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OBJECTIVE Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exhibit therapeutic effects in human autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate how allogeneic MSCs mediate immunosuppression in lupus patients. METHODS The effects of allogeneic umbilical cord-derived MSCs (UC-MSCs) on inhibiti...

Background: Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a multisystemic and autoimmune inflammatory disease characterized by production of autoantibodies against different cellular components. We aimed to investigate children with SLE in terms of clinical symptoms and laboratory findings who referred to Lupus clinic.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 36 children with SLE refer...

macrophage activating syndrome (mas) is a life-threatening disease seen in autoimmune diseases including lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, still's disease, polyarteritis nodosa. it is characterized by fever, pancytopenia, liver failure, coagulopathy, and neurologic symptoms and high serum ferritin. a 27 yr. old female patient was admitted in shahid mostafa khomeini hospital (tehra...

central nervous system ranks among the favorite sites to get involved by nocardia astroides. this opportunistic organism complicates many disorders characterized by cellular or humoral immunity disturbances.a 36-year-old woman is being presented, known to have systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and having received a two year course of corticosteroid treatment. cerebellar abscess was found on di...

S. Vattoth J.K. Curé SUMMARY: Lupus panniculitis (LP) or lupus erythematosus profundus (LEP) is a lupus-associated dermatologic condition predominantly affecting young to middle-aged women in which the deep dermis and subcutaneous fat are mainly involved. The lesions are usually located on the forehead, cheeks, proximal aspect of the limbs, and buttocks, though cases have occasionally been repo...

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