Objectives Obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (OAPS) is an autoimmune disease characterised by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in circulation and pathological pregnancy. However, th...
Gender imbalance is a major source of inequity in the society. Inequality is an enduring topic also in medical research, as disparities in the participation of individuals based on their gender m...
Morand EF, Abreu G, Furie RA, et al. Lupus low disease activity state attainment in the phase 3 TULIP trials of anifrolumab in active systemic lupus erythematosus. Annals of the Rheumatic Disease...
New definitions for flares in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on the Simplified and Clinical Disease Activity Indices (SDAI, CDAI) have been recently introduced.1 In this article, the authors def...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends three SARS-CoV-2 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine doses, rather than two, to complete the initial vaccine series for im...
Objectives To investigate the associations of residential greenness with bone mineral density and incident osteoporosis, and further evaluate the potential modifying effect of genetic susceptibi...
A 29-year-old woman presented to our rheumatology clinic with a 6-month history of cough, dysphonia, dyspnoea and weight loss. She also complained of a lump in her throat (globus pharyngeus), lef...
Objectives IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated, fibroinflammatory disease. Induction treatment with glucocorticoid (GC) is usually effective, but its tendency of relapse makes t...
Objective Early diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in asymptomatic stages is essential for the timely management of patients using preventative strategies. We develop and validate a prognost...
Objectives The study aimed to evaluate the effect of adding a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), celecoxib (CEL), to a tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi), golimumab (GOL), compar...
Objectives Based on genetic associations, McGonagle and McDermott suggested a classification of autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases as a continuum ranging from purely autoimmune to purely a...
Objectives The current work aimed to provide a comprehensive single-cell landscape of lupus nephritis (LN) kidneys, including immune and non-immune cells, identify disease-associated cell popula...
Objectives To investigate the prevalence of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in patients with chronic back pain (CBP) of less than 2 years (2y) duration referred to the rheumatologist, the develo...
Objectives B10 and B10pro cells suppress immune responses via secreting interleukin (IL)-10. However, their regulators and underlying mechanisms, especially in human autoimmune diseases, are elu...
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the historic term used for decades for the HLA-B27-associated inflammatory disease affecting mainly the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) and spine. Classification criteria f...
Objective Erythropoietin (EPO) known as an erythrocyte-stimulating factor is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Nevertheless, the function of EPO in the process of RA and rela...
Objectives We aimed to cluster patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on comorbidities and then examine the association between these clusters and RA disease activity and mortality. Metho...
A hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the increased levels of autoantibodies preceding the onset and contributing to the classification of the disease. These autoantibodies, mainly anti-citr...