Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, characterized by the inflammation of synovial joints. Inflammation of the synovium finally results in destruction of the affected joints, having a profound impact on the patients' quality of life.
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Although treatment of RA has improved considerably in the last decade, the disease still causes considerable disability. Likewise, people with RA often need to take inflammation-suppressive treatments as the disease cannot be cured. To further improve treatment and life of people with RA, we have embarked on several research lines focussing on the early recognition & prevention of RA, clinical strategy studies & novel treatments as well as basic & translational studies aiming to understand the origin of disease.