Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with unknown aetiology. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an environmental factor associated with SLE. EBV maintains latency in ...

Objectives This work aimed to resolve the conflicting reports on Prevotellaceae abundance in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to observe structural, functional and temporal changes in ...

Correspondence to Dr Junna Ye, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; yjn0912{at}qq.com; Dr Chengde Yang; ...

2 Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3 Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, ...

1 Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, United States of America 2 Ocean Medical Center, Brick, United States of America Background: Sleep deprivation and sleep inconsistency have been associated with ...

Objectives The study (206347) compared organ damage progression in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who received belimumab in the BLISS long-term extension (LTE) study with propensity ...

A clinical guideline is a document with the aim of guiding decisions based on evidence regarding diagnosis, management and treatment in specific areas of healthcare. Specific to rheumatic and ...

Correspondence to Professor Margreet Kloppenburg, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; g.kloppenburg{at}lumc.nl Objective Hand osteoarthritis ...

Correspondence to Dr Jörg H W Distler, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, ...

Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Correspondence to J-Y Wang, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan ...

Objectives Myofibroblasts are key effector cells in the extracellular matrix remodelling of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD); however, the diversity of fibroblast ...

Dr P van Lent, Department of Rheumatology, UMC Nijmegen, Building 850, Geert Grooteplein 26–28, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; P.vanlent{at}reuma.umcn.nl Objective: To study the active involvement of ...