October 2021 Editor's Picks

The Journal of Rheumatology's Editor-in-Chief Earl Silverman discusses this month's selection of articles that are most relevant to the clinical rheumatologist. Included are excerpts from this month’s Editor’s Picks spotlight interview with authors Mary Safy-Khan, Paco Welsing and Johannes Jacobs from Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands about their and their co-authors' article "Current Smoking Negatively Affects the Response to Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Dose-responsive Way, Independently of Concomitant Prednisone Use". - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200213 This month’s selections also include: Mease, et al: Comparison of Men and Women With Axial Spondyloarthritis in the US-based Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.201549 Feher, et al: Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210040 Mohajer, et al: Metabolic Syndrome and Osteoarthritis Distribution in the Hand Joints: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis From the Osteoarthritis Initiative - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210189 Fernández-Ávila, et al: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Rheumatology Practice in Latin America - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.201623 Gilvaz et al: A Case of Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection During Treatment With Tofacitinib - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.200730 Jansen, et al: Smoking and Methotrexate Inefficacy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: What About Underlying Molecular Mechanisms? - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210217 Leung: Gender Differences in Disease Activity and Impact in Axial Spondyloarthritis - https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.210564 To read these, and other full articles visit www.jrheum.org. Music by David Hilowitz