1 Johns Hopkins University, Rheumatology, Baltimore, United States of America 2 NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, United States of America 3 University of Maryland, ...
Objectives Risankizumab is an interleukin-23 inhibitor under study for the treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The phase 3 KEEPsAKE 2 trial investigated the efficacy and safety of ...
Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) structural status is imperfectly classified using radiographic assessment. Statistical shape modelling (SSM), a form of machine-learning, provides precise quantification ...
Objectives To uncover the function and underlying mechanism of an essential transcriptional factor, PU.1, in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods The expression and localisation of PU ...
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) encompasses both radiographic and non-radiographic axSpA. It is a chronic inflammatory disease with a predilection for involving the axial skeleton. The most common ...
Objectives To investigate the cutaneous microbiome spanning the entire psoriatic disease spectrum, and to evaluate distinguishing features of psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods ...
Correspondence to Professor Annamaria Iagnocco, Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin 10043, Italy; annamaria.iagnocco1{at}gmail.com Objectives Dactylitis is one of ...
Background Tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2) is a member of the JAK family that phosphorylates STAT proteins downstream of the IL-12, IL-23 and the Type I interferon receptor. Tyk2 genetic variants have been ...
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with unknown aetiology. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an environmental factor associated with SLE. EBV maintains latency in ...
Correspondence to Dr Junna Ye, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; yjn0912{at}qq.com; Dr Chengde Yang; ...
Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity score (AS) was ...
1 Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, United States of America 2 Ocean Medical Center, Brick, United States of America Background: Sleep deprivation and sleep inconsistency have been associated with ...