T cell subsets: an immunological biomarker to predict progression to clinical arthritis in ACPA-positive individuals

L Hunt, EM Hensor, J Nam, AN Burska… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Anticitrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)+ individuals with non-specific
musculoskeletal symptoms are at risk of inflammatory arthritis (IA). This study aims to …

Infiltration profile of regulatory T cells in osteoarthritis-related pain and disability

TA Nees, JA Zhang, H Platzer, T Walker, T Reiner… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Emerging evidence indicates that regulatory T cells (Treg) intervene in the inflammatory
processes that drive osteoarthritis (OA). However, whether polarized Tregs affect clinical …

An immunological biomarker to predict MTX response in early RA

F Ponchel, V Goëb, R Parmar, Y El-Sherbiny… - Annals of the …, 2014 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives The therapeutic goal for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is clinical
remission. This is best achieved by early diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic intervention …

The search for the pathogenic T cells in the joint of rheumatoid arthritis: Which T-cell subset drives autoimmune inflammation?

H Yamada - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting systemic synovial
tissues, leading to the destruction of multiple joints. Its etiology is still unknown, but T-cell …

Candidate markers for stratification and classification in rheumatoid arthritis

L Bader, SE Gullaksen, N Blaser, M Brun… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune, inflammatory disease, characterized by
synovitis in small-and medium-sized joints and, if not treated early and efficiently, joint …

Low-dose IL-2 therapy limits the reduction in absolute numbers of circulating regulatory T cells in rheumatoid arthritis

SX Zhang, J Wang, CH Wang, RH Jia… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Circulating regulatory T cells (Tregs) are responsible for mediating immune
tolerance and maintaining immunological homeostasis. Decreases in Tregs may be …

Unmasking the anti‐inflammatory cytokine response in rheumatoid synovitis

R Gerli, C Lunardi, C Pitzalis - Rheumatology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The contribution of T lymphocytes to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains a
matter of intense debate. Few people, however, would question the central role of T cells in …

Cells of the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis. T lymphocytes

SK Lundy, S Sarkar, LA Tesmer, DA Fox - Arthritis research & therapy, 2007 - Springer
Recent findings have substantiated the importance of T lymphocytes to the pathogenesis of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we review emerging data regarding genetic predisposition …

Adaptive immunity in the joint of rheumatoid arthritis

H Yamada - Immunological Medicine, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Adaptive immunity plays central roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as it
is regarded as an autoimmune disease. Clinical investigations revealed infiltrations of B …

Deep phenotyping of synovial molecular signatures by integrative systems analysis in rheumatoid arthritis

SM Jung, KS Park, KJ Kim - Rheumatology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective RA encompasses a complex, heterogeneous and dynamic group of diseases
arising from molecular and cellular perturbations of synovial tissues. The aim of this study …