Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) immunopathogenesis revolves around the presentation of poorly characterised self-peptides by human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-class II molecules on the surface of ...

Correspondence to Dr Dimitrios T Boumpas, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, National ...

Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), along with glucocorticoid use, is associated with cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular safety of glucocorticoids in RA is controversial and may be related to ...

Objectives Eosinophils possess pro-inflammatory functions in asthma. However, our recent studies have suggested that innate lymphoid cells type 2 (ILC2s) and eosinophils have proresolving properties ...

Correspondence to Fenne Wouters, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; f.wouters{at}lumc.nl Objectives The human leukocyte antigen-shared ...

1 Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Medicine, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America 2 The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States ...

Objective Autoantibodies against antigens carrying distinct post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as citrulline, homocitrulline or acetyllysine, are hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The ...

Objectives Emerging evidence suggests that the microbiome plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). We aimed to test the two-hit model of OA pathogenesis and potentiation in ...

2 Montefiore Medical Center: Einstein Campus, Division of Rheumatology, Bronx, United States of America Background It is known that Hepatitis C (HCV) can cause many extrahepatic manifestations which ...

Background The trend of, and the impact of major organ damage on the short- and longer-term survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) globally over the past 60 years have not been ...

Background Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is among the mean sources of chronic pain and functional disability which may lead to anxiety and depression. Objectives The aim of this study was to determine ...

Background Hypoalbuminemia is associated with worse medical conditions in chronic diseases and surgery outcomes. The concentration of serum albumin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been ...