Research Focus

Research on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Studying integrative care in SLE with a focus on lupus nephritis, cardiovascular risk, and long-term outcomes.

My perspective

SLE is one of the themes I entered early and never truly left. Its value, to me, is that it is a disease in which integrative medicine can be tested against genuinely meaningful long-term clinical questions. It is not about one symptom. It is about organs, time, complications, and the natural history of disease.

What I care about most in this area

I do not focus only on acute flare

I care about kidney damage, complications, and long-term prognosis.

Can integrative care change the natural history?

This is the central question I keep returning to in lupus research.

Cases, databases, and clinical reports all matter

SLE requires layered evidence rather than one study design alone.

Lupus research has shaped my broader autoimmune framework

It helped me develop a general way of thinking about complex immune diseases.

Representative papers

Integrative therapy decreases the risk of lupus nephritis in SLE (2017)One of my most representative real-world lupus papers.

Integrated Therapy Improve Urinary Total Protein in Patients with Lupus Nephritis (2018)Shows clinical possibility at the case level.

Renal and survival benefits of seventeen prescribed Chinese herbal medicines in SLE with CKD (2024)Extends the focus toward kidney and survival outcomes.

Representative projects

I list each directly relevant project separately here, including both NSTC and hospital-based projects. If this website does not currently contain a standalone project for this theme, I leave it blank rather than forcing a match.

No standalone hospital or NSTC project is currently listed on this website for this theme.

Teaching links

Teaching series on SLE theory, research, and practiceThese talks reflect how I systematize this field for learners.