Associations Between Smoking and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Related Cytokines and Chemokines Among US Female Nurses.
Jill HahnCianna LeatherwoodSusan MalspeisXinyi LiuBing LuAndrea L RobertsJeffrey A SparksElizabeth W KarlsonCandace H FeldmanMelissa E MunroeJudith A JamesLaura D KubzanskyKaren H CostenbaderPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2021)
Elevated BLyS and lower IL-10 levels among current smokers, particularly among ANA-positive women, may be involved in SLE pathogenesis.