红斑狼疮属结缔组织病中凶险的一种,病因仍未完全阐明,它对人类的威胁不亚于癌症和艾滋病,因此,与癌症、白血病、艾滋病一起被国际医学界称为四大疑难病。目前,全世界每年约有420万红斑狼疮新患者,其中我国约占60万人。到目前为止,国内外还没有疗效确切的治疗红斑狼疮的药物,绝大多数患者采用皮质激素、免疫抑制剂作临时控制,结果绝大多数患者不是死于本病,而是死于药物副作用。当务之急是开发新药物、新疗法。 Lupus is a dangerous connective tissue disease, the etiology has not been fully elucidated, its threat to humans as much as cancer and AIDS, therefore, together with cancer, leukemia, AIDS, the international medical community as the four major diseases. At present, there are about 4.2 million new cases of lupus in the world every year, of which about 600,000 are in China. So far, there is no effective treatment of lupus at home and abroad, the vast majority of patients with corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents for temporary control, the vast majority of patients did not die of the disease, but died of drug side effects. The top priority is to develop new drugs and new therapies.