An analysis of patients with IP in the Norfolk Arthritis Register found that predictors for a lower likelihood of remission included female sex, baseline higher tender joint count or disability, depression, obesity, and hypertension.
The Renal Activity Index for Lupus (RAIL) was developed by researchers utilizing urinary biomarkers of LN as a way non-invasively assess degrees of LN inflammation.
Features distinguishing SLE-AIH from primary AIH were examined by researchers in an effort to improve treatment responses and prognosis
Researchers have found several biomarkers that hold promise as predictors of pain and structural worsening of knee osteoarthritis
In this cohort of patients, hyponatremia was associated with increased ESR, CRP, and SLEDAI scores, which could be suggestive of the relationship between hyponatremia and degree of inflammation un SLE.
Dose-optimized MTX in combination with CZP resulted in more patients achieving sustained low disease activity as compared to placebo with dose-optimized MTX in DMARD-naïve early RA.
Study of synovial expression of carboxypeptidase B and its substrates reveals complex proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects of this pathway and highlights potential targets for future treatment.
Mild elevations in MPAP were commonly found in newly diagnosed CTD-ILD, regardless of the background CTD, in this cohort of patients.
An observational study found that independent predictors of minimal disease activity at 1 year in juvenile idiopathic arthritis included younger age and disease that did not require oral corticosteroid treatment.
This study assessed whether TRIM38 autoantibodies could be predictive of disease severity in primary Sjogren syndrome.
