RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 OsteoRheumatology: a new discipline? JF RMD Open JO RMD Open FD EULAR SP e000083 DO 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000083 VO 1 IS Suppl 1 A1 Marta Favero A1 Andrea Giusti A1 Piet Geusens A1 Steven R Goldring A1 Willem Lems A1 Georg Schett A1 Gerolamo Bianchi YR 2015 UL http://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/1/Suppl_1/e000083.abstract 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.