BMJ12d
Global, regional and national burden of osteoarthritis 1990-2017: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Objectives To report the level and trends of prevalence, incidence and years lived with disability (YLDs) for osteoarthritis (OA) in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 by age, sex and ...
BMJ9d
Efficacy and safety of risankizumab for active psoriatic arthritis: 24-week results from the randomised, double-blind, phase 3 KEEPsAKE 1 trial
7 CIRI/Rheumatology & Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (ITMP), Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence for Immune-Mediated Disease (CIMD), Goethe University, Frankfurt, ...
BMJ10d
Rituximab for IgG4-related disease: a prospective, open-label trial
Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of rituximab (RTX) in IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) in an open-label pilot trial. Methods We treated 30 IgG4-RD patients with two doses of RTX (1000 mg each). The ...
BMJ9d
Immune cell multiomics analysis reveals contribution of oxidative phosphorylation to B-cell functions and organ damage of lupus
Correspondence to Dr Keishi Fujio, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; fujiok-int{at}h.u-tokyo.ac.jp; Dr Yukiko Iwasaki, Department of Palliative ...
BMJ5d
Regulatory T cells in rheumatoid arthritis showed increased plasticity toward Th17 but retained suppressive function in peripheral blood
Correspondence to Professor Zhan-Guo Li, Department of Rheumatology & Immunology/Clinical Immunology Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100044, China; li99{at}bjmu.edu.cn or ...
BMJ6d
Baseline predictors of different types of treatment success in rheumatoid arthritis
Objective To perform a comprehensive analysis on predictors of achieving disease activity outcomes by change, response and state measures. Methods We used data from three rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...
BMJ3d
AB1149 SEX DISTRIBUTION IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
Background The prevalence of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is considered equal in male and female patients but recent studies in cohorts of PsA it has been observed that women are more dominant in sex ...
BMJ9d
Successful remission with tofacitinib in a patient with refractory Takayasu arteritis complicated by ulcerative colitis
Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is a form of large vessel vasculitis resulting in thickening and stenosis of the large-sized arteries, particularly the aorta and its main branches. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is ...
BMJ13d
COVID-19 infection in a northern-Italian cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus assessed by telemedicine
EBC and GZ contributed equally. Contributors Study design: LC, VC and CM. Telemedicine visits and data collection: EBC, GZ, AB and LC. Data analysis: LC and VC ...
BMJ7d
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 breakthrough infections among vaccinated patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Correspondence to Dr Zachary Scott Wallace, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology and Clinical Epidemiology Program, Mongan Institute, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General ...
BMJ10d
Shared epitope defines distinct associations of cigarette smoking with levels of anticitrullinated protein antibody and rheumatoid factor
Objects Although the association of cigarette smoking (CS) with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been established, the impact of CS on anticitrullinated cyclic peptide/protein antibody ...
BMJ8d
SP0170 How to Differentiate PMR from Elderly Onset RA Using Laboratory Investigations
The presentation of polymyalgic symptoms in elderly patients represents a challenging issue since a number of inflammatory disorders may mimic polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), a clinical syndrome ...