Systemic lupus erthymatosus

SUMMARY: A 39-year-old woman was diagnosed with Systemic lupus erthymatosus (SLE) in 1993, and initially received 30 mg of prednisolone (PSL) daily as treatment. In 2012, the patient was diagnosed with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) complecated with proteinurea, hypertension and pretibial edema at 24 weeks of gestation. At onset, protein urea was 1.6 g/day and she was given bed rest in the hospital with a protein-restricted and low salt diet, which led to a decrease in protein urea to approximately 1 g/day...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the cellular populations and regulatory factors responsible for B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) overexpression in SLE patients. METHODS: Surface and intracellular BLyS levels were quantified by flow cytometry in healthy and SLE monocytes cultured in the presence of TNF-α, IFN-α, IFN-γ, GM-CSF and SLE immune complexes (SLE-ICs), while soluble BLyS was measured by ELISA. Also, both surface and intracellular BLyS expression by different cell subsets was determined in 23 SLE patients and 16 healthy controls...