BMJ9d
Development of ASAS quality standards to improve the quality of health and care services for patients with axial spondyloarthritis
Objectives The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) aimed to develop a set of quality standards (QS) to help improve the quality of healthcare provided to adult patients ...
BMJ4d
Single-cell RNA-seq analysis identifies meniscus progenitors and reveals the progression of meniscus degeneration
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; ...
BMJ4d
Ultrasensitive serum interferon-α quantification during SLE remission identifies patients at risk for relapse
1 Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupement Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Antibody ...
BMJ1d
AB0532 LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE AS A PREDICTOR OF FATIGUE IN PRIMARY SJOGREN’S SYNDROME:A POOLED ANALYSIS
Background Fatigue is one of the most disabling symptoms in primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) and it significantly impacts patient’s quality of life[1]. However, the cause of this symptom remains ...
BMJ13d
Mechanical overloading promotes chondrocyte senescence and osteoarthritis development through downregulating FBXW7
Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Conclusions FBXW7 is a key factor in the ...
BMJ8d
Wnt16 attenuates osteoarthritis progression through a PCP/JNK-mTORC1-PTHrP cascade
Correspondence to Professor Ling Qin, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China; lingqin{at}cuhk.edu.hk; Professor Kingston King-lun Mak, Joint Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Guangzhou ...
BMJ6d
Single-cell transcriptome analysis identifies skin-specific T-cell responses in systemic sclerosis
Objectives Although T cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc), a comprehensive study of T-cell-mediated immune responses in the affected skin of patients with ...
BMJ12d
Gout: why is this curable disease so seldom cured?
3 Department of Rheumatology, University of Edinburgh, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 4 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Section, Alicante ...
BMJ4d
When a DMARD fails, should patients switch to sulfasalazine or add sulfasalazine to continuing leflunomide?
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding sulfasalazine to leflunomide treatment compared with switching to sulfasalazine alone in patients with RA with an inadequate response to ...
BMJ2d
POS1470 POOR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND SUBSTANTIAL UNMET NEEDS IN EUROPEAN PATIENTS WITH LUPUS NEPHRITIS
1 University Hospitals of Strasbourg, French National Reference Center for Rare Auto-immune Diseases (RESO), Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg, France 2 Maple Health Group, LLC, New York, United ...
BMJ6d
Anti-RuvBL1/2 autoantibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis or idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and a nuclear speckled pattern
The International Consensus on ANA Patterns (ICAP) initiative recently described the clinical relevance and associated autoantibodies of HEp-2 indirect immunofluorescence (HEp-2 IIF) patterns.1 We ...
BMJ5d
POS0819 ANTI-CD19 CAR T CELL THERAPY IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS – EXPERIENCES FROM TUEBINGEN IN 3 PATIENTS
1 University Hospital Tuebingen, Center for Interdisciplinary Rheumatology, Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases (INDIRA) and Department for Internal Medicine II (Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology and ...