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Kemble, S, Wehmeyer, C, Brown, JM, Smith, CG, Adams, HR, Crombie, E, Northall, E, Imran, M, Chin, P, Perlman, HR, Buckley, CD, Croft, AP & Naylor, AJ 2026, 'CD248/Endosialin regulates synovial fibroblast state to control coupling of inflammation and bone damage in murine models of immune-mediated inflammatory arthritis and ageing', Arthritis and Rheumatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.70327
Chen, Y-Y, Mahony, C, Turner, J, Smith, CG, Abdulsalam, A, Amirize, E, Prince, A, Heagerty, A, Roberts, C, Croft, A, Wilson, Y, Moiemen, N & Lord, JM 2026, 'Cellular heterogeneity in hypertrophic burn scars in response to carbon dioxide laser therapy', Communications Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01521-w
Shen, Y, Benlabiod, C, Watson, E, Gurashi, K, Fower, A, Rodriguez-Romera, A, Reyat, JS, Adnan-Awad, S, Hargreaves, R, Kemble, S, Smith, CG, Croft, AP, Oppermann, U, Welsh, A, Murphy, L, Murphy, E, Moetazedian, A, Jooss, N, Wong, ZC, Rayes, J, Mead, AJ, Roy, A, Gooding, S, Psaila, B & Khan, AO 2026, 'comBO: A combined human bone and lympho-myeloid bone marrow organoid for preclinical modeling of hematopoietic disorders', Cell stem cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2026.01.010
Niven, J, Kucuk, S, Gope, A, Certo, M, Cassidy, FC, Arana Echarri, A, Ali, S, Ladoukakis, E, Vidali, S, Macchi, C, Amir, SS, Bergin, R, Davies, S, Perkin, OJ, Smith, J, Cucchi, D, Heneghan, H, Wijesinghe, S, Jenkins, BJ, Baig, S, Mahony, C, Chidomere, C, Sarkar, S, Nicolaou, A, Caamaño, J, Croft, A, Davies, E, Thompson, D, O’Shea, D, Jones, SW, Duggal, NA, Ruscica, M, Makarova, M, Jones, N, Da Silva Xavier, G, Geberhiwot, T, Turner, JE, Hogan, AE, Nedjai, B & Mauro, C 2026, 'DNA methylation-mediated memory of obesity in CD4 T lymphocytes perpetuates immune dysregulation', EMBO Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-026-00765-w
Koh, B, Gal Oz, ST, Sato, R, Nguyen, HN, Dunlap, G, Mahony, C, Bolton, C, Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) RA/SLE Network, Wedderburn, LR, Croft, AP, Donlin, L, Smith, MH, Raychaudhuri, S, Korsunsky, I, Rao, DA & Brenner, MB 2026, 'Functional and dysfunctional T regulatory cell states in human tissues in RA and other autoimmune arthritic diseases', Nature Immunology, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 1449-1461. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-026-02540-4
Clay, E, Hackland, A, Smith, C, Reis Nisa, P, Neag, G, Mahony, CB, Adams, HR, Jones, LJ, Chin, PS, Kemble, S, Marsh, L-J, Filer, A & Croft, AP 2026, 'Minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided synovial tissue biopsies are well-tolerated, safe and feasible in children and young people with inflammatory arthritis', RMD Open, vol. 12, no. 4, e006817. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2026-006817
Wahid, M, Kemble, S, Abudu, O, Saviano, A, Mahony, C, Lewis, JW, Nicholson, TA, Schettino, A, Marigliano, N, Frost, K, Begum, J, Urbanowski, AM, Limo, M, Jha, R, Jarquin, SM, Pezhman, L, Degan, AEA, Anderson, AE, Smith, CG, Batki, A, Adams, H, Caso, F, Scarpa, R, McInnes, I, Siebert, S, Pratt, AG, Filer, A, Raza, K, Croft, AP, Chimen, M, de Cogan, F, Rainger, GE, Iqbal, AJ, Maione, F & McGettrick, HM 2026, 'PEPITEM Regulates the Synovial Microenvironment During Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Arthritis to Limit Disease', Arthritis & Rheumatology (Hoboken). https://doi.org/10.1002/art.70108
Raimondo, MG, Mohammadian, H, Angeli, MR, Alivernini, S, Fedorchenko, V, Huang, K, Demmler, R, Rhein, P, Xu, C, Li, Y-N, Micheroli, R, Winter, Z, Rigau, AR, Anchang, CG, Soare, A, Luber, M, Labinsky, H, Chang, J, Günther, C, Fearon, U, Veale, DJ, Ciccia, F, Rech, J, Sticherling, M, Bäuerle, T, Distler, JHW, Kurowska-Stolarska, MS, Mack, M, Ekici, AB, Croft, AP, Distler, O, Maric, HM, Ospelt, C, Cañete, JD, D'Agostino, MA, Schett, G, Rauber, S & Ramming, A 2026, 'Skin-derived myeloid precursors and joint-resident fibroblasts spread psoriatic disease from skin to joints', Nature Immunology, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02351-z
Bhamidipati, K, McIntyre, ABR, Kazerounian, S, Ce, G, Wong, SW, Tran, M, Prell, SA, Lau, R, Khedgikar, V, Altmann, C, Small, A, Madhu, R, Presti, SR, Anufrieva, KS, Blazar, PE, Lange, JK, Seifert, JA, Accelerating Medicines Partnership RA/SLE Network, Colorado Interdisciplinary Joint Biology Program (CUIJBP) Consortium, Moreland, LW, Croft, AP, Smith, MH, Donlin, LT, Lewis, MJ, Jonsson, AH, Pitzalis, C, Thomas, R, Gravallese, EM, Brenner, MB, Korsunsky, I, Wechalekar, MD & Wei, K 2026, 'Spatial patterning of fibroblast TGFβ signaling underlies treatment resistance in rheumatoid arthritis', Nature Immunology, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 556-571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02386-2
Schmidt, T, Mossberg, A, Król, P, Kapetanovic, MC, Einarsson, JT, Croft, AP, Bengtsson, AA, Kahn, F & Kahn, R 2026, 'Synovial fluid potentiates local fibroblasts to drive monocyte activation in juvenile idiopathic arthritis', Arthritis Research & Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-026-03776-z
Magalhaes, MS, Malengier-Devlies, B, Seuzaret, G, Ahlback, A, Becker, S, Patatsos, K, Drakoulis, G, Karjalainen, J, Ruedl, C, Voehringer, D, Bain, CC, Emmerson, E, Schonfeldova, B, Zec, K, Udalova, I, Simakou, T, MacDonald, L, Kurowska-Stolarska, M, Miotla-Zarebska, J, Vincent, T, Ricci, R, Erbs, E, Barrington, J, McColl, BW, Neag, G, Mahony, C, Croft, AP, Boon, L, Vermeren, M, Bajénoff, M, Ben Brahim, O, Uderhardt, S, Gallerand, A, Ivanov, S & Gentek, R 2026, 'Synovial lining macrophages form during early postnatal life via fetal-derived CX3CR1+ cells and AQP1+ intermediates', Cell Reports, vol. 45, no. 8, 117698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117698
Davidson, S, Simone, D, Jansen, K, Cowan, M, Machado, C, Reekie, I, Bhalla, A, Borst, R, Prada Medina, C, Bull, J, Wong, ZY, Hill, S, Garvilles, M, Pledger, S, Nisa, PR, Schwingen, NR, Windell, D, Attar, M, Disney, C, Bodey, AJ, Parmenter, A, Byrne, H, Ahmed, S, Marathe, S, Lee, PD, Mahony, C, Croft, AP, Sansom, S, Coles, MC & Buckley, CD 2026, 'The embryonic origins of site-specific arthritis', Nature Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-026-02542-2
Comment/debate
Croft, AP, Campos, J, Jansen, K, Turner, JD, Marshall, J, Attar, M, Savary, L, Wehmeyer, C, Naylor, AJ, Kemble, S, Begum, J, Dürholz, K, Perlman, H, Barone, F, McGettrick, HM, Fearon, DT, Wei, K, Raychaudhuri, S, Korsunsky, I, Brenner, MB, Coles, M, Sansom, SN, Filer, A & Buckley, CD 2026, 'Author Correction: Distinct fibroblast subsets drive inflammation and damage in arthritis', Nature, vol. 649, no. 8096, pp. E2-E2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09783-5
Review article
Chew, C, Jones, GW, Croft, AP, Wedderburn, LR & Ramanan, AV 2026, 'Efforts towards a precision medicine approach in juvenile idiopathic arthritis', Rheumatology (Oxford, England), vol. 65, no. 8, keag402. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keag402
Karsdal, M, Cox, TR, Parker, AL, Willumsen, N, Sand, JMB, Jenkins, G, Hansen, HH, Oldenburger, A, Geillinger-Kaestle, KE, Larsen, AT, Black, D, Genovese, F, Eckersley, A, Heinz, A, Nyström, A, Holm Nielsen, S, Bennink, L, Johannsson, L, Bay-Jensen, A-C, Orange, DE, Friedman, S, Røpke, M, Fiore, V, Schuppan, D, Rieder, F, Simona, B, Borthwick, L, Skarsfeldt, M, Wennbo, H, Thakker, P, Stoffel, R, Clarke, GW, Kalluri, R, Ruane, D, Zannad, F, Mortensen, JH, Sinkeviciute, D, Sundberg, F, Coseno, M, Thudium, C, Croft, AP, Khanna, D, Cooreman, M, Broermann, A, Leeming, DJ, Mobasheri, A & Ricard-Blum, S 2025, 'Advances in Extracellular Matrix-Associated Diagnostics and Therapeutics', Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 14, no. 6, 1856. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14061856
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