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Rheumatology

The group focuses its research projects on non-traumatic musculoskeletal diseases, mainly autoimmune diseases (Lupus, Scleroderma, Vasculitis, Inflammatory myopathies,...), and immune-mediated arthropathies (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis,...). The group has mainly carried out clinical research studies (description of disease phenotypes, response to treatments) and, in recent years, basic research (histopathology, immunology, and genetics) has been added. Likewise, innovative projects have been developed (training of rheumatic patients, thermal imaging in arthritis, mobile devices for monitoring chronic diseases) for application to clinical practice. Four members of the group are doctors and 5 more are finishing their PhD. We have got updated records of disease groups, clinical situation and prescribed advanced (biological) treatments. We have got a collection of biological samples of all these autoimmune diseases in different stages of evolution and different treatments

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  • Rusinovich-Lovgach O, Plaza Z, Castro MF, de Salazar JR, Martínez Taboada VM, Olive A, Almagro RM, Benavente BS, Urgelles JF, Garcia-Aparicio A, Manrique-Arija S, Vadillo JAG, Lopez-Gonzalez R, García JN, Lozano MBR, Galisteo C, Martin JJG, Casasempere PV, Rabadán E, Naranjo A, Romero MBP, Riancho-Zarrabeitia L, Diaz SM, Altabás I, Heredia S, Moriano C, Cañamero MAB, Estrada-Alarcón P, Judez E, Lorenzo NA, Loricera J, Pérez RM, Alonso FS, Sánchez JLA.

    Cancer risk in Sjögren's disease: A longitudinal cohort study on incidence, predictors, and mortality impact.

    SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM . 73: 152743-152743.

    [doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152743]

  • Fernández-Castro M, Plaza-Almuedo Z, Rosas J, Martínez-Taboada V, Olivé A, Menor-Almagro R, Serrano-Benavente B, Font-Urgelles J, García-Aparicio A, Manrique-Arija S, García-Vadillo JA, López-González R, Narváez J, Rodriguez-Lozano B, Galisteo C, González-Martín J, Vela-Casasempere P, Bohórquez C, Erausquin C, Paredes-Romero B, Riancho-Zarrabeitia L, Melchor-Diaz S, Pego-Reigosa JM, Heredia S, Moriano C, Blazquez-Cañamero MA, Estrada P, Júdez E, Belzunegui JM, Ramos C, Sánchez-Alonso F, Andreu JL.

    Long-term changes in Sjögren's disease: a 9-year prospective follow-up study from the SJOGRENSER Registry.

    RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL . 45(7): 156-156.

    [doi:10.1007/s00296-025-05909-0]

  • Llorca J, Ferraz-Amaro I, Castañeda S, Raya E, Rodríguez-Rodríguez L, Rodríguez-Montero S, Sánchez-Nievas G, López-Meseguer A, Plaza Z, Sánchez-Alonso F, García-Gómez C, González-Juanatey C, González-Gay MÁ.

    Evaluating the reliability of cardiovascular risk scales in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

    SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM . 72: 152694-152694.

    [doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152694]

  • Atienza-Mateo B, Serrano-Combarro A, Loarce Martos J, Vegas-Revenga N, Martín López M, Castañeda S, Melero-González RB, Mena Vázquez N, Carrasco-Cubero C, Díez Morrondo C, Castro Corredor D, Vázquez Rodríguez TR, García Valle A, Bonilla G, Rodríguez López M, Braña Abascal I, Rojas Herrera SM, Sarmiento-Monroy JC, Andújar Brazal P, Ferrer D, Ferraz-Amaro I, Blanco R.

    Real-world evidence of the antifibrotic nintedanib in rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease. National multicenter study of 74 patients.

    SEMINARS IN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM . 72: 152710-152710.

    [doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152710]

  • García-Escudero P, López-Gómez M, López BM, Dorta AG, Frade-Sosa B, Lizarzaburu MS, Rúa-Figueroa Í, Fiallo DV, Toyos Sáenz de Miera FJ, Melero-Gonzalez RB, Dios Santos D, Miranda JA, Belando CG, Boselli G, Boteanu AL, Selaya CC, Sieiro Santos C, Álvarez ED, Font J, Alonso ER, Araguás ET, Merayo EE, Rodriguez-Laguna M, Monjo I, Gómez IV, Vela-Casasempere P, Merino C, Martínez MI, Beriain JÁH, Ruiz-Román A, Calvo-Alén J.

    VEXAS syndrome through a rheumatologist's lens: insights from a Spanish national cohort.

    RHEUMATOLOGY . 64(6): 3747-3755.

    [doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keaf094]

  • Guillén-Astete CA, Blanco Cáceres B, Arroyo Palomo J, Palomeque Vargas AM, Serrano Warleta M, Ruiz Bejerano AM, Sánchez-Poves García A, Bachiller Corral J, Vázquez-Díaz M.

    Experience after implementation of ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy in a Rheumatology Department.

    Reumatologia Clinica . 21(4): 501848-501848.

    [doi:10.1016/j.reumae.2025.501848]

  • Boteanu A, Bethencourt JJ, Calzada-Hernández J, Clemente D, Nieto-González JC, López C, Luque L, Calvo I.

    Management of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) over the last two decades in Spain.

    PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY . 23(1): 59-59.

    [doi:10.1186/s12969-025-01113-3]

  • Sangüesa C, Olivé A, Rúa-Figueroa I, Altabás González I, Martinez-Barrio J, Galindo-Izquierdo M, Calvo Alén J, Uriarte Isacelaya E, Tomero Muriel E, Freire González M, Martínez-Taboada V, Salgado-Pérez E, Vela P, Fernández-Nebro A, Narváez J, Menor Almagro R, Santos Soler G, Novoa J, Pecondón Á, Aurrecoechea Aguinaga E, Ibarguengoitia O, Montilla Morales C, Bonilla Hernán G, Torrente-Segarra V, Salman Monte TC, Ibáñez Barceló M, García-Villanueva MJ, Caño Alameda R, Calvet Fontonova J, Vázquez Rodríguez TR, Quevedo Vila V, Expósito L, Moreira V, Andréu Sánchez JL, Paredes Romero B, Moriano Morales C, Horcada L, Lozano-Rivas N, Pérez Gómez A, Pego-Reigosa JM.

    Clinical significance of anti-Ro and Anti-La antibodies: The role of isolated anti-La.

    Lupus . 34(6): 571-578.

    [doi:10.1177/09612033251331249]

  • Clemente D, Leon L, Nieto-Gonzalez JC, Boteanu AL, Trives Folguera L, García-Fernández AA, Amar Muñoz H, Palomeque A, López Robledillo JC, Abasolo L.

    Incidence and reasons for biologic and targeted synthetic DMARD switching in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a real- life stratified analysis.

    PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY . 23(1): 42-42.

    [doi:10.1186/s12969-025-01097-0]

  • Benavent D, Iniesta-Chamorro JM, Novella-Navarro M, Pérez-Martínez M, Martínez-Sánchez N, Kaffati M, Juárez-García M, Molinari-Pérez M, González-Torbay A, Gutiérrez M, López-Juanes N, Navarro-Compán V, Monjo-Henry I, Rodríguez-Rosales G, Bachiller J, Calvo-Aranda E, Michelena X, Berbel-Arcobé L, Balsa A, Gómez EJ, Plasencia-Rodríguez C.

    Digital Health Intervention for Patient Monitoring in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases: Cocreation and Feasibility Study of the IMIDoc Platform.

    JMIR Human Factors . 12: .

    [doi:10.2196/58095]

  • Gómez-Aguililla S, Farrais S, López-Palacios N, Arau B, Senosiain C, Corzo M, Fernandez-Jimenez N, Ruiz-Carnicer Á, Fernández-Bañares F, González-García BP, Tristán E, Montero-Calle A, Garranzo-Asensio M, Casado I, Pujals M, Hernández JM, Infante-Menéndez J, Roy G, Sousa C, Núñez C.

    Diagnosis of celiac disease on a gluten-free diet: a multicenter prospective quasi-experimental clinical study.

    BMC MEDICINE . 23(1): 182-182.

    [doi:10.1186/s12916-025-04008-y]

  • Rusinovich Lovgach O, Plaza Z, Fernández Castro M, Rosas J, Martínez-Taboada V, Olivé A, Menor Almagro R, Serrano Benavente B, Font-Urgelles J, Garcia-Aparicio A, Manrique-Arija S, Garcia-Vadillo A, Lopez-Gonzalez R, Narvaez García J, Rodriguez-Lozano MB, Galisteo C, Gonzalez-Martin JJ, Vela-Casasempere P, Bohorquez C, Erausquin C, Paredes-Romero MB, Riancho-Zarrabeitia L, Melchor Diaz S, Pego-Reigosa JM, Heredia S, Moriano C, Blazquez Cañamero MA, Estrada P, Judez E, Belzunegui Otano J, Ramos Giráldez C, Domínguez-Álvaro M, Sánchez Alonso F, Andréu Sánchez JL.

    Mortality in Patients With Sjögren Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study Identifying Key Predictors.

    The Journal of rheumatology . 52(3): 257-262.

    [doi:10.3899/jrheum.2024-1033]

  • Möller I, Largo R, Bong DA, Filer A, Najm A, Alivernini S, Terslev L, Koski J, Balint P, Bruyn GAW, Iagnocco A, Bruns A, Uson J, Acebes C, Rodríguez A, Guillen-Astete C, Herrero-Beaumont G, Miguel M, Garrido J, D'Agostino MA, Naredo E.

    EULAR standardised training model for ultrasound-guided, minimally invasive synovial tissue biopsy procedures in large and small joints.

    Rmd Open . 11(1): .

    [doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2024-005065]

  • Cobo-Ibáñez T, Castellví I, Pros A, Domínguez-Álvaro M, Nuño-Nuño L, Martínez-Barrio J, Jovaní V, Romero-Bueno F, Ruiz-Lucea E, Tomero E, Trallero-Araguás E, Narváez J, Camins-Fàbregas J, Ruiz-Román A, Loarce-Martos J, Holgado-Pérez S, Flores-Rodríguez VM, Sivera F, Merino-Argumanez C, Juan-Mas A, Altabás-González I, Martín-López M, Belzunegui-Otano JM, Carrasco-Cubero C, Freire-González M, Rúa-Figueroa I, Lozano-Rivas N, Suarez-Cuba JD, Martínez O, Ortega-Castro R, Alcocer P, Gómez-Gómez A, Sánchez-Pernaute O, Tandaipan JL, Carrión-Barberà I, Plasencia-Rodríguez C, Ibarguengoitia-Barrena O, Vidal-Montal P, Ortiz-Santamaria V, Garrido-Puñal N, Riveros A, Delgado-Frías E, López-Gómez JM, Barbadillo C, Pego-Reigosa JM, Joven-Ibáñez BE, Valero-Jaimes JA, Naveda E, Turrión-Nieves AI, Seoane-Mato D, Prado-Galbarro FJ, Puche-Larrubia MÁ.

    Disease activity in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy according to time since diagnosis and positivity to antisynthetase autoantibodies: data from the Myo-Spain registry.

    Arthritis Research & Therapy . 27(1): 5-5.

    [doi:10.1186/s13075-024-03471-x]

  • Ferre-Sanfrancisco M, Del Bosque Granero I, Expósito MV, Díaz MV.

    Osteomalacia: A Challenging Diagnosis Adverse Event Associated with Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose-A Case Report.

    CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL . 116(1): 1-1.

    [doi:10.1007/s00223-024-01328-8]

  • Coca-Perez A, Rivero-Jimenez N, Lopez-Menendez J, Boteanu AL, Moreno-Mata N.

    Talc-induced pericardial granulomatosis after recurrent pleurodesis: a rare cause of incessant pericarditis-case report.

    EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CASE REPORTS . 8(12): .

    [doi:10.1093/ehjcr/ytae603]

  • Faghihi-Kashani S, Yoshida A, Bozan F, Zanframundo G, Rozza D, Loganathan A, Dourado E, Sambataro G, Ventura IB, Bae SS, Lim D, Gallegos DR, Yamano Y, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Mammen AL, Scirè CA, Montecucco C, Oddis CV, Fiorentino D, Bonella F, Miller FW, Lundberg IE, Schmidt J, Rojas-Serrano J, Hudson M, Kuwana M, González-Gay MA, McHugh N, Corte TJ, Doyle TJ, Werth VP, Gupta L, Roman DIP, Bianchessi LM, Devarasetti PK, Shinjo SK, Luppi F, Cavazzana I, Moghadam-Kia S, Fornaro M, Volkmann ER, Piga M, Loarce-Martos J, De Luca G, Knitza J, Wolff-Cecchi V, Sebastiani M, Schiffenbauer A, Rider LG, Campanilho-Marques R, Marts L, Bravi E, Gunawardena H, Aggarwal R, Cavagna L.

    Clinical Characteristics of Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Analysis from the CLASS project.

    ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY . : .

    [doi:10.1002/art.43038]

  • Naredo E, Uson J, Olivas-Vergara O, Guillén-Astete C, González Del Pozo P, Mérida-Velasco JR, Murillo-González J.

    Sonoanatomy of the Finger Synovio-Entheseal Complexes.

    ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY . 50(12): 1903-1910.

    [doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2024.08.018]