IL-22, a vital cytokine in autoimmune diseases
Clin Exp Immunol. 2024 Apr 23:uxae035. doi: 10.1093/cei/uxae035. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterleukin-22 (IL-22) is a vital cytokine that is dysregulated in various autoimmune conditions including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). As the starting point for the activation of numerous signaling pathways, IL-22 plays an important role in the initiation and development of autoimmune diseases. Specifically, imbalances in IL-22 signaling can interfere with other signaling pathways, causing cross regulation of target genes which ultimately leads to the development of immune dis...
Source: Clinical and Developmental Immunology - April 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jiajin Li Zhen Wu Yuxin Wu Xin Yu Hu Jun Yang Dacheng Zhu Mingyue Wu Xin Li Lutterodt Bentum-Ennin Wanglai Hu Source Type: research

Association of the multi-biomarker disease activity score with arterial 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in rheumatoid arthritis
CONCLUSIONS: Among treated RA patients, achieved MBDA predicts of changes in arterial inflammation. Achieving low MBDA at 24 weeks was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in arterial inflammation, regardless of treatment.PMID:38652572 | DOI:10.1093/rheumatology/keae242 (Source: Atherosclerosis)
Source: Atherosclerosis - April 23, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jon T Giles Daniel H Solomon Katherine P Liao Pamela M Rist Zahi A Fayad Ahmed Tawakol Joan M Bathon Source Type: research

The Effect of Crystal Arthropathy on the Diagnostic Criteria of Native Septic Arthritis
DISCUSSION: The presence of synovial crystals reduced the likelihood of septic arthritis and altered the laboratory diagnostic criteria. PMN% was nondiagnostic in the setting of synovial crystals.PMID:38652879 | DOI:10.5435/JAAOS-D-23-00857 (Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - April 23, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Benjamin D Pesante Maryam Salimi Whitney L Miller Heather L Young Timothy C Jenkins Joshua A Parry Source Type: research

Effect of Spaceflight and Microgravity on the Musculoskeletal System: A Review
J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-23-00954. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWith National Aeronautics and Space Administration's plans for longer distance, longer duration spaceflights such as missions to Mars and the surge in popularity of space tourism, the need to better understand the effects of spaceflight on the musculoskeletal system has never been more present. However, there is a paucity of information on how spaceflight affects orthopaedic health. This review surveys existing literature and discusses the effect of spaceflight on each aspect of the musculoskeletal system. Spaceflight reduces b...
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - April 23, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Robert Lee Satcher Benjamin Fiedler Abdullah Ghali Douglas R Dirschl Source Type: research

TNF- α signals through ITK-Akt-mTOR to drive CD4 < sup > + < /sup > T cell metabolic reprogramming, which is dysregulated in rheumatoid arthritis
Sci Signal. 2024 Apr 23;17(833):eadg5678. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.adg5678. Epub 2024 Apr 23.ABSTRACTUpon activation, T cells undergo metabolic reprogramming to meet the bioenergetic demands of clonal expansion and effector function. Because dysregulated T cell cytokine production and metabolic phenotypes coexist in chronic inflammatory disease, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we investigated whether inflammatory cytokines released by differentiating T cells amplified their metabolic changes. We found that tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) released by human naïve CD4+ T cells upon activation stimulated the expression o...
Source: Science Signaling - April 23, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Emma L Bishop Nancy Gudgeon Taylor Fulton-Ward Victoria Stavrou Jennie Roberts Adam Boufersaoui Daniel A Tennant Martin Hewison Karim Raza Sarah Dimeloe Source Type: research

Detection of significant liver fibrosis in Chinese psoriasis patients receiving methotrexate: a comparison between transient elastography and liver histology
CONCLUSION: Transient elastography is reliable and superior to the TCD for detecting liver fibrosis in Chinese psoriasis patients receiving MTX. Liver biopsy should be reserved for high-risk patients or patients with liver stiffness ≥11.7 kPa on TE.PMID:38651202 | DOI:10.12809/hkmj2210364 (Source: Hong Kong Medical Journal)
Source: Hong Kong Medical Journal - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: C S M Wong L L Y Mak V K H Lee R C L Lo M M H Chung F Chu C K Yeung M F Yuen H H L Chan Source Type: research

Arthritis and osteomyelitis in childhood and adolescence-Bacterial and nonbacterial
Z Rheumatol. 2024 Apr 23. doi: 10.1007/s00393-024-01504-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBacterial arthritis and osteomyelitis are usually acute diseases, which in this way differ from the often insidious course of nonbacterial osteomyelitis; however, there is often an overlap both in less acute courses of bacterial illnesses and also in nonbacterial osteitis. The overlapping clinical phenomena can be explained by similar pathophysiological processes. In bacteria-related illnesses the identification of the pathogen and empirical or targeted anti-infectious treatment are prioritized, whereas no triggering agent is known for...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie - April 23, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Authors: T Hospach T Kallinich L Martin T V Kalle F Reichert H J Girschick C M Hedrich Source Type: research

Detection of significant liver fibrosis in Chinese psoriasis patients receiving methotrexate: a comparison between transient elastography and liver histology
CONCLUSION: Transient elastography is reliable and superior to the TCD for detecting liver fibrosis in Chinese psoriasis patients receiving MTX. Liver biopsy should be reserved for high-risk patients or patients with liver stiffness ≥11.7 kPa on TE.PMID:38651202 | DOI:10.12809/hkmj2210364 (Source: Hong Kong Med J)
Source: Hong Kong Med J - April 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: C S M Wong L L Y Mak V K H Lee R C L Lo M M H Chung F Chu C K Yeung M F Yuen H H L Chan Source Type: research

Association of the multi-biomarker disease activity score with arterial 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in rheumatoid arthritis
CONCLUSIONS: Among treated RA patients, achieved MBDA predicts of changes in arterial inflammation. Achieving low MBDA at 24 weeks was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in arterial inflammation, regardless of treatment.PMID:38652572 | DOI:10.1093/rheumatology/keae242 (Source: Atherosclerosis)
Source: Atherosclerosis - April 23, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jon T Giles Daniel H Solomon Katherine P Liao Pamela M Rist Zahi A Fayad Ahmed Tawakol Joan M Bathon Source Type: research

Abatacept increases T cell exhaustion in early RA individuals who carry HLA risk alleles
Front Immunol. 2024 Apr 8;15:1383110. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1383110. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTExhausted CD8 T cells (TEX) are associated with worse outcome in cancer yet better outcome in autoimmunity. Building on our past findings of increased TIGIT+KLRG1+ TEX with teplizumab therapy in type 1 diabetes (T1D), in the absence of treatment we found that the frequency of TIGIT+KLRG1+ TEX is stable within an individual but differs across individuals in both T1D and healthy control (HC) cohorts. This TIGIT+KLRG1+ CD8 TEX population shares an exhaustion-associated EOMES gene signature in HC, T1D, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and...
Source: Cancer Control - April 23, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sarah Alice Long Virginia S Muir Britta E Jones Valerie Z Wall Alyssa Ylescupidez Anne M Hocking Stephan Pribitzer Jerill Thorpe Bryce Fuchs Alice E Wiedeman Megan Tatum Katharina Lambert Hannes Uchtenhagen Cate Speake Bernard Ng Alexander T Heubeck Troy Source Type: research

IL-22, a vital cytokine in autoimmune diseases
Clin Exp Immunol. 2024 Apr 23:uxae035. doi: 10.1093/cei/uxae035. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterleukin-22 (IL-22) is a vital cytokine that is dysregulated in various autoimmune conditions including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). As the starting point for the activation of numerous signaling pathways, IL-22 plays an important role in the initiation and development of autoimmune diseases. Specifically, imbalances in IL-22 signaling can interfere with other signaling pathways, causing cross regulation of target genes which ultimately leads to the development of immune dis...
Source: Clinical and Developmental Immunology - April 23, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jiajin Li Zhen Wu Yuxin Wu Xin Yu Hu Jun Yang Dacheng Zhu Mingyue Wu Xin Li Lutterodt Bentum-Ennin Wanglai Hu Source Type: research

Association Between Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index and the Risk of Endometriosis-Related Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women of Childbearing Age: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Database
(Source: International Journal of Womens Health)
Source: International Journal of Womens Health - April 23, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: International Journal of Women's Health Source Type: research

Correlation analysis of serum TLR4 protein levels and < i > TLR4 gene < /i > polymorphisms in gouty arthritis patients
by Lu Liu, Shuang He, Lin Jia, Hua Yao, Dan Zhou, Xiaobin Guo, Lei Miao ObjectiveThe Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4-mediated nuclear factor kappa B (NF- κB) signaling pathway regulates the production of inflammatory factors and plays a key role in the pathogenesis of gouty arthritis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the link amongTLR4 gene polymorphisms at various loci, protein expression, and gouty arthritis susceptibility. MethodsBetween 2016 and 2021, a case-control study was used to collect a total of 1207 study subjects, including 317 male patients with gouty arthritis (gout group) and 890 healthy males (c...
Source: PLoS One - April 23, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Lu Liu Source Type: research

Tofacitinib and peficitinib inhibitors of Janus kinase for autoimmune disease treatment: a quantum biochemistry approach
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D3CP06332A, PaperJackson L. Amaral, Naiara C. Lucredi, Victor L. B. Fran ça, Samuel J. M. Santos, Francisco F. Maia, Pablo A. Morais, Pedro F. N. Souza, Jurandir F. Comar, Valder N. Freire Autoimmune inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ulcerative colitis, are associated with an uncontrolled production of cytokines leading to the pronounced inflammatory response of these disorders. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry (Sour...
Source: RSC - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. latest articles - April 22, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jackson L. Amaral Source Type: research

Efficacy and safety of bimekizumab in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
CONCLUSION: Bimekizumab had a significant clinical benefit in managing PsA and an acceptable safety profile.PMID:38646719 | DOI:10.1080/14740338.2024.2343017 (Source: Expert Opinion on Drug Safety)
Source: Expert Opinion on Drug Safety - April 22, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Qin-Yi Su Liu Yang Ting-Yu Cao Hai-Ying Dang Zhuo-Chen Han Jia-Jing Cao He-Yi Zhang Ting Cheng Sheng-Xiao Zhang Yue-Hong Huo Source Type: research