Abstracts tagged "Complementary alternative medicine and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 1085 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Natural Gingerols Inhibit Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Release Elicited By Lupus Autoantibodies
Ramadan A. Ali¹ and Jason S. Knight², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Recent studies have revealed a role for neutrophils in the pathogenesis of lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Indeed, neutrophils are activated by various disease-relevant…
Abstract Number: 1824 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Tripterygium Wilfordii for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Systematosus: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Yixia Ye¹, Bo Chen², Robert A. Kalish³ and Chenchen Wang⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of T.C.M., Shanghai, China, ³Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Bosotn, MA
Background/Purpose: Tripterygium Wilfordii (TPW), a Chinese herbal medication, has been widely used in China for various chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus…