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Clinical and laboratory phenotypes in juvenile-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus across ethnicities in the UK.

Joseph S Massias, Eve Md Smith, Eslam Al-Abadi, Kate Armon, Kathryn Bailey, Coziana Ciurtin, Joyce Davidson, Janet Gardner-Medwin, Kirsty Haslam, Dan P Hawley and 14 more

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Article in Lupus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Joseph S MassiasSchool of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Eve Md SmithDepartment of Women's & Children's Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8371-7597
Eslam Al-AbadiDepartment of Rheumatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Kate ArmonDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
Kathryn BaileyDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
Coziana CiurtinCentre for Adolescent Rheumatology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8911-4113
Joyce DavidsonDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.
Janet Gardner-MedwinDepartment of Child Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Kirsty HaslamDepartment of Paediatrics, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK.
Dan P HawleyDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
Alice LeahyDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
Valentina LeoneDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Leeds Children Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Flora McErlanePaediatric Rheumatology, Great North Children's Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Devesh MewarDepartment of Rheumatology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Gita ModgilDepartment of Paediatrics, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK.
Robert MootsDepartment of Rheumatology, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK.
Clarissa PilkingtonDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
Athimalaipet V RamananUniversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust & Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Satyapal RangarajDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK.
Phil RileyDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Arani SridharDepartment of Paediatrics, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
Nick WilkinsonGuy's & St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, UK.
Michael W BeresfordDepartment of Women's & Children's Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Christian M HedrichDepartment of Women's & Children's Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-6179

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune/inflammatory disease. Patients diagnosed with juvenile-onset SLE (jSLE), when compared to individuals with adult-onset SLE, develop more severe organ involvement, increased disease activity and greater tissue and organ damage. In adult-onset SLE, clinical characteristics, pathomechanisms, disease progression and outcomes do not only vary between individuals and age groups, but also ethnicities. However, in children and young people, the influence of ethnicity on disease onset, phenotype and outcome has not been investigated in detail. In this study, we investigated clinical and laboratory characteristics in pediatric SLE patients from different ethnic backgrounds (White Caucasian, Asian, Black African/Caribbean) accessing data from a national cohort of jSLE patients (the UK JSLE Cohort Study). Among jSLE patients in the UK, ethnicity affects both the disease's clinical course and outcomes. At diagnosis, Black African/Caribbean jSLE patients show more "classical" laboratory and clinical features when compared to White Caucasian or Asian patients. Black African/Caribbean jSLE patients exhibit more renal involvement and more frequently receive cyclophosphamide and rituximab. Studies targeting ethnicity-specific contributors to disease expression and phenotypes are necessary to improve our pathophysiological understanding, diagnosis and treatment of jSLE.

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AdolescentAge of OnsetChildCohort StudiesCyclophosphamideDisease ProgressionDrug Therapy, CombinationEthnicityFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunosuppressive AgentsLaboratoriesLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLupus NephritisCyclophosphamideImmunologic FactorsImmunosuppressive AgentsRituximabethicityjSLElupuspaediatricphenotype

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PMID33413005
PMCPMC7967896

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