The importance to practicing nephrologists of lupus nephritis (1–3) is that, although rare, it is
a serious disease whose prognosis can usually be improved dramatically by treatment, but …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease with multiorgan
manifestations, including pleuropulmonary involvement (20–90%). The precise mechanism …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a
breakdown of tolerance to nuclear antigens and the development of immune complexes …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototype systemic autoimmune disease
characterized by flares of high morbidity. Using oligonucleotide microarrays, we now show …

Dendritic cells (DCs) are important in regulating both immunity and tolerance. Hence, we
hypothesized that systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease …

The most prevalent severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus is nephritis, which
is characterized by immune complex deposition, inflammation, and scarring in glomeruli and …

Diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was confirmed by the presence of lupus
erythematosus cells in 75.7% of the patients, findings of skin biopsies in 6.0% and of renal …

Latinos are the largest minority population in the United States. Although usually classified
as a single ethnic group by researchers, Latinos are heterogeneous from cultural …

A mother is gifted with breast milk, the natural source of nutrition for her infant. In addition to
the wealth of macro and micro-nutrients, human milk also contains many microorganisms …

The course of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by exacerbations (or
flares) and remissions of disease activity. As part of an ongoing prospective cohort study, 3 …