Kyorin University Suginami Hospital

Exploratory analysis of IFN-α-high and CXCL9-high cytokine distributions in systemic lupus erythematosus-associated macrophage activation syndrome

Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening hyperinflammatory complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but its immunopathology remains poorly understood. We investigated cytokine-associated inflammatory heterogeneity in SLE-associated MAS (SLE-MAS). Seru...