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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 2d

New article! CD71+ erythroid cell expansion in late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus.

➡️SLE mainly affects women of reproductive age
➡️Late-onset #SLE patients are generally indolent and have less severe manifestations
➡️Potential molecular markers

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70027

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome to read the Editor´s Choice in October!

➡️ Low-protein diet for chronic kidney disease
➡️ Evidence, controversies, and practical guidelines

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.20117
👉Also, read the October issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652796/2025/298/4

#CKD #nutrition

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 13d

Focus Issue! Infection-related chronic conditions.

💡A global challenge
💡Long-term health effects
💡COVID-19, immune function, neurodegeneration, cancer risk, disease management strategies

👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2796.infection-related-chronic-conditions

#COVID_19

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 14d

The October issue is now online!

Read our latest articles!

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652796/2025/298/4

#ChronicPain #Oncology #AML #CKD #T2DM #ALS #Hypertension #Cardiology

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 14d

New article! Low positive and borderline negative #transglutaminase antibody levels are frequently associated with a #coeliac disease diagnosis.

➡️ Expanding screening of coeliac disease
➡️ TGA values - causing increasing confusion in clinical practice

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70025

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 14d

New article to read! Characterizing VEXAS syndrome in women.

➡️ An autoinflammatory disease
➡️ Caused by somatic UBA1 mutations on the X chromosome
➡️ Findings from an international multicenter study

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70023

#VEXAS #autoinflammatory

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 14d

Read more about recently published article! Protein in urine can predict risk of dementia.

👉 news.ki.se/protein-in-urine-can-predict-risk-of-dementia

#dementia #albuminuria

Protein in urine can predict risk of dementia

A study shows that people with higher levels of the protein albumin in their urine are at increased risk of developing dementia. The study, led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, is published in...

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 15d

New article to read! #Albuminuria is associated with increased risk of #dementia, independent of #eGFR.

➡️ Particularly mixed, vascular, and unspecified dementia
➡️ The SCREAM project

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70022

Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 15d

New review to read! Neuroendocrinology meets #addiction.

➡️ Emerging pharmacotherapies on the horizon
➡️ Special emphasis on glucagon-like peptide-1, ghrelin, fibroblast growth factor-21, amylin, glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70021

#amylin #FGF-21

Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 16d

New article! Oral anticoagulation in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding and new-onset atrial fibrillation.

➡️ GIB is common among patients with new-onset AF
➡️ Despite the overall increasing use of OACs, they remain less utilized in patients with GIB

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70018

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 16d

New article to read! Long-term efficacy of #rituximab versus intravenous cyclophosphamide for severe #ANCA-associated #vasculitis.

➡️ Multicenter REVEAL cohort study
➡️ Remission induction therapy
➡️ RTX is a more effective and safer treatment option

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70024

Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 21d

New article to read! Sixty years of experience with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis.

➡️ Insights from the Swedish transthyretin amyloidosis registry

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70020

#amyloidosis

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 28d

Follow the discussion! Standard and advanced #echocardiographic study of patients with #Paget's disease of bone.

➡️ Evidence of a Pagetic heart disease?

Article: doi.org/10.1111/joim.20069
Regarding: doi.org/10.1111/joim.70011
Regarding: doi.org/10.1111/joim.70014
Reply: doi.org/10.1111/joim.70013

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · 29d

New article to read! Oxidized high-density lipoprotein associates with #cardiometabolic dysfunction in #coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome.

➡️ Establishes a novel mechanistic pathway linking oxidized HDL to the presence of an ACS.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70019

#HDL #ACS

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Sep 2

New article to read! Association between #antibiotic use and the onset of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica.

➡️ Compared to controls, GCA patients were at higher risk of having used antibiotics in the 24 months prior to the diagnosis.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70000

#PMR

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Sep 2

Welcome to read the Editor´s Choice in September!

➡️ Cholecystokinin: Clinical aspects of the new biology
➡️ Classic gut hormone
➡️ Diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.20110
👉The September issue:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652796/2025/298/3

#CCK

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 27

New article! Predictors of remission and relapse in retroperitoneal fibrosis.

➡️ Metabolic activity of RPF at 18F-FDG-PET is an important predictor of remission and relapse.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70017

#IgG4 #PET #retroperitonealﬁbrosis #vasculitis

Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 27

The September issue is now online!

Read our latest articles!

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652796/2025/298/3

#gaucherdisease #dementia #type2diabetes #CKD #cardiovascular #liverfibroses #depression #physicalactivity #amiodarone #thyroid #mediterraneandiet #cholecystokinin

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 26

New article! Longitudinal insights into the natural history of Type 2 diabetes among Koreans.

➡️ The progression to DM occurs rapidly once prediabetes develops, regardless of the metabolic phenotype.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70010

#type2diabetes #prediabetes #DM

Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 25

New review to read! Inter-organ crosstalk: The kidney's role in systemic health and disease.

➡️ A paradigm shift
➡️ Emphasizing the importance of systemic balance and adaptation in human health

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70015

#kidney #inflammation #neurohormonal

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 25

New article to read! Colchicine and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with gout and Type 2 diabetes.

➡️ Does not significantly reduce the risk of MACE compared with NSAIDs in a real-world population

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70012

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 11

Recently published Letter to the Editor! Therapeutic innovations to counter antimicrobial-resistant infections and antimicrobial peptides.

➡️ AMPs are promising therapies against drug-resistant infections.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70005

#AMR #AMPs

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Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 11

New Perspective! Precision oncology to overcome resistance in R/R #AML in children and adults requires combinations of cytotoxic, targeted, and immunological treatments.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70004

#PrecisionMedicine #Oncology

Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 8

New Research Letter to read! Remnant #cholesterol as a driver for #atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes.

➡️ Remnant cholesterol - the cholesterol that remains after subtraction of LDL-C and HDL-C from total plasma cholesterol.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/joim.70001

#T2D #diabetes

Journal of Internal Medicine @jinternmed.bsky.social · Aug 7

Follow the discussion! Are systolic blood pressure targets below 120 mm Hg associated with reduced mortality?

➡️ Original Article: doi.org/10.1111/joim.20078
➡️ Editorial: doi.org/10.1111/joim.20084
➡️ Regarding: doi.org/10.1111/joim.70006
➡️ Reply: doi.org/10.1111/joim.70007

#Hypertension