The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

S Alivernini, GS Firestein, IB McInnes - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Significant recent progress in understanding rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis has led
to improved treatment and quality of life. The introduction of targeted-biologic and-synthetic …

Synovial tissue macrophages in joint homeostasis, rheumatoid arthritis and disease remission

M Kurowska-Stolarska, S Alivernini - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2022 - nature.com
Synovial tissue macrophages (STMs) were principally recognized as having a pro-
inflammatory role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), serving as the main producers of pathogenic …

Distinct synovial tissue macrophage subsets regulate inflammation and remission in rheumatoid arthritis

S Alivernini, L MacDonald, A Elmesmari, S Finlay… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Immune-regulatory mechanisms of drug-free remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are
unknown. We hypothesized that synovial tissue macrophages (STM), which persist in …

A subset of antibodies targeting citrullinated proteins confers protection from rheumatoid arthritis

Y He, C Ge, À Moreno-Giró, B Xu, CM Beusch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Although elevated levels of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) are a hallmark of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the in vivo functions of these antibodies remain unclear. Here, we …

Effector functions of CD4+ T cells at the site of local autoimmune inflammation—lessons from rheumatoid arthritis

K Chemin, C Gerstner, V Malmström - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Infiltration of memory CD4+ T cells in synovial joints of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients
has been reported since decades. Moreover, several genome wide association studies …

Novel insights into macrophage diversity in rheumatoid arthritis synovium

MA Boutet, G Courties, A Nerviani, B Le Goff… - Autoimmunity …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting joints and
causing progressive damage and disability. Macrophages are of critical importance in the …

Synovial macrophage and fibroblast heterogeneity in joint homeostasis and inflammation

K Knab, D Chambers, G Krönke - Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The synovial tissue is an immunologically challenging environment where, under
homeostatic conditions, highly specialized subsets of immune-regulatory macrophages and …

Synovial tissue macrophages: friend or foe?

M Kurowska-Stolarska, S Alivernini - RMD open, 2017 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Healthy synovial tissue includes a lining layer of synovial fibroblasts and macrophages. The
influx of leucocytes during active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) includes monocytes that …

Lipidome profile predictive of disease evolution and activity in rheumatoid arthritis

JH Koh, SJ Yoon, M Kim, S Cho, J Lim, Y Park… - … & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Lipid mediators are crucial for the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however, global
analyses have not been undertaken to systematically define the lipidome underlying the …

Anti-LL37 antibodies are present in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients: new biomarkers in PsA

L Frasca, R Palazzo, MS Chimenti, S Alivernini… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. A third of
psoriatic patients develop PsA via unknown mechanisms. No reliable diagnostic markers …