Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology, Emeritus The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birminghma, AL 35294 Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
Rheumatology
Dr. Graciela S. Alarcon, MD
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Doctor Graciela S. Alarcon, MD practices Rheumatology. She has 3 awards "American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinician Investigator Award", "Dr. Honoris Causa" and "Evelyn Hess Award for Excellence in Lupus Research". Graciela Alarcon is a published doctor and has 99 publications published. The lastest was: 'MR imaging of the hands in early rheumatoid arthritis: preliminary results.'
Publications
- Circulating CD4+CD28null and extra-thymic CD4+CD8+ double positive T cells are independently associated with disease damage in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
- Genetic association of CD247 (CD3ζ) with SLE in a large-scale multiethnic study.
- Lupus in Latin-American patients: lessons from the GLADEL cohort.
- Anti-C1q antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus in Latin Americans: a distinct subgroup?
- Development and validation of the lupus impact tracker: a patient-completed tool for clinical practice to assess and monitor the impact of systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Preferential association of a functional variant in complement receptor 2 with antibodies to double-stranded DNA.
- The IRF5-TNPO3 association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has two components that other autoimmune disorders variably share.
- Impact of Race and Ethnicity in the Course and Outcome of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Brief Report: A Polymorphism in TLR2 Is Associated With Arterial Thrombosis in a Multiethnic Population of Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Fcγ Receptor IIIa Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Haplotypes Affect Human IgG Binding and Are Associated With Lupus Nephritis in African Americans.
- Factors associated with damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Incep...
- American College of Rheumatology Criteria at Inception, and Accrual over 5 Years in the SLICC Inception Cohort.
- The PANLAR Rheumatology Prize for Latin American Rheumatologists: An Incentive for Rheumatologists Entering the Field: A 5-Year Report.
- Primary cardiac disease in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: protective and risk factors--data from a multi-ethnic Latin American cohort.
- End-Stage Renal Disease in African Americans With Lupus Nephritis Is Associated With APOL1.
- The number of flares patients experience impacts on damage accrual in systemic lupus erythematosus: data from a multiethnic Latin American cohort.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus: a therapeutic challenge for the XXI century.
- Effects of statins on proinflammatory/prothrombotic biomarkers and on disease activity scores in SLE patients: data from LUMINA (LXXVI), a multi-ethnic US cohort.
- Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agent Use among Patients with Lupus Nephritis Approaching End-stage Renal Disease.
- Allelic-dependent expression of an activating fc receptor on B cells enhances humoral immune responses.
- FcγRIIIa SNPs and haplotypes affect human IgG binding and association with lupus nephritis in African Americans.
- Preferential binding to Elk-1 by SLE-associated IL10 risk allele upregulates IL10 expression.
- End-stage kidney disease in African Americans with lupus nephritis associates with APOL1.
- Ethnicity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): its influence on susceptibility and outcomes.
- Value of isolated IgA anti-β2 GPI positivity in the diagnosis of the antiphospholipid syndrome.
- Variable Association of Reactive Intermediate Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Populations with Different African Ancestry.
- Fine mapping of Xq28: both MECP2 and IRAK1 contribute to risk for systemic lupus erythematosus in multiple ancestral groups.
- Epidemiology and sociodemographics of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis among US adults with Medicaid coverage, 2000-2004.
- MicroRNA-3148 Modulates Allelic Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 7 Variant Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Admixture Mapping in Lupus Identifies Multiple Functional Variants within IFIH1 Associated with Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Autoantibody Production.
- Brief Report: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in VKORC1 are risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus in Asians.
- Impact of genetic ancestry and socio-demographic status on the clinical expression of systemic lupus erythematosus in Amerindian-European populations.
- Two independent functional risk haplotypes in TNIP1 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Prevalence, incidence, and demographics of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis from 2000 to 2004 among children in the US medicaid beneficiary population.
- Evidence for gene-gene epistatic interactions among susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Identification of novel genetic susceptibility loci in African American lupus patients in a candidate gene association study.
- End-stage renal disease due to lupus nephritis among children in the U.S., 1995-2006.
- Genetic analyses of interferon pathway-related genes reveals multiple new loci associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
- Decreased live births in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Trends in the incidence, demographics and outcomes of end-stage renal disease due to lupus nephritis in the U.S., 1995-2006.
- Quality-of-life measurements in multiethnic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: cross-cultural issues.
- Radiographic severity of rheumatoid arthritis in African Americans: results from a multicenter observational study.
- Development and initial validation of a self-assessed lupus organ damage instrument.
- Understanding the epidemiology and progression of systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Value of assessing the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the article by Sheane et al.
- The role of genetic variation near interferon-kappa in systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Retraction: an African ancestry-specific allele of CTLA4 confers protection against rheumatoid arthritis in African Americans.
- A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Disease activity and damage are not associated with increased levels of fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus patients from a multiethnic cohort: LXVII.
- Risk factors and impact of recurrent lupus nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus undergoing renal transplantation: data from a single US institution.
- Questioning the likelihood that sodium oxybate can be used to successfully treat fibromyalgia: comment on the article by Russell et al.
- A polymorphism within IL21R confers risk for systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Renal damage is the most important predictor of mortality within the damage index: data from LUMINA LXIV, a multiethnic US cohort.
- Variants within MECP2, a key transcription regulator, are associated with increased susceptibility to lupus and differential gene expression in patients with systemic ...
- An African ancestry-specific allele of CTLA4 confers protection against rheumatoid arthritis in African Americans.
- Employment and disability issues in systemic lupus erythematosus: a review.
- Methotrexate is not associated with progression of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Klinefelter's syndrome (47,XXY) in male systemic lupus erythematosus patients: support for the notion of a gene-dose effect from the X chromosome.
- The HLA-DRB1 shared epitope is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in African Americans through European genetic admixture.
- IgA1-secreting cell lines from patients with IgA nephropathy produce aberrantly glycosylated IgA1.
- Damage, accelerated atherosclerosis, and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: lessons from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA L II): relationship between vascular events and the use of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausa...
- Variation in the relative copy number of the TLR7 gene in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and healthy control subjects.
- Infections in systemic connective tissue diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and polymyositis/dermatomyositis.
- Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody and rheumatoid factor isotypes in African Americans with early rheumatoid arthritis.
- Clinical research: a primer of practical tips.
- Early rheumatoid arthritis: combination therapy of doxycycline plus methotrexate versus methotrexate monotherapy.
- Effect of folic acid supplementation on the efficacy of methotrexate treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the article by Khanna et al.
- Does obesity play a role in functional capacity and inflammation in patients with lupus? Comment on the article by Oeser et al.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort: XXXVI. Influence of mannose-binding lectin exon 1 polymorphisms in disease manifestations, course, and outcome.
- Classification of the vasculitides: are they clinically useful?
- The effect of folic acid and folinic acid supplements on purine metabolism in methotrexate-treated rheumatoid arthritis.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA): XXII. Predictors of time to the occurrence of initial damage.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups. XIX. Natural history of the accrual of the American College of Rheumatology criteria prior to the occurrence of cr...
- Monitoring guidelines for methotrexate-treated rheumatoid arthritis patients: comment on the article by Yazici et al.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic lupus cohort (LUMINA). XVII. Predictors of self-reported health-related quality of life early in the disease course.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups. XIV. Poverty, wealth, and their influence on disease activity.
- Ethnic disparities in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Juvenile dermatomyositis in a 28-month-old infant.
- The managed care versus fee for service dilemma and its impact on the outcome of lupus.
- A reply to comments on sociocultural issues in clinical research: unraveling the Tuskegee syphilis study.
- High-resolution ultrasound for the study of target joints in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Folic acid and folinic acid supplementation during low-dose methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the article by van Ede et al.
- Is fibromyalgia a neurologic disease?
- How frequently and how soon should we screen our patients for the presence of antimalarial retinopathy?
- Clinical Features of ANA-Positive and ANA-Negative Patients with Fibromyalgia.
- The Use of Methotrexate Perioperatively in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Major Joint Replacement Surgery: Will We Ever Have Consensus about Its Use?
- Predictors of Renal Involvement in Patients with Recent Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Spanish LupusPRO: cross-cultural validation study for lupus.
- Association of genetic variants in complement factor H and factor H-related genes with systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility.
- Ultrasound detection of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison to routine radiographs of the hands and feet.
- ITGAM coding variant (rs1143679) influences the risk of renal disease, discoid rash and immunological manifestations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with...
- Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia among African Americans with early rheumatoid arthritis: the impact of ethnic-specific normative data.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US Cohort LUMINA XLVIII: factors predictive of pulmonary damage.
- Is familial lupus different from sporadic lupus? Data from LUMINA (LXXIII), a multiethnic US cohort.
- MR imaging of the hands in early rheumatoid arthritis: preliminary results.
- Race/ethnicity and cancer occurrence in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Schools
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Baltimore City Hosps
University Al Birmingham
Doctors Specialties
- Rheumatology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinician Investigator Award
- Dr. Honoris Causa
- Evelyn Hess Award for Excellence in Lupus Research
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Cayetano Heredia University
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