Lupus News Archive

• Self-attacking Immune Cells Turned Off in Healthy People; Turned On in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Related: Journal of Experimental Medicine report: Learning to tolerate ourselves
• Attention to bones important in women with lupus
• Lupus affects the brain very early in the disease
• ACR: Drug cuts risk of kidney damage in lupus
• A Reversal of Thinking: American College of Rheumatology Doctors Hear How Women with Lupus Can Increase Chance for Healthy Pregnancies
• ACR: Biologics Prove Ineffective for Lupus
• Clinically Meaningful Reduction in Disease Activity Reported with Epratuzumab
• Accumulated bits of a cell’s own DNA can trigger autoimmune disease
• NIH scientists find a novel mechanism that controls the development of autoimmunity
• B Cells Can Act Alone In Autoimmune Disease, Yale Researchers Report
• OMRF discovers gene variant that “cuts the brakes” on immune system in lupus patients
• Opinion: Lupus No Longer Seen As Complete Contraindication to Oral Contraceptive Use
• New Medicare Bill Provides Benefits to Lupus Patients in Prescription Drug Program
• Male kidneys for men only?
• Multitarget Immune Therapy Improves Outcomes of Severe Lupus Nephritis
• NIAMS scientists find potential new way to block inflammation in autoimmune disease
• Lupus News from the 2008 Meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
• Abnormal “editing” of gene messages may be a cause of lupus
• FDA Alert Regarding Lupus Medication: a Hospital for Special Surgery Rheumatology Perspective | View the FDA Alert
• State expert finds clues to save lives
• Severe lupus may respond to drug combo
• Immune Systems Increasingly On Attack
• Autoantibodies Correlate with Lupus Neuropsychiatric Events
• Overabundance of Immune Cells Might Trigger Lupus
  
• Gene studies home in on lupus cause
• Functional MRI abnormalities accompany childhood-onset lupus
• 2 Genes are Important Key to Regulating Immune Response
• New Approach for Attacking Lupus Identified
• Psoriasis, lupus linked to genes: study
• Mycophenolate Mofetil Reduces Lupus Flares and Cuts Prednisone Use: Presented at ACR
• Researchers Investigate Ways to Detect Lupus-associated Kidney Disease
• Biomarkers May Identify Risk for Preeclampsia in Lupus Pregnancies
• Mayo Clinic shows therapy effective for reducing lupus flares
• Fish Oil Supplements May Ease Lupus
• FDA Heightens Warning About Miscarriage, Birth Defects With Drug Used Off-Label for Lupus Nephritis
• Occupation, Autoimmune Deaths Explored
• Hormone Therapy Does Not Worsen Lupus But May Increase Thrombosis Risk
• Mysteries of Autoimmune Diseases Unravel
• Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus: Gene Link
  Study in the New England Journal of Medicine
• Hydroxychloroquine May Stave Off Lupus Onset
• Can B-Cell Depletion With Rituximab Trigger Psoriasis?
• Managing Stress Helps Combat Lupus
• Study Finds Links Between Genetic Mutations and Lupus
• Malaria Drugs Cut Cancer Risk in Lupus Patients
• Sperm Abnormalities Seen in Male Lupus Patients
• Not Just Dust: Microparticles Suspected of Role in Lupus
• Environment Interaction Seen As Next Step in Lupus Genetics
• Genetic research increases understanding of autoimmune disease risk
• Cell Immune Dampening Signal Identified
• Researchers Discover Connection Between Allergic Diseases And Autoimmune Diseases
• Scientists Spot Key Autoimmune Disease Genes
• Lupus Patient Shares Medicare Experience of Getting Through the Doughnut Hole in 'Success' Podcast
• Men With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Fare Worse Than Women, Study Confirms: Presented at ACR-ARHP
• Senate Approves Women's Health Week Resolution
• Uncovering the Secrets of Lupus on Patient Power with Dr. Andrew Schorr
• Cell Immune Dampening Signal Identified
• Scientists Spot Key Autoimmune Disease Genes
• Baylor Research Institute receives $6.2 million grant to establish Center for Lupus Research
• New Findings by LRI Scientific Advisor Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD, Highlight Potential New Targets for Lupus Treatments
  Exciting Area of Investigation Also Being Explored by LRI Investigators Thereza Imanishi-Kari, PhD and Jan Erikson, PhD
  
• ACR: Lupus Increases Pregnancy and Disease-Related Risks
• Steroids May Prevent Lupus Flares in Some Patients with Stable SLE
• New Markers Predict Lupus Kidney, Heart Risks
• U of Penn Researchers Identify Gatekeeper Involved in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
• Scientists ID a Single Sugar That Allows Antibodies to Fight Inflammation
• Epratuzumab for Immunotherapy of Lupus Results Published
• Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drug Clears Clogged Arteries
• Hip Hop Artist's Death From Lupus Complications Raises Profile of Disease that Disproportionately Impacts African Americans
• Genes Dictate Response to Lupus Drugs
• Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Stress Hormone Enables Lupus Antibodies to Alter Behavior, Damage Cognition
• Oral Contraceptives in Lupus
• New Treatment May Offer Hope To People Who Suffer From Lupus
• Study Uncovers Potential Biomarker for Lupus Atherosclerosis
• Drug May Fight Lupus and Atherosclerosis Simultaneously
• Recently Discovered Genetic Patterns May Predict Lupus Activity
• MedImmune to Research Lupus Drug
• Study Offers Clues to Origins of Autoimmune Diseases
• Inflammation-Fighting Fat
• MedImmune to Research Lupus Drug
• Lupus Research Institute Awards $4.5 Million to Advance New Science in Lupus
• HGS' Phase II Data Mixed; Lupus Effort Moves Ahead
• Treatment Compliance Barriers in Economically Challenged, Ethnically Diverse Arthritis and Lupus Patients
• Study Shows Plastics Ingredient Triggers Lupus in Mice
• GlaxoSmithKline to Co-Develop LymphoStat-B
• Hormone Replacement Not Associated with Severe Lupus Flares
• Genelabs Receives Confirmation of Orphan Drug Designation for Prestara
• Immunomedics Initiates Two Pivotal Phase III Trials in Lupus
• Disabling gene defuses rheumatoid arthritis in mice
• Candidate biomarker to improve treatment of lupus patients
• Study suggests a common viral infection may increase risk of lupus in African Americans
• Despite causes of lupus proving complex, critical 'checkpoint' suggesting new therapy is revealed
• Immunomedics on Fast Track (.pdf)
• Researchers locate gene family involved in determining potential for acquiring lupus
• New Studies Support Use of Oral Contraceptives in Women with Lupus
• Potential New Treatment May Help Thousands Who Suffer From Pulmonary Hypertension as a Complication Of Lupus, Scleroderma
• Research Helps Unravel Mystery of Cognitive Decline in Lupus
• Human Genome Sciences Completes Patient Enrollment in a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Lymphostat-B™ for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Lack of Immune System Protein Prevents Lupus-Like Condition in Mice

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