Correspondence to Martin Aringer, Medicine III, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden D-01307, Germany; martin.aringer{at}uniklinikum-dresden.de; Dr ...

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 ...

Introduction Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and carriage of HLA-B27 gene in otherwise healthy individuals, are reportedly associated with increased mortality. We evaluated this hypothesis, using data ...

1 Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group - INMUBO, Bogotá D.C., Colombia 2 Universidad El Bosque, School of Science, Biomedical Master Program, Bogotá D.C., Colombia Background ...

1 Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Erlangen, Germany 2 Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU ...

2 Immunology Research Core Facility – Gemelli Science and Technology Park (GSTeP) - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy 3 Division of Clinical Immunology, Fondazione ...

1 Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China 2 Academy of Mircobial Ecology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China 1 Ministry of ...

3 Ghent University, Dept. of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent, Belgium 4 Ghent University Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent, Belgium 5 Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, Molecular ...

Background: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a key proinflammatory cytokine regulating the humoral immune response by inducing B lymphocyte differentiation into plasma cells and stimulating antibody production ...

1 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Boston, United States of America 2 Centre Intégré Universitaire et de Services Sociaux de l ...

Objective Calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease is prevalent and has diverse presentations, but there are no validated classification criteria for this symptomatic arthritis. The American ...

Background Since the publication of the EULAR recommendations for the management of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) in 2016, several randomised clinical trials ...