Background The primary cilium is a microtubule-based, polarized, antenna structure that emanates from the cell surface of most mammalian cell types. It serves as a sensor that mediates reactions to ...

1 Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, Berlin, Germany 2 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany and Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Free University, ...

2 Amsterdam Rheumatology Center/University of Amsterdam & Atrium Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands 3 Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 15 Division of Rheumatology AOUC & ...

Objectives To assess the efficacy and safety of abatacept, a selective T-cell costimulation modulator, in a phase III study in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods This study randomised patients (1:1) ...

Correspondence to Jenny Brouwer, Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Room no. Na-609, PO Box 2040, Rotterdam 3000 CA, The Netherlands; j.brouwer.1{at}erasmusmc.nl Objectives Many female rheumatoid ...

11 Paris-Descartes University, Medicine Faculty, UPRES-EA 4058 & APHP, Cochin Hospital, Rheumatology B Department, Paris, France Correspondence to Professor Maxime Dougados, Paris-Descartes University ...

1 Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Academic Medical Centre, Research Institute Amsterdam Centre for Health and Health Care Research (AmCOGG), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 ...

Objectives To compare over 2 years the safety, efficacy and radiographic outcomes of subcutaneous abatacept versus adalimumab, in combination with methotrexate (MTX), in patients with rheumatoid ...

19 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine 3, Medical University of Vienna, and 2nd Department of Medicine, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria 20 Department of Rheumatology, Seoul National ...

Plain film radiography is the preferred method for evaluating disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis and for establishing the efficacy of new disease modifying antirheumatic agents. However, the ...

Correspondence to Dr Yukinori Okada, Department of Statistical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita 565-0871, Japan; yokada{at}sg.med.osaka-u.ac.jp Objective Alteration of the ...

Psoriasis is a common chronic, recurrent, immune mediated disease of the skin and joints. It can have a significant negative impact on the physical, emotional, and, psychosocial wellbeing of affected ...