Background/purpose Social media (SM) has become an indispensable tool in healthcare, providing platforms for networking and ...

Background Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) has long been debated as an early nonspecific phase/symptom of differentiated connective tissue diseases (dCTD), similarly to interstitial pneumonia ...

We have evaluated the clinical value of the ELISA for anti-AT 1 R AAbs and anti-ET A R AAbs in two large, clinically well-defined cohorts of SSc patients from the Netherlands. Anti-AT 1 R AAbs and ...

Background This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of avacopan versus a prednisone taper in the subgroup of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (granulomatosis ...

Objective Inflammation and repair responses may be involved in atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although mechanisms are unknown. GPR55, a cannabinoid receptor expressed in haematopoietic ...

Objective To investigate the presence and bioactivity of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in synovial fluid (SF) of osteoarthritis (OA) patients and elucidate mechanisms modulating their inflammatory ...

Despite the high mortality risk, no specific treatment options for cardiac manifestations in systemic sclerosis (SSc) currently exist. We performed a retrospective medical records analysis at our ...

Objectives (1) To develop a composite score, the DEUS (Defining Enthesitis on Ultrasound in Spondyloarthritis) Enthesitis Index (DEI), which integrates ultrasound and clinical examination findings for ...

Objectives Interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD) is linked to high mortality. Currently, effective screening tools are lacking. We assessed the role of symptoms and ...

Objectives The Gout, Hyperuricaemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN) has developed a calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) nomenclature project. This systematic literature review ...

Objective Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (CCEs). Furthermore, CCE was a significant factor contributing to ...

Objective To compare the effectiveness of a strategy administering baricitinib versus one using TNF-inhibitors (TNFi) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after conventional synthetic ...