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Genomes of identical twins reveal epigenetic changes that may play role in lupus

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Identical twins look the same and are nearly genetically identical, but environmental factors and the resulting cellular changes could cause disease in one sibling and not the other. In a study published online in Genome Re ...


Kidney transplants generally safe for lupus patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's ...


Smokers with common autoimmune disorder at higher risk for skin damage

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As if there weren't enough reasons to stop smoking, a team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have just found another. A study led by Dr. Christian A Pineau, Co-Director ...


Race Shown to Affect Severity of Lupus Disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, their race can affect how severe the disease will become, according to a new study.


The 'S' stands for surprise

The 'S' stands for surprise: Anticoagulant plays unexpected role in maintaining circulatory integrity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein S, a well-known anticoagulant protein, keeps the blood flowing in more than one way, discovered researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The protein contributes to the formation and ...


Immune responses to flu vaccine are diminished in lupus patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of infection, due to both disturbances in their immune responses and treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. Because morbidity ...


Scientists find key culprits in lupus

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The more than 1.5 million Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (or lupus) suffer from a variety of symptoms that flare and subside, often including painful or swollen joints, extreme fatigue, skin rashes, fever, and ...


Anxiety and depression lower quality of life in majority of systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a new study. Logistic ...


Team develops DNA compounds that could help treat lupus

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

A research team led by a University of Iowa investigator has generated DNA-like compounds that effectively inhibit the cells responsible for systemic lupus erythematosus -- the most common and serious form of lupus. There ...


Understanding a target of quinoline drugs

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The full details about the molecules and mechanisms that underlie the development of autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, remain to be discovered. One compound that may have a ...


Oral contraceptives associated with increased risk of lupus

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The ratio of women to men with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is nine to one and the incidence increases after puberty. Hormones secreted by the body are therefore believed to play an important ...


Rituximab reduces kidney inflammation in patients with lupus

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treatment with the targeted drug rituximab can significantly benefit some patients with severe lupus nephritis who do not respond to conventional therapy, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...