The role of flavonoids in autoimmune diseases: Therapeutic updates

KRR Rengasamy, H Khan, S Gowrishankar… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Flavonoids are natural polyphenolic compounds which are included in a panoply of drugs
and used to treat and/or manage human ailments such as metabolic, cardiovascular …

Immunosuppressive treatment for proliferative lupus nephritis

DJ Tunnicliffe, SC Palmer, L Henderson… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cyclophosphamide, in combination with corticosteroids, has been first‐line
treatment for inducing disease remission for proliferative lupus nephritis, reducing death at …

Impact of race and ethnicity in the course and outcome of systemic lupus erythematosus

LA González, SMA Toloza… - Rheumatic Disease …, 2014 - rheumatic.theclinics.com
Ethnicity is a biological and a social construct, which includes ancestral genes and cultural,
geographic, and socioeconomic characteristics shared by populations. 1, 2 In contrast, race …

Comparison and evaluation of lupus nephritis response criteria in lupus activity indices and clinical trials

KM Corapi, MA Dooley, WF Pendergraft - Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2015 - Springer
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with diverse
manifestations. Although the approval of new therapies includes only one agent in 50 years …

Lessons learned from the clinical trials of novel biologics and small molecules in lupus nephritis

R Furie, K Toder, E Zapantis - Seminars in nephrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a ripe area for drug development. There are great
unmet needs, especially for those with lupus nephritis, in which good responses occur only …

Emerging biological therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus

CC Mok - Expert opinion on emerging drugs, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with
unpredictable disease course, intermingled with periods of remission and exacerbation …

Is there still a role for abatacept in the treatment of lupus?

A Hoi, G Littlejohn - Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The quest for safer and more effective treatments for systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) has led to the development of many new biologic therapies. Abatacept …

Safety of off-label biologicals in systemic lupus erythematosus

M Aringer, JS Smolen - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The approval of belimumab and other advances in the field have narrowed the
window for off-label use of biologicals in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). For …

T-cell-directed therapies in systemic lupus erythematosus

P Nandkumar, R Furie - Lupus, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Drug development for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has largely
focused on B-cell therapies. A greater understanding of the immunopathogenesis of SLE …

When biologics should be used in systemic lupus erythematosus?

JE Gottenberg, N Lorenzo, C Sordet, A Theulin… - La Presse Médicale, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently, the use and evaluation of biologics increased in systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE). However, no international recommendation is available concerning the use of …