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Rheumatology
9 Mins
1 Aug 2017

Editor’s Pick: Why do Diseases Start One Sided? Clues From HLA-B27 Acute Anterior Uveitis

Uveitis is an inflammatory disease with significant disease burden, as it causes ≤10% of legal blindness in the USA.
Rheumatology
8 Mins
1 Aug 2017

Osmolytes as Mediators of the Muscle Tissue’s Responses to Inflammation: Emerging Regulators of Myositis with Therapeutic Potential

In this review, the role of the organic osmolytes taurine, betaine, myo-inositol, and sorbitol in skeletal muscles in general, and in myositis in…
Rheumatology
10 Mins
1 Aug 2017

Advances in Epigenetics and Integration of Omics in Lupus

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic, multi-organ disease that predominantly affects young women of childbearing age.
Rheumatology
7 Mins
1 Aug 2017

Nanomedicines for Increased Specificity and Therapeutic Efficacy of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis, the most frequent chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease, can lead to pain, bone and articular destruction, and limb…
Rheumatology
9 Mins
1 Aug 2017

Vitamin D Deficiency and Chronic Widespread Pain

Vitamin D acts as a steroid hormone possessing important functions in calcium and phosphorus balance and bone health.
Nephrology
10 Mins
18 Jul 2017

Editor's Pick: Acute Kidney Injury in Tropical Countries

Acute kidney injury in tropical countries is strikingly different from that in countries with a temperate climate.
Nephrology
8 Mins
18 Jul 2017

Vitamin D After Kidney Transplantation: Metabolism and Clinical Importance

Vitamin D (VD) is a key factor in calcium-phosphorus metabolism. In addition, it has increasing popularity due to its pleiotropic effects: renal…
Nephrology
9 Mins
18 Jul 2017

Intra-Abdominal Candidiasis

Intra-abdominal candidiasis (IAC) is the second most common form of invasive candidiasis after candidaemia.