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ArticleThe open rheumatology journal2011

Synovial tissue response to treatment in psoriatic arthritis.

Veronica Codullo, Iain B McInnes

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Article in The open rheumatology journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for psoriatic arthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Veronica CodulloUniversity of Glasgow, UK.
Iain B McInnes

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following its validation and wide application in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), synovial tissue analysis has recently been applied to studies on Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). Such studies aim to thereby clarify its distinctive features and the nature of specific responses upon administration of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) or biologic agents. In consequence, insights to disease pathogenesis, drugs' mechanisms of action (MOA) and biomarkers of response have emerged. Data from pilot and open-label studies, and recently from randomized controlled trials, have helped in refining the therapeutic approaches to PsA patients, by improving understanding of MOA and in provision of biomarkers of response. The availability of less invasive and reproducible analysis techniques to obtain and evaluate synovial biopsies will further enhance the utility of this approach in due course.

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Biologic therapybiomarkerpsoriatic arthritissynovial tissue,

Identifiers

PMID22279513
PMCPMC3263446

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