Hypertension in selected rheumatic diseases

Clinical Policy Bulletin: Rheumatic Diseases: Selected Tests

Clinical Policy Bulletin: Rheumatic Diseases: Selected Tests

Fasting and rheumatic diseases

Fasting is one of the important religious practices of Muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. Rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. The aim of this article is to revi...

Epigenetics in rheumatic diseases

With enormous speed novel data are emerging about regulating the expression of the genetically encoded information [1]. This highly complex regulatory network called epigenetics includes acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, sumoylation and non-coding RNAs (ncRNA), such as miRNA and lncRNAs. Our laboratory is addressing over the past decade inflammatory rheumatic diseases [2], like rheumat...

Retroviruses in rheumatic diseases

The aetiology of rheumatoid diseases is unclear but may be multifactorial, the result of complex interactions between environmental, neuroendocrinological, and genetic factors. Whilst several viruses (for example cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, rubella virus and parvovirus B19 are associated with self limiting arthritic episodes, retroviruses have been suggested as aetiological agents of r...