Rare Case Studies of Bilateral and Symmetric Sacroiliac Disease by Stephen Soloway, Alyxandra M. Soloway, Tyler G. Chin, Timothy Lieske

“…We present three rare conditions presenting with bilateral and symmetric SIJ disease, none of which is ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s colitis, ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis, and reactive arthritis (Reiter syndrome); there are reports of concurrent SIJ disease in rheumatoid arthritis and SLE. …”
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Peripheral Spondyloarthritis Presenting with Fever and Severe Systemic Inflammatory Response Mimicking Infection: A Case Series and Literature Review by Ibrahim Abdulmomen, Eman Satti, Basem Awadh

“…They underwent extensive workup for infectious causes, including septic arthritis, which came back negative. Other rheumatic diseases that are known to present with fever such as adult-onset Still’s disease, reactive arthritis, and crystal arthritis were all excluded. …”
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Ketogenic Diet‐Associated Worsening of Osteoarthritis Histologic Secerity, Increased Pain Sensitivity and Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Mice by Gabby Dyson, Montana Barrett, Leoni Schlupp, Emmaline Prinz, Nicholas Hannebut, Aleksander Szymczak, Cindy Miranda Brawner, Matlock A. Jeffries

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Gold Finger: Metal Jewellery as a Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Therapy! by T. Hlaing, S. Ramteke, K. Binymin

“…Polyarticular psoriatic arthritis is a chronic, progressive and disabling auto-immune disease often affecting the small joints of the hands in a symmetrical fashion. …”
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Clinical utility of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptid and rheumatoid factor in chronic hepatitis B virus infection by Gokhan Sargin, Altay Kandemir

“…There was a statistically significant difference for anti-CCP positivity but not for RF positivity between patients with arthritis and without arthritis. No correlation was found between RF and anti-CCP, HBV-DNA, anti-CCP, and HBV-DNA in patients with HBV infection. …”
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A dual role of Cohesin in DNA DSB repair by Michael Fedkenheuer, Yafang Shang, Seolkyoung Jung, Kevin Fedkenheuer, Solji Park, Davide Mazza, Robin Sebastian, Hiroyuki Nagashima, Dali Zong, Hua Tan, Sushil Kumar Jaiswal, Haiqing Fu, Anthony Cruz, Supriya V. Vartak, Jan Wisniewski, Vittorio Sartorelli, John J. O’Shea, Laura Elnitski, Andre Nussenzweig, Mirit I. Aladjem, Fei-Long Meng, Rafael Casellas

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Anti-Arthritic Effect of the Hydroethanolic Root Extract of Psydrax subcordata in Rats by Phyllis Annan, Newman Osafo, Paul Poku Sampene Ossei, Wonder Kofi Mensah Abotsi

“…The effect of PSRE on tissue and joint integrity in arthritis was also evaluated by histopathology and microscopy. …”
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Characterization of the Active Ingredient and Prediction of the Potential Mechanism of Dahuoluo Pill via Mass Spectrometry with the Network Pharmacology Method by Haoran Xu, Yuelin Bi, Xin Feng, Jiaqi Wang, Gengyuan Yu, Tonghua Zhang, Tianyi Li, Xuhua Gao, Runhua Liu, Yu Sun, Hao Wu, Linlin Fang, Chenning Zhang, Yikun Sun

“…The Dahuoluo pill (DHLP) is a classic Chinese patent medicine used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions. However, there has been no research on the chemical components of DHLP and the mechanisms by which it ameliorates rheumatoid arthritis. …”
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Insight into Neutrophil Extracellular Traps through Systematic Evaluation of Citrullination and Peptidylarginine Deiminases by Caitlyn L. Holmes, Daeun Shim, John Kernien, Chad J. Johnson, Jeniel E. Nett, Miriam A. Shelef

“…In rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune inflammatory arthritis, citrullinated proteins are targeted by autoantibodies and thus thought to drive disease. …”
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Poor quality of life in indian ankylosing spondylitis patients by Latika Gupta, Sakir Ahmed, Gautam Dhar Choudhury, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Forty-three had peripheral arthritis and 18 had enthesitis. Syndesmophytes were present on spinal radiographs in 54 cases. …”
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Exploring comorbidity and pharmacological treatment patterns in psoriasis - a retrospective population-based cross-sectional study by Nelly Hamgård, Albert Duvetorp, Anna Hägg, Sandra Jerkovic Gulin, Oliver Seifert

“…There is no evidence of undertreatment of comorbidity except for arthritis among psoriasis patients.…”
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Cytokine Reduction in the Treatment of Joint Conditions by J. D. Sipe, J. Martel-Pelletier, I. G. Otterness, J.-P. Pelletier

“…The destruction of joints caused by rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis is characterized by an imbalance of enzyme catalysed cartilage breakdown and regeneration. …”
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Co-creating and hosting PxP: a conference about patient engagement in research for and by patient partners by Dawn P. Richards, Hetty Mulhall, Joletta Belton, Savia de Souza, Trudy Flynn, Alex Haagaard, Linda Hunter, Amy Price, Sara Riggare, Janice Tufte, Rosie Twomey, Karim M. Khan

“…PxP was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis. The PxP website, known as the PxP Hub, now houses the conference recordings along with resources about patient engagement in research. …”
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Adalimumab (TNFα Inhibitor) Therapy Exacerbates IgA Glomerulonephritis Acute Renal Injury and Induces Lupus Autoantibodies in a Psoriasis Patient by S. S. Wei, R. Sinniah

“…Adalimumab (Humira) is a tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) inhibitor that is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (Sullivan and Preda (2009), Klinkhoff (2004), and Medicare Australia). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Options of Peripheral Spondyloarthritis by ZENG Lulu, JI Xiaojian, HU Lidong, HU Jiawen, ZHANG Yinan, ZHANG Jiaxin, LIU Xingkang, YANG Shiwei, HUANG Feng

“…The research compared the distribution of swollen and tender joints between pSpA and axSpA patients, as well as that between pSpA1(excluding patients with psoriatic arthritis) and axSpA patients. Additionally, we analyzed differences in clinical features and treatment options among these groups.ResultsA total of 1639 patients were included in the study, of which 184 had pSpA(including 97 with psoriatic arthritis), and 1455 had axSpA. …”
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Management of an Infected Nonunion of an Opening-Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy with 2-Stage Implantation of Rotating Hinge Knee Prosthesis by Sandrine Mariaux, Olivier Borens

“…Despite surgical debridement and antibiotics, septic knee arthritis occurred. In a situation of infected nonunion and septic arthritis with chondrolysis, she was scheduled for a 2-stage total knee replacement (TKR). …”
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Trauma Induced Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease of the Lumbar Spine by Indrit Greca, Jihad Ben Gabr, Andras Perl, Stephanie Bryant, Dan Zaccarini

“…Inflammatory arthritis, such as pseudogout or otherwise referred to as calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis or calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease, is characterized by the deposition of crystal formation and deposition in large joints. …”
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Nr4a1 and Nr4a3 redundantly control clonal deletion and contribute to an anergy-like transcriptome in auto-reactive thymocytes to impose tolerance in mice by Hailyn V. Nielsen, Letitia Yang, James L. Mueller, Alexander J. Ritter, Ryosuke Hiwa, Irina Proekt, Elze Rackaityte, Dominik Aylard, Mansi Gupta, Christopher D. Scharer, Mark S. Anderson, Byron B. Au-Yeung, Julie Zikherman

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Evaluation of Tele-rheumatology during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Population: A Pilot Study by Amit Sandhu, Amit Agarwal, Paramvir Kaur, Meenakshi Sharma, Harnoor Sra, Manvi Singh, Nishant Jaiswal, Anil Chauhan, Anju Gupta, Meenu Singh

“…Objective. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune condition associated with a potential for deformities. …”
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A Rare Side Effect due to TNF-Alpha Blocking Agent: Acute Pleuropericarditis with Adalimumab by Hakan Ozkan, Ahmet Seckin Cetinkaya, Tekin Yildiz, Tahsin Bozat

“…Tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonism is an important treatment strategy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, vasculitis, and ankylosing spondylitis. …”
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