Correction: Efficacy and safety of filgotinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: week 156 interim results from a long- term extension study

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Recent evidence comparing combination of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis by Abhishek Zanwar, Sakir Ahmed, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Aman Sharma, Anupam Wakhlu, Vir Singh Negi

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Active Ingredients and Potential Mechanism of Additive Sishen Decoction in Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis with Network Pharmacology and Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Verification by Ren J, Liu Z, Qi X, Meng X, Guo L, Yu Y, Dong T, Li Q

“…Jinhong Ren, Ze Liu, Xiaoming Qi, Xiangda Meng, Linglin Guo, Yating Yu, Tao Dong, Qingshan Li Shanxi Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug for the Treatment of Serious Diseases Basing on the Chronic Inflammation, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Food Engineering, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Jinzhong, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Qingshan Li, Email sxlqs0501@sxtcm.edu.cnBackground: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease in which macrophages produce cytokines that enhance inflammation and contribute to the destruction of cartilage and bone. …”
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Application of Surface Roughness Analysis on Micro–Computed Tomographic Images of Bone Erosion: Examples Using a Rodent Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Matthew D. Silva, Jason Ruan, Elizabeth Siebert, Anneli Savinainen, Bruce Jaffee, Lisa Schopf, Sudeep Chandra

“…Quantifying the bone erosion in preclinical models of rheumatoid arthritis is valuable for the evaluation of drug treatments. …”
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Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 in Comparison with Acute Phase Proteins as a Marker of Disease Activity and Radiographic Damage in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Mahmood M. T. M. Ally, Bridget Hodkinson, Pieter W. A. Meyer, Eustasius Musenge, Mohammed Tikly, Ronald Anderson

“…Matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) is involved in the immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but little is known about its relationship to genetic susceptibility and biomarkers of disease activity, especially acute phase reactants in early RA. …”
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Biologic Cost per Effectively Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient in a Large Managed Care Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Tao Gu, Neel Shah, Gaurav Deshpande, Derek H. Tang, Debra F. Eisenberg, David J. Harrison

“…**Background:** Until recently, the lack of clinical outcomes information for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in administrative claims databases limited their use in comparative effectiveness research. …”
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Impact of Likelihood Ratios of Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody in Clinical Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Two Available Platforms by Juan Irure-Ventura, María Díaz-Toledo, Noelia Palazuelos-Cayón, Marcos López-Hoyos

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Increased Serum Interleukin-2 Levels Are Associated with Abnormal Peripheral Blood Natural Killer Cell Levels in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis by Baochen Li, Qiaoling Guo, Yanyan Wang, Rui Su, Chong Gao, Jinfang Zhao, Xiaofeng Li, Caihong Wang

“…To investigate the relationship between serum interleukin-2 (IL-2) levels and disease activity, absolute numbers of peripheral lymphocyte subsets, autoantibodies, and associated cytokines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. This study included 106 patients with RA, evaluated their disease activity (DAS28 score), and divided them into disease remission (DAS28≤2.6), low disease activity (DAS28≤3.2), and moderate-high disease activity (DAS28>3.2) groups. …”
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IL-1β and TNFα Promote Monocyte Viability through the Induction of GM-CSF Expression by Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts by Christelle Darrieutort-Laffite, Marie-Astrid Boutet, Mathias Chatelais, Régis Brion, Frédéric Blanchard, Dominique Heymann, Benoit Le Goff

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Treatment journey in rheumatoid arthritis with biosimilars: from better access to good disease control through cost savings and prevention of nocebo effects by Bruno Fautrel, Josef S Smolen, Fabrizio Benedetti, Roberto Caporali, Thomas Doerner, Burkhard Pieper, Minjun Jang

“…Early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are of critical importance to halt the progression of the disease. …”
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Impact of dietary live microbes and nondietary prebiotic/probiotic intake on osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis development: Stratified findings from NHANES data by Ang Liu, Qin Zhang, Xiao Liang, Zhujun Chao, Ruoran Zhou, Cheng Huang, Jun Lin

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Increased Toll-Like Receptor 2 Expression in Peptidoglycan-Treated Blood Monocytes Is Associated with Insulin Resistance in Patients with Nondiabetic Rheumatoid Arthritis by Shih-Wei Wang, Tsun-Mei Lin, Chiou-Huey Wang, Hsiao-Han Liu, Jer-Yiing Houng

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MAPK4 inhibits the early aberrant activation of B cells in rheumatoid arthritis by promoting the IRF4-SHIP1 signaling pathway by Pei Huang, Guangli Yang, Pingping Zhang, Yin Zhu, Yaning Guan, Jian Sun, Qian Li, Yang An, Xiaoqi Shi, Juanjuan Zhao, Chaohong Liu, Zhixu He, Yan Chen, Zuochen Du

“…Abstract The involvement of B lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is well-established, with their early and aberrant activation being a crucial factor. …”
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Exploring the predictive power of antinuclear antibodies and Rheumatoid factor correlations in anticipating therapeutic outcomes for female patients with coexisting Sjögren's syndrome and Rheumatoid arthritis by Anitha Krishnan Pandarathodiyil, Hema Shree K, Pratibha Ramani, B. Sivapathasundharam, Ramya Ramadoss

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Immediate Effect of Baricitinib on Arthritis and Biological Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug-Induced Psoriasis-Like Skin Lesions in Two Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Yoshifumi Tada, Nobuyuki Ono, Syuichi Koarada

“…Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) are very effective for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, they sometimes induce adverse events such as psoriasis-like skin lesions. …”
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A Case of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Limited Systemic Sclerosis Overlap Successfully Treated with Tocilizumab for Arthritis and Concomitant Generalized Lymphadenopathy and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Eiko Saito, Shinji Sato, Shinichi Nogi, Noriko Sasaki, Naofumi Chinen, Kiri Honda, Takayuki Wakabayashi, Chiho Yamada, Naoya Nakamura, Yasuo Suzuki

“…A 57-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and limited systemic sclerosis (lSSc) was suspected to have lymphadenopathy and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). …”
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High-Titer Rheumatoid Factor is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes and Higher Needs for Advanced Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis Under Real-Life Conditions by Victor Davi R. S. Oliveira, Ana Paula M. G. Reis, Claiton V. Brenol, Ivânio A. Pereira, Karina R. Bonfiglioli, Letícia R. Pereira, Manoel B. Bértolo, Maria de Fátima L. C. Sauma, Maria Fernanda B. R. Guimarães, Paulo Louzada-Júnior, Rina D. N. Giorgi, Sebastião C. Radominski, Licia Maria H. Mota, Cleandro P. Albuquerque, Geraldo R. Castelar-Pinheiro

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Switching to biological DMARDs versus cycling among JAK inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and with inadequate response to JAK inhibitors: from FIRST registry by Yoshiya Tanaka, Hiroaki Tanaka, Satoshi Kubo, Shingo Nakayamada, Yusuke Miyazaki, Yoshino Inoue, Shunsuke Fukuyo, Ippei Miyagawa, Kentaro Hanami, Yasuyuki Todoroki, Masanobu Ueno, Yurie Satoh-Kanda, Ayako Yamaguchi

“…Objectives This study aimed to identify characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with an inadequate response to Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi-IR) and evaluate the efficacy and safety of subsequent treatments.Methods This study included 434 patients with RA who started JAKi treatment. …”
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Correlation of disease activity score using erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein with clinical disease activity index in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Viraj Panchal, Puja Srivastava, Dhaiwat Shukla, Devang Rana, Supriya Malhotra, Sapan Pandya

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Pre-trained convolutional neural network with transfer learning by artificial illustrated images classify power Doppler ultrasound images of rheumatoid arthritis joints by Jun Fukae, Yoshiharu Amasaki, Yuichiro Fujieda, Yuki Sone, Ken Katagishi, Tatsunori Horie, Tamotsu Kamishima, Tatsuya Atsumi

“…Objective To study the classification performance of a pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN) with transfer learning by artificial joint ultrasonography images in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods This retrospective study focused on abnormal synovial vascularity and created 870 artificial joint ultrasound images based on the European League Against Rheumatism/Outcome Measure in Rheumatology scoring system. …”
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