Systemic lupus erythematosus pathogenesis: interferon and beyond

S Caielli, Z Wan, V Pascual - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Autoreactive B cells and interferons are central players in systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE) pathogenesis. The partial success of drugs targeting these pathways, however …

Emerging concepts of type I interferons in SLE pathogenesis and therapy

A Psarras, M Wittmann, EM Vital - Nature reviews Rheumatology, 2022 - nature.com
Type I interferons have been suspected for decades to have a crucial role in the
pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Evidence has now overturned several …

Single cell and spatial sequencing define processes by which keratinocytes and fibroblasts amplify inflammatory responses in psoriasis

F Ma, O Plazyo, AC Billi, LC Tsoi, X Xing… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The immunopathogenesis of psoriasis, a common chronic inflammatory disease of the skin,
is incompletely understood. Here we demonstrate, using a combination of single cell and …

Spatial transcriptomics stratifies psoriatic disease severity by emergent cellular ecosystems

RL Castillo, I Sidhu, I Dolgalev, T Chu, A Prystupa… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Whereas the cellular and molecular features of human inflammatory skin diseases are well
characterized, their tissue context and systemic impact remain poorly understood. We thus …

Dendritic cells in systemic lupus erythematosus: from pathogenesis to therapeutic applications

J Liu, X Zhang, X Cao - Journal of Autoimmunity, 2022 - Elsevier
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a severe chronic systemic autoimmune disease
caused by complicated interactions among genetic, epigenetic, and immunological factors …

Essential immune functions of fibroblasts in innate host defense

KJ Cavagnero, RL Gallo - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The term fibroblast has been used generally to describe spindle-shaped stromal cells of
mesenchymal origin that produce extracellular matrix, establish tissue structure, and form …

Precision medicine in systemic lupus erythematosus

S Fasano, A Milone, GF Nicoletti, DA Isenberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that has diverse clinical
manifestations, ranging from restricted cutaneous involvement to life-threatening systemic …

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus: an update on pathogenesis and future therapeutic directions

D Niebel, L de Vos, T Fetter, C Brägelmann… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Lupus erythematosus comprises a spectrum of autoimmune diseases that may affect various
organs (systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE]) or the skin only (cutaneous lupus …

Systems-based identification of the Hippo pathway for promoting fibrotic mesenchymal differentiation in systemic sclerosis

F Ma, PS Tsou, M Gharaee-Kermani, O Plazyo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a devastating autoimmune disease characterized by excessive
production and accumulation of extracellular matrix, leading to fibrosis of skin and other …

Single-cell sequencing shows cellular heterogeneity of cutaneous lesions in lupus erythematosus

M Zheng, Z Hu, X Mei, L Ouyang, Y Song… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are both types
of lupus, yet the characteristics, and differences between them are not fully understood. Here …