Objectives Tendinopathy is a frequent clinical problem and represents an extraordinary health economic and socioeconomic burden with high unmet medical needs. Recent clinical evidence suggests ...

Correspondence to Dr Mariagrazia Uguccioni; mariagrazia.uguccioni{at}irb.usi.ch; Dr Valentina Cecchinato; valentina.cecchinato{at}irb.usi.ch Conclusions Our results shed light on a new molecular ...

Objectives Anti-drug antibodies (ADA) are responsible for decreased adalimumab efficacy in axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). We aimed to evaluate the ability of methotrexate (MTX) to decrease adalimumab ...

Comorbidities are defined as coexistent clinical disorders that appear as a consequence of persistent inflammatory activity and/or treatment. Comorbidities in spondyloarthritis (SpA) are frequent, ...

Objective To investigate the relationship between metabolomic profiles, genome-wide polygenic risk scores (PRSs) and risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods 143 nuclear magnetic resonance-based ...

Objectives Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are at a significantly increased risk of hyperuricaemia and development of gout, and those with hyperuricaemia have been found to respond poorly to ...

Autoimmune disorders occur when immune cells go wrong and attack the body’s own tissues. Currently, autoimmune disorders are largely treated by broad immunosuppressive agents and blocking antibodies, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming rheumatology research, with a myriad of studies aiming to improve diagnosis, prognosis and treatment prediction, while also showing potential capability to ...

3 Amsterdam Institute for Immunology and Infectious diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4 Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre (ARC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Secondary lymphoid organs such ...

Objectives We assessed the positive predictive value (PPV) of 17 myositis antibodies for having a diagnosis of myositis and other myositis-spectrum conditions (interstitial lung disease (ILD), ...

The EULAR Sjögren's syndrome (SS) disease activity index (ESSDAI) is a systemic disease activity index that was designed to measure disease activity in patients with primary SS. With the growing use ...