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ArticleClinical rheumatology2011

Improvement of irregularity of brain vessel walls in systemic lupus erythematosus by tacrolimus.

Hiromi Kizu, Hiroaki Dobashi, Tomohiro Kameda, Kentaro Susaki, Masahiko Kawanishi, Toshihiko Ishida

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Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Clinical features and mortality in Chinese with lupus nephritis and neuropsychiatric lupus: A 124-patient study.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiromi KizuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
Hiroaki Dobashi
Tomohiro Kameda
Kentaro Susaki
Masahiko Kawanishi
Toshihiko Ishida
Kagawa University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that affects multiple organs. Neuropsychiatric SLE develops during the course of the disease in 50% to 74% of SLE patients. The pathogenesis of CNS manifestations is multifactorial. The most common neuropathological finding has, in various studies, been multifocal infarcts. The cerebral vascular lesions in SLE that can cause cerebral infarction can be categorized into thromboembolism and vasculitis. On the other hand, tacrolimus is an immunosuppressive drug used for several autoimmune diseases, which inhibits the calcineurin pathway in T cells and reduces accompanying inflammatory cytokine production. We experienced that treatment of a patient with SLE with tacrolimus and steroid pulse therapy yielded improvement of vasculitis of brain vessels on magnetic resonance angiography. We suggest that tacrolimus may play an important role in the treatment of vasculitis of SLE.

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AdultBrainCalcineurinCerebrovascular CirculationFemaleFeverHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMagnetic Resonance ImagingTacrolimusT-LymphocytesTreatment OutcomeVasculitisCalcineurinImmunosuppressive AgentsTacrolimus

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PMID21049279
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