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  2. Lupus - Wikipedia

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    Lupus, formally called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body. [1] Symptoms vary among people and may be mild to severe. [ 1 ]

  3. Lupus erythematosus - Wikipedia

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    Lupus erythematosus is a collection of autoimmune diseases in which the human immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues. [1] Symptoms of these diseases can affect many different body systems, including joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, heart, and lungs. The most common and most severe form is systemic lupus erythematosus.

  4. Wikipedia : Osmosis/Systemic lupus erythematosus

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    Lupus can also affect the serosa, which is like the outer membrane of an organ or tissue, so if it gets inflamed, people get get serositis, which could manifest as something like pleuritis, which is inflammation of the lining around the lungs and chest cavity, or as pericarditis, inflammation of the lining of the heart.

  5. Scientists say they have identified lupus' root cause — and ...

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    Common symptoms include extreme fatigue, joint pain or skin rashes. In rare cases, the disease may lead to kidney or heart damage, or weaken the immune system so the body can’t fight off infections.

  6. Autoimmune disease - Wikipedia

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    Systemic lupus erythematosus, referred to simply as lupus, is a systemic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs, including the skin, joints, kidneys, and the nervous system. It is characterized by a widespread loss of immune tolerance. [ 30 ]

  7. Roivant Sciences' lupus drug fails to reduce symptoms in mid ...

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    The oral drug, brepocitinib, did not meet the primary study goal of reduction in disease activity at week 52 in patients of SLE, in which the immune system that normally helps protect the body ...

  8. Nara Smith Opens Up About Struggles With Eczema and ... - AOL

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    According to the Mayo Clinic, lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that "attacks your own tissues and organs" and can cause inflammation in a person's "joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain ...

  9. Autoimmunity - Wikipedia

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    Pioneering work by Noel Rose and Ernst Witebsky in New York, and Roitt and Doniach at University College London provided clear evidence that, at least in terms of antibody-producing B cells (B lymphocytes), diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and thyrotoxicosis are associated with loss of immunological tolerance, which is the ability of an ...