Prostaglandin receptor EP4 expression by Th17 cells is associated with high disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis

Rheumatoid Arthritis

High Disease Activity Is Associated with Self-reported Depression and Predicts Persistent Depression in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative

J Rheumatol.

Kuriya B, Joshi R, Movahedi M, Rampakakis E, Sampalis JS, Bombardier C; Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative Investigators

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T Cell Expression of C5a Receptor 2 Augments Murine Regulatory T Cell (TREG) Generation and TREG-Dependent Cardiac Allograft Survival

J Immunol.

A Verghese D, Demir M, Chun N, Fribourg M, Cravedi P, Llaudo I, Woodruff TM, Yadav P, Lira SA, Medof ME, Heeger PS

doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701638.

Allergic DiseasesT Cells

Associations of Th2, Th17, Treg cells and IgA+ memory B cells with atopic disease in children: the Generation R Study

Allergy.

Looman KIM, van Meel ER, Grosserichter-Wagener C, Vissers FJM, Klingenberg JH, De Jong NW, de Jongste JC, Pasmans SGMA, Duijts L, van Zelm MC, Moll HA

doi: 10.1111/all.14010.

Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase A Expression on Merkel Cell Carcinoma Cells

JAMA Dermatol.

Wehkamp U, Stern S, Krüger S, Hauschild A, Röcken C, Egberts F

doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.

T Cells

A Low Frequency of IL-17-Producing CD8⁺ T-Cells Is Associated With Persistent Immune Activation in People Living With HIV Despite HAART-Induced Viral Suppression

Front Immunol.

Perdomo-Celis F, Feria MG, Taborda NA, Rugeles MT

doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02502.

TNF blockers inhibit spinal radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis by reducing disease activity: results from the Swiss Clinical Quality Management cohort

Ann Rheum Dis.

Molnar C, Scherer A, Baraliakos X, de Hooge M, Micheroli R, Exer P, Kissling RO, Tamborrini G, Wildi LM, Nissen MJ, Zufferey P, Bernhard J, Weber U, Landewé RBM, van der Heijde D, Ciurea A; Rheumatologists of the Swiss Clinical Quality Management Program

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Spinal Disorders

Associations between smoking and extra-axial manifestations and disease severity in axial spondyloarthritis: results from the BSR Biologics Register for Ankylosing Spondylitis (BSRBR-AS)

Rheumatology (Oxford).

Zhao S, Jones GT, Macfarlane GJ, Hughes DM, Dean LE, Moots RJ, Goodson NJ

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Spinal Disorders

Development and validation of an alternative ankylosing spondylitis disease activity score when patient global assessment is unavailable

Rheumatology (Oxford).

Ortolan A, Ramiro S, van Gaalen F, Kvien TK, Landewe RBM, Machado PM, Ruyssen-Witrand A, van Tubergen A, Bastiaenen C, van der Heijde D

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Derivation and validation of the SLE Disease Activity Score (SLE-DAS): a new SLE continuous measure with high sensitivity for changes in disease activity