Ali S M Jawad

TL;DR: Osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with RA is more evident at the hip than the spine, and the most important determinants of bone loss are disability and cumulative corticosteroid dose.

TL;DR: Race/ethnicity remains a key determinant of poor outcome, such as end-stage renal failure and mortality, in SLE, and community measures to expedite diagnosis through increased awareness in at-risk racial/ethnic populations and ethnically personalized treatment algorithms may help in future to improve long-term outcomes inSLE.

TL;DR: Significant increases in circulating Th17 cells were observed in patients after anti-TNFα therapy and this was accompanied by increased production of IL-12/23p40, suggesting that a Th17-targeted therapeutic approach may be useful for anti- TNFα non-responder patients or as an adjunct to anti-tumour necrosis factor α therapy, provided that safety concerns can be addressed.

TL;DR: The results do not show long-term benefits from the use of NSAIDs in OA and the majority of patients had persisting pain and disability despite therapy.

TL;DR: A significant variability in Vδ2(+) T-cell functional potential between individuals in the general population is revealed, which develops shortly after birth, is stable over time, and is manifested by differential mechanistic capacities to kill tumor targets.