Onset of autoimmune glomerulonephritis derived from the telomeric region of MRL-chromosome 1 is associated with the male sex hormone in mice.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to observe the clinical and pathologic features of digital lesions in a cohort of 50 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Biopsy and pictures of digital lesions were performed in 50 consecutive patients with SLE and digital lesions. A clinical diagnosis of vasculitis was pr...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Bouaziz JD,Barete S,Le Pelletier F,Amoura Z,Piette JC,Francès C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of recurrent cerebral infarctions in a 42-year-old woman affected by polyarteritis nodosa and antiphospholipid syndrome is reported. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed grossly thickened mitral valve leaflets, possibly related to the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Thus, an embolic source at mitr...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Morelli S,Perrone C,Paroli M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between antimalarials (AM) and elevated muscle enzymes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). PATIENTSMETHODS:325 lupus patients with abnormal creatine phosphokinase (CPK) for at least two consecutive clinic visits were enrolled; 54 patients on statins/fibrates (n = 43) and/or...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Tselios K,Gladman DD,Su J,Urowitz MB

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have demonstrated considerable variability in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) incidence and prevalence estimates. Lack of reliable epidemiological data may hinder evidence-based health care planning. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence and incidence of SLE in the Estonian adult popul...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Otsa K,Talli S,Harding P,Parsik E,Esko M,Teepere A,Tammaru M

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Neurological involvement in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is common, and its occurrence increases morbidity and mortality. Patients may present variable neurological involvement, such as cerebrovascular disease, cognitive dysfunction, headache, seizures, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis-like syndrome,...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ricarte IF,Dutra LA,Abrantes FF,Toso FF,Barsottini OGP,Silva GS,de Souza AWS,Andrade D

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to determine whether the SLEDAI-2K calculated using a timeframe of 30 days prior to a visit for clinical and laboratory variables was equivalent to the prescribed 10-day period. One hundred forty nine consecutive lupus patients seen over 9 weeks at the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic enroll...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Touma Z,Urowitz MB,Gladman DD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no report about the association between GATA3 rs3824662 polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possible role of GATA3 rs3824662 polymorphism as a susceptibility risk factor for either adult SLE (aSLE) or pediatric SLE (pSLE) and to evaluate its role in the...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Mosaad YM,Hammad A,Elghzaly AA,Tawhid ZME,Hammad EM,Showma A,Abdelsalam R,Elmoughy A,Fawzy IM,Anber N

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consanguineous marriage is quite prevalent in the Sultanate of Oman, with up to 45% of marriages being consanguineous. The aim of this study was to determine demographic, clinical and serological characteristics between familial and non-familial cases of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a highly consangu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Abdwani R,Hira M,Al-Nabhani D,Al-Zakwani I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies to phospholipids other than cardiolipin have received less attention, to date, than anti-cardiolipin antibodies. This review focuses on these antibodies and potential roles for both phospholipid and protein in their reactivity. We review data in the literature indicating that antibodies to phosphatidyle...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Rauch J,Janoff AS

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations of polymorphisms in vitamin D receptor (VDR) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have already been explored by many studies. The aim of this meta-analysis was to better clarify associations between polymorphisms in VDR and RA/SLE by combing the results of all relevant stu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Zhang WT,Jin TF,Chen L

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested an association between primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS), antiphospholipid antibodies and some major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens. We have studied the relationship between MHC class II antigens and PAPS in 19 patients from the south of Spain. Univariant analysis showed...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Camps MT,Cuadrado MJ,Ocón P,Alonso A,Gutierrez A,Guil M,Grana MI,de Ramón E

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the development of sideroblastic anemia (SA) during the clinical activity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in two patients. The cases refer to two women with SLE who developed SA during a relapse of the illness. Both patients fulfilled at least four criteria of the American Association of Rheu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jiménez-Balderas FJ,Morales-Polanco MR,Gutierrez L

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children born to women with systemic lupus erythematosus seem to have a potentially increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders compared to children born to healthy women. Recent experimental data suggest in utero exposure to maternal antibodies and cytokines as important risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorde...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Vinet É,Pineau CA,Clarke AE,Fombonne É,Platt RW,Bernatsky S

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:We examined the prevalence of clinical and immunologic features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by race, sex and age in a population-based study of 265 SLE patients. Patients fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria. The median time between diagnosis and study enrollment was 13 mont...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Cooper GS,Parks CG,Treadwell EL,St Clair EW,Gilkeson GS,Cohen PL,Roubey RA,Dooley MA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiomyopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may be secondary to myocardial inflammation (i.e. myocarditis) or to systemic complications such as hypertension. Symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction is the most common clinical presentation of cardiomyopathy and is potentially life threatening. Ident...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Appenzeller S,Pineau CA,Clarke AE

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The feed-forward loop of type I interferons (IFNs) production and subsequent immunopathology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been hypothesised to be disrupted with inhibition of IFNα or type I IFN receptor subunit 1 (IFNAR). This systematic review and meta-analysis present the treatment efficacy and...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Koh JWH,Ng CH,Tay SH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can occur at any time during the course of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and can be independent of lupus disease activity in other systems. The pathogenesis of PH in SLE can be multifactorial, but pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the commonest cause of PH in SLE. The internati...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Prabu A,Gordon C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Antimalarials (AMs) are widely used in the treatment of connective tissue diseases. Their main side effect is retinal damage, while heart disease has been described in isolated cases. The aim of this study is to systematically review the existing literature on AM-induced cardiomyopathy (AMIC). Methods The P...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Tselios K,Deeb M,Gladman DD,Harvey P,Urowitz MB

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous drugs have been linked to the induction or exacerbation of systemic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE). This report presents the third case of the biologic abatacept as an exacerbating medication for SCLE. A 73-year old woman with a remote history of subacute cutaneous lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, well c...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Figueredo Zamora E,Callen JP,Schadt CR

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the occurrence of visceral leishmaniasis in three patients coming from the northern part of Italy treated with immunosuppressive drugs for different rheumatic conditions. This paper highlights the importance of adequate work-up in those patients presenting with serious clinical manifestations that can compli...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Castellino G,Govoni M,Lo Monaco A,Montecucco C,Colombo F,Trotta F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Q fever has extremely polymorphic features, and has been reported to be associated with positivity of several autoimmune antibodies. We report two cases of atypical Q fever with a clinical presentation highly suggestive of an inflammatory systemic disease with positivity of autoimmune antibodies, mimicking systemic lu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Durupt S,Puget M,Lega JC,Durieu I,Reynaud Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of poly(ADP-ribose) in peripheral blood mononuclear (PBM) cells was studied in 13 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and in 12 age and sex matched controls. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity was measured as the net accumulation of ADP-ribose polymers during the conversion of 32P-NAD to ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Chen HY,Pertusi RM,Kirkland JB,Rubin BR,Jacobson EL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Musculoskeletal involvement is extremely common in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Continuing the research initiated in patients with inflammatory arthritis, recent studies have shown the potential role of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) in the evaluation of clinical and subclinical lupu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Di Matteo A,Satulu I,Di Carlo M,Lato V,Filippucci E,Grassi W

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycans (sugars or carbohydrates) are predominant surface components of cells such as erythrocytes, immune cells and microorganisms. As such, they give rise to high levels of anti-glycan antibodies of all classes. Antibodies to certain defined mono, di and oligosaccharides that are common in bacterial, fungal and para...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Dotan N,Altstock RT,Schwarz M,Dukler A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family. It has recently been demonstrated that OPG is produced by a variety of tissues, including the cardiovascular system (heart, arteries, veins), lung, kidney, immune tissues, and bone. The OPG-RANKL signaling pathway is str...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Kiani AN,Aukrust P,Ueland T,Hollan I,Barr E,Magder LS,Petri M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease with significant morbidity and functional disability. The traditional treatment for RA relied on the use of NSAIDs early in the disease course, followed by disease-modifying agents later. More recently, the disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have become the m...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Khraishi MM,Singh G

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate whether early eradication therapy influences systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) risk in patients with Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. METHODS:We identified 41,653 patients with HP infection in Taiwan from 2000 to 2013. The patient population was divided into early (within...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Wu MC,Huang JY,Chen HH,Wei JC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00