Lung illness encountered in patients with rheumatic diseases bears clinical significance in
terms of increased morbidity and mortality as well as potential challenges placed on patient …

Potential Aerosol Mass (PAM) can be defined as the maximum aerosol mass that the
oxidation of precursor gases produces. In the measurement, all precursor gases are rapidly …

Autoantibodies encountered in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases bear clinical
significance as a biomarker to help or predict diagnosis, clinical phenotypes, prognosis, and …

Introduction Adiponectin has been implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). We
studied the effects of adiponectin on the OA cartilage homeostasis. Methods …

Background Biomarkers have been actively investigated to supplement functional and
imaging modalities to predict the severity, therapeutic responsiveness, and progression of …

Background: Hyperuricemia and gout are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular
disease. Xanthine oxidase inhibitors, allopurinol and febuxostat, are the mainstay of urate-…

Objective To compare salivary cytokine profiles in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome
(pSS), non-SS sicca controls, and non-sicca controls, and to investigate whether cytokine …

Purpose of Review Increased cardiovascular (CV) risk and associated mortality in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) are not fully explained by traditional CV risk factors. This review discusses …

Recent studies have suggested that neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and C-reactive
protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR) are emerging markers of disease activity and prognosis in …

Background : Patients with gout are at an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease
including myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and heart failure (HF). Objectives : The authors …