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Recent Advances in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis: New Treatment Strategies.

Anna-Lena Mueller, Zahra Payandeh, Niloufar Mohammadkhani, Shaden M H Mubarak, Alireza Zakeri, Armina Alagheband Bahrami, Aranka Brockmueller, Mehdi Shakibaei

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06915701 ("Evaluation of the Effect of Vitamin E), which is not on this map. Cited by 132 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
132citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
23.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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.

NCT06915701 phase2 / phase3recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

"Evaluation of the Effect of Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) Supplementation on Clinical Activity and Inflammation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis"

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of GuadalajaraRan2026 to 2027Enrolled46ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsWill take vitamin E 800mg/day, Will take 200mg/day magnesium oxide placebo.
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

132 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 232 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Anna-Lena MuellerMusculoskeletal Research Group and Tumor Biology, Chair of Vegetative Anatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany.
Zahra PayandehImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5166-15731, Iran.
Niloufar MohammadkhaniDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1985717443, Iran.
Shaden M H MubarakDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Kufa, Najaf 1967365271, Iraq.ORCID 0000-0002-2395-1701
Alireza ZakeriDepartment of Biology Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran 1678815811, Iran.
Armina Alagheband BahramiDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1985717443, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3496-927X
Aranka BrockmuellerMusculoskeletal Research Group and Tumor Biology, Chair of Vegetative Anatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany.
Mehdi ShakibaeiMusculoskeletal Research Group and Tumor Biology, Chair of Vegetative Anatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6304-7506
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEEducation and Research Network · INShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Rajaee Teacher Training University · IRTabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Kufa · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is considered a chronic systemic, multi-factorial, inflammatory, and progressive autoimmune disease affecting many people worldwide. While patients show very individual courses of disease, with RA focusing on the musculoskeletal system, joints are often severely affected, leading to local inflammation, cartilage destruction, and bone erosion. To prevent joint damage and physical disability as one of many symptoms of RA, early diagnosis is critical. Auto-antibodies play a pivotal clinical role in patients with systemic RA. As biomarkers, they could help to make a more efficient diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment decision. Besides auto-antibodies, several other factors are involved in the progression of RA, such as epigenetic alterations, post-translational modifications, glycosylation, autophagy, and T-cells. Understanding the interplay between these factors would contribute to a deeper insight into the causes, mechanisms, progression, and treatment of the disease. In this review, the latest RA research findings are discussed to better understand the pathogenesis, and finally, treatment strategies for RA therapy are presented, including both conventional approaches and new methods that have been developed in recent years or are currently under investigation.

Indexed as

AnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidAutoantibodiesAutophagyEpigenesis, GeneticGlycosylationHumansOxidative StressAutoantibodiesauto-antibodiesautophagybiological agentscitrullinationepigeneticinflammationphytochemicalrheumatoid arthritistreatment

Identifiers

PMID34831240
PMCPMC8616543
OpenAlexW3211749040

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