LEADER 02929nam 2200457z- 450 001 9910557222603321 005 20211118 035 $a(CKB)5400000000041718 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/73697 035 $a(oapen)doab73697 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000041718 100 $a20202111d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aNew Therapies in the Field of Rheumatology 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (144 p.) 311 08$a2-88963-545-7 330 $aIn recent years, the long term prognosis of patients with rheumatic disease has dramatically improved, due to the enormous advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of these diseases that have led to the development of drugs targeting the molecules directly involved in the inflammatory response. The development of these biological drugs has radically changed the therapeutic approach of inflammatory rheumatic diseases, mainly in patients resistant to standard treatment. Also in the field of conventional therapy, many new data have confirmed the effectiveness of "old" drugs, such as hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate and azathioprine, demonstrating several additional beneficial properties for the treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or other autoimmune diseases. Moreover, immunosuppressant developed to prevent graft rejection such as mycophenolate or tacrolimus have been demonstrated to have an important role in the treatment of rheumatic patients. Beside the well defined anti-inflammatory properties of biological and synthetic anti-rheumatic drugs, a number of additional beneficial effects have been suggested, that have been hypothesized to prevent long term complications of autoimmune diseases, such as accelerated atherosclerosis, increased cardiovascular risk and osteoporosis. This Research Topic collects new information regarding safety and effectiveness of new and old drugs for the treatment of RA, SLE, or other autoimmune diseases. 606 $aPharmacology$2bicssc 606 $aScience: general issues$2bicssc 610 $aautoimmune diseases 610 $abiological therapies 610 $adisease modifing anti- rheumatic drugs 610 $arheumatoid arthritis 610 $asystemic lupus erythematosus 615 7$aPharmacology 615 7$aScience: general issues 700 $aGerosa$b Maria$4edt$01286197 702 $aBeatrice Chighizola$b Cecilia$4edt 702 $aJakobsson$b Per-Johan$4edt 702 $aGerosa$b Maria$4oth 702 $aBeatrice Chighizola$b Cecilia$4oth 702 $aJakobsson$b Per-Johan$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557222603321 996 $aNew Therapies in the Field of Rheumatology$93019763 997 $aUNINA