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Getting prepared for the silver wave: challenges in conducting rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease research in older adults
Research in older adults diagnosed with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) comes with unique challenges, as these patients often face consequences of ageing, such as multimorbidity, ...
rmdopen.bmj1d
Lung ultrasound outperforms symptom-based screening to detect interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives Interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD) is linked to high mortality. Currently, ...
rmdopen.bmj4d
Targeting the IL-17A pathway for therapy in early-stage tendinopathy
Objectives Tendinopathy is a frequent clinical problem and represents an extraordinary health economic and socioeconomic ...
rmdopen.bmj11d
The arthritis connection to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): why has it taken so long to understand it?
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) associated arthritis is a subgroup of spondyloarthritis (SpA) that has suffered from lack of recognition in rheumatology clinical and research circles for over 100 ...
rmdopen.bmj25d
CAR T cells for treating autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune disorders occur when immune cells go wrong and attack the body’s own tissues. Currently, autoimmune disorders are largely treated by broad immunosuppressive agents and blocking antibodies, ...
rmdopen.bmj25d
Metabolomic profiles, polygenic risk scores and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study in the UK Biobank
Objective To investigate the relationship between metabolomic profiles, genome-wide polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods 143 nuclear magnetic resonance-based ...
rmdopen.bmj25d
Lymph nodes as gatekeepers of autoimmune diseases
3 Amsterdam Institute for Immunology and Infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4 Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre (ARC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Secondary lymphoid organs such ...
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Impact of hyperuricaemia on patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with secukinumab in the FUTURE 2–5 and MAXIMISE studies
Objectives Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are at a significantly increased risk of hyperuricaemia and development of gout, and those with hyperuricaemia have been found to respond poorly to ...
rmdopen.bmj1mon
Autoinflammatory granulomatous diseases: from Blau syndrome and early-onset sarcoidosis to NOD2-mediated disease and Crohn's disease
3 Interdepartmental Research Center of Systemic Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases, Rheumatology Unit, Policlinico Le Scotte, University of Siena, Siena, Italy Blau syndrome (BS) and early-onset ...
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Low apolipoprotein A1 and high apolipoprotein B levels indicate specific lipid changes in treatment naïve early psoriatic arthritis
Objectives To investigate serum lipid profile in early, treatment-naïve psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and to determine whether changes in classical lipids or apolipoproteins are specific to PsA. Methods ...
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Fluorescence optical imaging: ready for prime time?
The novel technique of fluorescence optical imaging (FOI, Xiralite), which is approved in the European Union and the USA for clinical use, has been the object of studies since 2009. Indocyanine ...