Objective. Interstitial lung disease (ILD), especially rapidly progressive ILD (RPILD), is a
major poor prognostic factor in patients with DM. We investigated the association of anti-…

Objectives We investigated the relationships among M1 monocytes, M2 monocytes, osteoclast
(OC) differentiation ability, and clinical characteristics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (…

Objective. We evaluated the significance of the power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS)
score by comparing it with serum biomarkers and clinical disease activity. Methods. We …

We investigated the effects of anti-IL-6 receptor antibody, tocilizumab (TCZ), on lipid metabolism.
Nineteen patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), entered in clinical case–control study …

Objective To evaluate whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrists and finger
joints and an analysis of serologic autoantibodies are clinically meaningful for the subsequent …

Objective. To investigate whether the frequency of peripheral blood (PB) regulatory T cells (Treg)
correlates with the clinical disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. PB …

… Tomita, Yoshihito PhD a,b ; Arima, Kazuhiko MD, PhD a,* ; Tsujimoto, Ritsu MD, PhD c ;
Kawashiri, Shin-ya MD, PhD d ; Nishimura, Takayuki PhD a ; Mizukami, Satoshi PhD a,b ; …

A 68-year-old man, who was a patient with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with RA-associated
interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) and pulmonary emphysema, began taking …

Objective. We have tried to clarify the clinical importance of the measurement of serum type-I
interferon (IFN) in patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 Ab (MDA5 …

Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of power Doppler (PD)
subclinical synovitis in patients with RA who achieve clinical remission free from physical …