• Antirheumatic therapy is associated with reduced complement activation in rheumatoid arthritis 

      Nguyen, Thao; Hokstad, Ingrid; Fagerland, Morten; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Hollan, Ivana; Feinberg, Mark W.; Hjeltnes, Gunnbjørg; Eilertsen, Gro Østli; Mikkelsen, Knut; Agewall, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background The complement system plays an important role in pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and might be involved in accelerated atherogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The role of complement activation ...
    • High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is associated with disease activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis 

      Nguyen, Thao; Fagerland, Morten; Hollan, Ivana; Whist, Jon Elling; Feinberg, Mark W.; Agewall, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objective To investigate whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hsTnT) correlates to markers of disease activity in inflammatory arthritis (IA), and whether antirheumatic treatment influences hsTnT levels. Methods We ...