Ankylosing spondylitis: etiology, pathogenesis, and treatments

• Published in: Bone Research Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Zhu, Wei, He, Xuxia, Cheng, Kaiyuan, Zhang, Linjie, Chen, Di, Wang, Xiao, Qiu, Guixing, Cao, Xu, Weng, Xisheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.08.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 692/420; 692/699/317/821; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics; Pathogenesis; Review; Review Article

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a common type of spondyloarthropathy, is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that mainly affects spine joints, causing severe, chronic pain; additionally, in more advanced cases, it can cause spine fusion. Significant progress in its pathophysiology and treatment h...