Restoring synovial homeostasis in rheumatoid arthritis by targeting fibroblast-like synoviocytes

G Nygaard, GS Firestein - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020 - nature.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic immune-mediated disease that primarily affects the
synovium of diarthrodial joints. During the course of RA, the synovium transforms into a …

Apoptosis, autophagy, NETosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis mediated programmed cell death as targets for innovative therapy in rheumatoid arthritis

J Zhao, P Jiang, S Guo, SJ Schrodi, D He - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease that can lead to clinical
manifestations of systemic diseases. Its leading features include chronic synovial …

Targeting lysosomes in human disease: from basic research to clinical applications

M Cao, X Luo, K Wu, X He - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, accumulating evidence has elucidated the role of lysosomes in dynamically
regulating cellular and organismal homeostasis. Lysosomal changes and dysfunction have …

Recent advances in understanding the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: new treatment strategies

AL Mueller, Z Payandeh, N Mohammadkhani… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a chronic systemic, multi-factorial, inflammatory, and
progressive autoimmune disease affecting many people worldwide. While patients show …

Synovial cell metabolism and chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

J Falconer, AN Murphy, SP Young… - Arthritis & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolomic studies of body fluids show that immune‐mediated inflammatory diseases such
as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with metabolic disruption. This is likely to reflect …

Critical role of synovial tissue–resident macrophage and fibroblast subsets in the persistence of joint inflammation

S Kemble, AP Croft - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic prototypic immune-mediated inflammatory disease
which is characterized by persistent synovial inflammation, leading to progressive joint …

Modulation of inflammation by autophagy: consequences for human disease

RT Netea-Maier, TS Plantinga, FL van de Veerdonk… - Autophagy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Autophagy and inflammation are 2 fundamental biological processes involved in both
physiological and pathological conditions. Through its crucial role in maintaining cellular …

Fibroblast-like synoviocyte metabolism in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

MF Bustamante, R Garcia-Carbonell… - Arthritis research & …, 2017 - Springer
An increasing number of studies show how changes in intracellular metabolic pathways
alter tumor and immune cell function. However, little information about metabolic changes in …

IL-17-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction impairs apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts through activation of autophagy

EK Kim, JE Kwon, SY Lee, EJ Lee, DS Kim… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) are a major cell population of the pannus that invades
cartilage and bone in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). FLS resistance to apoptosis is a major …

The therapeutic and pathogenic role of autophagy in autoimmune diseases

H Yin, H Wu, Y Chen, J Zhang, M Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is a complicated cellular mechanism that maintains cellular and tissue
homeostasis and integrity via degradation of senescent, defective subcellular organelles …