Biography
Dennis McGonagle, FRCPI, PhD, is an Academic Rheumatologist at the University of Leeds and section head of Experimental Rheumatology. He graduated in Medicine from the University College Dublin in 1990 and undertook postgraduate training in Dublin and Leeds where he completed his PhD. He has developed the modern enthesitis model for spondyloarthropathies and psoriatic arthritis including the cytokine mediated enthesis originating theory of disease (Lancet 1998). He also described the synovioentheseal complex, nail anchorage to the skeleton, developed an integrated biomechanical and immunology model for PsA, and a mechanistic disease classification of immune diseases (PLoS Med 2006). His group also discovered synovial fluid mesenchymal stem cells, which is being researched towards osteoarthritis therapy development. Prof. McGonagle has also served on the EULAR scientific committee and is a member of the Editorial Board of ARD.
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Table of Contents: ACR 2019
Featured articles
Late-Breaking Abstracts
Lowest risk of infection after therapy with an IL-12/IL-23 blocker
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: an independent risk factor for cardiovascular complications
Proteome abnormalities improve prediction of RA development
RA patients in remission benefit from continued therapy with conventional DMARDs
Selective IL-23 blocker shows remarkable efficacy in patients with psoriatic arthritis
Corticosteroid therapy in GCA: higher platelets – lower relapse rate
Spotlight on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Filgotinib promising in RA patients naïve to methotrexate
Sustained efficacy of monotherapy with upadacitinib after 48 weeks
Biologics show similar activity in patients with elderly-onset RA
Tocilizumab outperforms rituximab in RA patients with low level of synovial B cell infiltration
Treatment decisions should not be guided by ultrasound findings
Cancer treatment with checkpoint inhibitors in RA patients?
What is Hot in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Anifrolumab succeeds in second phase 3 trial in SLE
Depression closely related to fatigue in SLE patients
Spondyloarthritis – The Beat Goes On
Psoriasis onset determines sequence of symptoms
Higher psychiatric comorbidity in women with PsA
JAK1 inhibition shows remarkable efficacy in AS
CARDAS study shows increased prevalence of cardiac valvular disorders in AS patients
Osteoarthritis – State-of-the-Art
Hand OA: low-dose corticosteroids improve symptoms
Opioids: no quality of life benefits for OA patients
Walking speed is a predictor of mortality in patients with knee OA
Reproductive Issues in Rheumatic Disease
Few serious infections in offspring with exposure to non-TNFi biologics or tofacitinib
Prevention of congenital heart block may be possible with hydroxychloroquine
TNFi for RA during pregnancy – to stop or not to stop?
Vasculitis – Novel Treatment Modalities
Rituximab maintenance superior to azathioprine in ANCA-associated vasculitis
Prolonged remission after stop of tocilizumab for patients with giant cell arteritis
Best of the Posters
Antifibrotic therapy slows disease progression independent of corticosteroid use
Fibromyalgia patients often experienced abuse in childhood
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