Modern Rheumatology

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The 2020 revised comprehensive diagnostic (RCD) criteria for IgG4-RD	208
Anifrolumab, a monoclonal antibody to the type I interferon receptor subunit 1, for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: an overview from clinical trials	50
Real-world treatment of gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia: A cross-sectional study of Japanese health insurance claims data	40
A review of upadacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis	33
Drug treatment algorithm and recommendations from the 2020 update of the Japan College of Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis—secondary publication	32
Which is the best SLE activity index for clinical trials?	24
Depression, physical function, and disease activity associated with frailty in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	22
Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases: A new concept and indication of nintedanib	20
Long-term outcomes of refractory Takayasu arteritis patients treated with biologics including ustekinumab	20
Filgotinib, a novel JAK1-preferential inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: An overview from clinical trials	19
Association of methotrexate use and lymphoproliferative disorder in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results from a Japanese multi-institutional retrospective study	18
Renin–angiotensin system molecules are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis	16
Clinical features of dermatomyositis associated with anti-MDA5 antibodies by age	16
Clinical features of elderly-onset Adult-onset Still’s disease	15
Clinicopathological characteristics of lymphoproliferative disorders in 232 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Japan: A retrospective, multicenter, descriptive study	15
The effect of gender on disease activity and clinical characteristics in patients with axial psoriatic arthritis	15
Treatment strategies for elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis in the new era	15
Nintedanib in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease: A Japanese population analysis of the SENSCIS trial	13
Uric acid-mediated inflammasome activation in IL-6 primed innate immune cells is regulated by baricitinib	13
Investigation of the effectiveness of aerobic exercise training in individuals with ankylosing spondylitis: Randomized controlled study	13
Antiphospholipid antibodies in COVID-19-associated pneumonia patients in intensive care unit	13
Efficacy and safety of canakinumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: 48-week results from an open-label phase III study in Japanese patients	12
Characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis with immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorders to regress spontaneously by the withdrawal of methotrexate and their clinical course: A retrospec	12
Comparable efficacy of denosumab and romosozumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving glucocorticoid administration	12
Tofacitinib in interstitial lung disease complicated with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis: A literature review	12

Effects of follow-on therapy after denosumab discontinuation in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis	12
A phase 2 study of E6011, an anti-Fractalkine monoclonal antibody, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis inadequately responding to biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs	11
Does exercise therapy improve patient-reported outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis for the update of the 2020 JCR guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthri	11
Effects of brief self-exercise education on the management of chronic low back pain: A community-based, randomized, parallel-group pragmatic trial	11
Systematic review and meta-analysis of biosimilar for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis informing the 2020 update of the Japan College of Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines for the manageme	11
SAPHO syndrome and pustulotic arthro-osteitis	11
Association between fall history and performance-based physical function and postural sway in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	10
Prevalence and clinical association with calcinosis cutis in early systemic sclerosis	10
Chronic postsurgical pain after total knee arthroplasty: A prospective cohort study in Japanese population	10
COVID-19 in patients with Behçet’s disease: Outcomes and rate of Behçet’s exacerbations in a retrospective cohort	10
Complexity of enthesitis and new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis: current understanding of the immunopathology and therapeutic approaches	10
Comprehensive review on intravertebral intraspinal, intrajoint, and intradiscal vacuum phenomenon: From anatomy and physiology to pathology	10
Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis	9
Potential of the prognostic nutritional index to determine the risk factor for severe infection in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis	9
Pool-based exercise for amelioration of pain in adults with fibromyalgia syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Efficacy and safety of filgotinib in combination with methotrexate in Japanese patients with active rheumatoid arthritis who have an inadequate response to methotrexate: Subpopulation analyses of 24-w	9
Efficacy and safety of the anti-TNF multivalent NANOBODY® compound ozoralizumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate: A 52-week result of a Phase II/III stu	9
Evaluation of changes in oral health-related quality of life over time in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome	9
Efficacy and safety of apremilast for 3 months in Behçet’s disease: A prospective observational study	9
Efficacy and safety of avacopan in Japanese patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: A subanalysis of a randomized Phase 3 study	9
Interluekin-6 inhibitors for the treatment of adult-onset Still’s disease	9
Antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in patients with rheumatic diseases in Japan: Interim analysis of a multicentre cohort study	8
Annual variation rate of KL-6 for predicting acute exacerbation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease	8
Role of dietary patterns and factors in determining the risk of knee osteoarthritis: A meta-analysis	8
Lupus manifestations in children with primary immunodeficiency diseases: Comprehensive phenotypic and genetic features and outcome	8
The involvement of leucine-rich α-2 glycoprotein in the progression of skin and lung fibrosis in bleomycin-induced systemic sclerosis model	8
Severe joint deformity and patient global assessment of disease are associated with discrepancies between sonographic and clinical remission: A cross-sectional study of rheumatoid arthritis patients	8
How should rheumatologists manage glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia?	8
Low-dose mepolizumab is effective as an add-on therapy for treating long-lasting peripheral neuropathy in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis	8
Macrophage activation syndrome in patients with adult-onset Still’s disease under tocilizumab treatment: A single-center observational study	8
Predictors of long-term therapy with glucocorticoid in polymyalgia rheumatica	8
Pyroptosis inhibition alleviates potassium oxonate- and monosodium urate-induced gouty arthritis in mice	7
Subcutaneous injection of methotrexate: Advantages in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis	7
Effectiveness and safety of infliximab dose escalation in patients with refractory Takayasu arteritis: A real-life experience from a monocentric cohort	7
Iguratimod treatment reduces disease activity in early primary Sjögren's syndrome: An open-label pilot study	7
Evaluation of the Central Sensitization Inventory Score in elderly adults with musculoskeletal examination	7
Clinical features and prognosis of nocardiosis in patients with connective tissue diseases	7
Clinical phenotypes and genetic analyses for diagnosis of systemic autoinflammatory diseases in adult patients with unexplained fever	7
Trend in prescription and treatment retention of molecular-targeted drugs in 121,131 Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based real-world study	7
Efficacy and safety of sodium RISedronate for glucocorticoid-induced OsTeoporosis with rheumaTOid arthritis (RISOTTO study): A multicentre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial	7
The prevalence, burden of disease, and healthcare utilization of patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis in Japan: a retrospective, descriptive cohort claims database study	7
Efficacy and safety of anti-TNF multivalent NANOBODY® compound ‘ozoralizumab’ without methotrexate co-administration in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: A 52-week result of phase III, random	7
Epidemiological study of osteonecrosis of the femoral head using the national registry of designated intractable diseases in Japan	7
Avacopan, a selective C5a receptor antagonist, for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis	7
Clinical profile and outcome of large-vessel giant cell arteritis in Japanese patients: A single-centre retrospective cohort study	7
Prevention of bone loss and improvement of pain-related behavior in hind limb-unloaded mice by administration of teriparatide and bisphosphonate	7
The prevalence and impact of sarcopenia in females undergoing total hip arthroplasty: A prospective study	7
Safety and effectiveness of baricitinib for rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese clinical practice: 24-week results of all-case post-marketing surveillance	7
Central sensitization in axial spondyloarthritis: An explorative study with quantitative sensory testing and clinical scales	7
The relationship between platelet to albumin ratio and disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis patients	7

Distinct clinical characteristics of pediatric Behçet’s syndrome: A study from a referral center in China	7
Kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in patients with familial Mediterranean fever	6
Comparison of therapeutic effects of combination therapy with prednisolone and tacrolimus or azathioprine on progressive interstitial pneumonia with systemic sclerosis	6
Nation-wide survey of the treatment trend of microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis in Japan using the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Database	6
Efficacy and safety of filgotinib in Japanese patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis: Subgroup analyses of a global phase 3 study (FINCH 2)	6
Systematic review for the treatment of older rheumatoid arthritis patients informing the 2020 update of the Japan College of Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines for the management of rheumatoid	6
Risk factors of postoperative delayed wound healing in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with a biological agent	6
Long-term safety and effectiveness of mycophenolate mofetil in adults with lupus nephritis: a real-world study in Japan	6
Rituximab in the real-world treatment of lupus nephritis: A retrospective cohort study in Japan	6
Population-based prevalence of femoroacetabular impingement in Japan	6
QTc interval prolongation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with hydroxychloroquine	6
The efficacy and safety of reduced-dose sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim for chemoprophylaxis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with rheumatic diseases	6
Foot orthosis treatment improves physical activity but not muscle quantity in patients with concurrent rheumatoid arthritis and sarcopenia	6
Initial predictors of skin thickness progression in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: Results from a multicentre prospective cohort in Japan	6
Assessment of discordance of treatment satisfaction between patients with rheumatoid arthritis in low disease activity or in remission and their treating physicians: A cross-sectional survey	6
A pooled safety analysis of peficitinib (ASP015K) in Asian patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated over a median of 2 years	6
Questionnaire survey on transitional care for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and families	6
A multicentre, large-scale, observational study of tocilizumab in patients with Takayasu arteritis in Japan: The ACTEMRA® (ACT)-Bridge study	6
Neuropathic component of low back pain in patients with ankylosing spondylitis	6
Recent advances in IgG4-related kidney disease	6
A nationwide questionnaire survey on the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in Japan	6
Central sensitization and its relationship with health profile in Behçet’s disease	6
Sarcopenia in Japanese younger patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study	6
The impact of coexisting fibromyalgia syndrome on disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study	6
Three-year results of denosumab treatment for osteoporosis in women with rheumatoid arthritis and primary osteoporosis: A clinical observational study	6
Evaluation of retinal vascularization by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in rheumatoid arthritis, and its relationship with disease activity	5
Patients’ perspectives of rheumatoid arthritis treatment: a questionnaire survey for the 2020 update of the Japan college of rheumatology clinical practice guidelines	5
Glucocorticoids in the treatment of IgG4-related disease—Prospects for new international treatment guidelines	5
Should we reconsider the definition of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis in an ageing society?	5
Relationship between locomotive syndrome and frailty in rheumatoid arthritis patients by locomotive syndrome stage	5
Have the radiographic characteristics of total knee arthroplasty recipients in rheumatoid arthritis changed after the induction of biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs?	5
Fifteen-year trends in the number and age of patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing total knee and hip arthroplasty: A comparison study with osteoarthritis	5
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis after regression of lymphoproliferative disorders in patients treated with methotrexate: a retrospective, multi-center descriptive study	5
Efficacy and safety of peficitinib in rheumatoid arthritis	5
Management of sarcopenia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	5
Usefulness of ultrasound as a predictor of elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis with polymyalgia rheumatica-like onset	5
Development and validation of a quality of life scale in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMFQoL)	5
Lower CH50 as a predictor for intractable or recurrent lupus enteritis: A retrospective observational study	5
Serum protein levels of YKL-40 and plasma miR-214 expression in patients with systemic sclerosis	5
Urticaria and increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study in European population	5
Clinical practice guidance for Sjögren’s syndrome in pediatric patients (2018) – summarized and updated	5
Beneficial effects of apremilast on genital ulcers, skin lesions, and arthritis in patients with Behçet’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Relationship between disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis and development of locomotive syndrome: A five-year longitudinal cohort study	5
Real-world safety and efficacy of CT-P13, an infliximab biosimilar, in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients naïve to or switched from biologics	5
Association between low back pain and quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis according to patient-reported outcomes using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Quest	5
miR-144-3p aggravated cartilage injury in rheumatoid arthritis by regulating BMP2/PI3K/Akt axis	5
Effectiveness of combination tocilizumab and glucocorticoids as an induction therapy in patients with Takayasu arteritis: An observational study	5
Ultrasound assessment of sarcopenia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	5
Automatic quantification and grading of hip bone marrow oedema in ankylosing spondylitis based on deep learning	5
Apremilast in a Japanese subgroup with Behçet’s syndrome: Results from a Phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study	5
Predictors of persistent inflammation in children with familial Mediterranean fever	5
B-Cell depletion therapy in IgG4-related disease: State of the art and future perspectives	5
Comprehensive risk analysis of postoperative complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis for the 2020 update of the Japan College of Rheumatology clinical practice guidelines for the managemen	5
Clinical features and outcomes of childhood polyarteritis nodosa: A single referral center experience	5
A multianalyte assay for the detection of dermatomyositis-related autoantibodies based on immunoprecipitation combined with immunoblotting	5
The risk factors and incidence of major infectious diseases in patients with ankylosing spondylitis receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitors	5
MicroRNA-106b overexpression suppresses synovial inflammation and alleviates synovial damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	5
The role of ultrasound and FDG-PET/CT to detect extracranial artery involvement in patients with suspected large vessel vasculitis	5
Good response to methotrexate is associated with a decrease in the gene expression of ABCG2, a drug transporter, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	5
Long-term outcome and predictors of remission in Behçet’s disease in daily practice	5
Interferons and systemic lupus erythematosus: Pathogenesis, clinical features, and treatments in interferon-driven disease	5
Upadacitinib monotherapy versus methotrexate monotherapy in methotrexate-naïve Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a sub-analysis of the Phase 3 SELECT-EARLY study	5
JKAP serves as a potential biomarker for the evaluation of inflammatory condition, disease activity, and treatment response to TNF inhibitor in ankylosing spondylitis patients	4
Relationships between inflammation markers and the risk of hypertension in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: A retrospective cohort study	4
Phenotypic landscape of systemic lupus erythematosus: An analysis of the Kyoto Lupus Cohort	4
Efficacy and safety of canakinumab for colchicine-resistant or colchicine-intolerant familial Mediterranean fever: A single-centre observational study	4
Ultrasonography of IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis: Imaging features and clinical usefulness	4
HR-pQCT in vivo imaging of periarticular bone changes in chronic inflammatory diseases: Data from acquisition to impact on treatment indications	4
Symptoms compatible with Rome IV functional bowel disorder in patients with ankylosing spondylitis	4
Comparison of physical activity levels among different sub-types of axial spondyloarthritis patients and healthy controls	4
Volumetric reduction and dissolution prediction of monosodium urate crystal during urate-lowering therapy – a study using dual-energy computed tomography	4
Rituximab maintenance therapy for patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in Japan	4
Establishing clinical remission criteria and the framework of a treat-to-target algorithm for Takayasu arteritis: Results of a Delphi exercise carried out by an expert panel of the Japan Research Comm	4
Improvement of locomotive syndrome after total hip arthroplasty: A two-year longitudinal cohort study	4
Clinical characteristics and social productivity levels of patients with malignant rheumatoid arthritis based on a nationwide clinical database in Japan: annual survey from 2003 to 2013	4
Comparison of romosozumab versus denosumab treatment on bone mineral density after 1 year in rheumatoid arthritis patients with severe osteoporosis: A randomized clinical pilot study	4
Differences in knee joint degeneration between primary hip osteoarthritis and hip osteoarthritis secondary to hip developmental dysplasia: A propensity score-based analysis	4
Status of fracture risk assessment and osteoporosis treatment in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis	4
Global research trends in hyperuricemia: a bibliometric and visualized study	4
Changes in treatment adherence and behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results from cross-sectional study in the IORRA cohort	4

Usefulness of daily folic acid supplementation during methotrexate treatment of Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis	4
Effectiveness and safety of subcutaneous abatacept in biologic-naïve RA patients at Week 52: A Japanese multicentre investigational study (ORIGAMI study)	4
Therapeutic effect of targeting Substance P on the progression of osteoarthritis	4
Differences of 2-year longitudinal changes of locomotive syndrome among patients treated with thoracolumbar interbody fusion, total hip arthroplasty, and total knee arthroplasty for degenerative disea	4
Two distinct subsets of LDGs (low density granulocytes) in ANCA-associated vasculitis	4
Clinical aspects in patients with rheumatoid arthritis complicated with lymphoproliferative disorders without regression after methotrexate withdrawal and treatment for arthritis after regression of l	4
Evaluation of quality and reliability of musculoskeletal ultrasound videos on YouTube	4
Cost-effectiveness analyses of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic diseases in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Three approaches with a cohort simulation and real-world	4
Vitamin D receptor expression in SLE peripheral blood CD4+T cells is associated with disease activity and cell apoptosis	4
High plasma homocysteine level is associated with increased prevalence of the non-remission state in rheumatoid arthritis: Findings from the KURAMA cohort	4
Validation of new ACR/EULAR 2022 classification criteria for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis	4
What is the impact of methotrexate on liver in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis? Results of liver SWE performed in a single centre	4
Systematic review and meta-analysis for 2023 clinical practice guidelines of the Japan Research Committee of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare for Intractable Vasculitis for the management o	4
Risk of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the biologics era from 2011 to 2015 and its association with methotrexate, biologics, and corticosteroids	4
Minimum 10 years clinical results of an anatomical short stem with a proximal hydroxyapatite coating	4
Efficacy of local oxygen–ozone therapy for the treatment of digital ulcer refractory to medical therapy in systemic sclerosis: A randomized controlled study	4
Evaluation of vitamin D profile in juvenile idiopathic arthritis	4
Differences in sex- and age-associated mortality in patients with anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis	4
Effect of hydroxychloroquine on angiographic progression in routine treatment of Takayasu arteritis	4
Deep learning methods in the diagnosis of sacroiliitis from plain pelvic radiographs	4
The real-world effectiveness of anti-RANKL antibody denosumab on the clinical fracture prevention in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The ANSWER cohort study	4
Drug efficacy and safety of biologics and Janus kinase inhibitors in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis	4
The effect of parity, history of preeclampsia, and pregnancy care on the incidence of subsequent preeclampsia in multiparous women with SLE	4
Trends in risks of malignancies in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Analyses from a 14-year observation of the IORRA cohort	4
Similar short-term KOOS between open-wedge high tibial osteotomy and total knee arthroplasty in patients over age 60: A propensity score–matched cohort study	4
Is musculoskeletal pain related to locomotive syndrome even in young and middle-aged adults?	4
Polypharmacy, declined walking speed, bent back, and disability associated with a history of falls in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the IORRA cohort study	4
The immune dysregulations in COVID-19: Implications for the management of rheumatic diseases	4
Simplified disease activity index and clinical disease activity index before and during pregnancy correlate with those at postpartum in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	4
Treatment patterns and health care resource utilization among Japanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A hospital claims database analysis	4
Detection of nerve enlargement with ultrasound and correlation with skin biopsy findings in painful sensory neuropathy associated with Sjögren’s syndrome	4
Hyperglobulinemia predicts increased risk of mortality in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: Based on a Chinese multicentre registry	4
Clinical significance of HScore and MS score comparison in the prognostic evaluation of anti-MDA5-positive patients with dermatomyositis and interstitial lung disease	4
Mast cells can produce transforming growth factor β1 and promote tissue fibrosis during the development of Sjögren’s syndrome-related sialadenitis	4