by Leigh MacMillan, Vanderbilt University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Patients with autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have higher blood levels of the protein S100A9, but the source of this protein has not been identified. Andrew Monteith, Ph.D., Eric Skaar, Ph.D., MPH, and colleagues reasoned that high S100A9 may reflect increased levels of...