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ReviewRheumatic diseases clinics of North America2010

Immune aging and rheumatoid arthritis.

Jorg J Goronzy, Lan Shao, Cornelia M Weyand

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Review in Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jorg J GoronzyDivision of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, 269 West Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5166, USA.
Lan Shao
Cornelia M Weyand
Stanford University · US

Funding

VACCINE INDUCED IMMUNITY IN THE YOUNG AND AGEDU19AI057266 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Rafi Ahmed · 2003 to 2026
$81.7M
Vascular specific ACE expression and atherosclerosisP01HL058000 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI DIKALOV, SERGEY · 1998 to 2013
$20.7M
Oligoclonal T Cell Expansion &Rheumatoid ArthritisR01AR042527 · NIAMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEYAND, CORNELIA M. · 1993 to 2022
$4.8M
CD8 T CELLS IN RHEUMATOID SYNOVITISR01AI044142 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEYAND, CORNELIA M. · 1999 to 2010
$2.9M
OCULAR DISEASE IN GIANT CELL ARTERITISR01EY011916 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WEYAND, CORNELIA M. · 1997 to 2011
$2.9M
DIVERSITY OF T LYMPHOCYTES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISR01AR041974 · NIAMS · MAYO CLINIC COLL OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER · PI GORONZY, JORG J. · 1994 to 2006
$2.1M
T CELLS AND AGINGR01AG015043 · NIA · PALO ALTO VETERANS INSTIT FOR RESEARCH · PI GORONZY, JORG J · 1998 to 2008
$2.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011916NEI NIH HHS R01 EY 11916NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL058000NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL58000NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI044142NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI 44142NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI057266NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI 57266NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR041974NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR042527NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR 41974NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR 42527NIA NIH HHS R01 AG015043NIA NIH HHS R01 AG 15043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunologic models of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have to take into account that the disease occurs at an age when immunocompetence is declining and in a host whose immune system shows evidence of accelerated immune aging. By several immune aging biomarkers, the immune system in patients with RA is prematurely aged by more than 20 years. One major pathogenetic mechanism is a defect in telomere maintenance and DNA repair that causes accelerated cell death. These findings in RA are reminiscent of murine autoimmunity models, in which lymphopenia was identified as a major risk factor for autoimmunity. Progress in the understanding of how accelerated immune aging is pathogenetically involved in RA may allow development of new therapeutic approaches that go beyond the use of anti-inflammatory agents and eventually could open new avenues for preventive intervention.

Indexed as

AgingArthritis, RheumatoidHumansImmune SystemRisk FactorsTelomere

Identifiers

PMID20510235
PMCPMC2914095
OpenAlexW1976798085

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