Polymyositis News

Interferon-regulated chemokines and a distinct cytokine response profile may be predictive of the response to Rituxan in patients with refractory myositis, according to this study.

Patients with juvenile dermatomyositis complicated with the rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease subtype had elevated levels of B-cell activating factor and a proliferation-inducing ligand compared to patients with other subtypes of interstitial lung disease, according to a study.

SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Healio.com, is set to expand its series of web-first news magazines delivering unique peer-tested content. Healio Rheumatology will compile the most-read content from Healio.com based on website metrics, and distribute it in a print news magazine reaching 6,100 U.S. physicians, including the universe of U.S. rheumatologists.

The use of MRI may add value to the detection of disease activity in patients with myositis compared to the measurement of serum creatine kinase levels, according to the results of a study.

The course of disease in patients with antisynthetase syndrome and anti-Jo-1 antibodies is variable and often presents in an incomplete form or with a predominant feature such as arthritis, myositis or interstitial lung disease, according to the results of a study anti-Jo-1-positive patients.

The use of Bohan and Peter classification criteria resulted in the misdiagnosis of patients with myositis, while more recently proposed Troyanov clinical-serological criteria were more accurate, according to researchers from the St. Ivan Rilski hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The strength of quadriceps muscles was associated with vitamin D levels in patients with myositis, according to the recently published results of a study.

Vitamin D has gained interest within many specialties, as well as in general practice. As such, the results of a number of studies focused on vitamin D in numerous rheumatic diseases were presented at the European League Against Rheumatism, or EULAR, Annual European Congress of Rheumatology.

Patients with dermatomyositis or polymyositis were more susceptible to infection with herpes zoster compared with individuals from the general population, according to recently published research.

The prevalence of myositis in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome is low and mostly presents as an overlapping syndrome that usually responds to treatment with immunosuppressants, according to the results of a study of patients from five rheumatology centers in Italy.