Autoreactive CD4 T cells are thought to play pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). Recently, a subset of CD4 T cells that express high levels of programmed …

Background To further improve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment, it is necessary to
understand each RA patient’s satisfaction and to identify the factors affecting their satisfaction. …

RMD Open contrast, nearly 80% of GM-CSF-producing CD4 T cells in the joint produced IFN-γ.
The frequency of GM-CSF-producing cells within IFN-γ-producing cells was also higher …

Cam deformity could lead to suboptimal articulation by causing secondary femoroacetabular
impingement after periacetabular osteotomy; however, the inherent femoral head‐neck …

Objectives Whether the characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) undergoing
total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have changed in the era of biologic disease-modifying …

Objectives. We clarified the prevalence of spondyloarthritis (SpA) symptom in inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD). Methods. We performed the questionnaire survey of SpA symptom in …

Objectives: To retrospectively evaluate the long-term results of cementless total hip arthroplasty
(THA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and postoperative patient mortality after …

Objective. To investigate whether abatacept (ABA) causes more adverse events (AE) than
conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARD) after orthopedic …

Objective: Upper limit of methotrexate (MTX) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was
recently increased from 8 to 16 mg/week in Japan. We therefore examined the effect of …

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy of suppressing joint destruction with subcutaneous
tocilizumab (TCZ-SC) for Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in the real-world clinical …