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 ...

Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) structural status is imperfectly classified using radiographic assessment. Statistical shape modelling (SSM), a form of machine-learning, provides precise quantification ...

Objectives To investigate the cutaneous microbiome spanning the entire psoriatic disease spectrum, and to evaluate distinguishing features of psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods ...

Correspondence to Professor Mary K Crow, Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021, USA; crowm{at}hss.edu Research elucidating the pathogenesis of ...

Correspondence to Professor Erwin F Wagner, Department of Dermatology and Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria; erwin.wagner{at}meduniwien.ac.at Objectives ...

Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is a key anchor drug for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management. Its use has been associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis and diffuse lung disease. Whether MTX ...

Objectives To uncover the function and underlying mechanism of an essential transcriptional factor, PU.1, in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods The expression and localisation of PU ...

Correspondence to Dr Zhiqi Zhang, Department of Joint Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China; zhzhiqi{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Dr Weiming Liao; ...

Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Maximilian F Konig, Division of Rheumatology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA; konig{at}jhmi.edu; Dr Philip C Robinson, The University of ...

Correspondence to PhD Silvia Hayer, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria; silvia.hayer{at}meduniwien.ac.at Animal models ...