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Decreased GPR55 expression links B-cell activation and vascular remodelling in atherosclerosis in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

Objective Inflammation and repair responses may be involved in atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although ...
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Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased bisphenol A methylation score linked to SLE risk genes and selected clinical subphenotypes

Objectives Bisphenol A (BPA), a xenoestrogen that can alter DNA methylation status, has been implicated in the pathogenesis ...
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Serum calprotectin and complement factor C3 are superior biomarkers of inflammation in early psoriatic arthritis as compared with C-reactive protein

Objectives C reactive protein (CRP) is frequently normal in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) despite active disease, complicating ...
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If the evidence is there, why are GLP-1 receptor agonists not on-label for hip and knee osteoarthritis in overweight patients?

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have rapidly emerged as highly effective pharmacological tools for weight management, with additional cardiometabolic benefits extending beyond ...
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Assessment of the minimal clinically important difference for the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index in patients with arthralgia at risk for progression to ...

Introduction Patients with arthralgia at-risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience considerable functional disability, though generally less than at RA diagnosis. Secondary prevention trials have ...
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Active vitamin D acts in vitro as an adjuvant to anti-TNFα treatment in a psoriatic synovial fibroblast activation model by modulating human Th17 activity

TNF-driven inflammatory arthritis, commonly accompanied by vitamin D deficiency. Here, we investigate the interaction between ...
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Are investigator-initiated clinical trials becoming an ‘endangered species’?

Investigator-initiated clinical trials (IITs) are at the core of innovative thinking in health research generating data in ...
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Hydroxychloroquine and pregnancy outcomes in patients with anti-phospholipid syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background About 20% of female patients with anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) experience obstetric complications despite standard treatment with aspirin and heparin. Treatment with hydroxychloroquine ...
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Efficacy of risankizumab across GRAPPA domains in psoriatic arthritis: a pooled analysis of patients from the phase 3 KEEPsAKE 1 and 2 studies

Objective To assess the efficacy of long-term treatment with risankizumab across the updated Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) domains and key related ...
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Using ultrasound to define inflammatory and non-inflammatory phenotypes in difficult-to-treat psoriatic arthritis

Objective To investigate the prevalence of difficult-to-treat psoriatic arthritis (D2T-PsA) and classify patients with persistent inflammatory PsA (PIPsA) and non-inflammatory PsA (NIPsA) based on a ...
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Efficacy, pharmacokinetics and safety of iscalimab (CFZ533) in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II study

Background Iscalimab (CFZ533) is a novel, anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody. This study evaluated the efficacy, pharmacokinetics and safety of iscalimab versus placebo as add-on to standard-of-care (SoC) ...
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DEUS Enthesitis Index (DEI): a new tool integrating ultrasound and clinical examination for enthesitis assessment in spondyloarthritis

Objectives (1) To develop a composite score, the DEUS (Defining Enthesitis on Ultrasound in Spondyloarthritis) Enthesitis Index (DEI), which integrates ultrasound and clinical examination findings for ...