Engineered immune cells, known as CAR T cells, have shown the world what personalized immunotherapies can do to fight blood cancers. Now, investigators have reported highly promising early results for CAR T therapy in a small ...
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After sun exposure, people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) frequently develop skin rashes, which often are accompanied by a flare of their overall disease. This connection between ultraviolet (UV) light and disease ...
Nov 13, 2022
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Type I interferon (IFN) is a powerful immune activator that is present at high levels in the majority of patients with lupus, an autoimmune disease. In Arthritis & Rheumatology, researchers report positive results from the ...
Nov 12, 2022
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The innate immune system fights infectious agents, and the alarm messenger interferon plays a central role in this. However, if interferon is produced in the absence of an infection, it can lead to autoimmune diseases. Researchers ...
Nov 8, 2022
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, demonstrated that withholding mycophenolate mofetil for at least 10 days significantly increased antibody response ...
Nov 8, 2022
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual scientific meeting, found that the recommended weight-based or non-weight-based dose of hydroxychloroquine led to more ...
Nov 8, 2022
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found that the B-cell inhibitor belimumab significantly improved cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) whether ...
Nov 8, 2022
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found that 50% of people with low-grade proteinuria, which is protein in your urine, progress to clinical proteinuria ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Some genetic variants may put people at risk of autoimmune diseases while conferring protection against the outcome of viral infection. A study published November 3 in the open access journal PLOS Genetics by David Morris ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Lack of sleep is associated with an increased risk for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly among women with concomitant depression or bodily pain, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in Arthritis Care ...
Sep 22, 2022
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