Volume 17 Issue 4, April 2021

An important question for patients and providers is whether and to what extent dietary interventions, diet supplements or weight loss can help to prevent incident gout or manage existing gout. Evidence is emerging, but randomized trials are still needed to fill this important knowledge gap.

The field of rheumatology is poised to categorize the phenotypes of systemic autoimmune diseases on the basis of measurable and quantifiable molecular signatures. Emerging efforts to identify similarities across diseases, predict clinical outcomes and predict response to therapy using quantitative, data-driven approaches could considerably change treatment paradigms.

Tissues are composed of cells and an extracellular matrix. In this Review, the authors discuss how a greater understanding of the role of the synovial extracellular matrix in rheumatoid arthritis could lead to improved disease diagnosis and new therapies.

TNF inhibitors are used to treat various immune-related adverse events caused by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, whether TNF inhibition compromises the anticancer efficacy of ICI therapy is unknown. This Review discusses the relationship between TNF, TNF inhibition and cancer.

Intestinal dysbiosis is thought to be involved in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this Review, the authors discuss the gut–joint axis in RA and the potentially pathogenic role of gut-derived immune cells in the joints.

In this Consensus Statement, an expert panel from the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Clinics Multicenter Advancement Network (PPACMAN) recommends terminology for defining specific subgroups of individuals during the preclinical and early clinical phases of psoriatic arthritis to be used in research studies.