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Decade in review—translational rheumatology

Ten years after: rheumatology research from bench to bedside

Nature Reviews Rheumatology volume 11, pages 623–624 (2015)Cite this article

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Defining key advances in any medical discipline can be challenging, but is especially so in rheumatology—a rapidly advancing field so broad that it defies traditional classifications. Here, we approach the Sisyphean task of summarizing the translational advances in rheumatology in the past decade within several broad categories of basic research.

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Figure 1: Key therapeutic targets for rheumatic diseases explored in the past decade.

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  1. NB: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla CA 92037, USA UC San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA,

    Nunzio Bottini

  2. GSF: UC San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.,

    Gary S. Firestein

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Bottini, N., Firestein, G. Ten years after: rheumatology research from bench to bedside. Nat Rev Rheumatol 11, 623–624 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2015.126

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