Background: Loss of articular cartilage is one of the major signs of osteoarthritis (OA). Aggrecan, the main proteoglycan component of the extracellular matrix of articular cartilage is cleaved by ...
Correspondence to Dr. Nunzio Bottini, Dept. of Medicine, University of California San Diego, MC0656, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; nbottini{at}ucsd.edu; Professor Costantino Pitzalis, William Harvey ...
1 Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ...
41 St. Joseph's Health Care London and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Objective The 1980 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic sclerosis ...
Correspondence to Ping-Hsuan Hsieh, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK; p.hsieh.1{at}research.gla.ac.uk ...
1 Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupement Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Antibody ...
Objective Fatigue is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We aimed to explore its longitudinal course, predictors and association with disease activity in early RA. Methods Data came from the 2-year ...
Correspondence to Professor Zhuoli Zhang, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; zhuoli.zhang{at}126.com We conducted a real-world survey ...
3 Department of Rheumatology, University of Edinburgh, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 4 Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Section, Alicante ...
Correspondence to Professor Daozhang Cai and Dr Xiaochun Bai, Department of Orthopedics, Academy of Orthopedics - Guangdong Province, Orthopedic Hospital of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated ...
Objectives This study aims to investigate the role and mechanism of FGFR3 in macrophages and their biological effects on the pathology of arthritis. Methods Mice with conditional knockout of FGFR3 in ...
Correspondence to Professor Annamaria Iagnocco, Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin 10043, Italy; annamaria.iagnocco1{at}gmail.com Objectives Dactylitis is one of ...