PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marta Favero
AU  - Andrea Giusti
AU  - Piet Geusens
AU  - Steven R Goldring
AU  - Willem Lems
AU  - Georg Schett
AU  - Gerolamo Bianchi
TI  - OsteoRheumatology: a new discipline?
AID  - 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000083
DP  - 2015 Aug 01
TA  - RMD Open
PG  - e000083
VI  - 1
IP  - Suppl 1
4099  - http://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/1/Suppl_1/e000083.short
4100  - http://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/1/Suppl_1/e000083.full
SO  - RMD Open2015 Aug 01; 1
AB  - This review summarises recent evidence about the interaction between bone, the immune system and cartilage in disabling conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis. These topics have been recently discussed at the ‘OsteoRheumatology’ conference held in Genoa in October 2014. The meeting, at its 10th edition, has been conceived to bring together distinguished international experts in the fields of rheumatic and metabolic bone diseases with the aim of discussing emerging knowledge regarding the role of the bone tissue in rheumatic diseases. Moreover, this review focuses on new treatments based on underlying the pathophysiological processes in rheumatic diseases. Although, a number of issues still remain to be clarified, it seems quite clear that in clinical practice, as well as in basic and translational research, there is a need for more knowledge of the interactions between the cartilage, the immune system and the bone. In this context, ‘OsteoRheumatology’ represents a potential new discipline providing a greater insight into this interplay, in order to face the multifactorial and complex issues underlying common and disabling rheumatic diseases.