Background Premature vascular disease is a major major clinical problem and the major cause of the shortened life expectancy observed among patients with SLE in modern societies. Both ischemic heart ...

Objective The variety of disease phenotypes among patients with SLE challenges the identification of new biomarkers reflecting disease activity and/or organ damage. Osteopontin (OPN) is an ...

Early signs of lupus in females, such as fatigue, joint pain, and rashes, are commonly mistaken for symptoms of other conditions. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that's far more common in females than ...