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Connectivity to other fields brings new ideas

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Multiple scientific fields pertaining to inflammation, including the fields of cardiovascular, infection and cancer research, are increasingly contributing to our understanding of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In 2017, such research has helped develop our understanding of RA comorbidity, the link between RA pathogenesis and infection, and the effects of new therapies.

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Figure 1: Contributions from the cardiovascular, infection and cancer fields to the rheumatoid arthritis field.

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The work of the author has been supported by the OpeRa IHU programme and the Institut Universitaire de France. P.M. is a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

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  1. Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Lyon, 5 Place d'Arsonval, Lyon, 69437, France

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Miossec, P. Connectivity to other fields brings new ideas. Nat Rev Rheumatol 14, 65–66 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2017.215

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