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Alain Saraux is affiliated with the University of Western Brittany in France. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on rheumatology. Other subfields of study include surgery, immunology, physiology, and genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Key areas of research include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis

Alain Saraux has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Revue du Rhumatisme
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Joint Bone Spine
  • RMD Open
  • Rheumatology and Therapy

Notable recent papers include the following:

  • Integrative Analysis Reveals a Molecular Stratification of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • A new molecular classification to drive precision treatment strategies in primary Sjögren's syndrome, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Effect of Tocilizumab on Disease Activity in Patients With Active Polymyalgia Rheumatica Receiving Glucocorticoid Therapy, 2022, JAMA
  • Interleukin 6 receptor inhibition in primary Sjögren syndrome: a multicentre double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • A Risk Score to Detect Subclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, 2022, Arthritis & Rheumatology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alain Saraux include:

  • Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec
  • Divi Cornec
  • Guillermo Carvajal Alegria
  • Dewi Guellec
  • Sandrine Jousse-Joulin

Best Publications

  • The environment, geo-epidemiology, and autoimmune disease: Rheumatoid arthritis

    Gabriel J. Tobón;Pierre Youinou;Alain Saraux

  • EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI): development of a consensus patient index for primary Sjögren's syndrome

    Raphaele Seror;Philippe Ravaud;Xavier Mariette;Xavier Mariette;Hendrika Bootsma

  • Treatment of Primary Sjögren Syndrome With Rituximab: A Randomized Trial

    Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec;Xavier Mariette;Sandrine Jousse-Joulin;Jean-Marie Berthelot

  • BAFF overexpression is associated with autoantibody production in autoimmune diseases.

    Jacques-Olivier Pers;Capucine Daridon;Valérie Devauchelle;Sandrine Jousse

  • Improvement of Sjögren's syndrome after two infusions of rituximab (anti-CD20).

    Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec;Yvon Pennec;Johanne Morvan;Jacques-Olivier Pers

  • Defining disease activity states and clinically meaningful improvement in primary Sjögren's syndrome with EULAR primary Sjögren's syndrome disease activity (ESSDAI) and patient-reported indexes (ESSPRI)

    Raphaèle Seror;Raphaèle Seror;Hendrika Bootsma;Alain Saraux;Simon J Bowman

  • Effects of Hydroxychloroquine on Symptomatic Improvement in Primary Sjögren Syndrome: The JOQUER Randomized Clinical Trial

    Jacques-Eric Gottenberg;Philippe Ravaud;Xavier Puéchal;Véronique Le Guern

  • Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in France: 2001

    F. Guillemin;A. Saraux;P. Guggenbuhl;C. H. Roux

  • Prevalence of spondyloarthropathies in France: 2001

    A. Saraux;F. Guillemin;P. Guggenbuhl;C. H. Roux

  • Validation of EULAR primary Sjogren's syndrome disease activity (ESSDAI) and patient indexes (ESSPRI)

    Raphaèle Seror;Elke Theander;Johan G. Brun;Manel Ramos-Casals

  • Contribution of salivary gland ultrasonography to the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome: toward new diagnostic criteria?

    Divi Cornec;Sandrine Jousse-Joulin;Jacques-Olivier Pers;Thierry Marhadour

  • Prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathy in Brittany, France. Société de Rhumatologie de l'Ouest.

    A Saraux;C Guedes;J Allain;V Devauchelle

  • The DESIR cohort: a 10-year follow-up of early inflammatory back pain in France: study design and baseline characteristics of the 708 recruited patients.

    Maxime Dougados;Maria-Antonietta d’Agostino;Joëlle Benessiano;Francis Berenbaum

  • Aberrant expression of BAFF by B lymphocytes infiltrating the salivary glands of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.

    Capucine Daridon;Valérie Devauchelle;Pascal Hutin;Rozenn Le Berre

  • Ability of the American College of Rheumatology 1987 criteria to predict rheumatoid arthritis in patients with early arthritis and classification of these patients two years later.

    Alain Saraux;Jean M. Berthelot;Gérard Chalès;Catherine Le Henaff

  • BAFF‐modulated repopulation of B lymphocytes in the blood and salivary glands of RITUXIMAB‐TREATED patients with Sjögren's syndrome

    Jacques-Olivier Pers;Valérie Devauchelle;Capucine Daridon;Boutahar Bendaoud

  • COVID-19 outcomes in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases treated with rituximab: a cohort study.

    Jérôme Avouac;Elodie Drumez;Eric Hachulla;Raphaèle Seror

  • Evaluation of several ultrasonography scoring systems for synovitis and comparison to clinical examination: results from a prospective multicentre study of rheumatoid arthritis

    Maxime Dougados;Sandrine Jousse-Joulin;Frederic Mistretta;Maria Antonietta D'Agostino

  • Serum levels of beta2-microglobulin and free light chains of immunoglobulins are associated with systemic disease activity in primary Sjögren's syndrome. Data at enrollment in the prospective ASSESS cohort.

    Jacques-Eric Gottenberg;Raphaèle Seror;Corinne Miceli-Richard;Joelle Benessiano

  • The ESPOIR cohort: a ten-year follow-up of early arthritis in France: methodology and baseline characteristics of the 813 included patients.

    Bernard Combe;Joëlle Benessiano;Francis Berenbaum;Alain Cantagrel

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Fautrel
Bruno Fautrel Université Paris Cité
Xavier Mariette
Xavier Mariette University of Paris-Saclay
Jacques-Olivier Pers
Jacques-Olivier Pers University of Western Brittany
Maxime Dougados
Maxime Dougados Hôpital Cochin
Bernard Combe
Bernard Combe University of Montpellier
Pierre Youinou
Pierre Youinou University of Western Brittany
Laure Gossec
Laure Gossec Sorbonne University
Yves Renaudineau
Yves Renaudineau University of Western Brittany
Jean Sibilia
Jean Sibilia University of Strasbourg
Francis Guillemin
Francis Guillemin University of Lorraine

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