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Lupus Science & Medicine®

is a global, peer-reviewed, open access lupus journal from LFA, publishing papers on all aspects of lupus and related diseases.

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Lupus Science & Medicine® is a global, peer reviewed, open access online journal that provides a central point for publication of basic, clinical, translational, and epidemiological studies of all aspects of lupus and related diseases.

An official journal of the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA), which is dedicated to advancing the science and medicine of lupus while offering support to patients and their caregivers.

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Editors-in-Chief: Professor Jill Buyon, New York University, USA and Professor Ronald van Vollenhoven, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, The Netherlands
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Lupus Science & Medicine considers submissions of a range of article types, including original research, brief communications, study protocols and meeting reports.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

This is an open access journal that levies an Article Publishing Charge (APC). Discounts and waivers are available; details are provided in the Author Information section.

All manuscripts should be submitted online.

Published articles are discoverable via PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar.

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Lupus 2022 Conference

Lupus Science & Medicine is delighted to be the official journal of the 13th European Lupus Meeting. The event will be held in person in Stockholm on 5-8 October 2022. Online registration is now open!

The abstracts from the conference will be published online in a supplement to Lupus Science & Medicine.

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Brief communication:

Peripheral blood T-cell subset and its clinical significance in lupus nephritis patients

Lupus nephritis:

Predictors of increase in chronicity index and of kidney function impairment at repeat biopsy in lupus nephritis

Epidemiology and outcomes:

Medium-term impact of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine against disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Cutaneous lupus:

Depression, stigma and social isolation: the psychosocial trifecta of primary chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus, a cross-sectional and path analysis

Brief communication:

Truncated isoforms of GPSM2 containing the GoLoco motif region promote CD4+ T-cell migration in SLE

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Epidemiology and outcomes:

Social Factors, Epigenomics and Lupus in African American Women (SELA) Study: protocol for an observational mechanistic study examining the interplay of multiple individual and social factors on lupus outcomes in a health disparity population

Clinical trials and drug discovery:

Safety, immunological effects and clinical response in a phase I trial of umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells in patients with treatment refractory SLE

Biomarker studies:

Novel immunoprofiling method for diagnosing SLE and evaluating therapeutic response

Immunology and inflammation:

Role of autoantibodies and blood–brain barrier leakage in cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus

Reproductive health and APS:

Pregnancy outcomes in antiphospholipid antibody positive patients: prospective results from the AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION) Clinical Database and Repository (‘Registry’)

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