Ted R Mikuls, Joshua F Baker, Grant W Cannon, Bryant R England, Gail Kerr, Andreas Reimold
{"title":"The Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry: A unique population in rheumatoid arthritis research.","authors":"Ted R Mikuls, Joshua F Baker, Grant W Cannon, Bryant R England, Gail Kerr, Andreas Reimold","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152580","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As the largest integrated healthcare system in the U.S., the Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a unique context for the conduct of clinical and clinical-translational research in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To review attributes of the VA Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry (RA) and highlight its research contributions.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>With >3,600 participants enrolled from 19 VA medical centers across the U.S., VARA includes longitudinally collected clinical data and a central biorepository that includes serum, plasma, and DNA collected at enrollment. VARA research capacity is enhanced via active linkages with internal data including the VA's Corporate Data Warehouse and elements captured during oncology care. This capacity is further enabled via active linkages with the National Death Index and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>As a highly unique study population with comprehensive data annotation available to researchers, VARA is poised to continue address impactful questions in RA for years to come.</p>","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152580"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142695910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial intelligence as an assistant for studying treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"Katherine P Liao, Tianxi Cai","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152591","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152591"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mazen Nasrallah , Greg Challener , Sara Schoenfeld , Mark Matza , Donald Lawrence , Meghan J. Mooradian , Kerry L Reynolds , Ryan J. Sullivan , Minna J. Kohler
{"title":"Musculoskeletal ultrasound characteristics of checkpoint inhibitor-associated inflammatory arthritis","authors":"Mazen Nasrallah , Greg Challener , Sara Schoenfeld , Mark Matza , Donald Lawrence , Meghan J. Mooradian , Kerry L Reynolds , Ryan J. Sullivan , Minna J. Kohler","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152573","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152573","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Cancer immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibition (ICI) has revolutionized the treatment of solid cancers; however, it is associated with a spectrum of immune-related adverse events (irAEs), including inflammatory arthritis. Here we report our experience with the use of point-of-care musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) and provide a description of MSKUS findings in patients with definite musculoskeletal irAEs.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Patients ≥18 years who received ICI at the Mass General Cancer Center from 2010–2019 were referred to rheumatology by oncology for evaluation of musculoskeletal symptoms following ICI therapy. Fifty-five patients with suspected MSK irAEs had MSKUS performed and interpreted by the same ultrasonographer. Findings were reviewed and confirmed by a blinded US reader. US findings in patients with definite de novo MSK irAEs were reviewed and correlated with the presence or absence of documented clinical synovitis and with available synovial fluid analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Thirty-four out of fifty-five patients (62 %) had definite de novo irAE. Seven patients were identified with alternative etiologies assisted by diagnostic MSKUS. Twenty patients with definite de novo irAE had clinical evidence of synovitis at the time of the initial MSKUS examination, while 14 did not. Among patients with clinically evident synovitis, MSKUS examination confirmed inflammatory pathology in all patients. The most common MSKUS features identified were grade 2 or higher synovial thickening (80 %), hyperemia measured by color power Doppler (CPD) signal (70 %), and tenosynovitis (60 %). Among the 14 patients without clinically evident synovitis, inflammatory features were identified in 10 patients (71 %); the most common features identified were > grade 1 synovial proliferation, hyperemia and tenosynovitis. Of 15 patients who underwent synovial fluid analysis, 7 patients had synovial fluid cell counts < 2000 cells/µL considered traditionally within the ‘non-inflammatory’ range, and all 7 patients were noted to have inflammatory MSKUS findings.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Point-of-care MSKUS is a valuable tool in the evaluation of potential MSK irAEs. Our data demonstrates its ability to expediate early identification of subclinical synovitis and/or tenosynovitis even when synovial fluid analysis is within the traditional non-inflammatory range.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":"69 ","pages":"Article 152573"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unraveling the role of neutrophil extracellular traps in rheumatoid arthritis: From triggers to therapeutic targets.","authors":"Carmelo Carmona-Rivera, Shuichiro Nakabo, Mariana J Kaplan","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152585"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142648636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Augusto Garcia-Agundez, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdany
{"title":"Promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence models in forecasting rheumatoid arthritis treatment response and outcomes.","authors":"Augusto Garcia-Agundez, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdany","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152584","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>None.</p>","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152584"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The cause is worse than the effect: Inequities in the United States health system; how could we change them?","authors":"Iris Navarro-Millán","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152590","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Para.</p>","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152590"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS®) measures in rheumatoid arthritis clinical care, research, and trials.","authors":"Clifton O Bingham, Susan J Bartlett","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152576","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152576"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metabolic checkpoints in rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"Cornelia M Weyand, Jörg J Goronzy","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152586","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Rheumatoid Arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting 0.5-1 % of the population. Despite a growing therapeutic armamentarium, RA remains incurable, and many patients suffer significant morbidity over time. The strongest genetic risk derives from HLA class II polymorphisms, implicating T cells as pathogenic drivers. Innate immune cells, e.g. monocytes and macrophages (Mⱷ) contribute to chronic tissue inflammation through an array of pro-inflammatory functions but also present antigen to autoreactive T cells. Differentiation, survival, and effector functions of both T cells and Mⱷ are ultimately controlled by their bioenergetic and biosynthetic programs, identifying cellular metabolism as a critical disease mechanism in RA.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Summarize current knowledge about metabolic conditions in the RA joint and disease-relevant metabolic circuits shaping the effector repertoire of RA T cells and Mⱷ.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The rheumatoid joint is a glucose deplete tissue environment, selecting for invading immune cells that can survive on non-glucose fuel sources. Inflamed synovium instead offers the amino acid glutamine and RA CD4<sup>+</sup>T cells and RA Mⱷ rely on glutamine and glutamate to support their pathogenic functions. The metabolic hallmark of RA T cells is their low mitochondrial performance, resulting in low ATP production, low generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and low availability of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates, all shifting RA T cells towards autoreactivity. The underlying defect stems from insufficient repair of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Functional consequences include reversal of the TCA cycle, accumulation of citrate and lack of malate production. Excessive citrate promotes cytoskeletal hyperacetylation, creating hypermigratory and tissue-invasive T cells. Surplus acetyl-CoA supports lipid droplet formation and lipotoxicity. Lack of malate production disrupts the malate-aspartate shuttle, restricts recovery of cytosolic NAD and drives the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) into expansion. The bioenergetically stressed ER accumulates TNF mRNA and turns RA T cells into TNF superproducers. ATP low production renders RA T cells susceptible to cell death, depositing highly inflammatory mtDNA in the tissue. Mitochondrial deficiency leads to a slowdown in glycolysis and pyruvate processing, such that RA CD4<sup>+</sup>T cells shunt glucose towards the pentose phosphate pathway to support nucleotide synthesis and clonal proliferation. Metabolically deprived CD4<sup>+</sup>T cells partner with Mⱷ that have highly functional mitochondria. A hallmark of RA Mⱷ is the high expression of the DNA binding protein RFX5, which co-ordinates adaptations to metabolic needs with function. RFX5 upregulates HLA-DR expression and induces the glutaminolytic enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase 1 (GLUD1), providing bioenergetic resources for antigen presentation and surviv","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152586"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142644771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vandana Suresh, Mary K Crow, Jennifer H Anolik, S Louis Bridges, David S Pisetsky
{"title":"Highlights from the 2024 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Summit.","authors":"Vandana Suresh, Mary K Crow, Jennifer H Anolik, S Louis Bridges, David S Pisetsky","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152589","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152589"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142676541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microbial pathways contributing to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"Kristine A Kuhn","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152587","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152587","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>None.</p>","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":" ","pages":"152587"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142627716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}