Hello lupologists!
A SLESIS-R >6 = likelihood ratio of 5.5 to develop an infection in the next year.
SLESIS-R: an improved score for prediction of serious infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus based on the RELESSER prospective cohort lupus.bmj.com/content/11/1/e…

Good luck to all running the London Landmarks Half Marathon! ⁦FAIR⁩ 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🔍 New study from EATC for Children unveils the crucial role of type I interferon gene interactions in JSLE, linking T1IFN-associated polymorphisms, gene:gene interrelations with early dis onset and ⬆️activity, paving the way for genetic risk assessments! doi.org/10.1016/j.clim…

🔴Register now to the next Tuesday Lunch with RITA webinar!
Belot Alexandre and Marie-Louise Frémond will talk about Monogenic SLE and Interferonopathies and how to treat them 🤗
Spend you luch break with us 👉bit.ly/3xcFjdB

The paediatric stream for BSR Annual Conference 2024 is on 25-26 April and is dedicated to those working and interested in paediatric and adolescent rheumatology. ▶️Hear highlights for this programme from

Eve smith, Paediatric Rheumatologist bit.ly/43EFqur #BSR24

TUESDAY NEWSDAY - PART TWO!
FDA Authorizes First CAR-T Cell Clinical Trial for Children with Lupus!
lupus.org/news/fda-autho…

New grant success! 🎉 Dr. Andy Chetwynd, from University of Liverpool, has secured a senior fellowship award of £303,000. His research will explore whether the patterns of sugars on immune proteins can predict kidney damage.

Find out more details below 👇

bit.ly/4ajGiqG

🏃‍♂️ Hubby aced the Wilmslow Half Marathon yesterday & tackled 18 miles last weekend! Tired but unstoppable for a great cause! LUPUSUK 💙 🌟 Big thanks to everyone sponsoring & supporting him! 💪❤️ tinyurl.com/mr3tdxus

Longshot but if anyone see’s Ben Smith (pictures below) son of a colleague from work please report it to Merseyside police.

Prof R. Cervera on refractory and catastrophic #antiphospholipid syndrome at #LUPUS2024 :
1️⃣ #Hydroxychloroquine can reduce the risk of #thrombosis by 68% & is associated with better outcomes in #pregnancy .
3️⃣ Both #Rituximab & #Eculizumab may be considered in catastrophic APS.

✅ SAVE THE DATE ⏰ 👍
for the 15th European #Lupus Meeting by SLEuro
Lisbon 4-7 March 2026

Important story 👇 highlighting the importance of World Young Rheumatic Diseases Day (WORD Day) and why we need to increase awareness of paediatric rheumatic diseases in children and young people! Thanks to Tali’s family for sharing their story 📢

Yesterday was #WORDDay2024 and so many of you have got involved in raising awareness that we're going to be continuing to share your fantastic photos today!
7 year old Willow has #JIA and uveitis. She was diagnosed when she was just 18 months old. Here she is raising awareness.

Yesterday we visited Liverpool to celebrate #WORDDay2024 !

We enjoyed raising awareness for rheumatic diseases at 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 Children’s Hospital, alongside RAiISE, Versus Arthritis and EATC4Children.

It was wonderful to meet families impacted by rheumatic diseases 💜

Great to see World Young Rheumatic Diseases Day (WORD Day)!

Down syndrome associated arthritis (DA)

This is Evan. He has Down syndrome associated arthritis. Did you know that 1 in 50 children and adults with Down syndrome have arthritis?

#WORDDay2024 #DownWithArthritis

Molly shared our stickers with her gymnastics buddies and coaches for #WORDday2024
Brilliant awareness raising Molly!
Molly has also been doing a fantastic fundraising challenge this month to support Juvenile Arthritis Research. Find out more at gofundme.com/f/jia-push-up-… #ThinkJIA

🦋 En el día mundial de las enfermedades reumáticas en niños y adolescentes, te recordamos este webinar, organizado por Vall d'Hebron y Soc.Esp.Reumatología, en el q se tratarán aspectos fundamentales para familias con niños/as con enfermedades reumáticas como el lupus.

#WORDDAY2024

Nigeria’s first paediatric rheumatologist and consultant pediatrician, Dr Ayodele Faleye, has revealed that Paediatric Rheumatic Diseases (PRDs) are underrecognised, underdiagnosed, and underreported in Nigeria.

channelstv.com/2024/03/17/pae…