A steering committee put together by EULAR has updated recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
Researchers determined whether the performance of the ACR-EULAR criteria for Sjögren syndrome was affected by the addition of salivary gland ultrasonography.
These results highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary team for treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Amylase-trypsin inhibitors (ATIs) found in wheat have been linked to inflammation in the lymph nodes, kidneys, spleen, and brain, and can worsen symptoms of RA, SLE, and MS.
Strategies to decreased risk of contracting varicella zoster virus need to be addressed in particularly susceptible populations, like those with autoimmune disease.
Data from a long-term population-based cohort in Taiwan suggest an association between infection with HIV and the development of certain autoimmune diseases.
Inflammatory ganglionopathies can be associated with good clinical outcomes if treatments are administered in a timely manner.
Loss of the protein Rab3D from secretory vesicles is believed to cause disproportionate Rab27-to-Rab3D activity, which may in turn contribute to the enhanced release of cathepsin S in tears of SS patients.
This is the first randomized placebo-controlled trial to demonstrate the induction and remission efficacy of IL-6 inhibition with tocilizumab in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA).
This study investigated antibody responses to oral pathogens and the clinical features of periodontitis in children with CCP-positive juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The results of this study supported the hypothesis that P gingivalis may play a role in the pathogenesis of CCP-positive JIA.
