Exposure to heavy metals and lifestyle factors like smoking contribute to the production of
free oxygen radicals. This fact, combined with a lowered total antioxidant status, can induce …

Spondyloarthritis (SpA) has been less well studied than rheumatoid arthritis in North Africa,
due to a belief that it is rare and benign in certain populations. The main genetic trait of SpA …

Ankylosing spondylitis is the main entity of a family of inflammatory diseases affecting many
musculoskeletal (sacroiliac joints, spine, and peripheral joints) and extra-musculoskeletal …

Abstract Background The spondyloarthropathies (SpA) are inflammatory rheumatologic
diseases whose pathogenesis comes from interaction between genetic and environmental …

The aim of this study was to determine the association between 13 single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA4) and …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is chronic inflammatory rheumatism. The Endoplasmic
Reticulum Aminopeptidase (ERAP1) gene is considered the second genetic factor …

Th cells may exhibit pathological activity depending on the regulatory and functional signals
sensed under a wide range of immunopathological conditions, including ankylosing …

Numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were explored in the Algerian
population to evaluate associated ankylosing spondylitis (AS) genetic risk factors, but no …

La Artritis reumatoide (AR) es una enfermedad autoinmune crónica de etiología compleja
en la que interviene factores sociodemográficos, ambientales y genéticos, cuya prevalencia …

Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is an umbrella term for a group of chronic inflammatory disorders
that share common clinical and pathophysiological features characterized by enthesitis …