Abstract The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire-3 (SATAQ-3) and
its earlier versions are measures designed to assess societal and interpersonal aspects of …

Objectives Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and has been associated with many chronic
diseases, including autoimmune disorders. A study was undertaken to explore the impact of …

We targeted LYN, a src-tyosine kinase involved in B-cell activation, in case–control
association studies using populations of European-American, African-American and Korean …

Efforts to identify lupus-associated causal variants in the FAM167A/BLK locus on 8p21 are
hampered by highly associated noncausal variants. In this report, we used a trans …

Background The clinical and pathologic diversity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
hinders diagnosis, management, and treatment development. This study addresses …

Objective. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of herpes
zoster (HZ). Although a vaccine for HZ has been approved by the US Food and Drug …

Azo dyes are commonly used in many commercial industries. Some of the azo dyes can
produce carcinogenic compounds after being metabolized by azoreductase. Several human …

Abstract Site-1 protease (S1P), encoded by MBTPS1, is a serine protease in the Golgi. S1P
regulates lipogenesis, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function, and lysosome biogenesis in …

Background Autoimmune diseases comprise a spectrum of illnesses and are on the rise
worldwide. Although antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are detected in many autoimmune …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a highly variable autoimmune disease that can
involve severe organ-threatening symptoms, such as lupus nephritis. Certain drugs, such as …