Large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) manifests as inflammation of the aorta and its major branches
and is the most common primary vasculitis in adults. LVV comprises two distinct conditions …

The spondyloarthropathies comprise ankylosing spondylitis (AS), reactive arthritis, psoriatic
arthritis (PsA) and arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease. In this Perspectives …

Takayasu arteritis (TA), a granulomatous large vessel vasculitis involves mostly the aorta
and its proximal branches and occurs most commonly in young females. The data on the …

Objective Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a large‐vessel vasculitis that induces damage to the
aorta and its branches. Glucocorticoids remain the gold standard of therapy for TAK. The …

Assessment of the pattern and extent of arterial involvement and measurement of current
disease activity are essential for the management of Takayasu arteritis (TA). Since there is …

In this study, 1,833 systemic sclerosis (SSc) cases and 3,466 controls were genotyped with
the Immunochip array. Classical alleles, amino acid residues, and SNPs across the human …

Takayasu arteritis is an idiopathic granulomatous vasculitis of the aorta and its main
branches and it constitutes one of the more common vasculitides in children. Inflammation …

Although outcomes in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) are improving, diagnosis is typically delayed
and significant arterial injury accrues. While wider use of non-invasive imaging is impacting …

We conducted a large-scale genetic analysis on giant cell arteritis (GCA), a polygenic
immune-mediated vasculitis. A case-control cohort, comprising 1,651 case subjects with …

Autoimmune diseases affect up to 10% of the world's population and, as a whole, they are
far more common in females, although differences exist according to the single disease and …