Objective To investigate the rate and factors influencing renal relapse (RR) in proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) patients who discontinued immunosuppressive therapy (IST), as well as the long-term ...

Lower glucocorticoid dosages were significantly more common with belimumab. Children with lupus nephritis who receive belimumab achieve treatment targets faster, and can taper glucocorticoids ...

Kidney inflammation caused by SLE is referred to as lupus nephritis (LN), and it is estimated that between 40% and 50% of all SLE patients will develop LN that requires treatment over the course ...

The differential weighting of criteria better represents their relative contribution to an individual’s classification of SLE. For SLE, renal biopsy with Class III or IV lupus nephritis carries the ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — Researchers identified a key protein as a potential therapeutic target for stopping the body's immune system from mistakenly attacking itself, offering new hope for treating ...

The use of SGLT2 vs DPP4 inhibitors was linked to reduced cardiovascular and renal risks among patients with comorbid SLE and T2D.

A study analyzing 139 Japanese patients with biopsy-proven tubulointerstitial nephritis found that a significant portion of cases were drug-induced, with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and ...

Clinical Physiology provides diagnostic methods to detect and evaluate dysfunction of various organs and systems in the body such as the heart, peripheral vessels, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal ...