COVID-19 and kidney disease

M Brogan, MJ Ross - Annual review of medicine, 2023 - annualreviews.org
COVID-19 can cause acute kidney injury and may cause or exacerbate chronic kidney
diseases, including glomerular diseases. SARS-CoV-2 infection of kidney cells has been …

Systemic lupus erythematosus: one year in review 2023

D Zucchi, E Silvagni, E Elefante, V Signorini… - Clinical and …, 2023 - sfera.unife.it
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a wide range of
clinical manifestations and a relapsing-remitting course. New data regarding pathogenic …

A randomized, placebo‐controlled phase III extension trial of the long‐term safety and tolerability of anifrolumab in active systemic lupus erythematosus

KC Kalunian, R Furie, EF Morand… - Arthritis & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore long‐term safety and tolerability of anifrolumab 300 mg compared with
placebo in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who completed a Treatment of …

Systemic lupus erythematosus in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic: infection, vaccination, and impact on disease management

P Mehta, AY Gasparyan, O Zimba, GD Kitas - Clinical Rheumatology, 2022 - Springer
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) form a vulnerable group in terms of the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disease management. We conducted this overview by …

Effect of systemic lupus erythematosus and immunosuppressive agents on COVID‐19 vaccination antibody response

M Petri, D Joyce, K Haag, A Fava… - Arthritis Care & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The risk of COVID‐19 infection is increased in patients with systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) versus those without SLE. Some immunosuppressive medications …

Belimumab or anifrolumab for systemic lupus erythematosus? A risk-benefit assessment

KA Kirou, M DallEra, C Aranow, HJ Anders - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) currently employs agents with relatively
unselective immunosuppressive properties. However, two target-specific biological drugs …

Systemic lupus erythematosus and COVID-19

M Pappa, A Panagiotopoulos, K Thomas… - Current Rheumatology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To describe the current state of knowledge regarding COVID-19
in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We focus on (i) SARS-CoV-2 …

Researchers in rheumatology should avoid categorization of continuous predictor variables

Z Salis, B Gallego, A Sainsbury - BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2023 - Springer
Background Rheumatology researchers often categorize continuous predictor variables. We
aimed to show how this practice may alter results from observational studies in …

Factors associated with severe COVID-19 in people with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician …

SA Yeoh, M Gianfrancesco, S Lawson-Tovey… - RMD open, 2022 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate factors associated with severe COVID-19 in people with idiopathic
inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Methods Demographic data, clinical characteristics and COVID …

Pediatric systemic lupus erythematous in COVID-19 era

A Lupu, IC Miron, C Gavrilovici, AA Raileanu… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disorder with a highly
variable course and prognosis. It results in functional abnormalities in the immune system …