Chapter 9 Hormonal Influences in the Expression of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Virginia Rider, PhD , Xiaolan Li, MD , Nabih I. Abdou, MD INTRODUCTION The ability of the immune system…
Chapter 6 Overview of the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Sandeep Krishnan, MD, PhD , Bhabadeb Chowdhury, PhD , Yuang-Taung Juang, MD, PhD , George C. Tsokos, MD INTRODUCTION Systemic…
Chapter 22B Antibodies and their Antigenic Targets in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome Bill Giannakopoulos, MB, BS, FRACP , Xiaokai Yan, PhD , Steven A. Krilis, MB, BS, PhD INTRODUCTION The antiphospholipid…
Chapter 7 The Environment in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Amr H. Sawalha, MD , Bruce C. Richardson, MD, PhD INTRODUCTION Human lupus is a chronic relapsing autoimmune disease…
Chapter 11 B-cells in Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Stamatis-Nick C. Liossis, MD , George C. Tsokos, MD Among the numerous immunologic abnormalities encountered in patients with SLE, the most striking…
Chapter 3 Disease Development and Outcome Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH , Dafna Gladman, MD NATURAL HISTORY Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been recognized as a disease of exacerbations and remission…
Chapter 12 Cytokines in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Violeta Rus, MD , Charles S. Via, MD INTRODUCTION Systemic lupus erythematosus is characterized by a loss of tolerance to nuclear antigens and…
Chapter 5 Biomarkers of Disease Activity Larissa Lapteva, MD , Gabor G. Illei, MD INTRODUCTION Systemic lupus erythematosus has a characteristically waxing and waning course that can range in severity…
Chapter 2 Assessment of Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Marta Mosca, MD , Joan T. Merrill, MD , Stefano Bombardieri, MD Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease…
