Pro-inflammatory IL-6, IL-18, TNFα cytokines and endothelial dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and antiphospholipid syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immunoinflammatory (autoimmune) rheumatic disease of unknown etiology, characterized by chronic erosive arthritis and systemic damage to internal organs, leading to early disability. Unlike systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma, systemic vasculitis, and many other rheumatic...