The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic severely impacted patients with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), worsening health disparities, disrupting care, and affecting mental health. RMD patients, especially from marginalized communities, faced…
Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has emerged as a transformative tool in the past decade. Initially employed in gout within the field of rheumatology to distinguish and quantify monosodium urate crystals…
With the advent of small-molecule immune modulators, recombinant fusion proteins, and monoclonal antibodies, treatment options for patients with rheumatic diseases are now broad. These agents carry significant risks and an…
Systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis are just 2 of several autoimmune connective tissue diseases that are primarily chronic in nature but can present to the emergency department by virtue…
This review summarizes and discusses key recent findings suggesting that microbiomes can play a role in the development and progression of osteoarthritis. Evidence supporting a gut microbiome-joint connection derived from…
Animal models of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are essential for understanding the disease’s mechanisms and developing new treatments. Recent research highlights the microbiome’s significant roles in RA pathogenesis, influencing disease susceptibility…
In this review, we focus on the mucosal immune response through Immunoglobulin A (IgA)-coated microbes and their role in gut dysbiosis in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and associated inflammatory bowel disease….
Multiple risk factors for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) influence the microbiome, and various differences in the oral and fecal microbiome have been described to date in JIA. This review summarizes…
Dysbiosis is a feature of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). While a causal relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota and SSc pathogenesis has not been established, alterations in the GI…
The lung microbiome is a diverse mucosal environment that has been shown to be implicated in the pathogenesis of various chronic lung diseases including insterstitial lung diseases (ILD) such as…
