Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disorder where the person’s immune system attacks its own healthy tissue. In this type of lupus internal organs are involved. SLE is eight times more common in women than men.

PPA can obtain whole blood and plasma samples from these patients when they become available to our network of clinicians. Some disease types may have a long backorder depending on the frequency of the disease occurrence in the general population. All samples come from fully consented IRB approved collections.