Columnist Candace Semien plunges into the debate of whether to use disabled, differently abled, or another term to describe a ...

Among the many things columnist Candace Semien had to learn while living with lupus were the types and function of various ...

The cells can be obtained from the umbilical cord, bone marrow, adipose tissue, muscle, and the lungs. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) conducted a Phase 1 clinical trial ...

Brepocitinib designed to block action of TYK2 and JAK1 enzymes Brepocitinib is a first-in-class oral medication designed to block the action of two enzymes — TYK2 and JAK1 — that are involved in ...

Here are 10 of the most frequently asked questions about this chronic autoimmune disease (source: lupus.org): 1. What is lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects multiple organ ...

Its researchers reported that a majority of registry patients, 50.6%, would not have been enrolled under published entry requirements. These findings were presented at the recent 2019 European ...

In patients with anti-dsDNA autoantibodies — a recognized biomarker for SLE — clinical response was achieved by a higher proportion of patients receiving Lupuzor (61.5%) than those receiving placebo ...

2. Eat foods rich in calcium Lupus patients may be under medication that can thin their bones as a side effect. Strengthen your bones (and avoid fractures), by eating foods that are high in calcium ...

For BORC to control TLR7 turnover, it needs ARL8B to bind to UNC93B1, which already was known to be involved in trafficking TLR7 within cells. If this mechanism malfunctions, it can cause TLR7 to ...

Type 1 interferon responses are implicated in a wide range of diseases, including SLE and CLE. Genetic mutations that activate these signaling pathways are also responsible for genetic forms of ...

The study, “ VDAC oligomers form mitochondrial pores to release mtDNA fragments and promote lupus-like disease,” was published in the journal Science. Mitochondria are the small compartments in cells ...

Hey, friend, grab your tea and pull up a chair. I want to have an honest conversation about something we don’t talk about enough: grief. It’s not the kind of grief that comes with funerals and ...