Current Research on Applications and Effects of Bioactive Components in Rheumatoid Arthritis
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 18
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rheumatoid arthritis; immunotherapy; CD6
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scope of this Special Issue covers the interaction between exogenous agents or subtances and the cells and molecules that drive tissue inflammation and damage in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and/or the manifestations of RA in other organs. Bioactive components may be environmental factors that affect the risk of RA, alterations in host microbiomes or diet that influence the onset and course of RA, or the properties of novel therapeutic vehicles such as nanoparticles in the treatment of RA. This topic includes human RA and its animal models.
To present and review advances in RA research that could influence future treatment and outcomes of RA.
Potential topics
- Environmental control of epigenetic alterations in RA.
- Environmental factors in pulmonary aspects of RA.
- Which microbiome(s) controls RA?
- Diet and RA.
- Novel inflammatory mediators and their receptors in RA joints.
- Natural substances as new anti-inflammatory drugs or DMARDs for the treatment of RA.
- Targeting the RA joint using nanoparticles.
Suggestions for additional topics are welcome.
Prof. Dr. David Fox
Prof. Dr. James J. Moon
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- RA
- synovium
- FLS
- synovial fluid
- microbiome
- autoimmunity
- DMARD
- joint inflammation
- joint damage
- nanoparticle
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