Signaling pathways in rheumatoid arthritis: implications for targeted therapy

Q Ding, W Hu, R Wang, Q Yang, M Zhu, M Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable systemic autoimmune disease. Disease
progression leads to joint deformity and associated loss of function, which significantly …

Rheumatoid arthritis: advances in treatment strategies

P Prasad, S Verma, Surbhi, NK Ganguly… - Molecular and cellular …, 2023 - Springer
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by severe joint and bone damage due to
heightened autoimmune response at the articular sites. Worldwide annual incidence and …

Genetic and environmental risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis

KD Deane, MK Demoruelle, LB Kelmenson… - Best practice & research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiple genetic and environmental factors have been associated with an increased risk for
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Of these, the strongest associations have been seen with female …

Leveraging polygenic enrichments of gene features to predict genes underlying complex traits and diseases

EM Weeks, JC Ulirsch, NY Cheng, BL Trippe, RS Fine… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are a valuable tool for understanding the
biology of complex human traits and diseases, but associated variants rarely point directly to …

Alterations in the gut microbiome implicate key taxa and metabolic pathways across inflammatory arthritis phenotypes

KN Thompson, KS Bonham, NE Ilott… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Musculoskeletal diseases affect up to 20% of adults worldwide. The gut microbiome has
been implicated in inflammatory conditions, but large-scale metagenomic evaluations have …

RIPK3 promotes cell death and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in the absence of MLKL

KE Lawlor, N Khan, A Mildenhall, M Gerlic… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
RIPK3 and its substrate MLKL are essential for necroptosis, a lytic cell death proposed to
cause inflammation via the release of intracellular molecules. Whether and how RIPK3 …

The genetics of rheumatoid arthritis

LE Dedmon - Rheumatology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
RA is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the small joints of the
hands and feet, and results in a mean reduction in life expectancy of 3–10 years. RA is a …

Genetic implications in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis; an updated review

J Karami, S Aslani, A Jamshidi, M Garshasbi… - Gene, 2019 - Elsevier
Three important factors, including genetics, environment factors and autoimmunity play a
role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The heritability of RA has been …

Mixed-effects association of single cells identifies an expanded effector CD4+ T cell subset in rheumatoid arthritis

CY Fonseka, DA Rao, NC Teslovich… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
High-dimensional single-cell analyses have improved the ability to resolve complex
mixtures of cells from human disease samples; however, identifying disease-associated cell …

Lyme disease: a rigorous review of diagnostic criteria and treatment

AT Borchers, CL Keen, AC Huntley… - Journal of autoimmunity, 2015 - Elsevier
Lyme disease was originally identified in Lyme, Connecticut, based upon an unusual cluster
of what appeared to be patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It was subsequently …