z,Shen X,Zhou C,Wang M,Liu Y,Zhou L

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated neutrophil apoptosis may result in the development of autoimmune disease by contributing to nuclear autoantigen exposure, leading to autoantibody generation and a breakdown in immune tolerance. It has previously been shown that neutrophil apoptosis is increased in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematos...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Midgley A,Mayer K,Edwards SW,Beresford MW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the immune cell profile in the bone marrow of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and to assess its clinical relevance. METHODS:Sixteen bone marrow samples from 14 SLE patients were compared with seven healthy control samples. The numbers of immune cells and apoptotic cells in the bone ma...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Park JW,Moon SY,Lee JH,Park JK,Lee DS,Jung KC,Song YW,Lee EB

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multisystemic, immune-mediated disorder associated with a substantial hospitalization risk. As a comparatively rare disease, there is a sparsity of research examining the burden of hospital admission in the contemporary era. We aim to describe national trends ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Hannah J,Galloway J,Kaul A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether the functional CD40 rs4810485 G/T polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:A series of meta-analyses were conducted to test for association between the CD40 ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lee YH,Bae SC,Choi SJ,Ji JD,Song GG

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the presence of anti-nucleosome (anti-NCS) and anti-chromatin (anti-CRT) antibodies in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) compared with active and inactive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A total of 154 subjects were evaluated: 54 patients presenting CLE...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Souza A,da Silva LM,Oliveira FR,Roselino AM,Louzada-Junior P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute exercise increases IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α levels in healthy subjects. There is no study evaluating the effect of exercise on cytokines level in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to assess IL-10, IL-6 and TNF-α levels at baseline and after acute physical exercise in pati...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： da Silva AE,dos Reis-Neto ET,da Silva NP,Sato EI

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS) pathological classification criteria of lupus nephritis are limited to glomerular injury. Although the tubulointerstitium is commonly involved, the importance of such involvement is not well defined. The major objective of this study...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Alsuwaida AO

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the intrathecal concentrations of cytokines/chemokines are associated with, or influenced by, serum concentrations in patients with central neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), and to ascertain whether the increased production of cytokines/chemokines intrathecally relati...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Yoshio T,Okamoto H,Kurasawa K,Dei Y,Hirohata S,Minota S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this paper is to perform the cross-cultural validation of the French version of the LupusPRO, a disease-targeted patient-reported outcome measure, among systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Canada. METHODS:The French version of the LupusPRO and the MOS SF-36 were administered; dem...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Bourré-Tessier J,Clarke AE,Kosinski M,Mikolaitis-Preuss RA,Bernatsky S,Block JA,Jolly M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the survival rate has considerably improved, many patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop irreversible organ damage. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this paper are to characterize cumulative damage in SLE patients and identify variables associated with its presence and severity. METH...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gonçalves MJ,Sousa S,Inês LS,Duarte C,Borges J,Silva C,Romão VC,Terroso G,Bernardes M,Cerqueira M,Raposo A,Sequeira G,Barcelos A,Macieira C,Canas da Silva J,Costa L,Pereira da Silva JA,Cunha-Miranda L,Da Silva JA,Ca

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a highly heterogeneous disorder in which multiple immunologic abnormalities have been described. In this review, we thoroughly analyse the impaired T cell production of, and response to, interleukin-2 (IL-2) characteristic of patients with SLE. Since it was first reported, several...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Crispin JC,Alcocer-Varela J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disorder of the immune system, is potentially curable by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (alloBMT). Until recently, alloBMT was limited by donor availability and toxicity. Reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) combined with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide (PTCy) has im...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gladstone DE,Petri M,Bolaños-Meade J,Dezern AE,Jones RJ,Fine D,Brodsky RA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and quinacrine (Qn) association, at two different dosages, in treatment of lupus skin lesions not responding to HCQ alone. Thirty-four patients, affected by cutaneous and systemic lupus erythematosus, were retrospectively analysed. They were treated by HCQ (5 mg/Kg/...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Cavazzana I,Sala R,Bazzani C,Ceribelli A,Zane C,Cattaneo R,Tincani A,Calzavara-Pinton PG,Franceschini F

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). Among the thrombogenic mechanisms proposed, it has been suggested that aPL can stimulate tissue factor (TF) expression by endothelial cells (ECs) and monocytes. Moreover, ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： López-Pedrera Ch,Buendía P,Aguirre MA,Velasco F,Cuadrado MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) remains a clinical challenge for practitioners, with several controversial points that have not been answered so far. This Obstetric APS Task Force met on the 16th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Manchester, England, to discuss about treatment, diagnos...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： de Jesús GR,Benson AE,Chighizola CB,Sciascia S,Branch DW

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is particularly dangerous in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), being a problem both for the differential diagnosis with disease flare and for the management of SLE flare with immunosuppressive drugs. We report on four cases of SLE with concomitant CMV infection, having some common clinical and ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Sebastiani GD,Iuliano A,Canofari C,Bracci M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lupus nephritis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Traditional outcome criteria such as doubling of serum creatinine, end-stage renal disease and death have been used in controlled therapeutic trials, but are limited by their low incidence and the extended p...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Boumpas DT,Balow JE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and objective African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans with lupus are the two most common minority groups who receive kidney transplants in the USA. It is unknown if African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans with lupus have similar outcomes after kidney transplantation. In this study, we assessed whether Afr...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gonzalez-Suarez ML,Contreras G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus has been thoroughly investigated recently, and genome-wide association studies have identified genes statistically associated with lupus. However, the progression to overt disease is dependent on the activation of environmental factors ('triggers'), among which oe...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Catania G,Rossi E,Marmont A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the frequency of primary immunodeficiencies (PID) in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) patients. METHODS:Some 72 JSLE patients were analyzed for levels of immunoglobulin classes and IgG subclasses and early components of the classical complement pathway. Determination of C4 gene copy n...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jesus AA,Liphaus BL,Silva CA,Bando SY,Andrade LE,Coutinho A,Carneiro-Sampaio M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives The objective of this study was to determine whether advanced MRI could provide biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). Methods Our prospective study included 28 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with primary central NPSLE, 22 patients witho...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Sarbu N,Toledano P,Calvo A,Roura E,Sarbu MI,Espinosa G,Lladó X,Cervera R,Bargalló N

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the incidence and risk factors of infections in 200 SLE outpatients. All outpatients with active or inactive SLE without infections in the previous month were included. They were assessed every 3 months. Major infections were those requiring hospitalization and parental antibi...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Zonana-Nacach A,Camargo-Coronel A,Yañez P,Sánchez L,Jimenez-Balderas FJ,Fraga A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to analyse the prevalence and clinical significance of hypocomplementemia in a large series of patients diagnosed either with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and its association with the main clinical, hematological and immunological fea...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ramos-Casals M,Campoamor MT,Chamorro A,Salvador G,Segura S,Botero JC,Yagüe J,Cervera R,Ingelmo M,Font J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00