Objective. Nicotine has major side effects on human health through numerous mechanisms,
one of which is the alteration of the immune system and its genetic components. Such …

Objective To propose a list of variables to be collected right after the diagnosis has been
made and during the follow-up of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA) for an optimal …

The objective of this study was to systemically and comprehensively evaluate the
associations between smoking and disease outcomes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis …

Objectives To determine whether antecedent sinusitis is associated with incident rheumatic
disease. Methods This population-based case–control study included all individuals …

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease that affects the axial
skeleton and the sacroiliac joints. Recent studies investigated the link between AS and oral …

Background The role of environmental exposures in the pathogenesis of ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) remains unclear. In particular, two types of exposures have been suspected …

Cigarette smoking induces a profound transcriptomic and systemic inflammatory response.
Previous studies have focused on gene level differential expression of smoking, but the …

Introduction No evaluation of factors associated with remission has been performed in early
SpA. The aim of the study was to evaluate percentage of patients in remission using and …

Background The currently known risk loci could explain a small proportion of the heritability
of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Epigenetics might account for the missing heritability. We …

Objective The objective of this study was to examine the association of smoking with Primary
Sjögren syndrome (pSS) classification and pSS diagnostic test results. We hypothesized that …