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AB0926-PARE IMPACT OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON TUNISIAN SPA PATIENTS: PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE
Background: The challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic may represent an overwhelmingly stressful event for ankylosing spondylitis (SpA) patients and impact their treatment adherence. In response to ...
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Mechanical overloading promotes chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development through downregulating FBXW7
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 ...
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Dysregulated neutrophil responses and neutrophil extracellular trap formation and degradation in PAPA syndrome
Correspondence to Dr Mariana J Kaplan, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MA ...
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Antibodies and B cells recognising citrullinated proteins display a broad cross-reactivity towards other post-translational modifications
Objective Autoantibodies against antigens carrying distinct post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as citrulline, homocitrulline or acetyllysine, are hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The ...
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2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus
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 ...
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Compendium of skin molecular signatures identifies key pathological features associated with fibrosis in systemic sclerosis
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, ...
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Molecular signature characterisation of different inflammatory phenotypes of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
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.
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International recommendations for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies
16 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 17 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Orebro and Orebro ...
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Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and primary Sjögren’s syndrome shared megakaryocyte expansion in peripheral blood
Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) share many clinical manifestations and serological features. The aim of this study was to ...
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Myeloid-related proteins S100A8/S100A9 regulate joint inflammation and cartilage destruction during antigen-induced arthritis
Dr P van Lent, Department of Rheumatology, UMC Nijmegen, Building 850, Geert Grooteplein 26–28, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; P.vanlent{at}reuma.umcn.nl Objective: To study the active involvement of ...
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2018 Update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis
Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical ...
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Synovial macrophage M1 polarisation exacerbates experimental osteoarthritis partially through R-spondin-2
Correspondence to Professor Daozhang Cai and Dr Xiaochun Bai, Department of Orthopedics, Academy of Orthopedics - Guangdong Province, Orthopedic Hospital of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated ...