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Topic Rheumatology
BASIC RESEARCH
miR-223 promotes cartilage differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and protects against osteoarthritis by suppressing NLRP-3 expression
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(6):2002-2008
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis
Noelia Marquez Pete, Cristina Perez Ramirez, Maria del Mar Maldonado Montoro, Fernando Martinez Martinez, Fernando Fernández-Llimos, Antonio Sánchez Pozo, María del Carmen Ramirez Tortosa, Alberto Jiménez Morales
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(5):1529-1537
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Global, regional, and national burdens of rheumatoid arthritis in young adults from 1990 to 2019
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1153-1162
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Effects of perinatal disease activity on offspring’s growth in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Yu Wei, Yun Zhu, Jia Tang, Jie Li, Zhiqun Wang, Ziyi Jin, Jun Liang, Bingzhu Hua, Cheng Zhao, Hong Wang, Xuebing Feng
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(4):1171-1179
BASIC RESEARCH
Suppression of lncRNA-MALAT1 activity ameliorates femoral head necrosis by modulating mTOR signaling
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):612-617
BASIC RESEARCH
A network pharmacological study to unveil the mechanisms of xianlinggubao capsule in the treatment of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):557-566
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Investigative biological therapies for primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):506-516
Editor's Choice
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Global burden and epidemic trends of gout attributable to high body mass index from 1990 to 2019
Zhaokai Jin, Zhengming Wang, Rui Wang, Sicheng Xiang, Weiqing Zhang, Yi Tang, Peijian Tong, Yong Gu, Shuaijie Lv
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):71-80
ORIGINAL PAPER
miR-106a mimics the nuclear factor-κB signalling pathway by targeting DR6 in rats with osteoarthritis
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(1):302-308
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Increasing global burden of rheumatoid arthritis: an epidemiological analysis from 1990 to 2019
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(4):1037-1048
RESEARCH LETTER
The impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms in MTHFR and MTRR genes on disease activity and the presence of methotrexate treatment side effects in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(3):810-813
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Gout in the peri-scapular region manifests as paradoxical low back pain
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(3):829-831
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis as the first manifestation of multiple myeloma-associated amyloid arthropathy
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):539-541
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Involvement of anterior chest structures accompanied with chest pain in patients with gout
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):532-535
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mesenteric vasculitis with inferior vena cava thrombosis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):544-545
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Scleroderma renal crisis with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):536-538
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Amarogentin promotes osteoblast differentiation in oestrogen-deficiency-induced osteoporosis rats by modulating the Nrf-2/MAPK/ERK signalling pathway
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(2):452-457
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Predictors of disability in patients with chronic low back pain
Arch Med Sci 2023;19(1):94-100
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Raynaud’s phenomenon in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1716-1717
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Beneficial effect of pristimerin against the development of osteoporosis in ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis rats by the RANKL/TRAF6/NF-κB pathway
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(6):1650-1658
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Primary Sjögren’s syndrome combined with Chlamydia psittaci infection
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(4):1130-1131
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Overlap between Sjogren's syndrome and anti-synthetase syndrome: association or coincidence?
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(3):820-821
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Two complications in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: lupus cystitis and lupus enteritis
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(3):822-824
ORIGINAL PAPER
Influence of statin therapy on antiphospholipid antibodies and endothelial dysfunction in young patients with coronary artery disease and systemic lupus erythematosus
Adam Mazurek, Krzysztof Gryga, Kamil Bugala, Teresa Iwaniec, Jacek Musial, Piotr Podolec, Wojciech Plazak
Arch Med Sci 2022;18(1):18-24
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Management of rheumatoid arthritis in Poland – where daily practice might not always meet evidence-based guidelines
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(5):1286-1293
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Levels of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor and polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis
Napoleon Bellua Sam, Shi-Yang Guan, Peng Wang, Xiao-Mei Li, De-Guang Wang, Hai-Feng Pan, Dong-Qing Ye
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(5):1232-1240
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Maternal undernutrition during lactation leads to reduction in skull size and thickness of adult-aged Wistar rats
Lucas A.S. Pires, Albino Fonseca Junior, Carlos A.A. Chagas, Jorge H.M. Manaia, Vinicius S. Gameiro, Marcio A. Babinski
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(4):1093-1099
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Total knee arthroplasty using modified measured resection: a five-year retrospective review of midterm outcomes
Tran T. Dung, Vo S. Q. Nang, Dinh N. Son, Hoang G. Du, Nguyen H. Long, Le M. Son, Duong D. Toan, Do V. Minh, Nguyen H. Phuong, Ma N. Thanh
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):397-405
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A comparison of disease impact according to the cardiometabolic risk profile in psoriatic arthritis
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(2):557-560
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Urate crystal deposition in hyperuricemic children: a dual energy computed tomography study
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):100-105
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Serum interleukin-23 protects, whereas methotrexate treatment stimulates selected components of the metabolic syndrome in patients with SAPHO syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2021;17(1):120-126
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Dynamic thiol and disulphide homoeostasis in fibromyalgia
Gulsah Karatas, Ramazan Gunduz, Ismail Haskul, Betul Ustun, Salim Neselioglu, Fatih Karatas, Müfit Akyuz, Ozcan Erel
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(3):597-602
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of atherogenic laboratory markers in Behçet’s disease patients with vascular involvement
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(3):531-537
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Associations between nailfold capillaroscopy findings and interstitial lung disease in patients with mixed connective tissue disease
Magdalena Celińska-Löwenhoff, Maciej Pastuszczak, Karolina Pełka, Magdalena Stec-Polak, Anna Wojas-Pelc, Jacek Musiał
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(2):297-301
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Is pentraxin 3 level an effective biomarker in disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Arch Med Sci 2020;16(1):81-86
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Modulator role of infliximab and methotrexate through the transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) channel in neutrophils of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(6):1415-1424
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Abnormal serum fatty acid profile in psoriatic arthritis
Hanna Mysliwiec, Ewa Harasim-Symbor, Anna Baran, Małgorzata Szterling-Jaworowska, Anna J. Milewska, Adrian Chabowski, Iwona Flisiak
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(6):1407-1414
BASIC RESEARCH
Expression of microRNAs in the plasma of patients with acute gouty arthritis and the effects of colchicine and etoricoxib on the differential expression of microRNAs
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(4):1047-1055
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Psoriatic arthritis – new perspectives
Przemysław Krakowski, Agnieszka Gerkowicz, Aldona Pietrzak, Dorota Krasowska, Andrzej Jurkiewicz, Mieczysław Gorzelak, Robert A. Schwartz
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(3):580-589
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Quality of life related to foot health status in women with fibromyalgia: a case-control study
Patricia Palomo-López, César Calvo-Lobo, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias, David Rodriguez-Sanz, Rubén Sánchez-Gómez, Daniel López-López
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(3):694-699
BASIC RESEARCH
Lack of association of –863C/A (rs1800630) polymorphism of tumor necrosis factor-α gene with rheumatoid arthritis
Arch Med Sci 2019;15(2):531-536
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The role of demographic and clinical variables in assessing the quality of life of outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(5):1070-1079
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of Takayasu’s arteritis
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(5):1173-1174
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Leptin is associated with disease activity but not with anthropometric indices in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Amela Dervišević, Halima Resić, Šekib Sokolović, Nermina Babić, Nesina Avdagić, Asija Začiragić, Amela Bečiragić, Almir Fajkić, Orhan Lepara, Almira Hadžović-Dzuvo
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(5):1080-1086
CLINICAL RESEARCH
CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ T cells as a marker of disease activity and organ damage in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(5):1033-1040
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association of extrapituitary prolactin promoter polymorphism with disease susceptibility and anti-RNP antibodies in Mexican patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Jorge Hernández-Bello, Claudia A. Palafox-Sanchez, Samuel García-Arellano, Zyanya Reyes-Castillo, Ana L. Pereira-Suárez, Isela Parra-Rojas, José E. Navarro-Zarza, Ulises De la cruz-Mosso, Nora M. Torres-Carrillo, José Francisco Muñoz-Valle
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(5):1025-1032
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Do the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Sjögren’s syndrome outcome measures correlate with impaired quality of life, fatigue, anxiety and depression in primary Sjögren’s syndrome?
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(4):830-837
BASIC RESEARCH
Lutein prevents osteoarthritis through Nrf2 activation and downregulation of inflammation
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(3):617-624
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Sequentiality of treatment in the rheumatoid arthritis drug programme in the years 2009–2014
Małgorzata Tłustochowicz, Andrzej M. Śliwczyński, Melania Brzozowska, Zbigniew Teter, Michał Marczak
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(3):569-571
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The influence of various therapeutic regimens on early clinical and laboratory response and outcome of children with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Arch Med Sci 2018;14(1):138-150
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Interleukin 21 gene polymorphism rs2221903 is associated with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Arch Med Sci 2017;13(5):1142-1147
Searching for a good model for systemic sclerosis: the molecular profile and vascular changes occurring in UCD-200 chickens strongly resemble the early phase of human systemic sclerosis
Paola Cipriani, Paola Di Benedetto, Hermann Dietrich, Piero Ruscitti, Vasiliki Liakouli, Francesco Carubbi, Ilenia Pantano, Onorina Berardicurti, Roswitha Sgonc, Roberto Giacomelli
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):828-843
PUBLIC HEALTH
Evaluation of the quality of life of postmenopausal osteoporotic and osteopenic women with or without fractures
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):819-827
STATE OF THE ART PAPER
Botulinum toxin A in the treatment of Raynaud’s phenomenon: a systematic review
Arch Med Sci 2016;12(4):864-870
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Application of plantography examination to the assessment of foot deformity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(5):1015-1020
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism does not affect bone mass as determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, peripheral quantitative computed tomography and quantitative bone ultrasound in Spanish women
Juan D. Pedrera-Zamorano, Raul Roncero-Martin, Julian F. Calderon-Garcia, Mercedes Santos-Vivas, Vicente Vera, Mariana Martínez-Alvárez, Purificación Rey-Sanchez
Arch Med Sci 2015;11(5):1008-1014
Clinical research
Heart diastolic dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis
Michał Ciurzyński, Piotr Bienias, Katarzyna Irzyk, Maciej Kostrubiec, Agnieszka Szewczyk, Urszula Demkow, Maria Siwicka, Katarzyna Kurnicka, Barbara Lichodziejewska, Piotr Pruszczyk
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(3):445-454
Basic research
Association of temporomandibular dysfunction with the 102T-C polymorphism in the serotonin receptor gene in Brazilian patients
Luciana Venâncio Secches de Freitas, Ana Cláudia Polli Lopes, Vânia Belintani Piatto, José Victor Maniglia
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(6):1013-1018
Clinical research
Circulating vascular endothelial growth factor concentrations in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis
Kazim Senel, Tuba Baykal, Buminhan Seferoglu, Elif Umay Altas, Fatih Baygutalp, Mahir Ugur, Ahmet Kiziltunc
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(4):709-712
Experimental research
The effect of esculentoside A on lupus nephritis-prone BXSB mice
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(2):354-360
Clinical research
Identification of latent tuberculosis infection in rheumatic patients under consideration for treatment with anti-TNF-α agents
Arch Med Sci 2013;9(1):112-117
Experimental research
Temporal modifications in bone following spinal cord injury in rats
Carla Christina Medalha, Beatriz Oliveira Amorim, Kelly Rosseti Fernandes, Rosa Maria Pereira, Ana Cláudia Muniz Renno, Daniel Araki Ribeiro
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(6):1102-1107
Letter to the Editor
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in a patient with V Leiden variant
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(6):1117-1119
Clinical research
Characteristics of comorbidities and costs among patients who died from systemic lupus erythematosus in Taiwan
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(4):690-696
Review paper
Role of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies in diagnosis and prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(2):189-194
Clinical research
Multifactorial analysis of risk factors for reduced bone mineral density among postmenopausal women
Arch Med Sci 2012;8(2):332-341
Review paper
Association between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis, the role of vitamin D
Arch Med Sci 2011;7(2):179-188
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Nonlinear relationship between muscle quality index and hyperuricemia among non-elderly adults
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Correlation of age-adjusted visceral adiposity index with osteoarthritis risk: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 1999–2018
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(5):1907-1915
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Different antinuclear antibody subgroups of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5-positive dermatomyositis showed variability in clinical presentation: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Gang Wang, Dong Yan, Leixi Xue, Chenghua Weng, Lei Zhang, Lingxiao Xu, Fenghong Yuan, Ju Li, Min Wu, Zhanyun Da, Hua Wei, Lei Zhou, Songlou Yin, Jian Wu, Yan Lu, Dinglei Su, Lin Liu, Longxin Ma, Xiaoyan Xu, Huijie Liu, Tianli Ren, Yinshan Zang, Zhichun Liu
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(4):1345-1353
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Coexistence of adult-onset Still’s disease and SAPHO syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):1053-1056
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Good efficacy achieved by telitacicept in treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus with alopecia areata
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):1050-1052
RESEARCH LETTER
Acute renal failure caused by Sjögren’s syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis overlap syndrome
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):1034-1037
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Cutaneous ulcers in anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease: a multicentre retrospective cohort study
Gang Wang, Ru Yang, Dong Yan, Lei Zhang, Lingxiao Xu, Fenghong Yuan, Ju Li, Min Wu, Zhanyun Da, Hua Wei, Lei Zhou, Songlou Yin, Jian Wu, Yan Lu, Dinglei Su, Lin Liu, Longxin Ma, Xiaoyan Xu, Huijie Liu, Tianli Ren, Yinshan Zang, Zhichun Liu
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Women suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus are characterized by low blood levels of α-dicarbonyl compounds
Agnieszka Nowak, Brygida Przywara-Chowaniec, Aleksandra Damasiewicz-Bodzek, Beata Janoszka, Magdalena Szumska, Sławomir Waligóra, Krystyna Tyrpień-Golder
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(3):743-750
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW/META-ANALYSIS
Risk factors for cervical instability in rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis
Min Wang, Jinhua Shen, Jianghong Tan, Xiaoling Zhu, Hongxia Ma, Zhenhua Wen, Yanzhen Tian, Weimin Jiang
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):375-383
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Anemia in elderly rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cohort study
Arch Med Sci 2024;20(2):457-463
BASIC RESEARCH
The association between inefficient repair of oxidative DNA lesions and common polymorphisms of the key base excision repair genes as well as their expression levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Grzegorz Galita, Joanna Sarnik, Gabriela Zajac, Olga Brzezinska, Tomasz Budlewski, Marta Poplawska, Karolina Przybyłowska-Sygut, Joanna S. Makowska, Tomasz Poplawski
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(3):1010-1017
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients under treatment with pharmacological immunosuppression. A Swiss cohort study
Antonio Galante, Benedetta Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli, Alberto Pagnamenta, Lorenzo Ruinelli, Massimo Leo, Andrea De Gottardi
Arch Med Sci 2025;21(3):845-851
RESEARCH PAPER
Relationship between postmenopausal osteoporosis and glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) polymorphism in a Turkish population
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Interplay between IL-17 family members and angiogenic cytokines in subjects with systemic sclerosis
Ewa Robak, Zofia Gerlicz-Kowalczuk, Agata Liszewska, Bozena Dziankowska-Bartkowiak, Anna Wozniacka, Jaroslaw Bogaczewicz
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Kawasaki disease in Latvia 2012–2019: epidemiology and rate of resistance to initial treatment
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Association of genetic polymorphisms on methotrexate toxicity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
María José Zarzuelo Romero, María del Mar Maldonado Montoro, Cristina Pérez Ramírez, Noelia Márquez Pete, Almudena Sánchez Martín, Fernando Martínez Martínez, Miguel Ángel Calleja Hernández, María Carmen Ramírez Tortosa, Alberto Jiménez Morales
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| ISSN: | 1734-1922 |
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