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Periodontitis May Provide Insight into RA

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  March 12, 2018

Researchers explored the role of carbamylated protein (CarP) and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The results showed significantly higher levels of CarP and NETs in patients with both RA and periodontitis than in healthy controls. The data suggest that RA and periodontitis may share an underlying pathogenic mechanism…

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Interventions to Delay RA Onset

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD  |  October 9, 2024

Two new successful trials in abatacept, APIPPRA and ARIAA, are the first to convincingly demonstrate the potential of a preventive approach to RA treatment.

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Case Report: A 40-Year-Old Man with Vasculitic Neuropathy

Case Report: A 40-Year-Old Man with Vasculitic Neuropathy

Martin Garber, DO, & David Fivenson, MD  |  October 19, 2020

Ironically, chronic exposure to minocycline has also been associated with a variety of autoimmune syndromes, including drug-induced lupus, auto­immune hepatitis, serum sickness and vasculitis.1 Minocycline is associated with an 8.5-fold increased risk of drug-induced lupus.2 Minocycline and nitrofurantoin are implicated in 90% of cases of drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis.3 Minocycline-induced vasculitis is much less common and,…

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Links Between Gut Bacteria and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Susan Bernstein  |  March 19, 2019

CHICAGO—At the 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, Allen C. Steere, MD, delivered the Rheumatology Research Foundation Memorial Lecture honoring the late Charles M. Plotz, MD: Linking Gut Microbial Immunity with Autoimmunity in Joints in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dr. Steere is professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and director of translational research in rheumatology…

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Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients May Have Worse Oral Health

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  February 28, 2019

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may have worse overall oral health than the general population. A recent study revealed an association between AS and oral ulcers…

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Environmental Factors in Pediatric Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

Lisa G. Rider, MD, & Frederick W. Miller, MD, PhD  |  March 20, 2017

Systemic autoimmune diseases are thought to result from immune dysregulation in genetically susceptible individuals who were exposed to environmental risk factors. Many studies have identified genetic risk factors for these diseases, but concordance rates among monozygotic twins are 25–40%, suggesting that nonheritable environmental factors play a more prominent role.1,2 Through carefully conducted epidemiologic and other…

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Provides New Insights on Risk Factors, Identification Tools, Intervention

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Provides New Insights on Risk Factors, Identification Tools, Intervention

Susan Bernstein  |  October 11, 2016

Established wisdom holds that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) will fare better if their disease is diagnosed as early as possible, and treatments with disease-modifying drugs are started before inflammation can do more damage to joints and tissue. Usually, early diagnosis means spotting the clinical signs of disease, but new research tells us more about…

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Insight into Infectious Diseases Could Lead to Preventive Vaccines for Some Rheumatic Illnesses

Thomas R. Collins  |  August 11, 2016

CHICAGO—Medicine is in the middle of an infectious-disease “revolution” that seems almost destined to lead to prevention through immunization of many diseases, including rheumatic illnesses, that never were previously thought to involve transmissible agents, an infectious disease specialist said in a session at the ACR’s 2016 State-of-the-Art Clinical Symposium. An array of unlikely and fascinating…

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Importance of Oral Health, Mouth-Body Connection to Rheumatic Diseases Highlighted

Catherine Kolonko  |  August 10, 2016

Look inside the oral cavity of a patient for answers that go beyond what we perceive as the dentist’s domain. So goes the thinking of medical professionals interested in how oral health and bacteria-driven disease, such as periodontitis, may be linked to rheumatic disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bad bacteria that live in the mouth…

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Search for Infectious Triggers of Rheumatic Disease Could Yield Options to Block Process

Susan Bernstein  |  January 19, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO—Two hundred years ago, physicians knew nothing about what caused various forms of arthritis. Today, we have more clues about what may trigger rheumatic diseases, but still can’t pinpoint the culprits that set scores of inflammatory conditions in motion. Researchers discussed some of the background and recent findings that point to what immunologists call…

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