Urine Chemokines as Biomarkers of Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Activity

Brad H. Rovin, Huijuan Song, Dan Birmingham, +3

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Glomerular DiseaseRenal Sle FlareImmunologyPathologySle Flare +24

Association analysis of the R620W polymorphism of protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 in systemic lupus erythematosus families: Increased t allele frequency in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with autoimmune thyroid disease

Hui Wu, Rita M. Cantor, Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham, +16

Arthritis & Rheumatism

A Dinucleotide Deletion in CD24 Confers Protection against Autoimmune Diseases

Lizhong Wang, Shili Lin, Kottil Rammohan, +17

PLoS Genetics

Disease EtiologyImmunologyGenetic EpidemiologyHuman PolymorphismImmune-related Gene Polymorphism +18

Spot urine protein/creatinine ratios are unreliable estimates of 24 h proteinuria in most systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis flares

Dan Birmingham, Brad H. Rovin, Ganesh Shidham, +5

Kidney International

GlomerulonephritisUrologyRenal FunctionAutoimmune DiseaseLupus +7

Association of a common complement receptor 2 haplotype with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus

Hui Wu, Susan A. Boackle, Punchong Hanvivadhanakul, +22

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Complement activation induces the expression of decay-accelerating factor on human mesangial cells

Toru Shibata, Borja G. Cosío, Dan Birmingham

The Journal of Immunology

Autoantibodies targeting glomerular annexin A2 identify patients with proliferative lupus nephritis

Dawn J. Caster, Erik A. Korte, Michael L. Merchant, +9

PROTEOMICS - CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

Molecular profiling of kidney compartments from serial biopsies differentiate treatment responders from non-responders in lupus nephritis

Samir V. Parikh, Ana Malvar, Huijuan Song, +17

Kidney International

Renal PathologyImmunologyMolecular ProfilingGlomerulonephritisRenal Function +14

Molecular imaging of the kidney in lupus nephritis to characterize response to treatment

Samir V. Parikh, Ana Malvar, Huijuan Song, +7

Translational research

Glomerular DiseaseGlomerulonephritisRenal FunctionAutoimmune DiseaseSystemic Lupus Erythematosus +12

Erythropoietin therapy in humans increases erythrocyte expression of complement receptor type 1 (CD35).

Lee A. Hebert, Dan Birmingham, John Dillon, +2

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

ImmunohematologyImmunologyBlood CellImmunotherapyInflammation +15