Adverse effects of glucocorticoids have been abundantly reported. Published reports on low
dose glucocorticoid treatment show that few of the commonly held beliefs about their …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a very complex disease where multiple
immunological pathways can concur in inducing tissue damage. Cytokines are key …

Summary The Physician Global Assessment International Standardisation COnsensus in
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (PISCOS) study aimed to obtain an evidence-based and …

Objective The new Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) 2012
classification criteria aimed to improve the performance of systemic lupus erythematosus …

Objectives To update the EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) based on emerging new evidence. Methods An international Task …

Objectives To derive and validate a new disease activity measure for systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE), the SLE Disease Activity Score (SLE-DAS), with improved sensitivity …

To compare frequency and functional activity of peripheral blood (PB) Th (c) 17, Th (c) 1 and
Treg cells and the amount of type 2 cytokines mRNA we recruited SLE patients in active (n …

Through their cytotoxic capacities and cytokine production, natural killer (NK) cells modulate
autoimmune diseases. However, their role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus …

Objectives There is an unmet need for accurate and user-friendly definitions of systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease activity and remission. We aimed to derive and validate …

The purpose of this study was to characterize the clinical and serological features of a large
cohort of patients with antinuclear antibody (ANA) positive undifferentiated connective tissue …