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2023 ACR/EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria
Objective To develop new antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) classification criteria with high specificity for use in observational studies and trials, jointly supported by the American College of ...
BMJ4d
Unveiling inflammatory and prehypertrophic cell populations as key contributors to knee cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis using multi-omics data integration
Correspondence to Professor Shiquan Sun, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; sqsunsph{at}xjtu.edu.cn; Professor Guangdun Peng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; ...
BMJ9d
Understanding sex-related differences in healthcare utilisation among patients with inflammatory arthritis: a population-based study
Objectives Our aim was to compare patterns of musculoskeletal-related healthcare utilisation between male and female patients before and after the diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis (IA). Methods We ...
BMJ9d
MRI lesions of the spine in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: an update of lesion definitions and validation by the ASAS MRI working group
4 Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to the Sackler school of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Objectives Spinal MRI is used to visualise lesions ...
BMJ8d
Two-week methotrexate discontinuation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis vaccinated with inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: a randomised clinical trial
Correspondence to Eloisa Bonfa, Rheumatology Division, Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo 04746-070, Brazil; eloisa.bonfa{at}hc.fm.usp.br Objective To evaluate the effect on ...
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Cross-species transcriptome analysis for early detection and specific therapeutic targeting of human lupus nephritis
4 Department of Genetic Medicine and Development and Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iG3), University of Geneva Medical School, Geneve, Switzerland 5 Laboratory of Rheumatology, ...
BMJ9d
ASAS consensus definition of early axial spondyloarthritis
Objectives To develop a consensual definition for the term ‘early axial spondyloarthritis—axSpA’—and ‘early peripheral spondyloarthritis—pSpA’. Methods The ASAS (Assessment of SpondyloArthritis ...
BMJ9mon
Generation of cytotoxic aptamers specifically targeting fibroblast-like synoviocytes by CSCT-SELEX for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterised by aggressive fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs). Very few RA patients-derived FLSs (RA-FLSs)-specific surface signatures ...
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Safety and disease flare of autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a large real-world survey on inactivated COVID-19 vaccines
Correspondence to Professor Zhuoli Zhang, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; zhuoli.zhang{at}126.com We conducted a real-world survey ...
BMJ11d
Greetings from the editor 2022
When a year closes and gives way to its successor, it is good to pause for breath to reflect on the achievements of the past and contemplate the prospects for the incoming year. So when looking back ...
BMJ9d
Cell and transcriptomic diversity of infrapatellar fat pad during knee osteoarthritis
Objectives In this study, we employ a multiomic approach to identify major cell types and subsets, and their transcriptomic profiles within the infrapatellar fat pad (IFP), and to determine ...
BMJ9d
POS0425 SINGLE-CELL RNA SEQUENCING OF SYNOVIAL TISSUE-DERIVED MYELOID CELLS IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS PATIENTS ACROSS DISEASE PHASES
4 Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Immunology Research Core Facility – Gemelli Science and Technology Park (GSTeP), Rome, Italy 5 Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli ...