Rheumatic Diseases: Pathophysiology, Targeted Therapy, Focus on Vascular and Pulmonary Manifestations

• Other Authors: Ruaro, Barbara (Editor), Salton, Francesco (Editor), Confalonieri, Paola (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; Pharmacology; systemic sclerosis; scleroderma; interstitial lung disease; pulmonary function tests; high-resolution computed tomography; rheumatic; pulmonary arterial hypertension; targeted therapy; systemic lupus erythematosus; airway disease; shrinking lung syndrome; diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; pleurisy; infection; cardiopulmonary exercise testing; osteopontin; connective tissue diseases; pulmonary involvement; microvascular involvement; nailfold capillaroscopy; rheumatoid arthritis; interstitial lung diseases; CX3CL1/fractalkine; CX3CR1; M1 macrophage; M2 macrophage; SKG mice; heart failure; 3D-echocardiography; ventricular function; outcome; ventricular-arterial coupling; antifibrotic agents; COVID-19; IPF; progressive fibrosing ILD; UIP; pharmacological interactions; fibromyalgia; gastrointestinal symptoms; probiotic; VSL#3®; efficacy; tolerability; polymyalgia rheumatica; vagus nerve stimulation; inflammatory response; PMR; t-vns
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This e-book summarises the latest advances in the rheumatic diseases with a focus on the recent efforts of vascular and pulmonary manifestations and anticipate the new and future directions of these research topic. Rheumatic diseases represent a heterogeneous group of severe autoimmune disorders. Th...