N‐acetylcysteine reduces disease activity by blocking mammalian target of rapamycin in T cells from systemic lupus erythematosus patients: A randomized, double …

…, J Jimah, E Doherty, H Tily, L Francis… - Arthritis & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients exhibit T cell dysfunction, which can
be regulated through mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Δψm) and mammalian target …

Sirolimus in patients with clinically active systemic lupus erythematosus resistant to, or intolerant of, conventional medications: a single-arm, open-label, phase 1/2 trial

…, J Yu, M Dawood, R Garcia, H Tily, L Francis… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have T-cell dysfunction that has
been attributed to the activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Rapamycin …

Obesity: effects on cardiovascular disease and its diagnosis

B Mathew, L Francis, A Kayalar… - The Journal of the …, 2008 - Am Board Family Med
The higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease in obese individuals is indirectly mediated,
to a large extent, by the increased frequency of various well known risk factors like …

Mechanistic target of rapamycin activation triggers IL-4 production and necrotic death of double-negative T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

…, J Yu, M Dawood, R Garcia, L Francis… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is recognized as a sensor of mitochondrial
dysfunction and effector of T cell lineage development; however, its role in autoimmunity, …

Brief Report: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder Scores Are Elevated and Respond to N‐Acetylcysteine Treatment in Patients With Systemic Lupus …

RJ Garcia, L Francis, M Dawood, ZW Lai… - Arthritis & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate whether attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may serve as
a marker of neuropsychiatric disease and as a target for N‐acetylcysteine (NAC) treatment …

Clinical policy: critical issues in the sedation of pediatric patients in the emergency department

SE Mace, LA Brown, L Francis, SA Godwin… - Journal of Emergency …, 2008 - intljourtranur.com
Emergency physicians routinely provide sedation and analgesia, monitor the respiratory and
cardiovascular status, and manage critically ill patients of all ages. 1-3 The provision of safe …

[HTML][HTML] Infection in systemic lupus erythematosus: friend or foe?

L Francis, A Perl - International journal of clinical rheumatology, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infectious agents have long been implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus
erythematosus. Common viruses, such as the Epstein-Barr virus, transfusion transmitted virus, …

Liver injury correlates with biomarkers of autoimmunity and disease activity and represents an organ system involvement in patients with systemic lupus …

Y Liu, J Yu, Z Oaks, I Marchena-Mendez, L Francis… - Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Liver disease (LD), defined as ≥ 2-fold elevation of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or
alanine aminotransferase (ALT), was examined in a longitudinal study of systemic lupus …

Induction of systemic lupus erythematosus with tumor necrosis factor blockers

E Soforo, M Baumgartner, L Francis, F Allam… - The Journal of …, 2010 - jrheum.org
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitors are considered safe and effective for treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) 1. Although induction of antinuclear …

Immunofluorescence microscopy is superior to fluorescent beads for detection of antinuclear antibody reactivity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

E Bonilla, L Francis, F Allam, M Ogrinc, H Neupane… - Clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are a hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and
one of its key diagnostic criteria. Recently, new technologies based on antibody binding to …