Seronegative autoimmune diseases: A challenging diagnosis

MV Lenti, CM Rossi, F Melazzini, M Gastaldi… - Autoimmunity …, 2022 - Elsevier
Autoimmune diseases (AID) are increasingly prevalent conditions which comprise more
than 100 distinct clinical entities that are responsible for a great disease burden worldwide …

Novel insights into macrophage diversity in rheumatoid arthritis synovium

MA Boutet, G Courties, A Nerviani, B Le Goff… - Autoimmunity …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting joints and
causing progressive damage and disability. Macrophages are of critical importance in the …

Rituximab versus tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis: synovial biopsy-based biomarker analysis of the phase 4 R4RA randomized trial

F Rivellese, AEA Surace, K Goldmann, E Sciacca… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receive highly targeted biologic therapies without
previous knowledge of target expression levels in the diseased tissue. Approximately 40 …

[HTML][HTML] Rituximab versus tocilizumab in anti-TNF inadequate responder patients with rheumatoid arthritis (R4RA): 16-week outcomes of a stratified, biopsy-driven …

F Humby, P Durez, MH Buch, MJ Lewis, H Rizvi… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Although targeted biological treatments have transformed the outlook for
patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 40% of patients show poor clinical response, which is …

The role of reactive oxygen species in the rheumatoid arthritis-associated synovial microenvironment

X Wang, D Fan, X Cao, Q Ye, Q Wang, M Zhang… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease that begins with a loss of tolerance to
modified self-antigens and immune system abnormalities, eventually leading to synovitis …

Tertiary lymphoid structures: diversity in their development, composition, and role

C Gago da Graça, LGM van Baarsen… - The Journal of …, 2021 - journals.aai.org
Lymph node stromal cells coordinate the adaptive immune response in secondary lymphoid
organs, providing both a structural matrix and soluble factors that regulate survival and …

[PDF][PDF] One year in review 2021: pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

D Testa, S Calvacchi, F Petrelli, D Giannini… - Clin Exp …, 2021 - clinexprheumatol.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by local and
systemic inflammation where the close interaction between immune cells and soluble …

New insights from single-cell sequencing data: Synovial fibroblasts and synovial macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis

L Cheng, Y Wang, R Wu, T Ding, H Xue, C Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technology can analyze the transcriptome
expression level of cells with high-throughput from the single cell level, fully show the …

A close-up on the expanding landscape of CD21/low B cells in humans

I Gjertsson, S McGrath, K Grimstad… - Clinical and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Memory B cells (MBCs) are an essential part of our immunological memory. They respond
fast upon re-encountering pathogens and can differentiate into plasma cells that secrete …

Stratification of biological therapies by pathobiology in biologic-naive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (STRAP and STRAP-EU): two parallel, open-label, biopsy …

F Rivellese, A Nerviani, G Giorli, L Warren… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Despite highly effective targeted therapies for rheumatoid arthritis, about 40% of
patients respond poorly, and predictive biomarkers for treatment choices are lacking. We did …