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Basic and translational research

• Extended report: Nintedanib inhibits fibroblast activation and ameliorates fibrosis in preclinical models of systemic sclerosis (9 April, 2015)

  Jingang Huang, Christian Beyer, Katrin Palumbo-Zerr, Yun Zhang, Andreas Ramming, Alfiya Distler, Kolja Gelse, Oliver Distler, Georg Schett, Lutz Wollin, Jörg H W Distler
• Extended report:

  Genome-wide search followed by replication reveals genetic interaction of CD80 and ALOX5AP associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in Asian populations

  (10 April, 2015)

  Yan Zhang, Jing Yang, Jing Zhang, Liangdan Sun, Nattiya Hirankarn, Hai-Feng Pan, Chak Sing Lau, Tak Mao Chan, Tsz Leung Lee, Alexander Moon Ho Leung, Chi Chiu Mok, Lu Zhang, Yongfei Wang, Jiangshan Jane Shen, Sik Nin Wong, Ka Wing Lee, Marco Hok Kung Ho, Pamela Pui Wah Lee, Brian Hon-Yin Chung, Chun Yin Chong, Raymond Woon Sing Wong, Mo Yin Mok, Wilfred Hing Sang Wong, Kwok Lung Tong, Niko Kei Chiu Tse, Xiang-Pei Li, Yingyos Avihingsanon, Pornpimol Rianthavorn, Thavatchai Deekajorndej, Kanya Suphapeetiporn, Vorasuk Shotelersuk, Shirley King Yee Ying, Samuel Ka Shun Fung, Wai Ming Lai, Chun-Ming Wong, Irene Oi Lin Ng, Maria-Merce Garcia-Barcelo, Stacey S Cherny, Yong Cui, Pak Chung Sham, Sen Yang, Dong-Qing Ye, Xue-Jun Zhang, Yu Lung Lau, Wanling Yang
• Extended report: Synovial CD4+ T-cell-derived GM-CSF supports the differentiation of an inflammatory dendritic cell population in rheumatoid arthritis (28 April, 2015)

  G Reynolds, J R Gibbon, A G Pratt, M J Wood, D Coady, G Raftery, A R Lorenzi, A Gray, A Filer, C D Buckley, M A Haniffa, J D Isaacs, C M U Hilkens
• Extended report: Synovial fluid hyaluronan mediates MSC attachment to cartilage, a potential novel mechanism contributing to cartilage repair in osteoarthritis using knee joint distraction (6 May, 2015)

  Thomas G Baboolal, Simon C Mastbergen, Elena Jones, Stuart J Calder, Floris P J G Lafeber, Dennis McGonagle
• Extended report: Silencing or inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) suppresses free heavy chain expression and Th17 responses in ankylosing spondylitis (30 June, 2015)

  Liye Chen, Anna Ridley, Ariane Hammitzsch, Mohammad Hussein Al-Mossawi, Helen Bunting, Dimitris Georgiadis, Antoni Chan, Simon Kollnberger, Paul Bowness
• Extended report: Activated human B cells induce inflammatory fibroblasts with cartilage-destructive properties and become functionally suppressed in return (18 May, 2015)

  Hannah Störch, Birgit Zimmermann, Bastian Resch, Lars-Oliver Tykocinski, Babak Moradi, Patrick Horn, Ziya Kaya, Norbert Blank, Stefan Rehart, Marc Thomsen, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Elena Neumann, Theresa Tretter
• Extended report: Overlap between differentially methylated DNA regions in blood B lymphocytes and genetic at-risk loci in primary Sjögren's syndrome (16 July, 2015)

  Corinne Miceli-Richard, Shu-Fang Wang-Renault, Saida Boudaoud, Florence Busato, Céline Lallemand, Kevin Bethune, Rakiba Belkhir, Gaétane Nocturne, Xavier Mariette, Jörg Tost