Interferon pathway in SLE: one key to unlocking the mystery of the disease

L Rönnblom, D Leonard - Lupus science & medicine, 2019 - lupus.bmj.com
SLE is characterised by an activation of the interferon (IFN) system, which leads to an
increased expression of IFN-regulated genes. The reasons behind the IFN signature in SLE …

[HTML][HTML] Selective JAKinibs: prospects in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases

AT Virtanen, T Haikarainen, J Raivola, O Silvennoinen - BioDrugs, 2019 - Springer
Cytokines, many of which signal through the JAK–STAT (Janus kinase–Signal Transducers
and Activators of Transcription) pathway, play a central role in the pathogenesis of …

[HTML][HTML] The bidirectional immune crosstalk in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

K Sawada, H Chung, S Softic, ME Moreno-Fernandez… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is an unabated risk factor
for end-stage liver diseases with no available therapies. Dysregulated immune responses …

Genetics and pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis

C Mohan, C Putterman - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2015 - nature.com
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disorder that has a broad
spectrum of effects on the majority of organs, including the kidneys. Approximately 40–70 …

Altered B cell signalling in autoimmunity

DJ Rawlings, G Metzler, M Wray-Dutra… - Nature reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Recent work has provided new insights into how altered B cell-intrinsic signals—through the
B cell receptor (BCR) and key co-receptors—function together to promote the pathogenesis …

Immune dysregulation and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in individuals with haploinsufficiency of SOCS1

PY Lee, CD Platt, S Weeks, RF Grace, G Maher… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background We studied 2 unrelated patients with immune thrombocytopenia and
autoimmune hemolytic anemia in the setting of acute infections. One patient developed …

The interferons and their receptors—distribution and regulation

NA De Weerd, T Nguyen - Immunology and cell biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The interferons (IFNs) were originally described over 50 years ago, identified by their ability
to confer viral resistance to cells. We now know that they are much more than just anti‐viral …

Altered type II interferon precedes autoantibody accrual and elevated type I interferon activity prior to systemic lupus erythematosus classification

ME Munroe, R Lu, YD Zhao, DA Fife… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives The relationship of immune dysregulation and autoantibody production that may
contribute to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis is unknown. This study …

[HTML][HTML] IFN signaling and neutrophil degranulation transcriptional signatures are induced during SARS-CoV-2 infection

BA Rosa, M Ahmed, DK Singh… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected more than 92 million people worldwide resulting in the
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Using a rhesus macaque model of SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Bite of the wolf: innate immune responses propagate autoimmunity in lupus

S Gupta, MJ Kaplan - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The etiopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a clinically heterogeneous
multisystemic syndrome that derives its name from the initial characterization of facial …