Cardiovascular disease (CV) is the most common cause of premature mortality in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This is the result of an accelerated atherosclerotic process. …

Immunoglobulin-A vasculitis (IgAV) is classically a childhood small-sized blood vessel vasculitis
with predominant involvement of the skin. Gastrointestinal and joint manifestations are …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease associated with
accelerated atherosclerosis and increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. AS patients also …

Objective Clinical heterogeneity, a hallmark of systemic autoimmune diseases, impedes
early diagnosis and effective treatment, issues that may be addressed if patients could be …

Objective In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), insulin resistance (IR), a component of
the metabolic syndrome, is closely linked to the systemic inflammation induced by …

The aim of this study was to determine the role of endothelin-1 (ET-1), a molecule involved
in multiple vascular and fibrosing abnormalities, as a biomarker of interstitial lung disease (…

The genetic component of Immunoglobulin-A (IgA) vasculitis is still far to be elucidated. To
increase the current knowledge on the genetic component of this vasculitis we performed the …

Introduction Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) have a high disease burden mainly
due to the rheumatic disease itself, and also exhibit accelerated atherosclerosis, that leads …

Objectives To determine the potential impact of sex-specific disease-related characteristics
on cardiovascular (CV) disease in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods Cross-sectional …

Introduction A study was conducted to determine whether the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)
B alleles are implicated in the susceptibility to Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) in the …