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Rik Lories

Rik Lories

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
16227
World Ranking
10108
National Ranking
183

Overview

Rik Lories is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a significant publication record in the field of medicine, with a focus on rheumatology and related disciplines. Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology, immunology, hematology, and surgery.

The scientist's work concentrates primarily on topics related to osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, spondyloarthritis studies and treatments, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects, and bone metabolism and diseases.

Notable recent publications include:

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2019 update, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Ankylosing spondylitis: an autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease?, 2021, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2023 update, 2024, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Tendon and ligament mechanical loading in the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis, 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Integrative Analysis Reveals a Molecular Stratification of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology

Frequent co-authors who have contributed substantially alongside Rik Lories include:

  • Silvia Monteagudo
  • F.M. Cornelis
  • Kurt de Vlam
  • Astrid De Roover
  • Ilse Jonkers

The primary venues for publication reflect the scientist's focus and include:

  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • RMD Open
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Rik Lories has contributed extensively to the medical sciences literature, particularly in rheumatology, with a total of 252 publications in medicine. Within this domain, the largest number of works are related to rheumatology (118 publications), followed by molecular biology (37), immunology (35), hematology (22), and surgery (18). Their research outputs focus on elucidating mechanisms and treatments for musculoskeletal and autoimmune conditions, emphasizing both clinical and molecular insights.

Best Publications

  • European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2015 update.

    L Gossec;J S Smolen;S Ramiro;M de Wit

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2019 update

    Laure Gossec;Xenofon Baraliakos;Andreas Kerschbaumer;Maarten de Wit

  • The bone–cartilage unit in osteoarthritis

    Rik J. Lories;Frank P. Luyten

  • Enthesitis: from pathophysiology to treatment

    Georg Schett;Rik J Lories;Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino;Dirk Elewaut

  • Proof of concept: enthesitis and new bone formation in spondyloarthritis are driven by mechanical strain and stromal cells

    Peggy Jacques;Stijn Lambrecht;Eveline Verheugen;Elin Pauwels

  • The concept of a “synovio-entheseal complex” and its implications for understanding joint inflammation and damage in psoriatic arthritis and beyond

    Dennis McGonagle;Dennis McGonagle;Rik J. U. Lories;Ai Lyn Tan;Michael Benjamin

  • The pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis: a moving target

    Wim A Wuyts;Carlo Agostini;Katerina M Antoniou;Demosthenes Bouros

  • Modulation of bone morphogenetic protein signaling inhibits the onset and progression of ankylosing enthesitis

    Rik J.U. Lories;Inge Derese;Frank P. Luyten

  • Ankylosing spondylitis: an autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease?

    Daniele Mauro;Ranjeny Thomas;Giuliana Guggino;Rik Lories

  • Articular cartilage and biomechanical properties of the long bones in Frzb-knockout mice.

    Rik J. U. Lories;Jenny Peeters;Astrid Bakker;Przemko Tylzanowski

  • A genome-wide association study identifies an osteoarthritis susceptibility locus on chromosome 7q22.

    Hanneke J M Kerkhof;Rik J Lories;Ingrid Meulenbelt;Ingileif Jonsdottir

  • Targets, models and challenges in osteoarthritis research

    Sarah Thysen;Frank P. Luyten;Rik J. U. Lories

  • To Wnt or not to Wnt: the bone and joint health dilemma

    Rik J. Lories;Maripat Corr;Nancy E. Lane

  • Progress in spondylarthritis. Mechanisms of new bone formation in spondyloarthritis

    Rik J U Lories;Frank P Luyten;Kurt de Vlam

  • Large-scale analysis of association between GDF5 and FRZB variants and osteoarthritis of the hip, knee, and hand

    Evangelos Evangelou;Kay Chapman;Ingrid Meulenbelt;Fotini B. Karassa

  • Wnt signaling and osteoarthritis.

    Frank P. Luyten;Przemko Tylzanowski;Rik J. Lories

  • Identification of distinct gene expression profiles in the synovium of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    A. Nzeusseu Toukap;C. Galant;I. Theate;A. L. Maudoux

  • Evidence for uncoupling of inflammation and joint remodeling in a mouse model of spondylarthritis

    Rik J U Lories;Inge Derese;Cosimo de Bari;Frank P Luyten

  • Ankylosing enthesitis, dactylitis, and onychoperiostitis in male DBA/1 mice: a model of psoriatic arthritis

    Rik Lories;Patrick Matthys;K de Vlam;I Derese

  • The coupling of bone and cartilage turnover in osteoarthritis: opportunities for bone antiresorptives and anabolics as potential treatments?

    M. A. Karsdal;A. C. Bay-Jensen;R. J. Lories;S. Abramson

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Luyten
Frank Luyten KU Leuven
Dirk Elewaut
Dirk Elewaut Ghent University
Ingrid Meulenbelt
Ingrid Meulenbelt Leiden University Medical Center
Ana M. Valdes
Ana M. Valdes University of Nottingham
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Jan Deprest
Jan Deprest KU Leuven
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty University of Nottingham
John Loughlin
John Loughlin Newcastle University
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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