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S. Louis Bridges is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a notable emphasis on rheumatology, immunology, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their work covers several main topics within these fields, including:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Bridges has contributed frequently to a range of scientific publication venues. Some of the venues where they have published extensively include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications

Their recent papers highlight engagement with significant research topics and prestigious journals:

  • "Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology," published in Nature in 2020
  • "Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses identify novel genetic mechanisms in rheumatoid arthritis," published in Nature Genetics in 2022
  • "Fine-mapping, trans-ancestral and genomic analyses identify causal variants, cells, genes and drug targets for type 1 diabetes," published in Nature Genetics in 2021
  • "2022 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for Vaccinations in Patients With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases," published in Arthritis Care & Research in 2023
  • "Why women have more autoimmune diseases than men: An evolutionary perspective," published in Evolutionary Applications in 2020

Bridges frequently collaborates with several co-authors who contribute to similar scientific topics. Among the most frequent collaborators are:

  • Larry W. Moreland
  • Laura B. Hughes
  • Vivian P. Bykerk
  • Andrew Filer
  • V. Michael Holers

This scientist's publication record demonstrates a sustained commitment to advancing understanding in rheumatology and immunology, with a particular focus on autoimmune diseases and related immune functions. Their research encompasses a broad spectrum from genetic analyses and cellular mechanisms to clinical guidelines and evolutionary perspectives on diseases.

Best Publications

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

    Yukinori Okada;Yukinori Okada;Di Wu;Di Wu;Di Wu;Gosia Trynka;Gosia Trynka;Towfique Raj;Towfique Raj

  • 2012 Update of the 2008 American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and biologic agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Daniel E. Furst;Aseem Bharat;Jeffrey R. Curtis

  • American College of Rheumatology 2008 Recommendations for the Use of Nonbiologic and Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Kenneth G. Saag;Gim Gee Teng;Nivedita M. Patkar;Jeremy Anuntiyo

  • 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: ACR RA Treatment Recommendations

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Kenneth G. Saag;S. Louis Bridges;Elie A. Akl

  • A randomized comparative effectiveness study of oral triple therapy versus etanercept plus methotrexate in early aggressive rheumatoid arthritis: The Treatment of Early Aggressive Rheumatoid Arthritis trial

    Larry W. Moreland;James R. O'Dell;Harold E. Paulus;Jeffrey R. Curtis

  • A genomewide screen in multiplex rheumatoid arthritis families suggests genetic overlap with other autoimmune diseases.

    Damini Jawaheer;Michael F. Seldin;Christopher I. Amos;Wei V. Chen

  • REL, encoding a member of the NF-kappaB family of transcription factors, is a newly defined risk locus for rheumatoid arthritis.

    Peter K Gregersen;Chistopher I Amos;Annette T Lee;Yue Lu

  • Screening the genome for rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes: A replication study and combined analysis of 512 multicase families

    Damini Jawaheer;Michael F. Seldin;Christopher I. Amos;Wei V. Chen

  • Does gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) influence the development of chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis?

    James M Kelley;Laura B Hughes;S Louis Bridges

  • The influence of genetic variation in the HLA-DRB1 and LTA-TNF regions on the response to treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis with methotrexate or etanercept.

    Lindsey A. Criswell;Raymond F. Lum;Kevin N. Turner;Blanche Woehl

  • A comparison of patient characteristics and outcomes in selected European and U.S. rheumatoid arthritis registries.

    Jeffrey R. Curtis;Archana Jain;Johan Askling;S. Louis Bridges

  • Genome-wide association study and gene expression analysis identifies CD84 as a predictor of response to etanercept therapy in rheumatoid arthritis

    Jing Cui;Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Saedis Saevarsdottir;Corinne Miceli;Corinne Miceli

  • Vitamin D Status and Its Associations with Disease Activity and Severity in African Americans with Recent-onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Steven M. Craig;Fang Yu;Jeffrey R. Curtis;Graciela S. Alarcón

  • Rheumatoid arthritis risk allele PTPRC is also associated with response to anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha therapy.

    Jing Cui;Saedis Saevarsdottir;Brian Thomson;Leonid Padyukov

  • Changes in lipoproteins associated with methotrexate or combination therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis trial.

    Iris Navarro-Millán;Christina Charles-Schoeman;Shuo Yang;Joan M. Bathon

  • IFNγ induces epigenetic programming of human T-bethi B cells and promotes TLR7/8 and IL-21 induced differentiation.

    Esther Zumaquero;Sara L Stone;Christopher D Scharer;Scott A Jenks

  • Integration of sequence data from a consanguineous family with genetic data from an outbred population identifies PLB1 as a candidate rheumatoid arthritis risk gene

    Yukinori Okada;Dorothee Diogo;Dorothee Diogo;Jeffrey D. Greenberg;Faten Mouassess

  • Contribution of Vh gene replacement to the primary B cell repertoire.

    Zhixin Zhang;Michael Zemlin;Michael Zemlin;Yui-Hsi Wang;Delicia Munfus

  • Why women have more autoimmune diseases than men: An evolutionary perspective

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  • Crowdsourced assessment of common genetic contribution to predicting anti-TNF treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis

    Solveig K. Sieberts;Fan Zhu;Javier García-García;Eli Stahl

  • Fine-mapping, trans-ancestral and genomic analyses identify causal variants, cells, genes and drug targets for type 1 diabetes

    C.C. Robertson;J.R.J. Inshaw;S. Onengut-Gumuscu;W.M. Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry W. Moreland
Larry W. Moreland University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jeffrey R. Curtis
Jeffrey R. Curtis University of Alabama at Birmingham
Peter K. Gregersen
Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Leigh F. Callahan
Leigh F. Callahan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert M. Plenge
Robert M. Plenge Bristol Myers Squibb
Lindsey A. Criswell
Lindsey A. Criswell National Institutes of Health
Paul P. Tak
Paul P. Tak GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Robert P. Kimberly
Robert P. Kimberly University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eli A. Stahl
Eli A. Stahl Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Soumya Raychaudhuri
Soumya Raychaudhuri Brigham and Women's Hospital

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