Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), more commonly known as simply lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease that provokes symptoms from skin rashes and fevers all the way to chronic fatigue and ...

The study showed that introducing the TLR7 variant in an animal model led to the development of autoimmune symptoms and potential development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A new report ...

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified a gene called TLR7 that, when over-activated, is responsible for causing lupus, an autoimmune disease that can be ...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can impact anyone, but tends to affects women between the ages of 15 and 45. The disorder has to be managed for a lifetime. The causes have been unclear, and the ...

A study published in Nature on April 27, 2022, provides evidence indicating that the currently incurable chronic autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is caused by gain-of-function ...

In two separate studies, German researchers have identified the single-gene mutation that can lead to the incurable autoimmune disease lupus. The discovery opens the door to developing new therapeutic ...

Every year, 16,000 cases of lupus are reported in the United States — 9 out of 10 of them in women. Scientists have long believed sex differences help explain women’s predisposition for the autoimmune ...

An international team of researchers has identified DNA mutations in a gene that senses viral RNA, as a cause of the autoimmune disease lupus, with the finding paving the way for the development of ...

For years, researchers and clinicians have known that lupus, an autoimmune condition, occurs in women at a rate nine times higher than in men. Some of the factors that cause the disease’s high ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system that normally protects the body from invading microbes turns against the body's own cells. Researchers studied ...

As a young girl, Gabriela Piqueras wasn’t quite like the other children in her class. She couldn’t play with her friends, because any minor bump would cause a large bruise to bloom instantly. She ...