The immunology of rheumatoid arthritis

CM Weyand, JJ Goronzy - Nature immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) spans decades, beginning with the
production of autoantibodies against post-translationally modified proteins (checkpoint 1) …

Promising therapeutic targets for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

J Huang, X Fu, X Chen, Z Li, Y Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic poly-articular chronic autoimmune joint disease that
mainly damages the hands and feet, which affects 0.5% to 1.0% of the population …

Development of an epigenetic clock resistant to changes in immune cell composition

A Tomusiak, A Floro, R Tiwari, R Riley… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetic clocks are age predictors that use machine-learning models trained on DNA CpG
methylation values to predict chronological or biological age. Increases in predicted …

Functional genomics analysis identifies T and NK cell activation as a driver of epigenetic clock progression

TH Jonkman, KF Dekkers, RC Slieker, CD Grant… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Epigenetic clocks use DNA methylation (DNAm) levels of specific sets of CpG
dinucleotides to accurately predict individual chronological age. A popular application of …

Molecular mechanisms of immunosenescene and inflammaging: relevance to the immunopathogenesis and treatment of multiple sclerosis

O Perdaens, V Van Pesch - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aging is characterized, amongst other features, by a complex process of cellular
senescence involving both innate and adaptive immunity, called immunosenescence and …

[HTML][HTML] Trained immunity and inflammation in rheumatic diseases

M Badii, O Gaal, RA Popp, TO Crișan, LAB Joosten - Joint Bone Spine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Rheumatic diseases include a variety of autoimmune and autoinflammatory
conditions that are characterised by musculoskeletal involvement and systemic disease …

Development of a novel epigenetic clock resistant to changes in immune cell composition

A Tomusiak, A Floro, R Tiwari, R Riley, H Matsui… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Epigenetic clocks are age predictors that use machine-learning models trained on DNA CpG
methylation values to predict chronological or biological age. Increases in predicted …

DNA methylation signatures of response to conventional synthetic and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in rheumatoid arthritis

SS Wang, MJ Lewis, C Pitzalis - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex condition that displays heterogeneity in disease
severity and response to standard treatments between patients. Failure rates for …

Prediction of the progression of undifferentiated arthritis to rheumatoid arthritis using DNA methylation profiling

C de la Calle‐Fabregat… - Arthritis & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The term “undifferentiated arthritis (UA)” is used to refer to all cases of arthritis that
do not fit a specific diagnosis. A significant percentage of UA patients progress to …

Methylation of T and B Lymphocytes in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

T Deng, Z Wang, Q Geng, Z Wang, Y Jiao… - Clinical Reviews in …, 2024 - Springer
The role of abnormal epigenetic modifications, particularly DNA methylation, in the
pathogenesis of autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) has garnered increasing attention …