Urticarial Vasculitis-Associated Intestinal Ischemia by Uni Wong, Harris Yfantis, Guofeng Xie

“…UV is often idiopathic but can also present in the context of autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus, drug reactions, infections, or a paraneoplastic syndrome. …”
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B Cells in Autoimmune Diseases by Christiane S. Hampe

“…This paper includes an overview of the different functions of B cells in autoimmunity; the involvement of B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and type 1 diabetes; and current B-cell-based therapeutic treatments. …”
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Primary sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis by Swati Mishra, Kuldeep Chaudhary, Swati Tyagi, Pratibha Mishra, Vatsala Misra

“…It can be primary (idiopathic) or secondary (chemotherapy, beta-blockers, peritoneal dialysis, shunts, tuberculosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc.). The symptomatology report includes recurrent episodes of abdominal pain and vomiting. …”
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Vaskulitis pada Lupus Eritematosus Sistemik by Zikry Aulia Hidayat, Raveinal Raveinal

“…Keywords: systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis…”
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Autoantibodies and Resident Renal Cells in the Pathogenesis of Lupus Nephritis: Getting to Know the Unknown by Susan Yung, Tak Mao Chan

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus is characterized by a breakdown of self-tolerance and production of autoantibodies. …”
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Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Bilateral Central Retinal Artery Occlusions by Steven S. Saraf, Yogin P. Patel, Ankit Desai, Uday R. Desai

“…Rheumatology was consulted and she was diagnosed with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in association with systemic lupus erythematosus. Approximately 7 months after presentation, the patient’s vision improved and remained stable at 20/200 and 20/80.…”
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Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome: A disease with many faces by Ankit Agrawal, Sangeetha Pabolu, Shirisha Ale, Yesenia Galan

“…Usually, HUVS and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have overlapping features, and our case was unique as our patient did not have any SLE manifestations. …”
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Severe Pulmonary Hypertension as Initial Presentation of SLE: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rabia Kiani, Muhammad Danial Siddiqui, Hamza Tantoush

“…Severe pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a rare initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE associated with PAH carries worse prognosis that isolated SLE. …”
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Oral manifestations of autoimmune connective tissue diseases by Akshat Pandey, Mimansha Pandey, Ved Prakash Pandey, Vinod Ravindran

“…Many such diseases like Sjögren syndrome, Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Sclerosis, have characteristic oral findings, the identification of which may allow for early diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Jaccoud’s Arthropathy in Gout: An Unusual Association by Tayana Donato Alves, Isabela S. Oliveira, Luiza C. Fadul, Mittermayer B. Santiago

“…Jaccoud’s arthropathy (JA) is a deforming arthropathy observed mainly in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. We report the case of a 41-year-old Brazilian man with a 10-year history of intermittent monoarthritis followed by bouts of polyarthritis affecting large and small joints. …”
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Multifocal Osteonecrosis Secondary to Chronic Alcohol Ingestion by Kazu Matsumoto, Hiroyasu Ogawa, Haruhiko Akiyama

“…Multifocal osteonecrosis is caused by the several conditions including corticosteroid treatment, coagulation disorders, connective tissue disorders including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), inflammatory bowel disease, renal transplantation, and underlying malignancies. …”
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The Spectrum of Anti-Chromatin/Nucleosome Autoantibodies: Independent and Interdependent Biomarkers of Disease by Sonal Mehra, Marvin J. Fritzler

“…Over time, immunoassays ranging from ELISA and line immunoassays to more modern bead-based assays incorporated histone and DNA mixtures, purified histones, and purified nucleosomes leading to a more thorough understanding of the genesis and pathogenetic relationships of antibodies to chromatin components in systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune conditions. …”
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Immunopeptidomics for autoimmunity: unlocking the chamber of immune secrets by Sanya Arshad, Benjamin Cameron, Alok V. Joglekar

“…We highlight the application of immunopeptidomics in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). …”
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Bone Loss Triggered by the Cytokine Network in Inflammatory Autoimmune Diseases by Dulshara Sachini Amarasekara, Jiyeon Yu, Jaerang Rho

“…Bone loss and fracture risk are implicated in inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus. The network of inflammatory cytokines produced during chronic inflammation induces an uncoupling of bone formation and resorption, resulting in significant bone loss in patients with inflammatory autoimmune diseases. …”
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The Histone Modification Code in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases by Yasuto Araki, Toshihide Mimura

“…In this paper, we discuss the significant roles of histone modifications involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, and type 1 diabetes.…”
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Sjogren’s Syndrome and TAM Receptors: A Possible Contribution to Disease Onset by Richard Witas, Ammon B. Peck, Julian L. Ambrus, Cuong Q. Nguyen

“…Like the related autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), SS patients and mouse models display accumulation of apoptotic cells and a Type I interferon (IFN) signature. …”
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Eosinophilic Enteritis with Ascites in a Patient with Overlap Syndrome by Spyros Aslanidis, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, Kostas Soufleris, Eirini Kazantzidou, Stella Douma

“…Gastrointestinal involvement is frequent in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, however, has only rarely been described in rheumatological conditions, despite its reported connection to autoimmune diseases, such as hypereosinophilic syndrome, vasculitides, and systemic mastoidosis. …”
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Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis Associated with Autoimmune Disease: Pathogenesis and Treatment by Yan Cao, Wensong Zhang, Jie Wu, Hong Zhang, Hongyan Zhou

“…PUK may have a connection to systemic conditions, such as long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Wegener granulomatosis (WG), relapsing polychondritis, classic polyarteritis nodosa and its variants, microscopic polyangiitis, and Churg-Strauss syndrome. …”
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Protein Phosphatase 2A: Role in T Cells and Diseases by Suyasha Roy, Lalit Batra

“…PP2A fosters Th17 cell differentiation which contributes to the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by enhancing the transactivation of the Il17 gene. …”
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Pancreas as an Occult Source of Recurrent Salmonella enteritidis Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient by Don Bambino Geno Tai, Laxmi Upadhyay, Ruchika Jain, Robert Goldstein

“…We report a rare case of repeated Salmonella enteritidis infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. She was treated with intravenous and oral antibiotics but still had recurrence of fevers and bacteremia. …”
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