The significance of anticardiolipin antibodies in patients with lupus nephritis.

abstract：:Corrigendum to A North American perspective of content and quality of websites in the English language on childhood-onset lupus erythematosus by C Cutler et al. Published in Lupus (2018) 27, 762-770. DOI: 10.1177/0961203317746246 . The authors wish to highlight the following correction. The subheading in Table 5 shoul...

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更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet activation and decrease in platelet count characterize the development of the most feared form of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), i.e. catastrophic APS (CAPS). We aimed to assess if immuno-affinity purified anti-β2-glycoprotein I (aβ2GPI) antibodies enhance platelet activation inducing a significant flow obs...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Pontara E,Cheng C,Cattini MG,Bison E,Pelloso M,Denas G,Pengo V

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic strategy studies commonly focus on the accuracy of tests in diagnosing, and grading this body of evidence is a challenge in itself because (1) standard tools for grading evidence were designed for questions about treatment rather than diagnostic testing; and (2) the clinical usefulness of a diagnostic strat...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Mendes de Abreu M,Levy RA,Wahl D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lupus anticoagulant-hypoprothrombinemia syndrome (LA-HPS) is a rare acquired disorder caused by prothrombin antibodies. The disease is most common in the pediatric age group (<16 years), and more prevalent in women. There are well-established clinical diseases associated with LA-HPS, most notably systemic lupus erythe...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Mulliez SM,De Keyser F,Verbist C,Vantilborgh A,Wijns W,Beukinga I,Devreese KM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this paper is to assess whether pulmonary hypertension (PH) may be detected at one point in time or longitudinally predicted by serum uric acid (sUA) levels in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:We conducted a post-hoc analysis of a long-term followed cohort of Mexican SLE patients....

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Castillo-Martínez D,Marroquín-Fabián E,Lozada-Navarro AC,Mora-Ramírez M,Juárez M,Sánchez-Muñoz F,Vargas-Barrón J,Sandoval J,Amezcua-Guerra LM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein S deficiency is rare in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and is generally associated with the presence of antiphospholipid (APL) antibodies. Lack of protein S can cause skin necrosis, but when it does it is generally in response to warfarin exposure. In this article, we describe the case of a patient who had...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Plana-Pla A,Bielsa Marsol I,Ferrandiz Foraster C

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Therapeutic agents currently in use to treat systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are predominantly immunosuppressive agents with limited specificities. Multiple groups, including ours, have illustrated that inducing tolerance in SLE animal models ameliorates disease symptoms and increases survival. We examined if oral ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Skaggs BJ,Lourenço EV,Hahn BH

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Intestinal pseudo-obstruction (IpsO) occurs in a small subgroup of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and has been under-recognized. The etiology and mechanisms are unclear. Herein, we report two cases. In case 1, IpsO occurred as the complication in a previously diagnosed SLE patient. In case 2, IpsO w...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Zhang J,Fang M,Wang Y,Mao J,Sun X

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is recognized as the pathological basis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and recent advances in basic science have shown that it should be considered as a chronic inflammatory process. Both elements of the innate and the adaptive immunity appear to be actively involved in atherogenesis. In fact, the pot...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Rattazzi M,Faggin E,Bertipaglia B,Pauletto P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines have undoubtedly brought overwhelming benefits to mankind and are considered safe and effective. Nevertheless, they can occasionally stimulate autoantibody production or even a recently defined syndrome known as autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA). There is scarce data regarding autoi...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Perdan-Pirkmajer K,Thallinger GG,Snoj N,Čučnik S,Žigon P,Kveder T,Logar D,Praprotnik S,Tomšič M,Sodin-Semrl S,Ambrožič A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of severe haemorrhagic rupture of luteal ovarian cyst requiring surgical haemostasis in young women treated with long-term oral anticoagulation for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who used no contraception. At the time of bleeding, the international normalized ratios were 3.78, 4.24, and 7.11. An...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Crétel E,Cacoub P,Huong DL,Gompel A,Amoura Z,Piette JC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical characteristics, imaging changes and early diagnostic methods of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). METHODS:Thirty-five SLE patients, of which 16 had overt neuropsychiatric symptoms, underwent examination for multiple autoantibodies, including anti-double-stran...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jia J,Xie J,Li H,Wei H,Li X,Hu J,Meng D,Zhang Y,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:We report a case of drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE) secondary to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) in a patient with underlying inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The initial presentation was with febrile pleural and pericardial effusions followed by cardiac tamponade. The patient was treated with a short...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jose A,Cramer AK,Davar K,Gutierrez G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) in a large cohort of patients with several well defined systemic autoimmune diseases, in order to determine their relationship with the clinical and laboratory features of these diseases. METHODS:Clinical and laborat...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Navarro M,Cervera R,Font J,Reverter JC,Monteagudo J,Escolar G,López-Soto A,Ordinas A,Ingelmo M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus may present with renal manifestations that frequently are difficult to categorize and lupus nephritis is an important predictor of poor outcome. The type and spectrum of renal injury may remain undiagnosed until full-blown nephritic and/or nephrotic syndrome appear with increased risk of e...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ortega LM,Schultz DR,Lenz O,Pardo V,Contreras GN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the predictive value of serum C3 and C4 complement component levels in relation to pregnancy outcome in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A prospective study of 47 pregnancies associated with APS was performed. Pregnancy outcome was analyzed in terms of: feta...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： De Carolis S,Botta A,Santucci S,Salvi S,Moresi S,Di Pasquo E,Del Sordo G,Martino C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CYC) is used in severe neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), but long-term data regarding its efficacy and safety are lacking. We identified NPSLE cases who received CYC from two centres during the period 1999-2013 and had regular follow-up. General and neuropsychiatric outcome at la...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Fanouriakis A,Pamfil C,Sidiropoulos P,Damian L,Flestea A,Gusetu G,Rednic S,Bertsias G,Boumpas DT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence and severity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) differs between ethnic groups and geographical regions. Although initially reported as rare, there is growing evidence that SLE is prevalent and runs a severe course in Africa. There is a paucity of prospective studies on African SLE patients....

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Hodkinson B,Mapiye D,Jayne D,Kalla A,Tiffin N,Okpechi I

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:High-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB-1) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis (LN). There is increased HMGB-1 expression in the kidneys and increased levels are observed in serum and urine of patients with LN. This study was performed to determine whether the increased urinary HMGB-...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jog NR,Blanco I,Lee I,Putterman C,Caricchio R

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Sera from healthy individuals, relatives of lupus patients, and lupus patients with active disease and in remission were screened for IgG and IgM antibodies to ssDNA and dsDNA. The serum samples were also separated into IgG and IgM fractions which were screened for DNA reactivity at dilutions equivalent to those used ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Williams WM,Isenberg DA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) belongs to the group of necrotizing primary systemic vasculitides of unknown etiology, that are associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. The pathological hallmark of WG is the coexistence of vasculitis and granuloma. Due to more sensitive diagnostic instruments, especially ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： de Groot K,Gross WL

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：:This prospective multicentric register was initiated by the European Forum of Antiphospholipid Antibodies (APL) in 2003 after approval by local ethic committees. This register allows the investigation of infants after written informed parental consent. It collects mothers' clinical pattern of antiphospholipid syndrome...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Boffa MC,Aurousseau MH,Lachassinne E,Dauphin H,Fain O,Le Toumelin P,Uzan M,Piette JC,Derenne S,Boinot C,Avcin T,Motta M,Faden D,Tincani A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototype inflammatory autoimmune disease resulting from autoimmune responses against nuclear autoantigens. During apoptosis many lupus autoantigens congregate inside the cells and are susceptible to modifications. Modified nuclear constituents are considered foreign and dangero...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Munoz LE,van Bavel C,Franz S,Berden J,Herrmann M,van der Vlag J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus are common and disabling yet their pathogenesis is poorly understood. We investigated the role of cerebrovascular endothelial dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus and its neuropsychiatric manifestations. Subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus w...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Davey R,Bamford J,Emery P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00