JAK inhibitor selectivity: new opportunities, better drugs?

A Virtanen, FR Spinelli, JB Telliez, JJ O'Shea… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Cytokines function as communication tools of the immune system, serving critical functions
in many biological responses and shaping the immune response. When cytokine production …

Biologics or Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who are Insufficient Responders to Conventional Anti-Rheumatic Drugs

EG Favalli, G Maioli, R Caporali - Drugs, 2024 - Springer
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease which can
induce progressive disability if not properly treated early. Over the last 20 years, the …

JAK inhibitors and the risk of malignancy: a meta-analysis across disease indications

MD Russell, C Stovin, E Alveyn, O Adeyemi… - Annals of the …, 2023 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the association of Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) with the incidence of
malignancy, compared with placebo, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitors (TNFi) and …

Managing cardiovascular and cancer risk associated with JAK inhibitors

V Yang, TW Kragstrup, C McMaster, P Reid, N Singh… - Drug safety, 2023 - Springer
Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) have enormous appeal as immune-modulating therapies
across many chronic inflammatory diseases, but recently this promise has been …

Malignancy in the upadacitinib clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

A Rubbert-Roth, AM Kakehasi, T Takeuchi… - Rheumatology and …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction This article aims to describe malignancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
(RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), or non-radiographic axial …

Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases and Cancer-a dangerous liaison

JA Maier, S Castiglioni, A Petrelli, R Cannatelli… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Patients with Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMIDs) are known to have an
elevated risk of developing cancer, but the exact causative factors remain subject to ongoing …

Multifunctional DNA Nanomaterials: A New Frontier in Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis and Treatment

Y Zhang, H Liao, Y Sun, S Shi - Nanoscale, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains a challenging autoimmune disease due to its complex
and heterogeneous pathophysiology, which complicates therapeutic and diagnostic efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer in patients taking Janus kinase inhibitors for inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

CH Liu, WH Hou, PC Lin, YN Kang, WT Liu… - Dermatologica …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Background: Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are promising for inflammatory bowel diseases
(IBDs), but their long-term safety, including risks of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC), is …

Use of Biologic or Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Cancer Risk

X Sendaydiego, LS Gold, M Dubreuil… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The Oral Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Surveillance demonstrated an increased
cancer risk among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking tofacitinib compared with …

Cardiovascular, cancer, and infection risks of Janus kinase inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis: A nationwide cohort study

Y Cho, D Yoon, F Khosrow‐Khavar… - Journal of Internal …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Background Evolving evidence suggests that patients undergoing treatment with Janus
kinase inhibitors (JAKi) may face an increased risk of cardiovascular events, malignancies …