[HTML][HTML] Etiology and risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis: a state-of-the-art review

VC Romão, JE Fonseca - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common systemic inflammatory rheumatic disease. It is
associated with significant burden at the patient and societal level. Extensive efforts have …

From risk to chronicity: evolution of autoreactive B cell and antibody responses in rheumatoid arthritis

HU Scherer, D van der Woude… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The presence of disease-specific autoantibody responses and the efficacy of B cell-targeting
therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) indicate a pivotal role for B cells in disease …

Single-cell eQTL mapping identifies cell type–specific genetic control of autoimmune disease

S Yazar, J Alquicira-Hernandez, K Wing, A Senabouth… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The human immune system displays substantial variation between individuals, leading to
differences in susceptibility to autoimmune disease. We present single-cell RNA sequencing …

Metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiome revealed novel aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population

T Kishikawa, Y Maeda, T Nii, D Motooka… - Annals of the …, 2020 - ard.bmj.com
Objective The causality and pathogenic mechanism of microbiome composition remain
elusive in many diseases, including autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

The many facets of macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis

E Siouti, E Andreakos - Biochemical pharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
Macrophages are central to the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They constitute
the main source of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines such as TNF and IL-1β, they …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics of osteoarthritis

G Aubourg, SJ Rice, P Bruce-Wootton… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis genetics has been transformed in the past decade through the application of
large-scale genome-wide association scans. So far, over 100 polymorphic DNA variants …

Functions and regulation of T cell-derived interleukin-10

C Neumann, A Scheffold, S Rutz - Seminars in immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Interleukin (IL)-10 is an essential anti-inflammatory cytokine and functions as a
negative regulator of immune responses to microbial antigens. IL-10 is particularly important …

[HTML][HTML] From rheumatoid factor to anti-citrullinated protein antibodies and anti-carbamylated protein antibodies for diagnosis and prognosis prediction in patients with …

CY Wu, HY Yang, SF Luo, JH Lai - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease mainly involving
synovial inflammation and articular bone destruction. RA is a heterogeneous disease with …

Association of combined exposure to ambient air pollutants, genetic risk, and incident rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank

J Zhang, XY Fang, J Wu, YG Fan… - Environmental …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Evidence for a potential link between air pollution and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
is inconsistent, and the modified effect of genetic susceptibility on the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] LncRNA PICSAR promotes cell proliferation, migration and invasion of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by sponging miRNA-4701-5p in rheumatoid arthritis

X Bi, XH Guo, BY Mo, ML Wang, XQ Luo, YX Chen… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have drawn increasing attention
because they play a pivotal role in various types of autoimmune diseases, including …