Unmet needs and perspectives in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: A critical review

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by synovitis as the most common clinical manifestation, and interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) represents one of the most common and potentially severe extra-articular features. Our current understanding of the mechanis...

Celý popis

Uloženo v:
Podrobná bibliografie
Vydáno v:Frontiers in medicine Ročník 10; s. 1129939
Hlavní autoři: Stainer, Anna, Tonutti, Antonio, De Santis, Maria, Amati, Francesco, Ceribelli, Angela, Bongiovanni, Gabriele, Torrisi, Chiara, Iacopino, Antonio, Mangiameli, Giuseppe, Aliberti, Stefano, Selmi, Carlo
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Switzerland Frontiers Media SA 16.03.2023
Frontiers Media S.A
Témata:
ISSN:2296-858X, 2296-858X
On-line přístup:Získat plný text
Tagy: Přidat tag
Žádné tagy, Buďte první, kdo vytvoří štítek k tomuto záznamu!
Popis
Shrnutí:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by synovitis as the most common clinical manifestation, and interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) represents one of the most common and potentially severe extra-articular features. Our current understanding of the mechanisms and predictors of RA-ILD is limited despite the demonstration that an early identification of progressive fibrosing forms is crucial to provide timely treatment with antifibrotic therapies. While high resolution computed tomography is the gold standard technique for the diagnosis and follow-up of RA-ILD, it has been hypothesized that serum biomarkers (including novel and rare autoantibodies), new imaging techniques such as ultrasound of the lung, or the application of innovative radiologic algorithms may help towards predicting and detecting early forms of diseases. Further, while new treatments are becoming available for idiopathic and connective tissue disease-associated forms of lung fibrosis, the treatment of RA-ILD remains anecdotal and largely unexplored. We are convinced that a better understanding of the mechanisms connecting RA with ILD in a subgroup of patients as well as the creation of adequate diagnostic pathways will be mandatory steps for a more effective management of this clinically challenging entity.
Bibliografie:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 14
ObjectType-Review-3
content type line 23
Edited by: Makon-Sébastien Njock, University of Liège, Belgium
Reviewed by: Paola Parronchi, University of Florence, Italy; Christian Ascoli, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
These authors share first authorship
This article was submitted to Pulmonary Medicine, a section of the journal Frontiers in Medicine
ISSN:2296-858X
2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2023.1129939