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It’s my favorite time of year! The American College of Rheumatology #ACR25 meeting is just a few days away and I am celebrating with my 5th year of Immunology nails! What do you think about this year’s neutrophil netosis? Which year is your favorite?

I so enjoyed getting to highlight the important contributions of women in Rheumatology! I have admired so many over the years including @drpujamehta1.bsky.social Please take a look at the publication

As a rheumatologist serving safety-net hospitals, I’ve seen Medicaid save lives. Capping provider taxes means cutting off funding from the states that need it most. And mandating work for people with disabling illness? That’s not reform. It’s cruelty. #ProtectMedicaid www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks. Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats. Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so. We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”

🗣️ No more standing steroids in lupus! 🗣️ An important post by Lupus Refernence, Laurent Arnaud details recently published work showing even 6mg/day of GCs increase chronic comorbidities. We have too many targeted therapies to stick with steroids! What is your favorite treat to target approach? #sle

Treat to target goals are near impossible to achieve. Read my conversation with Dr Dzhus on how the war has affected patients and rheumatologic care in #Ukraine. @ashira-md.bsky.social @kristenyoung.bsky.social @ukrainematters.bsky.social @rheumcat.bsky.social @rheumnow.bsky.social

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Monogenic causes and clinical phenotypes of lupus and Behçet syndrome, and pathways involved #Medsky

I have always liked PLOS Bio!

Every single paused order, every single institution that refuses to treat an executive order as law, emboldens the people everywhere else who feel caught between Trump and their constitutional obligations. I truly believe it's possible for Trump and Musk's apparent authority to collapse overnight.

🆕 #Obinutuzumab (Obi) in Lupus Nephritis: the REGENCY Trial Phase 3 RCT: Obi vs PBO 🫘 Pts w/ SLE nephritis Class III/IV ± 5 🎲 Randomized 1:1 to OBI v PBO (+MMF/steroids) 📊 Obi: ⇡rate of renal response and improved renal outcomes #LupusNephritis #RheumSky #NephSky #MedSky #Lupus

BREAKING: Federal judge in Boston broadens block on Trump's NIH grant 15% overhead limit (indirect cost rates) to all recipients nationwide. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... #TROpalooza ain't done

"One thing is certain: The changes we make ourselves will be healthier than the ones our adversaries demand." New work for @undark.org: undark.org/2025/02/06/o...

❤️‍🔥 Join me & More Than Lupus FEB 22 @4PM EST for a Heart and #SLE #lupus talk Heart attacks, strokes, blood clots are the most common cause of death in lupus patients + occur 10 yrs too early on average We will discuss lupus and the heart and practical information people can use immediately!

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

🔥 There are so many things happening in recent events that worry me about the disenfranchised, chronically ill, and most vulnerable in our society! Here is a piece from @LupusMore highlighting an important, horrible problem: www.morethanlupus.com/post/how-rol...

CNS #lupus #SLE: www.lupusencyclopedia.com/cns-lupus

Hubby and I got our updated COVID-19 💉 to protect our baby. 👉🏾 The elderly, infants, and immunocompromised are high risk for COVID-19 👉🏾 The updated 💉 are the best protection 👉🏾 ACOG recommends pregnant women get vaccinated 👉🏾 Baby is protected for up to 6mo! Get your 💉 free with most insurances

I’m so tired of wrapping presents for these kids. We should be able to put a bow on a raw Amazon box and just write, “You know what it is,” in Sharpie all over the outside.

Come to @LupusLA Facebook Live in 30 minutes (5PM EST, 2PM PST) for highlights from our recent @ACRheum #ACR24 Convergence Meeting. Highlights include: - ACR Lupus Nephritis Management Guidelines - 2 drugs have positive results in phase 3 clinical trials - Then live Q and A

Why is preventing kidney flares so important in #SLE? Each flare reduces kidney function. This new baseline slowly declines further with age. Patients with repeated flares are more likely to go on to kidney failure.

This is going to save hospitals a lot of money ! www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...

Disease modification in #SLE means 1. preventing flares 2. Reducing steroids and 3. Reducing organ damage over time. Steroids temporarily reduce disease activity, but they do not prevent future flares and contribute to damage. Compare to biologic therapies that protect patients over the life course.

🌍 Local Climate Action Matters Neighbourhoods drive climate solutions! A study published in @plos.bsky.social reveals how collective action & strong social ties can boost climate efforts. Do you have any effective local initiatives to share? journals.plos.org/climate/arti... #SciComm 🧪 🍎

So good to see @lupusencyclopedia.bsky.social on Bluesky!! I get so much of my info from him! Welcome!

Love them both🥰 #Rheumsky #Immunosky @acr-journals.bsky.social

🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov

Sex related differences in PsA Sex-related differences significantly influence disease characteristics and outcomes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA), affecting manifestations, treatment efficacy, safety, and prognosis. #ACR24

Metabolism at the crossroads of inflammation and fibrosis in chronic kidney disease @natureportfolio.bsky.social 👩‍🔬🧪🥼👨‍🔬 #Nephropathy ##NephSky #kidney #Kidneydisease #inflammation #fibrosis #nephrology ##cardiosky 👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🗣️ #ACR24 Highlights: Dr. Candace Feldman’s Dubois Memorial Lecture on Health Equity in Lupus Care 🗣️

What is race? During the #ACR24 Dubois memorial lecture, Dr. Candace Feldman polled the audience. How would you answer? Poll result in the reply

acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 📖52-week safety/efficacy of ianalumab from phase 2b study in pts with #Sjogrens Dis. 💡ianalumab =monoclonalAb for BAFFrec 👉efficacy sustained in pts continued 300 mg(ESSDAI, ESSPRI⬇️). Stimulated salivary flow rates⬆️ and autoantibody⬇️

Atlas of the plasma proteome in health and disease in 53,026 adults 👩‍🔬🥼👨‍🔬🧪. #proteomics #proteome #plasma #MedSky 👇👇 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

This is SO true! If no response in 3 minutes, just email me again.

🗣️GO TO SLEep!🗣️ My first and best advice to my patients was captured in this #ACR24 gem, “Chasing Zzzs in Rheumatic Disease…” by dear friends @alhkim.bsky.social @yvonne-lee.bsky.social and Patty Katz. Let’s get into it!

🗣️ACR roundup! Genes or the Environment? Answer: YES!🗣️ Now that I've returned from the #ACR24 meeting, I have the time to review talks! One of my favorites is one on Genetically Transitional Disease by Drs. Aksentijevich and Milner.

🆕 #ACR24 | Updated Guidelines for Lupus Nephritis Treatment & Management 🫘 Highlights 🔶 • Critical role of renal biopsy • Differences for treatment by LN Class • Adjunctive Rx w/ HCQ & RAASi • GC pulse ⇢ *moderate/low* dose PDN #Lupus #NephSky #RheumSky #Rheumatology #MedSky

Clinical Year in Review at #ACR24 Presented by Dr. Michael Pillinger • Review some of the most impactful studies in Rheumatology from the past year! #MedSky #Rheumatology #RheumSky

Join us in room 201 to hear @alhkim.bsky.social present “SLEeping Poorly in SLE” at 9am! #ACR24

#ACR24 Lupus Nephritis CARE • By Dr. Maria Dall'Era (UCSF) Review of #LupusNephritis 🫘 ▪️Rx TRIPLE therapy ▪️belimumab vs voclosporin ▪️low level proteinuria (even *UPCR <0.5*) can STILL be associated with disease activity (Class III/IV/V) #Lupus #RheumSky #NephSky

Hubby and I celebrated Drs. Ali Duarte-Garcia, Brad Rovin, and Anca Askanase at the @lupus.org Hess Reception! Congrats to all for your contributions to lupus research!

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Exciting paper 📖‼︎ #APS #antiphospholipid #Bcell #Rheumsky #Rheumatology

Congratulations to Yale, winners of the #acr24 Knowledge Bowl!!

Plenary 2 #ACR24 Fava presenting 14 biomarker #LN panel that predicts histology, outperforms traditional biomarkers like dsdna, complement, proteinuria. Persistent elevation of biomarker predicts renal decline. Promising!

Hi 👋 if you are just joining Bluesky at #ACR24 and looking to follow #Rheumatology all year long this is a rheum starter pack! In one click, you’ll get a joint/pack of rheumatologists and feeds for #Rheumatology and #ACR24. Let’s grow our community of rheumatologists on Bluesky. 💜

I got to introduce baby to all of his @AWIRGROUP Aunties! #ACR24