Beyond methotrexate: biologic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis

AJ Ostör - Clinical medicine, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In addition to cytokine targeting, there is increasing interest in B lymphocyte
immunomodulation as these cells may mediate inflammation in RA via rheumatoid factors …

Pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: targeting cytokines

J Zwerina, K Redlich, G Schett… - Annals of the New York …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Although considerable progress has been made by adequate treatment with traditional
disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), therapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) still …

Do we need new treatment that goes beyond tumor necrosis factor blockers for rheumatoid arthritis?

RE Voll, JR Kalden - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a prevalence of approximately 1%, making it the most
common inflammatory rheumatic disease. The outcome for RA patients has significantly …

Biologics‐based therapy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

DL Scott - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains a major clinical problem, but treatments involving
biologics have revolutionized its management. They target pathogenically relevant cytokines …

Combination cytokine blockade: the way forward in therapy for rheumatoid arthritis?

PC Taylor, RO Williams - Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Two decades ago, patients presenting with the heterogeneous condition termed rheumatoid
arthritis (RA), best thought of as a syndrome, had a variable, but often poor, prognosis. Since …

[CITATION][C] Biologic agents for treating rheumatoid arthritis. Concepts and progress

LW Moreland, LW Heck Jr… - Arthritis & Rheumatism …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The therapeutic agents currently available to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA)(disease-
modifying antirheumatic drugs [DMARDs]) generally were not mitially developed for treating …

Methotrexate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the biologic era: still an “anchor” drug?

EG Favalli, M Biggioggero, PL Meroni - Autoimmunity reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The improvement of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management has been strictly related to
methotrexate (MTX) long-term effectiveness, safety profile and its widespread use in clinical …

Rheumatoid arthritis: where are we now?

J Smolen, EC Keystone - Rheumatology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
RA is an autoimmune disease of unknown aetiology that primarily targets synovial tissues,
cartilage and bone, and is the most common form of immune-mediated arthritis [1]. Although …

Is there a need for new therapies for rheumatoid arthritis?

RM Fleischmann - The Journal of Rheumatology Supplement, 2005 - jrheum.org
Although traditional disease modifying and biological response modifying agents are very
useful in controlling disease activity, limiting disease progression, and improving function in …

[HTML][HTML] Novel immunotherapies for rheumatoid arthritis

S Richardson, J Isaacs - Clinical Medicine, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting 1% of adults in the
developed world. 1 In addition to joint inflammation and damage, the systemic effects of RA …