Understanding the dynamics: pathways involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

E Choy - Rheumatology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
RA is a progressive inflammatory autoimmune disease with articular and systemic effects. Its
exact cause is unknown, but genetic and environmental factors are contributory. T cells, B …

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 …

Autoimmune arthritis: the interface between the immune system and joints

N Komatsu, H Takayanagi - Advances in immunology, 2012 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease, characterized by chronic inflammation
and synovial hyperplasia in the joints that ultimately lead to cartilage and bone destruction …

[PDF][PDF] The central role of T cells in rheumatoid arthritis

AP Cope, H Schulze-Koops… - Clinical and experimental …, 2007 - researchgate.net
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory syndromes. As
such, RA is often considered the prototype disease for defining both the molecular and …

Rheumatoid arthritis: regulation of synovial inflammation

SE Sweeney, GS Firestein - The international journal of biochemistry & cell …, 2004 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that presents as
a symmetric polyarthritis associated with swelling and pain in multiple joints, often initially …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between monocytes/macrophages and CD4+ T cell subsets in rheumatoid arthritis

CA Roberts, AK Dickinson, LS Taams - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by inflammation
of the synovial lining (synovitis). The inflammation in the RA joint is associated with and …

Rheumatoid arthritis pathophysiology: update on emerging cytokine and cytokine-associated cell targets

DE Furst, P Emery - Rheumatology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Biologic therapies that target pathogenic cytokines such as TNF, IL-1β or IL-6 have greatly
improved the treatment of RA. Unfortunately, not all RA patients respond to current biologic …

Where do T cells stand in rheumatoid arthritis?

C Fournier - Joint Bone Spine, 2005 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by destruction of
cartilage and bone. The destructive lesions result from both immune responses and non …

Inflammation and bone destruction in arthritis: synergistic activity of immune and mesenchymal cells in joints

N Komatsu, H Takayanagi - Frontiers in immunology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immune-mediated disease of the joints that is characterized
by chronic inflammation and synovial hyperplasia that eventually lead to cartilage and bone …

[HTML][HTML] Effector T cells in rheumatoid arthritis: lessons from animal models

S Alzabin, RO Williams - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
The development of an immune response to self antigens drives naive T cells to differentiate
into subsets of CD8+ and CD4+ effector cells including TH1, TH2, cells and the more …