Detection of autoantibodies found in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), such as those directed against certain Smith antigens (Sm), is a useful means of diagnosis. Some assays ...

Although, as Troldborg and colleagues observed, autoantibodies "are present in patients with SLE long before the disease is formally diagnosed," positive test results are not, by themselves ...

[71–73] It is possible to speculate that, after EBV infection, individuals that later develop SLE do so because they are not able to control the production of autoantibodies that both increase ...

CRP binds to nuclear antigens that are the target of the autoantibodies in patients with SLE, promoting the activation of the classical complement pathway and interacts with phagocytic cells.

The rationale for the use of anti-BAFF therapy in human SLE is evident from several preclinical ... blockade on the production of nephritogenic autoantibodies and pathogenic immune complexes ...

Considering taking supplements to treat systemic lupus erythematosus sle? Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus sle.