High-throughput technologies in human and animal studies have revealed novel molecular and cellular pathways involved in tissue inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fibroblasts have been in the ...

Background: Dysregulated complement activation, increased protein citrullination, and production of autoantibodies against citrullinated proteins are hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis ... activity ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic autoimmune ... Among environmental factors, only smoking can be considered as an established risk factor for RA, while mixed results have been observed ...