Bi-directional association of rheumatoid arthritis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: linking arthritis, inflammation, smoking, airways disease, and emphysema

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Oct 1;63(10):2611-2612. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae137.

Authors

Julia A Ford¹, Michael H Cho^{2

3

4}, Jeffrey A Sparks^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
² Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 38450423
PMCID: PMC11443030 (available on 2025-03-06)
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae137

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Rheumatoid* / complications
Humans
Inflammation
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / complications
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive* / physiopathology
Pulmonary Emphysema* / etiology
Smoking* / adverse effects

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