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Recent genetic studies point to disruptions in lymphocyte signalling, interferon response, clearance of complement and immune complexes, apoptosis, and DNA methylation. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a long-term autoimmune disorder that may affect the skin, joints, kidneys, brain, and other organs. The disease mainly affects women from Afro-Caribbean, Asian or Hispanic descent; Caucasians are affected to a lesser extent. A major characteristic of lupus is that it is an autoimmune response in which immune factors, called autoantibodies, attack the person’s own cells.
One U.S. retrospective study of medical records found that the disease is diagnosed 23 times more often in black women than in white men. It is characterized by an autoantibody response to nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. A form of lupus dermatitis that can be isolated to the skin, without internal disease, is called discoid lupus.