Spot urine protein/creatinine ratio is unreliable estimate of 24 h proteinuria in lupus nephritis when the histological scores of activity index are higher.

abstract：:This report considers the rare situation in which primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) is linked with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). It describes the case of a young lady with PAPS, characterized by recurring cerebro-vascular abnormalities and marked livedo reticularis, combined with circulating antica...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： de Carvalho JF,Freitas CA,Lima IV,Leite CC,Lage LV

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) whose sera contained a high titre of an antibody targeting cytoplasmic ribosomal P proteins (anti-P). This association preceded by 6 years the development of serological and clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The clinical significance of ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Hamasaki K,Mimura T,Kanda H,Morino N,Yazaki Y,Nojima Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study whether monoclonal anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL), derived from patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), have similar pathogenic potential, we have employed an experimental model of antiphospholipid syndrome. Monoclonal aCL were produced by the combined method of EBV transformation and somatic cell hy...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Bakimer R,Blank M,Kosashvilli D,Ichikawa K,Khamashta MA,Hughes GR,Koike T,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have investigated the potential of various autoantibody tests in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Many lupus patients initially present with glomerulonephritis. In that clinical situation the main differential diagnosis are other forms of glomerulonephritis. In this study the diagno...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Heidenreich U,Mayer G,Herold M,Klotz W,Stempfl Al-Jazrawi K,Lhotta K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dose-dependent combination of environmental exposures, estrogenic hormones and genetic predisposition is thought to be required for lupus to develop and flare, but how the environment modifies the immune system in genetically predisposed people is unclear. Current evidence indicates that environmental agents that in...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Somers EC,Richardson BC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of the musculoskeletal system is common if not universal in the clinical course of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Joint involvement on the whole does not cause major erosive disease, however, recent developments in musculoskeletal imaging show clearly the presence of significant bony and soft tissue i...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Zoma A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is a rare clinical syndrome of ineffective intestinal motility characterised by clinical and radiological evidence of intestinal obstruction with no identifiable mechanical lesion. CIPO can either be idiopathic or secondary to a systemic disease, like systemic lupus erythem...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Khairullah S,Jasmin R,Yahya F,Cheah TE,Ng CT,Sockalingam S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently present with extrahepatic manifestations covering a large spectrum, involving different organ systems leading to the concept of systemic HCV infection. These manifestations include autoimmune phenomena and frank autoimmune and/or rheumatic diseases and...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Rosenthal E,Cacoub P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is one of the most complex and ill understood symptoms of chronic illness often reported as the number one complaint by patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the literature on fatigue in SLE. A pool of 55 relevant articles was retrieved via elect...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Cleanthous S,Tyagi M,Isenberg DA,Newman SP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether killer cell immunologlobulin-like receptor (KIR) genotypes are associated with vasculitis, vascular arterial events or anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies in patients with lupus. A total of 304 patients followed prospectively at the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic were assessed for the occurrence ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Toloza S,Pellett F,Chandran V,Ibanez D,Urowitz M,Gladman D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of lupus nephritis is typified by popular misconceptions: that there is a 'standard of care', that treatment has well-defined aims and that the optimum length of treatment is established. In reality, however, uncertainties still exist and the evidence base remains weak. Until recently, initial therapy f...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jayne D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study was to investigate the features of hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at different altitudes. The correlation between SLE activity and altitudinal variations was also explored. Medical records of 1029 patients were retrospectively reviewed. Activity of SLE in each organ sys...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Qian G,Ran X,Zhou CX,Deng DQ,Zhang PL,Guo Y,Luo JH,Zhou XH,Xie H,Cai M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of beta 2-GPI on binding of antibodies in sera from patients with leprosy and patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) to CL in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). Increased levels of IgG aCL were detected in 59 of 61 leprosy patients' sera by the standard aCL-ELISA in the prese...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Hojnik M,Gilburd B,Ziporen L,Blank M,Tomer Y,Scheinberg MA,Tincani A,Rozman B,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the case of a Chinese patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed neutropenia after treatment by olanzapine for the SLE-related psychiatric symptoms. The relationship between agranulocytosis, SLE and olanzapine is still unknown. Fcγ receptor IIIb (FcγRIIIb) is a low-affinity ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Salviati M,Ortona E,Colasanti T,Francia A,Pontecorvo S,Delle Chiaie R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the vitamin D status and its relationship with disease and therapy features and with bone mineral density in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. Non-pregnant systemic lupus erythematosus women with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and vitamin D measurements performed b...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Toloza SM,Cole DE,Gladman DD,Ibañez D,Urowitz MB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives Lupus is a classical systemic autoimmune disease with genetics as one of the well known causative factors for the disease pathogenesis. Toll-like receptors are the major pattern recognition receptors associated with innate immunity and also act as an interface with the adaptive immunity. Genetic polymorphis...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Yusuf JH,Kaliyaperumal D,Jayaraman M,Ramanathan G,Devaraju P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a human monoclonal antibody designated WRI 176 beta and a common idiotype that it carries. This antibody was derived from the spleen of a patient with SLE. WRI 176 is an IgM kappa monoclonal reacting with ssDNA, dsDNA, poly(dT) and it is likely that mAb WRI 176 beta is a representative of the so-called nat...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Blanco F,Longhurst C,Watts R,Kalsi J,Wiloch HW,Youinou P,Latchman DS,Isenberg DA

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:Only recently Bartonella species have been recognized as important human pathogens. Cat scratch disease (CSD), caused by infection with Bartonella henselae, shows a steady increase in the number of cases throughout the world. We report a case of an 18-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presente...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gaubitz M,Herrmann M,Shahin M,Schotte H,Willeke P,Domschke W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a clinically diverse, complex autoimmune disease which may present with coincident onset of many criteria or slow, gradual symptom accrual. Early intervention has been postulated to delay or prevent the development of more serious sequelae. One option for treatment in this setting...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： James JA,Kim-Howard XR,Bruner BF,Jonsson MK,McClain MT,Arbuckle MR,Walker C,Dennis GJ,Merrill JT,Harley JB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) involvement may occur in 20-70% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients where neurological symptoms are overt; this is termed neuropsychiatric lupus or NPSLE. This review summarizes evidence that damage to the brain endothelium forming the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a contributory...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Abbott NJ,Mendonça LL,Dolman DE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by the finding of ample serum autoantibodies. The role and the origin of many of these antibodies are still obscure. The aim of this work was to study the occurrence of anti-insulin antibodies (AIA) in SLE, and to postulate, based on AIA determination, on the mechani...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lidar M,Braf A,Givol N,Langevitz P,Pauzner R,Many A,Livneh A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although challenging, developing evidence-based approaches to an early and accurate diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus is a key approach to preventing disease and lupus-associated morbidity and mortality. Advances in our understanding of preclinical and incomplete lupus erythematosus have enabled the identifica...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Choi MY,Barber MR,Barber CE,Clarke AE,Fritzler MJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:The objective of this article was to evaluate whether serum uric acid (SUA) correlates with arterial stiffness and inflammation markers in a cohort of women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) without overt atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, who attended a community hospital. One hundred and two women with S...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Sabio JM,Vargas-Hitos JA,Mediavilla JD,Navarrete-Navarrete N,Zamora-Posadas M,Pérez-Vicente S,Hidalgo-Tenorio C,Díaz-Chamorro A,Jáimez L,Jiménez-Alonso J,Grupo Lupus Virgen de las Nieves.

更新日期：2010-04-01 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

abstract：:Objective Genetic variants in FH (complement factor H) were reported to associate with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study proposed that the genetic defects of FH in the susceptibility and in the development of lupus nephritis might be different. Methods This study enrolled 334 lupus nephr...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Tan M,Hao JB,Chu H,Wang FM,Song D,Zhu L,Yu F,Li YZ,Song Y,Zhao MH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In examining reasons for premature atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we previously reported low levels of the cholesterol transport protein apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) in these patients, and specific antibodies to purified apoA1 were identified in the sera of 5 out of 30 lupus patients. The current ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Dinu AR,Merrill JT,Shen C,Antonov IV,Myones BL,Lahita RG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease marked by the disruption of the immune homeostasis. Patients exhibit a wide range of clinical manifestations, and environmental and genetic factors are involved in SLE pathogenesis. Evidence suggests that abnormalities in the cellular and molecular...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Glesse N,Vianna P,Paim LMG,Matte MCC,Aguiar AKK,Palhano PL,Monticielo OA,Brenol CV,Xavier RM,Chies JAB

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of oral treatment with AVEMAR (AVEMAR), a new benzoquinone-containing fermentation product of wheat germ, on features of experimental systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in naive mice, induced by idiotypic manipulation, was studied. We assessed the effect of AVEMAR on the profile of autoantibody productio...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ehrenfeld M,Blank M,Shoenfeld Y,Hidvegi M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00