Free telephone counseling service for people with lupus helps volunteers as well as callers HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY IMAGE: VOLUNTEERS ON THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY’S LUPUSLINE®/CHARLA DE LUPUS (LUPUS CHAT)® COUNSEL CALLERS WITH LUPUS. CREDIT: HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY Conventional wisdom has it that volunteering is good for you, and a study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) shows that to be true for people with lupus volunteering in a...
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Clues to lupus’s autoimmune origins in precursor cells
DN2 B cells expanded in SLE patients EMORY HEALTH SCIENCES In the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE, the immune system produces antibodies against parts of the body itself. How cells that produce those antibodies escape the normal “checks and balances” has been unclear, but recent research from Emory University School of Medicine sheds light...
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Lupus discovery could help manage disease in African patients
Two variants of an autoimmune disease that affects thousands but is hard to diagnose are relatively common among black Africans, research shows. The findings, relating to systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, could improve the diagnosis and treatment of the condition. They could enable better management of the disease in patients of African descent, particularly in...
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What is the link between lupus and arthritis?
Lupus and arthritis are different conditions, but lupus often causes people to develop arthritis or joint pain. The causes and treatments for lupus and arthritis are different, so people should be aware of the differences between the two conditions. There may be a genetic link between lupus and arthritis, though there are also significant genetic...
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Sirtuin-1 levels linked to lupus
The Cardiometabolic and Kidney Risk ResearchGroup, in collaboration with the Genomic and Genetic Diagnosis Unit of the Health Research Institute of Valencia’s Hospital Clínico, INCLIVA, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Valencia University and the Hospital Clínico’s Internal Medicine Department, have proven that the levels of messenger RNA and proteins of the enzyme Sirtuin-1 in urine...
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Study points to potential personalized approach to treating lupus
In individuals with lupus, immune cells attack the body’s own tissue and organs as if they are enemy invaders. A new Yale-led study describes how a protein found in common bacteria triggers that auto-immune response. The finding opens the door to future therapies targeting the bacteria rather than the immune system, the researchers said. To...
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Novel small molecule drug may help to ease symptoms in lupus sufferers
Lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease, has proved difficult to treat, but a new international study co-led by a Rush University Medical Center researcher suggests that a drug starting through the pipeline could ameliorate or even eliminate the symptoms in most sufferers. The study, published March 6 in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Investigation, showed that certain...
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Environmental factors may trigger lupus onset and progression
While genetics play a role in the development of Lupus, a systemic autoimmune disease that can attack any organ system in the human body, so do environmental triggers, such as particulates in air pollution and ultraviolet light, explains Gaurav Gulati, MD, a physician-researcher at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine. “The tough part...
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Lupus patients exhibit altered cell proteins, a discovery with potential implications for diagnostics
Autoimmune diseases such as lupus—in which the body attacks its own cells and tissues—are on the rise, according to A*STAR’s Anna-Marie Fairhurst. Her team is the first to observe that patients with lupus exhibit an increased number of a specific type of protein on the surface of certain white blood cells. This finding may help...
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Lupus increases risk of dementia by more than 50%: Study finds that lupus patients of ALL ages are more likely to suffer crippling memory loss
In a study of more than 7,000 people, researchers from Israel found that dementia was 51 percent more common among people with lupus The autoimmune disease is hard to diagnose, because it comes with so many symptoms, sometimes including a ‘brain fog’ Corticosteroids are used to treat lupus, but can also cause memory problems The study authors...