Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the
occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung …

Objective Systemic sclerosis ( SS c) is a heterogeneous connective tissue disease that is
typically subdivided into limited cutaneous SS c (lc SS c) and diffuse cutaneous SS c (dc SS c) …

Background Belimumab (Benlysta) is currently approved for the treatment of active Lupus
despite standard therapy. Few data are available on the efficacy of this drug in lupus nephritis (…

Objectives Baricitinib, an oral Janus kinase (JAK) 1-2 inhibitor, is currently used along biologic
DMARDs (bDMARDs) after the failure of methotrexate (MTX) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a member of a family of immunoglobulin-related
receptors that includes CD28, Inducible T-cell costimulator (ICOS), Programmed cell …

Highlights This study describes for the first time the clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection
in a male patient with Good's syndrome. Absence of peripheral B cells may not always …

Background The current subclassification of systemic sclerosis into cutaneous subtypes does
not fully capture the heterogeneity of the disease. We aimed to compare the performances …

Objective. The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of systolic pulmonary
artery pressure (sPAP) estimated by echocardiography in the multinational European League …

The variable-region (V) genes of the murine T-cell receptor beta chain exist largely as single-element
subfamilies. The V beta 5 and V beta 8 genes belong to the only two known three-…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of prostaglandin (PG) E1alpha-cyclodextrin
for Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) secondary to systemic sclerosis (SSc) and its effect on …