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Overview

Anca I. Catrina is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden and specializes in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on rheumatology. Their research contributions predominantly address rheumatoid arthritis and related autoimmune conditions.

The scientist's work spans a range of subfields including rheumatology, immunology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, and oncology. This interdisciplinary approach supports investigations into complex disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.

The main research topics covered by their publications include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders

Recent papers featuring this scientist demonstrate a focus on the pathogenic mechanisms and immunological aspects of rheumatoid arthritis:

  • Current view on the pathogenic role of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis, 2021, RMD Open
  • Different Hierarchies of Anti-Modified Protein Autoantibody Reactivities in Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Three-dimensional spatial transcriptomics uncovers cell type localizations in the human rheumatoid arthritis synovium, 2022, Communications Biology
  • EULAR points to consider for conducting clinical trials and observational studies in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis, 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Extracellular miR-574-5p Induces Osteoclast Differentiation via TLR 7/8 in Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated with this scientist include:

  • Aase Hensvold
  • Vivianne Malmström
  • Lars Klareskog
  • Bence Réthi
  • Vijay Joshua

Publications are often found in specific venues, indicating an engagement with established journals focusing on immunology and rheumatic diseases. These publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • RMD Open
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Association of chronic inflammation, not its treatment, with increased lymphoma risk in rheumatoid arthritis

    Eva Baecklund;Anastasia Iliadou;Johan Askling;Anders Ekbom;Anders Ekbom

  • Induction of osteoclastogenesis and bone loss by human autoantibodies against citrullinated vimentin

    Ulrike Harre;Dan Georgess;Holger Bang;Aline Bozec

  • Smoking increases peptidylarginine deiminase 2 enzyme expression in human lungs and increases citrullination in BAL cells

    D Makrygiannakis;M Hermansson;A-K Ulfgren;A P Nicholas

  • EULAR recommendations for terminology and research in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis: report from the Study Group for Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Danielle M. Gerlag;Karim Raza;Lisa G M van Baarsen;Elisabeth Brouwer

  • Stabilization of HIF-1α is critical to improve wound healing in diabetic mice

    Ileana Ruxandra Botusan;Vivekananda Gupta Sunkari;Octavian Savu;Anca Irinel Catrina

  • The Inhibitor of Death Receptor Signaling, Flice-Inhibitory Protein Defines a New Class of Tumor Progression Factors

    Mounira Djerbi;Valentina Screpanti;Anca Irinel Catrina;Bjarne Bogen

  • The immunopathogenesis of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: from triggering to targeting

    Vivianne Malmström;Anca I. Catrina;Lars Klareskog

  • Identification of a novel chemokine-dependent molecular mechanism underlying rheumatoid arthritis-associated autoantibody-mediated bone loss

    Akilan Krishnamurthy;Vijay Joshua;Aase Haj Hensvold;Tao Jin

  • Evidence that anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy with both etanercept and infliximab induces apoptosis in macrophages, but not lymphocytes, in rheumatoid arthritis joints: extended report.

    Anca Irinel Catrina;Christina Trollmo;Erik af Klint;Marianne Engstrom

  • Autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins induce joint pain independent of inflammation via a chemokine-dependent mechanism

    Gustaf Wigerblad;Duygu B. Bas;Cátia Fernades-Cerqueira;Akilan Krishnamurthy

  • Multinational evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of gout: integrating systematic literature review and expert opinion of a broad panel of rheumatologists in the 3e initiative

    Francisca Sivera;Mariano Andres;Loreto Carmona;Alison Sr Kydd

  • Synovial fibroblast-neutrophil interactions promote pathogenic adaptive immunity in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Carmelo Carmona-Rivera;Philip M. Carlucci;Erica Moore;Nithya Lingampalli;Nithya Lingampalli

  • Mechanisms leading from systemic autoimmunity to joint-specific disease in rheumatoid arthritis

    Anca I. Catrina;Camilla I. Svensson;Vivianne Malmström;Georg Schett

  • Structural changes and antibody enrichment in the lungs are early features of anti-citrullinated protein antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis.

    Gudrun Reynisdottir;Reza Karimi;Vijay Joshua;Helga Olsen

  • Synovial tissue research: a state-of-the-art review

    Carl Orr;Elsa Sousa;David L Boyle;Maya H Buch

  • Lymphoma subtypes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: increased proportion of diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

    Eva Baecklund;Christer Sundström;Anders Ekbom;Anders Ekbom;Anca I. Catrina

  • Monoclonal IgG antibodies generated from joint-derived B cells of RA patients have a strong bias toward citrullinated autoantigen recognition

    Khaled Amara;Johanna Steen;Fiona Murray;Henner Morbach

  • The lung microbiota in early rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmunity

    Jose U. Scher;Vijay Joshua;Alejandro Artacho;Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz

  • Environmental and genetic factors in the development of anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) and ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis: an epidemiological investigation in twins

    Aase Haj Hensvold;Patrik K E Magnusson;Vijay Joshua;Monika Hansson

  • The programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1 inhibitory pathway is up-regulated in rheumatoid synovium and regulates peripheral T cell responses in human and murine arthritis.

    Amalia P. Raptopoulou;George Bertsias;Dimitrios Makrygiannakis;Panagiotis Verginis

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Klareskog
Lars Klareskog Karolinska Institute
Vivianne Malmström
Vivianne Malmström Karolinska University Hospital
Per-Johan Jakobsson
Per-Johan Jakobsson Karolinska University Hospital
Johan Grunewald
Johan Grunewald Karolinska University Hospital
Anders Eklund
Anders Eklund Karolinska Institute
Johan Rönnelid
Johan Rönnelid Uppsala University
Leonid Padyukov
Leonid Padyukov Karolinska Institute
Lars Alfredsson
Lars Alfredsson Karolinska Institute
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl Karolinska Institute
Johan Askling
Johan Askling Karolinska Institute

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