RMD Open14h
Influence of body mass index on cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis varies across anti-citrullinated protein antibody status and biologic use
Objectives The impact of body mass index (BMI) on cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unclear. RA characteristics may influence the association between BMI and risk. Disease activity, ...
RMD Open14h
Venous vessel-wall assessment with superb microvascular imaging in Behçet syndrome
Objectives Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) provides a more sensitive assessment of small vessels compared with power and colour Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS and CDUS). We aimed to investigate the ...
RMD Open10d
Correction: experimental myositis: an optimised version of C-protein-induced myositis
Abdelghani M, et al . Experimental myositis: an optimised version of C-protein-induced myositis. RMD Open 2025;11:e004558. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024–0 04 558 In this article, the abstract has been ...
rmdopen.bmj1d
Association between serum urate level and carotid atherosclerosis: an insight from a post hoc analysis of the PRIZE randomised clinical trial
Objectives Elevated serum urate (SU) levels are associated with arterial atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular events. However, an optimal therapeutic target SU level for delaying ...
rmdopen.bmj5d
Differential expansion of T peripheral helper cells in early rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis synovium
Objectives Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)-expressing T cells are implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. A subset of CXCR5 − T cells, ...
rmdopen.bmj3d
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: state of the art on clinical practice guidelines
Objective To report the effort of the European Reference Network for Rare and Complex CONnective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases NETwork working group on Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and related ...
rmdopen.bmj9d
Efficacy and safety of dose escalation of tofacitinib in refractory anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis
Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5) antibody-positive dermatomyositis (MDA5-DM) is frequently complicated with rapidly progressive-interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD). The ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
Automated evaluation of ANA under real-life conditions
Introduction Visual evaluation of indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on human epithelial-2 cells is the routine method for screening for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in connective tissue diseases.
rmdopen.bmj14d
Transcriptome analysis to decipher the molecular underpinnings of response to treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease characterised by variable treatment responses. We investigated the transcriptional landscape associated with treatment ...
rmdopen.bmj9d
Social media in advancing equity and collaboration in rheumatology: the CORDIALITY review
Social media has transformed communication in academia and medicine, offering stakeholders innovative avenues for knowledge exchange and collaboration. The CORDIALITY review (soCial media fOR ...
rmdopen.bmj10d
IL-6-PAD4 axis in the earliest phase of arthritis in knock-in gp130F759 mice, a model for rheumatoid arthritis
Objective Animal models for human diseases are especially valuable for clarifying molecular mechanisms before or around the onset. As a model for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we utilise knock-in mice ...
rmdopen.bmj12d
Frailty is independently associated with subclinical cardiovascular disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Objectives Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Frailty has been associated with an increased cardiovascular disease risk (CVR) in the general ...