What Causes Lupus Flares?
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  • 作者:David Fernandez ; Kyriakos A. Kirou
  • 关键词:Systemic lupus erythematosus ; Flare ; Triggers ; Hormones ; Drugs ; Infections
  • 刊名:Current Rheumatology Reports
  • 出版年:2016
  • 出版时间:March 2016
  • 年:2016
  • 卷:18
  • 期:3
  • 全文大小:362 KB
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  • 作者单位:David Fernandez (1)
    Kyriakos A. Kirou (1)

    1. Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA
  • 刊物主题:Rheumatology;
  • 出版者:Springer US
  • ISSN:1534-6307
  • 文摘
    Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the prototypic systemic autoimmune disease, follows a chronic disease course, punctuated by flares. Disease flares often occur without apparent cause, perhaps from progressive inherent buildup of autoimmunity. However, there is evidence that certain environmental factors may trigger the disease. These include exposure to UV light, infections, certain hormones, and drugs which may activate the innate and adaptive immune system, resulting in inflammation, cytotoxic effects, and clinical symptoms. Uncontrolled disease flares, as well as their treatment, especially with glucocorticoids, can cause significant organ damage. Tight surveillance and timely control of lupus flares with judicial use of effective treatments to adequately suppress the excessive immune system activation are required to bring about long term remission of the disease. We hope that new clinical trials will soon offer additional effective and target-specific biologic treatments for SLE.

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