Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by excess morbidity
and mortality from cardiovascular disease. Mechanisms linking rheumatoid arthritis and …

Autoimmune-inflammatory rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been
associated with autoimmune atherosclerosis leading to increased cardiovascular risk …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory arthritis. Inflammation, however,
can spread beyond the joints to involve other organs. During the past few years, it has been …

Objective Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) develop autoantibodies against a spectrum
of antigens, but the clinical significance of these autoantibodies is unclear. Using a …

Objective Citrullinated proteins have been found within atherosclerotic plaque. However,
studies evaluating the association between anti–citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) …

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased mortality rate that is associated
with the presence of RA-specific autoantibodies in many studies. However, the relative role …

Objective: To review the latest progress on the pathogenic mechanism and management of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated coronary artery disease (CAD), and propose advice on …

Background Cardiovascular (CV) mortality is higher in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
(RA), in particular when anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are present. Recently …

There has been some debate between biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
(bDMARDs) treatment and hypertension (HTN) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this …

Objectives To investigate the expression of citrullinated and carbamylated proteins in
extracellular microvesicles (EMVs) from RA patients. Methods We enrolled 24 RA naïve for …