{"title":"Antibiotic-induced loss of gut SCFAs exacerbates alphavirus arthritis","authors":"Holly Webster","doi":"10.1038/s41584-026-01435-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41584-026-01435-w","url":null,"abstract":"Antibiotics cause gut dysbiosis and exacerbate alphavirus-induced arthritis in mice by altering immune cell populations in the joints.","PeriodicalId":18810,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Rheumatology","volume":"22 10","pages":"598-598"},"PeriodicalIF":33.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148891687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vaccination considerations in autoimmune rheumatic diseases.","authors":"Meliha C Kapetanovic","doi":"10.1038/s41584-026-01427-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-026-01427-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are at increased risk of numerous vaccine-preventable infections owing to a combination of disease-related immune dysregulation, immunosuppressive therapies - including glucocorticoids - and comorbidities. Age-related immunosenescence further increases this susceptibility in older patients. The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and measles outbreaks have underscored the importance of optimizing vaccination strategies and improving adherence to recommendations. Nevertheless, coverage for routinely recommended vaccines, including influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, remains suboptimal in this population. Vaccine hesitancy is an important barrier driven by concerns regarding safety, tolerability, disease flares and the potential induction of new autoimmune phenomena. Advanced therapies - including B cell-depleting agents, chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy and bispecific T cell engagers - can substantially impair vaccine-induced immune responses, highlighting the importance of optimizing vaccination timing in relation to treatment. Although most studies focus on humoral and cellular immune responses, evidence on the long-term durability of vaccine-induced immunity, the need for booster doses and real-world vaccine effectiveness in patients with ARDs remains limited. Ethical considerations are important. Although vaccination in adults is generally not mandatory, improving vaccine uptake reduces the burden of infections in patients with ARDs, contributes to herd immunity and provides indirect protection for other vulnerable populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":18810,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":33.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148888020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ADAR1 variants define an interferon-related subtype of psoriatic disease","authors":"Holly Webster","doi":"10.1038/s41584-026-01431-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41584-026-01431-0","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers identified 11 ADAR1 variants in patients with psoriatic disease, which were associated with a strong type I interferon signature.","PeriodicalId":18810,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Rheumatology","volume":"22 10","pages":"599-599"},"PeriodicalIF":33.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148875393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Air pollution worsens disease activity in RA","authors":"Jessica McHugh","doi":"10.1038/s41584-026-01432-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41584-026-01432-z","url":null,"abstract":"Higher levels of air pollution are associated with increased disease activity and flare risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to findings from a prospective cohort study.","PeriodicalId":18810,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Rheumatology","volume":"22 10","pages":"598-598"},"PeriodicalIF":33.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148840815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}