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Researchers have found some genes that are more prevalent in lupus patients, suggesting they may be at least in part responsible for the heritability of the disease. Research however, continues.

What Are Researchers Trying to Learn About Lupus?

Current lupus research projects include:

  • A Specialized Center of Research in Lupus at the University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • A Lupus Registry and Repository that researchers across the country can utilize to help identify genes that determine susceptibility to the disease
  • A Neonatal Lupus Registry that researchers across the country can utilize to research data and genetic information on neonatal lupus
  • Funding for The Lupus Federal Working Group-to focus on lupus research progress
  • Research studies to better understand:
    • Genetics-genes that are associated with susceptibility to lupus or play a role in the development of lupus
    • Biomarkers-something that can be found in cells or tissues that predicts lupus flares or lupus disease process
    • The lupus disease process-how it affects different organs, how it behaves in its earliest clinical manifestations
    • Treatments, such as the medication rituximab, which lowers the number of white blood cells that produce antibodies
    • Overcoming barriers that tend to keep some populations from complying with prescribed treatment.

Science has located genes that are more prevalent in lupus patients, indicating a possibility that they could be responsible at least in part for the disease.
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