Lupus Alert Day serves a vital purpose. It encourages others to learn more about lupus, share information on social media, ...

The cause of lupus has long escaped doctors trying to treat the autoimmune disease. However, a study published this week ...

Long-lived plasma cells, which produce autoantibodies in diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are an as yet unexplored therapeutic target in such antibody-mediated disorders.

and the inflammation caused by lupus can affect joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs, according to the Mayo Clinic. Following her diagnosis, doctors put Marcela on steroids ...

Plasma cells are the antibody-producing factories of the body and ... wide-ranging implications including in the field of B cell-depleting therapies in lupus. This work and related graduate school ...

Lupus can strike at various parts of the body, including the heart, skin, kidneys, joints, lungs, brain, and blood cells. It can also result in life-threatening damage to multiple organs.

An autoimmune disease occurs when your immune system attacks cells in your body ... People with lupus often have conditions affecting their blood, including anemia and inflammation of the blood ...

Most physicians with experience in lupus agree that antimalarial treatments such as ... parasite can actually be seen literally crawling inside of people’s red blood cells. In order to survive, the ...

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of the new Targeted Research Program on ...

The FDA has agreed to review an application from Roche that seeks approval in the U.S. of obinutuzumab as a treatment for ...

causing other immune cells to attack organs such as the kidneys, brain, heart, lungs and skin, as well as blood and joints. Ninety percent of people with lupus are women, most often diagnosed ...