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Use of abatacept in rheumatoid arthritis

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
Abatacept (CTLA-Ig), a modulator of T-lymphocyte activation, has been approved by the Swiss health regulatory agency Swissmedic for the treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Johannes von Kempis, Jean Dudler, Paul Hasler, Diego Kyburz, Alan Tyndall, Pascal Zufferey, Peter M. Villiger   +6 more
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SLAMF8 promotes the proliferation and migration of synovial fibroblasts by regulating the ERK/MMPs signalling pathway

Autoimmunity, 2022
Rheumatoid arthritis is troublesome to treat effectively and often requires concomitant long-term treatment. Meanwhile, synovial fibroblasts could induce inflammation response and lead to joint erosion, finally causing progressive joint destruction ...
Jun Liu, Ying Huang, Jiashun Zeng, Changming Chen, Peiting Li, Qiaoyi Ning, Xianyue Guan, Long Li   +7 more
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Is there a relationship between periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis?

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2012
Background: Growth of scientific evidence suggests an exquisite association between oral infection and systemic diseases. Though etiologies of periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are separate, their underlying pathological processes are ...
Sarika Bhalgat Ranade, Satish Doiphode
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Overview of biotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [PDF]

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2012
Biological agents targeting a specific molecule provide an effective means for therapeutic management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to their specificity and powerful functional capabilities, which has resulted in a paradigm shift in the treatment strategy of this disease.
Takeuchi, Tsutomu, Kameda, Hideto
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Bilateral Sacroiliitis in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Unraveling the Rope: A Case Report

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis(SpA) are chronic inflammatory disorders with unique symptoms and pathologies. Misclassification of these two entities is prevalent due to overlapping clinical features and the presence of typical symptoms ...
Liyana Arachchige Dona Thulini Madubashini, Monika De Silva, Bathiya Premarathne, Melina Dissanayake   +3 more
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Pneumocystis pneumonia in a treatment-naive rheumatoid arthritis patient

IDCases, 2019
A HIV-negative, newly diagnosed patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was found to have pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. The infection was treated with three weeks of atovaquone and corticosteroids.
Anuoluwapo Shobayo, Chiemeziem Nwanyanwu, Edward Chapnick   +2 more
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The sonographic identification of cortical bone interruptions in rheumatoid arthritis: a morphological approach

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, 2021
Bone erosions are the hallmark of structural damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Among imaging techniques, ultrasonography (US) has emerged as an accurate, reliable, repeatable, low-cost and non-invasive imaging modality to detect erosive changes in RA.
Edoardo Cipolletta, Gianluca Smerilli, Andrea Di Matteo, Jacopo Di Battista, Marco Di Carlo, Walter Grassi, Emilio Filippucci   +6 more
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Predictors and Features of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
To assess the predictors and features of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Study design A retrospective study Place and duration of study In the Pulmonology Department of Ibn-e- Siena Hospital, Multan, from August ...
Kashif Sardar, Imran Shahzad, Nighat Fatima, Kinza Zulfiqar, Yasra Kiran, Ziagham Ilyas   +5 more
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Obesity is the main determinant of insulin resistance more than the circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines levels in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
Background: Systemic blockade of TNF-α in Rheumatoid arthritis with insulin resistance seems to produce more improvement in insulin sensitivity in normal weight patients with Rheumatoid arthritis than in obese patients with Rheumatoid arthritis ...
Jesus Castillo-Hernandez, Martha Imelda Maldonado-Cervantes, Juan Pablo Reyes, Nuria Patiño-Marin, Enrique Maldonado-Cervantes, Claudia Solorzano-Rodriguez, Esperanza de la Cruz Mendoza, Brenda Alvarado-Sanchez   +7 more
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Echocardiography in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) [PDF]

, 2011
The results of numerous clinical studies confirm the presence of cardiac abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Their authors emphasize the utility of echocardiography in detecting heart muscle damage, pericardial involvement and valvular heart disease in RA. Bacon and Gibson, using one-dimentional imaging mode, found mitral valve changes
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