Objectives This work aimed to resolve the conflicting reports on Prevotellaceae abundance in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to observe structural, functional and temporal changes in ...

Objective We aimed to identify specific genetic-respiratory disease endotypes for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk. Methods This case–control study used the Mass General Brigham (MGB) and Mayo Clinic ...

Correspondence to Dr Zhiqi Zhang, Department of Joint Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China; zhzhiqi{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Dr Weiming Liao; ...

Objectives To determine if disease duration and number of prior disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) affect response to therapy in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Department of Rheumatology, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr A Saha, Department of Rheumatology, Third Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, ...

Objectives Antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy has revolutionised treatment of several chronic inflammatory diseases, including spondyloarthritis (SpA). However, TNF inhibitors (TNFi) are not ...

Background: Glucocorticoids (GC) are the cornerstone of the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), but they are associated with several adverse events (AEs).

Correspondence to Professor Clara Crescioli, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Section of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma “Foro Italico”, Rome 00135, Italy; ...

Correspondence to Dr Tristan Maerz, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; tmaerz{at}med.umich.edu Objectives Synovium is acutely affected following joint ...

Correspondence to Dr Jörg H W Distler, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, ...

Correspondence to Dr. Nunzio Bottini, Dept. of Medicine, University of California San Diego, MC0656, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; nbottini{at}ucsd.edu; Professor Costantino Pitzalis, William Harvey ...

11 University of Pennsylvania, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America 12 University of Pennsylvania, Division ...