In many cases, lupus "flares" are caused by specific triggers ... by the uncontrolled production of white blood cells called lymphocytes." Leukemia and lymphoma both fall under this group ...

David Savitsky and colleagues in Japan have now shown that IRF5 contributes to murine lupus via its influence on B lymphocytes. B lymphocytes have been linked to the development of lupus ...

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV), where neutrophils are predominant, and lymphocytic vasculitis, where lymphocytes are predominant ... vasculitic syndromes in LE (Lupus Foundation of America ...

Lymphoproliferative disorders are a group of diseases that cause an uncontrolled production of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Examples include non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and certain leukemias.