Common variable immunodeficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus

M Fernández-Castro, S Mellor-Pita, MJ Citores… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2007 - Elsevier
… The development of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) or hypogammaglobulinemia
in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is rare. The purpose of this article is to provide a …

Transverse myelitis as the first manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus or lupus-like disease: good functional outcome and relevance of antiphospholipid …

DP D'Cruz, S Mellor-Pita, B Joven, G Sanna… - The Journal of …, 2004 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Transverse myelitis (TM) is a rare complication of systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE). Although usually a late manifestation of SLE, it can occur at presentation. We …

Decrease of regulatory T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

S Mellor-Pita, MJ Citores, R Castejon… - Annals of the …, 2006 - ard.bmj.com
Current evidence indicates that regulatory T cells (Tregs) actively suppress autoreactive
lymphocytes that escape central tolerance. 1 2 Tregs are characterised by a high intensity CD25 …

Monocytes and T lymphocytes contribute to a predominance of interleukin 6 and interleukin 10 in systemic lupus erythematosus

S MellorPita, MJ Citores, R Castejon… - Cytometry Part B …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Monocytes and T lymphocytes contribute to a predominance of interleukin 6 and interleukin
10 in systemic lupus erythematosus - MellorPita - 2009 - Cytometry Part B: Clinical …

Metabolic syndrome is associated with decreased circulating endothelial progenitor cells and increased arterial stiffness in systemic lupus erythematosus

…, S Rosado, P Tutor-Ureta, S Mellor-Pita… - Lupus, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is highly prevalent in patients with systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) and it has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk. We …

Expression of human leukocyte antigen-G in systemic lupus erythematosus

S Rosado, G Perez-Chacon, S Mellor-Pita… - Human Immunology, 2008 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine the expression of human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G)
in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its relation with interleukin-10 (…

[HTML][HTML] Trends in hospital admissions and death causes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Spanish National Registry

…, S Mellor-Pita, P Tutor, S Rosado… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… Overall, the mortality rate in our population was 6.41%, with a 2.79% mortality rate per
admission, which is in agreement with the literature [5,6,19,26,30]. However, it is noteworthy that …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic autoimmune diseases in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Spain: a nation-wide registry study

V Moreno-Torres, C de Mendoza, S Mellor-Pita… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
… the burden of comorbidities as described in our cohort, who is exposed to SARS-CoV-2. …
However, we believe that the lack of this data is compensated by the size of the study population…

Prognostic value of neutrophils and NK cells in bronchoalveolar lavage of sarcoidosis

…, MJ Citores, R Castejón, S MellorPita… - Cytometry Part B …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Not all the patients with sarcoidosis need pharmacological therapy, and the
decision to start therapy is based mainly on clinical conditions. The aim of this study was to …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of cardiovascular risk factors in antiphospholipid syndrome: an observational study from the Spanish national registry

…, P Durán-Del Campo, S Mellor-Pita… - Clin Exp …, 2022 - clinexprheumatol.org
… Unlike previous reports showing that venous thrombosis is the most frequent
manifestation of APS (2, 15), most thrombotic events leading to admission in this study were …