Important Papers from India Association of MicroRNA-146a and Its Target Gene IRAK1 Polymorphism with Enthesitis Related Arthritis Category of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Singh S, et al. Rheumatol Int. 2014 Apr 10 [Epub ahead of print]. Studies have shown an association between miR-146a gene polymorphism and autoimmune diseases. A target for miR-146a is IRAK1. One hundred and fifty patients with JIA-ERA (ILAR criteria) were included in the study...... Carotid Intima Media Thickness as a Marker of Atherosclerosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis Gupta N, et al. Int J Rheumatol. 2014;2014:839135. In this study 37 cases of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and the same number of matched individuals were recruited. Carotid intima media thickness measurements were done using B-mode ultrasound...... Study of Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients of Psoriatic Arthritis by Flow Mediated and Nitroglycerine Mediated Dilatation of Brachial Artery Sharma A, et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2014 Apr 4 [Epub ahead of print]. Forty patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) according to Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria and 40 age- and sex-matched controls were included. Results of this showed a significant impairment of flow-mediated vasodilatation in patients as compared to controls, but there was no significant difference in nitroglycerin-mediated dilatation...... Spectrum of Interstitial Lung Disease at a Tertiary Care Centre in India Kumar R, et al. Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 2014;82(3):218–226. Retrospective analysis of 289 patients diagnosed with ILD during the years 2001–2013 at one of the respiratory units of Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute. The study results show that sarcoidosis, IPF and NSIP to be the most common ILDs in northern India...... Self Cross-linked Oxidized Alginate/Gelatin Hydrogel as Injectable, Adhesive Bio-mimetic Scaffolds for Cartilage Regeneration Balakrishnan B, et al. Acta Biomater. 2014 May 5 [Epub ahead of print]. Biopolymeric hydrogels that mimic the properties of extracellular matrix have great potential in promoting cellular migration and proliferation for tissue regeneration. The present paper investigates the suitability of this hydrogel as a minimally invasive injectable, cell attractive and adhesive scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering for the treatment of osteoarthritis...... Proteomic Analysis of Human Osteoarthritis Synovial Fluid Balakrishnan L, et al. Clin Proteomics. 2014;11(1):6. In this study, the authors identified 677 proteins from synovial fluid of patients with osteoarthritis of which 545 proteins have not been previously reported. These novel proteins included ADAM-like decysin 1 (ADAMDEC1), alanyl (membrane) aminopeptidase (ANPEP)...... Study of Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Singh HJ, et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2013;7(12):2832–2835. The aim of the present study was to study bone mineral density in cases of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in comparison to age- and sex-matched controls. The present study was conducted on 100 established cases of AS based on modified New York criteria and 150 controls......