EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA): Patients with (RA) have slightly impaired EBV specific immunity. EBV AND LYMPHOMA: EBV contributes to the development of lymphoma, especially in immunosuppressed patients. LYMPHOMA IN RA: The incidence of lymphoma is increased (2-fold) in patients with active RA. TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR (TNF) ANTAGONISM, LYMPHOMA, AND RA: The risk to develop lymphoma in patients with RA under TNF inhibitors is slightly higher than that of patients with active RA who do not receive TNF inhibitors. As already demonstrated in the case of posttransplantation lymphoma, EBV load monitoring in patients with RA under TNF inhibitors might allow predicting and preventing the emergence of lymphoma.
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BioDrugs
January 2025
Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Background: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a common comorbidity in patients with psoriasis (PsO) that leads to significant disease burden. Biologic therapies targeting the interleukin (IL)-23/IL-17 axis have been widely used for PsO, but their comparative effectiveness in preventing PsA remains unclear.
Objective: The study objective was to compare the occurrence of developing incidental PsA among PsO patients treated with interleukin-23 inhibitors (IL23is) or interleukin-17 inhibitors (IL17is).
Parkinsonism Relat Disord
January 2025
Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 660 S Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. Electronic address:
Introduction: Neuroprotective therapy to slow Parkinson's disease (PD) progression is a critical unmet need. Neuroinflammation likely represents an important pathophysiologic mechanism for disease progression. Medications that target this inflammation, such as immunosuppressants, represent potential disease-modifying therapies for PD.
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January 2025
Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, P.R. China.
Objective: To study the effect of Dapagliflozin on ferroptosis in rabbits with chronic heart failure and to reveal its possible mechanism.
Methods: Nine healthy adult male New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into Sham group (only thorax opening was performed in Sham group, no ascending aorta circumferential ligation was performed), Heart failure group (HF group, ascending aorta circumferential ligation was performed in HF group to establish the animal model of heart failure), and Dapagliflozin group (DAPA group, after the rabbit chronic heart failure model was successfully made in DAPA group). Dapagliflozin was given by force-feeding method.
Ann Rheum Dis
January 2025
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address:
Objectives: The usefulness of methotrexate-polyglutamates (MTX-PGs) concentration for management of rheumatoid arthritis has been debated. We aimed to clarify the association of MTX-PGs concentration with efficacy and safety in MTX-naïve patients initiating MTX in a prospective interventional clinical trial.
Methods: The MIRACLE trial enrolled 300 MTX-naïve patients.
Background: Babesiosis poses significant risks of adverse outcomes in individuals with immunocompromising conditions (IC) and asplenia/hyposplenia (AH). This study compares clinical outcomes between these vulnerable groups and immunocompetent patients.
Methods: A multicenter retrospective cohort study included adult patients with laboratory-confirmed babesiosis from 2009 to 2023.
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