Objectives To assess the prevalence of sarcopenia and examine its association with clinical features, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), muscle-specific strength and body composition in patients ...

Objective The current study aims to elucidate the critical function of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-beta (HNF1-β) in lupus nephritis (LN) by investigating its modulation of the ...

Objectives The interferon (IFN) signature (IS) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) includes over 100 genes induced by type I IFN pathway activation. We developed a method to quantify ...

Objective To assess the economic burden of patients with SLE by disease severity in the USA 1 year before and after diagnosis. Methods Patients aged ≥18 years with a first SLE diagnosis (index date) ...

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of hCDR1 (Edratide) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Patients (n=340) with SLE ≥4 ACR criteria (4–11, mean 7) with active ...

Objective Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play a critical role in regulating inflammation and lipid metabolism. This study sought to ascertain the frequency of omega-3 deficiency in ...

Objective Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterised by venous thrombosis (VT) or arterial thrombosis (AT) and/or pregnancy morbidity and the presence of ...

Objectives Activation of endosomal toll-like receptor (TLR)7 or TLR9 has been proposed as a critical step for the initiation and development of SLE. Traditional spontaneous lupus models normally ...

Objective This study aimed to validate claims-based algorithms for identifying SLE and lupus nephritis (LN) in Medicare data, enhancing the use of the Lupus Index for geospatial research on SLE ...

Background SLE is an autoimmune disease that predominantly affects women. As most epidemiological and interventional studies are on populations with a clear female prevalence, the influence of gender ...

Objective In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), disease activity and glucocorticoid (GC) exposure are known to contribute to irreversible organ damage. We aimed to examine the association between GC ...

Introduction Accurate assessment of disease activity in SLE is crucial but challenging due to its varied clinical manifestations and severity. Current tools like the SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI ...