is a global, peer-reviewed, open access lupus journal from LFA, publishing papers on all aspects of lupus and related diseases.
Background SLE features aberrant type I interferon production, with the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway acting as a key upstream driver. However, its expression patterns in patients ...
Objectives The additional impact of coexisting Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) on cardiac involvement in patients with systemic lupus ...
Moreover, as some clinical trials have excluded them, the efficacy of some immunosuppressants for this subset of patients has not been strictly confirmed. In this study, we aimed to investigate the ...
Objective Fatigue is a common, multifaceted symptom in SLE which is difficult to treat. There has been a lack of broadly accepted SLE-specific assessment tools for fatigue. This study assessed the ...
Introduction Lupus nephritis (LN) exhibits substantial clinical and pathological heterogeneity. We aimed to define proteomics-based molecular subtypes of LN and identify candidate biomarkers for ...
Objective To explore clinical outcomes associated with belimumab use in patients with SLE-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (SLE-PAH). Methods We performed an ambispective cohort study of 10 ...
Objective Outcome measures used in SLE randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have impeded trial success and drug approval. In an ongoing global project to develop a novel outcome measure for SLE RCTs, a ...
Objective To examine B cell-activating factor (BAFF) and type I interferon (IFN) activity at the transcriptional and protein levels in blood and placental tissue in SLE compared with healthy ...
Objective We aimed to create a double humanised lupus mouse model with a human immune system and faecal microbiota from patients with SLE. Methods We established the Double humanised SLE (DhuSLE) ...
22 Historical aspects of B-cell depletion in SLE (8 October, 2025) ...
Haematologic involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is very common. The principal cytopenias in lupus result in anaemia, white cell deficits and thrombocytopenia. Anaemia may ...