Rheumatoid arthritis—common origins, divergent mechanisms

EM Gravallese, GS Firestein - New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
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COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system: implications for risk assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options

TJ Guzik, SA Mohiddin, A Dimarco, V Patel… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by SARS-CoV-2, represents
the greatest medical challenge in decades. We provide a comprehensive review of the …

Mechanisms of action of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine: implications for rheumatology

E Schrezenmeier, T Dörner - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020 - nature.com
Despite widespread clinical use of antimalarial drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and
chloroquine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus …

Translating IL-6 biology into effective treatments

EH Choy, F De Benedetti, T Takeuchi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract In 1973, IL-6 was identified as a soluble factor that is secreted by T cells and is
important for antibody production by B cells. Since its discovery more than 40 years ago, the …

[HTML][HTML] The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis

HU Scherer, T Häupl, GR Burmester - Journal of autoimmunity, 2020 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis is a heterogeneous disease, which can be, based on data combining
genetic risk factors and autoantibodies, sub-classified into ACPA-positive and-negative RA …

Beyond the joints, the extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis

A Conforti, I Di Cola, V Pavlych, P Ruscitti… - Autoimmunity …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease typically affecting the joints, but the
systemic inflammatory process may involve other tissues and organs. Many extra-articular …

Diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis: a review

D Aletaha, JS Smolen - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) occurs in about 5 per 1000 people and can lead to
severe joint damage and disability. Significant progress has been made over the past 2 …

Rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease: manifestations and current concepts in pathogenesis and management

S Kadura, G Raghu - European Respiratory Review, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disorder, with the most common extra-
articular manifestation of RA being lung involvement. While essentially any of the lung …

Rheumatoid arthritis: pathological mechanisms and modern pharmacologic therapies

Q Guo, Y Wang, D Xu, J Nossent, NJ Pavlos, J Xu - Bone research, 2018 - nature.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease that primarily affects
the lining of the synovial joints and is associated with progressive disability, premature …

A general introduction to glucocorticoid biology

S Timmermans, J Souffriau, C Libert - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones widely used for the treatment of inflammation,
autoimmune diseases, and cancer. To exert their broad physiological and therapeutic …