Management of rheumatoid arthritis: an overview

AF Radu, SG Bungau - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multifactorial autoimmune disease of unknown etiology,
primarily affecting the joints, then extra-articular manifestations can occur. Due to its …

Janus kinase-targeting therapies in rheumatology: a mechanisms-based approach

Y Tanaka, Y Luo, JJ O'Shea… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The four Janus kinase (JAK) proteins and seven signal transducer and activator of
transcription (STAT) transcription factors mediate intracellular signal transduction …

Cardiovascular and cancer risk with tofacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis

SR Ytterberg, DL Bhatt, TR Mikuls… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Increases in lipid levels and cancers with tofacitinib prompted a trial of major
adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and cancers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis …

Rituximab versus tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis: synovial biopsy-based biomarker analysis of the phase 4 R4RA randomized trial

F Rivellese, AEA Surace, K Goldmann, E Sciacca… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receive highly targeted biologic therapies without
previous knowledge of target expression levels in the diseased tissue. Approximately 40 …

The development of COVID-19 treatment

Y Yuan, B Jiao, L Qu, D Yang, R Liu - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused
a pandemic named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has become the greatest …

EULAR recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus and …

GC Drosos, D Vedder, E Houben, L Boekel… - Annals of the …, 2022 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To develop recommendations for cardiovascular risk (CVR) management in gout,
vasculitis, systemic sclerosis (SSc), myositis, mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) …

Macrophages: the good, the bad, and the gluttony

EA Ross, A Devitt, JR Johnson - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are dynamic cells that play critical roles in the induction and resolution of
sterile inflammation. In this review, we will compile and interpret recent findings on the …

Cytokine storm in COVID-19: the current evidence and treatment strategies

Y Tang, J Liu, D Zhang, Z Xu, J Ji, C Wen - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) is the pathogen that causes
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of 25 May 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 has …

COVID-19 infection and rheumatoid arthritis: Faraway, so close!

EG Favalli, F Ingegnoli, O De Lucia, G Cincinelli… - Autoimmunity …, 2020 - Elsevier
The outbreak of the new coronavirus infections COVID-19 in December 2019 in China has
quickly become a global health emergency. Given the lack of specific anti-viral therapies, the …

Translating IL-6 biology into effective treatments

EH Choy, F De Benedetti, T Takeuchi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract In 1973, IL-6 was identified as a soluble factor that is secreted by T cells and is
important for antibody production by B cells. Since its discovery more than 40 years ago, the …