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Overlap syndrome is defined as a disease entity that satisfies the classification criteria of at least two connective tissue diseases occurring concurrently or separately in a single patient. Here, we...
OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of drug adherence on treatment outcome in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
METHODS: A total of 2,694 RA patients who had...
The commensal microbiota contributes to the maintenance of immune homeostasis in the human body. Autoimmunity can be aggravated or alleviated by the microbiota, which affects both innate and adaptive immune...
Anti-interleukin 17A agent, secukinumab is remarkably effective for treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis. However, the main safety concern of secukinumab is an increased risk of infection. Generally, neurosyphilis occurs a...
Recent studies on T cell immunology have been instrumental in developing therapies to overcome cancer immune escape, and immune checkpoint inhibitors have emerged as one of the most promising therapeutic...
Patients with severe active lupus nephritis (LN) require immunosuppressive therapy to induce remission. However, the development of profound hypogammaglobulinemia causing cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is a rare occurrence during standard immunotherapy....
OBJECTIVE: Acute anterior uveitis (AAU) is the most common extra-articular manifestation in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, the relationship between AAU and radiographic progression in axSpA remains unclear. Hence,...
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of serum/plasma YKL-40 levels with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and their correlation with RA activity and rheumatoid factor (RF) level.
METHODS: We performed a meta-analysis comparing the...