After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have ...

Millions of people around the world have an autoimmune disorder known as rheumatoid arthritis, which can cause serious joint pain, swelling, and damage... | Microbiology ...

Mechanism whereby T cell plasticity, a process originating in the gut and aided by gut microbiota, promotes autoimmunity at gut-distal sites.

Previous studies have demonstrated that osteopontin, a proinflammatory cytokine, has an important role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid ... induced arthritis (CIA), an animal model of human ...

“These observations may be the result of direct metabolic or proinflammatory effects of weight fluctuation, as has been ...

According to some studies, over 50% of the population aged 65 and older experience symptoms of osteoarthritis, while rheumatoid arthritis is known to be a serious chronic disease that affects ...

The findings likely have relevance to human patients, Wu said: Many of the gene expressions detected in these abnormal cells in mice also exist in the same cells in people with rheumatoid arthritis.