Antiphospholipid antibodies and myocardial infarction.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric-onset SLE (pSLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. Recently, the ficolin-2 (FCN2) gene has emerged as a potential candidate gene for susceptibility to SLE. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of the FCN2 gene polymorphisms at positions -986 (G/A), -602 (G/A), ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Elkoumi MA,Emam AA,Allah MAN,Sherif AH,Abdelaal NM,Mosabah A,Zakaria MT,Soliman MM,Salah A,Sedky YM,Mashali MH,Elashkar SSA,Hafez SFM,Hashem MIA,Elshreif AM,Youssef M,Fahmy DS,Sallam MM,Nawara AM,Elgohary EA,Ahmed

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) have been utilized to dissect the relationship between their sequence, structure, binding and biological properties relevant to the pathogenesis of the antiphospholipid syndrome. In particular, sequence analysis of aPL has highlighted the clustering of certain amino acid re...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lambrianides A,Giles IP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:YB current affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Israel YB and MJS contributed equally to the study and should be regarded as joint first authors on this manuscript. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) may present with thrombosis and persistently elevated ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Berkun Y,Simchen MJ,Strauss T,Menashcu S,Padeh S,Kenet G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder that can affect virtually any organ. Chylous ascites as a presenting manifestation of SLE has been described in a handful of cases in adults. However, to the best of our knowledge this presentation has never been reported in the pediatric age group. Podocyto...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Pilania RK,Jindal AK,Sandesh G,Vignesh P,Suri D,Nada R,Singh S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Since enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) signals have been associated with lupus disease activity in humans prior to renal failure and novel, cardiac-focused therapeutic strategies could be investigated with an associated animal model, autoimmune myocarditis was characterized in murine lupus n...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Young NA,Jablonski K,Schwarz E,Okafor I,Hampton J,Valiente GR,Henry C,Harb P,Barger J,Bratasz A,Kalyanasundaram A,Ardoin SP,Jarjour WN

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare, deadly demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, which is caused by a reactivation of the DNA polyomavirus JC and occurs in immunosuppressed individuals. So far, only 25 cases have been described in patients with SLE and none survived without antiv...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Nived O,Bengtsson AA,Jönsen A,Sturfelt G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent accumulated evidence suggests that prolactin (PRL) is an important immunomodulator and might have a role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Our aim was to assess the frequency of hyperprolactinemia in women with SLE and to evaluate its correlation with disease activity. PRL plasma levels...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jimena P,Aguirre MA,López-Curbelo A,de Andrés M,Garcia-Courtay C,Cuadrado MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination has been perhaps the most important achievement in medicine of the last century. A hoard of infectious diseases that used to claim the lives of many, especially children, have been prevented and some even eradicated. However, it is possible that within this gift there is hidden a 'Trojan Horse'. During the...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Aron-Maor A,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can have many cutaneous manifestations including malar rash, discoid rash or oral ulcer. Isolated unilateral involvement of face is uncommon in SLE. It lacks typical clinical features of LE, and may impose a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. H...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ha DL,Lee GW,Shin K,Kim HS,Ko HC,Kim BS,Kim MB

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulointerstitial injury is found frequently in lupus nephritis. Immune complex deposits can occur in the tubular basement membranes (TBMs), although its significance in lupus nephritis patients remains unclear. This study assessed the clinical and prognostic features of lupus nephritis patients with TBM deposits in ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Wang H,Xu J,Zhang X,Ren YL,Cheng M,Guo ZL,Zhang JC,Cheng H,Xing GL,Wang SX,Yu F,Zhao MH

更新日期：2018-04-01 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:To examine the potential immunologic mechanism and involvement of antiphospholipid antibodies in the pathogenesis of heart valve lesions in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:Immunoperoxidase and immunofluorescence staining methods were used to evaluate 13 heart valve specimens derive...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ziporen L,Goldberg I,Arad M,Hojnik M,Ordi-Ros J,Afek A,Blank M,Sandbank Y,Vilardell-Tarres M,de Torres I,Weinberger A,Asherson RA,Kopolovic Y,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of immunization in patients with SLE have persisted for over 60 years, despite the increased risk of infection in these patients. There are many anecdotal case reports of SLE induction or exacerbation following immunization, but overall, these events seem to be very rare. Evi...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： O'Neill SG,Isenberg DA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nodular or pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis due to infection by Aspergillus species is an uncommon presentation of invasive aspergillosis. Most cases have been described in severely immunocompromised hosts. We describe the case of a 23-year-old woman, with recently diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus, who develop...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Angelotti T,Krishna G,Scott J,Berry G,Weinacker A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermatitis (PNGD) is a commonly occurring condition related to systemic autoimmune disease. It is characterized histopathologically by a distinct pattern of granulomatous inflammation in the presence or absence of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The properties of granulo...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Terai S,Ueda-Hayakawa I,Nguyen CTH,Ly NTM,Yamazaki F,Kambe N,Son Y,Okamoto H

更新日期：2018-12-01 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 purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) sent for a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) study, and to analyse the factors associated with a lower bone mineral density in these patients. Women with SLE who had a DEXA done between 1 Janua...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Pineau CA,Urowitz MB,Fortin PJ,Ibanez D,Gladman DD

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Proteinuria is the hallmark of clinical manifestation of disease activity in lupus nephritis (LN) patients, which arises from direct or indirect podocyte injury. This study is to explore the relationship between intrarenal T cell infiltration and podocyte injury in lupus nephritis (LN), and to understand the potential...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ma R,Jiang W,Li Z,Sun Y,Wei Z

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：: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：: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: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：:The objective of this study is to determine if digital vasculitis (DV), a clinical manifestation with a high systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) score, is associated with lupus severity. DV and other clinical manifestations defined according to the SLEDAI were evaluated in 168 consecutive pati...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gomes C,Carvalho JF,Borba EF,Borges CT,Vendramini MB,Bueno C,Costa LP,Bonfá E

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In search of markers of disease activity in patients with SLE we have investigated blood lymphocyte subsets from a large cohort of patient. Seventy-one patients were studied using a well-defined panel of fluorescent monoclonal antibodies which recognize the major T, B and NK lymphocyte subsets and activated cells. Flo...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Erkeller-Yüsel F,Hulstaart F,Hannet I,Isenberg D,Lydyard P

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:GlycA is a novel marker of systemic inflammation detected by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. In the general population, GlycA is correlated with inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and associated with coronary heart disease and diabetes. The utility of GlycA in patients with ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Chung CP,Ormseth MJ,Connelly MA,Oeser A,Solus JF,Otvos JD,Raggi P,Stein CM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognosis of pregnancies in women with antiphospholipid syndrome has dramatically improved over the past two decades using conventional treatment with low molecular weight heparin and low-dose aspirin. However, despite this regimen, 10-15% of antiphospholipid syndrome patients experience pregnancy losses. Several stud...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Tabacco S,Giannini A,Garufi C,Botta A,Salvi S,Del Sordo G,Benedetti Panici P,Lanzone A,De Carolis S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of mannan-binding lectin (MBL) has been reported to impact susceptibility to severe infections and atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In this study, MBL gene polymorphisms were analysed in 143 SLE patients and the frequency of severe infections and organ damage according to SLICC/ACR Dam...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jönsen A,Gullstrand B,Güner N,Bengtsson AA,Nived O,Truedsson L,Sturfelt G

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is effective in the treatment of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We sought to evaluate its efficacy in reducing the number of disease flares in adults with SLE. For this retrospective study, all patients seen at our institution over a six year period, 1999-2005, wit...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Nannini C,Crowson CS,Matteson EL,Moder KG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00