This review highlights some of the many abstracts on lupus nephritis research presented at ACR Convergence 2025. They demonstrate advances made on early recognition of the condition, as well as offering some hope in terms of achieving better outcomes.
“B cells are central orchestraters of autoimmune disease by contributing to autoantibody production, antigen presentation and cytokine production,” says Georg Schett, MD, head of the Department of Medicine 3 (Rheumatology and Immunology) of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. “B cells can be inhibited by monoclonal antibodies and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) expressing cells.” Dr. Schett…
Dr. Philip Seo highlights the latest research into the assessment and treatment of giant cell arteritis presented during ACR Convergence 2025.
Two clinical diagnosticians presented their pearls of wisdom for clinical rheumatologists to take forward when managing patients from the clinics to the hospital wards.
At this ACR Convergence 2025 session, two experts discussed VEXAS & the role that genetic sequencing should play in the practice of a rheumatologist.
The gut microbiome may trigger RA & predict methotrexate response. ACR Convergence 2025 experts discuss pathogenesis & drug efficacy.
Experts addressed considerations for how to aid patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in their transition to adult care, specifically highlighting clinical pearls for those with pediatric uveitis and TMJ arthritis.
Incoming ARP President Dr. Rebecca Cleveland discusses her plans for advocacy, ACR/ARP collaboration, & tackling workforce shortages in rheumatology.
The Review Course at ACR Convergence 2025 provided a comprehensive update for practitioners. Highlights from the sections on cutaneous manifestations of rheumatic diseases, gout, macrophage activation syndrome and vasculitis.
The FDA as approved the biosimilar treatments denosumab-nxxp (Bildyos) and denosumab-nxxp (Bilprevda) for all indications of denosumab, their reference product, including osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.