ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022
Induction and Maintenance Treatment of Lupus Nephritis: A Comprehensive Review of Meta-Analyses.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management and outcomes in children with lupus nephritis in the developing countries.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Pooled it
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- HDAC3 knockdown inhibits ferroptosis via upregulating Nrf2 to alleviate renal interstitial fibrosis in lupus nephritis.Lupus science & medicine · 2025Article
- Efficacy of tacrolimus and other immunosuppressants in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Biomedical reports · 2025Article
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- Oxymatrine Ameliorates Lupus Nephritis by Targeting the YY1-Mediated IL-6/STAT3 Axis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Identifying distinct phenotypes of patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: results from a cluster analysis by the Egyptian college of rheumatology (ECR) study group.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Lupus Nephritis from Pathogenesis to New Therapies: An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Effect and safety profile of belimumab and tacrolimus combination therapy in thirty-three patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.Clinical rheumatology · 2022Article
- Anxiety and depression prevalence and their risk factors in lupus nephritis patients: A case-control study.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2022Article
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24 authors at 11 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundLupus nephritis (LN) is present in over 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) which is managed with immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory therapies. However, several novel therapeutic approaches for LN are under investigation due to the adverse effects spectrum of conventional therapy; Methods: We performed a comprehensive review of meta-analyses aggregating the comparative efficacies of various pharmacotherapies for LN. We conducted a literature search and retrieved a total of 23 meta-analyses and network meta-analyses for summarization. Pharmacotherapies were evaluated across six major outcomes: remission, relapse, mortality, end stage kidney disease (ESKD) progression, infection, and malignancy.
resultCalcineurin inhibitors (CNI), particularly tacrolimus (TAC), in combination with glucocorticoids (GC) outperformed cyclophosphamide (CPA) with GC in the rate of remission, either complete or partial remission, and in terms of infectious complications. In maintenance therapy, MMF was superior to azathioprine (AZA) as the MMF-treated patients had lower relapse rate.
interpretationThis review aggregates evidence of therapy for clinicians and sheds light on comparative efficacies of alternative LN treatments. As more promising agents are entering the market, such as voclosporin, belimumab, and obinutuzumab, LN management might undergo significant changes during the next years.
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