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ReviewJournal of rheumatic diseases2021

Axial Spondyloarthritis: Current Advances, Future Challenges.

Robert D Inman

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Review in Journal of rheumatic diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

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.

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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert D InmanSchroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4750-1422
University Health Network · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease with a predilection for the spine. It affects young adults and has the potential to have a major impact on quality of life, not only because of the chronic pain and fatigue, but also because of the potential for marked disability related to spinal ankylosis. Early detection of axSpA remains a major challenge, for which there is a heightened sense of urgency since it has been shown that earlier intervention with biologics can alter the progression of radiographic change in the spine. Advances in the genetics of axSpA have highlighted a number of candidate genes conferring susceptibility to the disease, but there is evidence of environmental factors playing a role as well. Recently studies in both clinical and experimental axSpA have implicated alterations in the gut microbiome as playing a key role, and the immunology of the gut-joint axis is becoming better understood. The unmet needs which are shaping the research agenda include improvement in early case identification, sensitive and specific biomarkers which could accurately reflect disease activity and severity, improved understanding of the common pathways of inflammation in the skin, eye and gut in axSpA, and novel therapeutic targets which could have curative potential.

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Ankylosing spondylitisSpondylitisUnmet needs

Identifiers

PMID37476012
PMCPMC10324891
OpenAlexW3147633863

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