title: Cytomegalovirus as a Driver of Excess Cardiovascular Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Red Herring or a Smoking Gun?
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, United Kingdom (A.P., I.B., K.A.D., F.K.); and Department of Immunology, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Spain (A.P.).
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pera
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, United Kingdom (A.P., I.B., K.A.D., F.K.); and Department of Immunology, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Spain (A.P.).
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Broadley
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, United Kingdom (A.P., I.B., K.A.D., F.K.); and Department of Immunology, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Spain (A.P.).
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, United Kingdom (A.P., I.B., K.A.D., F.K.); and Department of Immunology, Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Spain (A.P.). f.kern@bsms.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
keywords: CD4 T-lymphocytes; atherosclerosis; cytomegalovirus; cytotoxicity; inflammation; rheumatoid arthritis