Associations between daily alcohol consumption and systemic lupus erythematosus-related cytokines and chemokines among US female nurses without SLE.
Jill HahnCianna LeatherwoodSusan MalspeisXinyi LiuBing LuAndrea L RobertsJeffrey A SparksElizabeth W KarlsonCandace H FeldmanMelissa E MunroeJudith A JamesLaura D KubzanskyKaren H CostenbaderPublished in: Lupus (2020)
In this study of female nurses, moderate alcohol consumption was associated with lower stem cell factor levels, suggesting a plausible mechanism through which alcohol may lower systemic lupus erythematosus risk might be by decreasing circulating stem cell factor.