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A newly identified immune protein influences each person’s response to vaccines and risk for autoimmune diseases like lupus and multiple sclerosis, according to a study published today by researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Read more: CCTS Director Kimberly Publishes on Autoimmune Diseases
African Americans living with lupus are five times more likely to develop lupus nephritis (LN)—a kidney disorder which can lead to end-stage renal disease—than whites of European descent living with the same disease.
Read more: Detecting Kidney Disease in African Americans with Lupus