ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2022
Metabolites as drivers and targets in rheumatoid arthritis.
Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- A machine learning approach to metabolomics identifies putative biomarker candidates and dysregulated pathways for distinguishing gout from asymptomatic hyperuricemia in the Zhuang population.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2026Article
- Metabolic reprogramming in polyol pathway contributes to anti-inflammatory effect of glucosamine salts on synovial fibroblasts.npj metabolic health and disease · 2026Article
- Serum Proteomic Signatures of Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk and Response: Analysis of a Rheumatoid Arthritis Interception Trial.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Review
- Lactate programs CRIP1 protein lactylation to drive synovial proliferation in rheumatoid arthritis.JCI insight · 2026Article
- Metabolomics insights into RA: the proinflammatory role of phenylalanine in human FLS and primary lymphocytes.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Article
- Metabolic and neuroimmune control of rheumatoid arthritis: therapeutic implications of FXR and α7-nAChR axes.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Smart Nanodelivery Systems for Immunometabolic Modulation in Osteoarthritis.Exploration (Beijing, China) · 2026Review
- Role of Succinate Dehydrogenase in Age-Related Th17 Inflammation.Aging cell · 2026Article
- Discovery of Novel NMR-Based Biomarkers and Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Risk Prediction of Rheumatoid Arthritis.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Shifts in immunometabolism in autoimmune diseases.Immunologic research · 2026Review
- The IDO1/AhR-HIF-1α metabolic axis: ARNT competition as a central antagonistic switch in autoimmune pathogenesis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Central Pathogenic Roles and Therapeutic Opportunities.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Integrating multi-omics, machine learning, and molecular dynamics simulations to identify glutamate metabolism-related biomarkers and drug candidates in rheumatoid arthritis.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Article
- Immunometabolism in rheumatoid arthritis: mechanisms, biomarkers, and the path to precision medicine.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Liver-joint axis: Hepatitis B virus as a contributor to rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis.Virulence · 2025Review
- Evaluating the role of 2-hydroxyestradiol in modulating TNF-α signaling and its implications in rheumatoid arthritis.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2025Article
- Protein succinylome analysis identifies citrate synthase as a central regulator of osteoclast metabolic activity.The FEBS journal · 2025Article
- Metabolic Reprogramming in Stromal and Immune Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: Therapeutic Possibilities.European journal of immunology · 2025Review
- Inflammation and aging-related disease: A transdisciplinary inflammaging framework.GeroScience · 2025Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by neovascularization, immune cell infiltration, and synovial hyperplasia, which leads to degradation of articular cartilage and bone, and subsequent functional disability. Dysregulated angiogenesis, synovial hypoxia, and immune cell infiltration result in a 'bioenergetic crisis' in the inflamed joint which further exacerbates synovial invasiveness. Several studies have examined this vicious cycle between metabolism, immunity, and inflammation and the role metabolites play in these interactions. To add to this complexity, the inflamed synovium is a multicellular tissue with many cellular subsets having different metabolic requirements. Metabolites can shape the inflammatory phenotype of immune cell subsets during disease and act as central signalling hubs. In the RA joint, the increased energy demand of stromal and immune cells leads to the accumulation of metabolites such as lactate, citrate, and succinate as well as adipocytokines which can regulate downstream signalling pathways. Transcription factors such as HIF1ɑ and mTOR can act as metabolic sensors to activate synovial cells and drive pro-inflammatory effector function, thus perpetuating chronic inflammation further. These metabolic intermediates may be potential therapeutic targets and so understanding the complex interplay between metabolites and synovial cells in RA may allow for identification of novel therapeutic strategies but also may provide significant insight into the underlying mechanisms of disease pathogenesis.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.