SLE Patients at Greater Risk for Vocal Disorders, Brazilian Study Reports

Many systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) patients suffer from vocal disorder, or dysphonia, and should get voice therapy to improve the overall quality of their lives. So argues an article, “Voice disorder in systemic lupus erythematosus,” that recently appeared in the open-access journal PLOS One. Back in the 1950s, people with SLE…

Specific T Cell Subset Contributes to Disease Progression in New-Onset Patients with SLE

In a recent study entitled “Hyperactivation and in situ recruitment of inflammatory Vδ2 T cells contributes to disease pathogenesis in systemic lupus erythematosus” scientists discovered that the biggest human γδ T cell subset, the Vδ2 T cells present in peripheral blood, are key mediators of tissue injury…