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Androgens in rheumatoid arthritis: when are they effectors?

Overview of attention for article published in Arthritis Research & Therapy, September 2009
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Title
Androgens in rheumatoid arthritis: when are they effectors?
Published in
Arthritis Research & Therapy, September 2009
DOI 10.1186/ar2804
Pubmed ID
Authors

Maurizio Cutolo

Abstract

Neither hormone receptor genes nor plasma androgens seem significantly altered in female subjects before they became affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and, therefore, do not seem to play a role as risk factors for its development. However, serum testosterone levels are inversely correlated with RA activity and dehydro-epiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) plasma levels are inversely correlated with both disease duration and clinical severity in patients already affected by active RA. In particular, gonadal and adrenal androgens (that is, testosterone and DHEAS) are significantly decreased in inflamed synovial tissue/fluids during active disease as a consequence of the inflammatory reaction, which supports a pro-inflammatory milieu in RA joints. Recently, male gender has been found to be a major predictor of remission in early RA.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Paraguay 1 3%
Unknown 30 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 23%
Student > Bachelor 5 16%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 10%
Other 2 6%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 8 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 26%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 13%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 3%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 9 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2014.
All research outputs
#6,595,315
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#1,413
of 3,381 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#30,221
of 106,111 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#15
of 32 outputs
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