Thymus variants on imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-clinical and immunological significance.
Okinori MurataKatsuya SuzukiHiroaki SugiuraYasushi KondoMasaru TakeshitaKeiko KogaMaiko TakiguchiRina KurisuYoshiaki KassaiHidekata YasuokaKunihiro YamaokaRimpei MoritaAkihiko YoshimuraTsutomu TakeuchiPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2022)
Radiographic thymus variants were frequently observed in RA patients and may reflect an abnormal immune response involved in the pathogenesis of RA.
Keyphrases
- immune response
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- copy number
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- disease activity
- ankylosing spondylitis
- dendritic cells
- dna methylation
- toll like receptor
- photodynamic therapy
- systemic sclerosis
- fluorescence imaging
- patient reported outcomes