Background Between 80–90% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) report fatigue to be the single most troublesome and debilitating symptom of their illness. 1 Recent studies have found ...
2 Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb Research Center, Discovery Biology, Bangalore, India 3 Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicinal Chemistry, Lawrenceville, United States of America 4 Bristol Myers Squibb, ...
Correspondence to Prof. Dr. Gerd R Burmester, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; gerd.burmester{at}charite.de Born in ...
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized with joint damage and physical dysfunction, leading to reducing quality of life. The causes of physical dysfunction in RA are multifactorial, ...
Objective Innate lymphoid cells-2 (ILC2) were shown to be involved in the development of lung or hepatic fibrosis. We sought to explore the functional and phenotypic heterogeneity of ILC2 in skin ...
Correspondence to Martin Aringer, Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden D-01307, Germany; martin.aringer{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de; Dr ...
Objective Autoantibodies against antigens carrying distinct post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as citrulline, homocitrulline or acetyllysine, are hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The ...
Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...
Correspondence to Dr Ki-Jo Kim, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93, Jungbu-daero, Paldal-gu, ...
Objective To investigate the association between baseline disease activity and the occurrence of flares after adalimumab tapering or withdrawal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained ...
Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases in children. Evidence suggests that early effective treatment minimises the burden of disease during ...
Objectives The International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria define systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) by the presence of fever, rash and chronic arthritis.