Lupus, or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), is not an infectious disease but an autoimmune disorder. It is a chronic condition in which the body attacks in own cells and tissues, resulting in inflammation of the skin, joints, blood vessels, brain, lungs, and kidneys. ...
Interferon score was calculated according to interferon induced gene expression in blood cells collected to RNA stabilizing tubes. Spearman correlation was used for correlation analyses and chi-square and Fisher test for the group comparison. Results Among 40 patients (mean age 50 (standard deviation ...
Women with SLE have a significantly increased risk of stroke and myocardial infarction along with elevated incidence of asymptomatic atherosclerosis compared with the general population.12,13 Furthermore, traditional CVD risk factors, such as cholesterol, blood pressure, and smoking status, fail to fully...
Human SLE PB Plasma ,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) peripheral blood plasma is obtained by centrifugation of the SLE PB.
c)White blood cells: Leukopenia (15%-20% of patients) and lymphopenia <1.5×109/L are common inSLEand usually do not require specific therapy. Severe neutropenia may require therapy. d)Platelets: Thrombocytopenia is common and can be caused either by immunologic disturbances associated withSLEor...
SLE is a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect almost any organ system, although it mainly involves the skin, joints, kidneys, blood cells, and nervous system. Its presentation and course are highly variable, ranging from indolent to fulminant. The classic presentation of a triad of fever...
Her temperature was 36.6掳C, blood pressure 130/70 mmHg, pulse rate 90 beats per minute, respiration rate 18 breaths/minute, and oxygen saturation 98% while she was breathing ambient air. There was normal breath sounds in the lungs' fields. Laboratory tests showed hemoglobin 10.3 g/dL, ...
However, due to the lack of uniform collection strategies for blood testing in terms of the day of the menstrual cycle and detection methods used at the time of these disparate studies, there may be variations in these results. The difference in the collection times of blood samples for E2 ...
It is possible that metabolome of maternal blood of SLE patients might be influenced by the developing mechanisms of APO and therefore a subtle change in the maternal metabolome may help to identify those SLE patients at a high risk of APOs. In the current study, an integrative metabolic ...
Laboratory tests included complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, serum albumin, creatinine level, liver function tests, urine analysis and 24-h urine collection for the measurement of protein excretion. Overall disease activity of SLE was evaluated using the SLE Disease Activity Index (...