Dr Aurelie Najm

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Infection & Immunity)

Office B203, School of Infection and Immunity,, Sir Graeme Davies Building Level 2, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, G12 8TA

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X

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Number of items: 52.

2026

Ferraioli, M. et al. (2026) Interobserver variability in synovial tissue biopsy markers in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from OMERACT special interest group on synovial tissue biopsy. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 80, 153041. (doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.153041) (PMID:42456234)

2025

Alten, R. et al. (2025) Predicting abatacept retention using machine learning. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 27(1), 20. (doi: 10.1186/s13075-025-03484-0) (PMID:39893489) (PMCID:PMC11786492)

Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Ferguson, Lyn D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6136-8349 and McInnes, Iain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6462-4280 (2025) Cytokine pathways driving diverse tissue pathologies in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatology, (doi: 10.1002/art.43376) (PMID:40922709) (Early Online Publication)

Stewart, L. et al. (2025) Circulating CD14+ Monocytes Display a Pro-migratory and Pro-inflammatory Phenotype in Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis. European Congress of Rheumatology EULAR 2025, Barcelona, Spain, 11-14 June 2025.

Stewart, L. et al. (2025) Distinct Phenotypes of Circulating Monocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Lung Disease. 44th European Workshop for Rheumatology Research (EWRR 2025), Budapest, Hungary, 8-10 May 2025.

Fogel, O. et al. (2025) Evaluation globale standardisée systématique des rhumatismes inflammatoires chroniques: intérêts et limites. Revue du Rhumatisme, 92(1), pp. 16-25. (doi: 10.1016/j.rhum.2024.03.005)

2024

Ruyssen-Witrand, A. et al. (2024) Standardized reporting for systematic global evaluation of axial spondyloarthritis: an evidence-based and consensus-driven initiative. Joint Bone Spine, 91(5), 105733. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2024.105733) (PMID:38604594)

Campbell, T. M. et al. (2024) Navigating the path of progress: The OMERACT 2023 emerging leaders program. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 66, 152414. (doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152414) (PMID:38447468)

2023

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X (2023) Comment intégrer la santé numérique dans la prise en charge de patients atteints de rhumatismes inflammatoires? = Digital health in rheumatology: where do we stand? How much further do we need to go? Revue du Rhumatisme, 90(4), pp. 476-480. (doi: 10.1016/j.rhum.2023.03.004)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Alunno, Alessia and Machado, Pedro (2023) COVID - how will it continue to change our lives? Joint Bone Spine, 90(4), 105572. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2023.105572) (PMID:37028643) (PMCID:PMC10126740)

Gupta, Latika, Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Kabir, Koroush and De Cock, Diederik (2023) Digital health in musculoskeletal care: where are we heading? BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24, 192. (doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06309-w) (PMID:36918856) (PMCID:PMC10012296)

Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Goodyear, Carl S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5926-5941, McInnes, Iain B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6462-4280 and Siebert, Stefan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-7311 (2023) Phenotypic heterogeneity in psoriatic arthritis: towards tissue pathology-based therapy. Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 19, pp. 153-165. (doi: 10.1038/s41584-022-00874-5) (PMID:36596924)

2022

Landewé, R. B.M. et al. (2022) EULAR recommendations for the management and vaccination of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases in the context of SARS-CoV-2: the November 2021 update. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(12), pp. 1629-1639. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-222006) (PMID:35197264)

Najm, A. et al. (2022) EULAR Points to consider for minimal reporting requirements in synovial tissue research in rheumatology. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(12), pp. 1640-1646. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221875) (PMID:35210263)

Veale, Douglas J., Firestein, Gary S., Wechalekar, Mihir D. and Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X (2022) Editorial: Synovial tissue biopsy research. Frontiers in Medicine, 9, 1004029. (doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1004029) (PMID:36267626) (PMCID:PMC9577487)

de Thurah, A. et al. (2022) 2022 EULAR points to consider for remote care in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(8), pp. 1065-1071. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-222341) (PMID:35470160)

Naredo, E. et al. (2022) The EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations for musculoskeletal ultrasound – Part II: Joint pathologies, pediatric applications, and guided procedures. Ultraschall in der Medizin, 43(3), pp. 252-273. (doi: 10.1055/a-1640-9183) (PMID:34734404)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Alunno, Alessia, Gwinnutt, James M., Weill, Catherine and Berenbaum, Francis (2022) Efficacité des infiltrations intra-articulaires de corticoïdes dans la gonarthrose: revue systématique et méta-analyse d’essais comparatifs randomisés. Revue du Rhumatisme, 89(3), pp. 223-231. (doi: 10.1016/j.rhum.2021.10.561)

Bianchi, Elettra, Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Vanbelle, Sophie, Le Goff, Benoit, Mutijima, Eugène, Kaiser, Marie-Joëlle, Malaise, Michel and Hauzeur, Jean-Philippe (2022) Impact of the biopsy forceps size on histological analysis and performances of the histological scoring systems. Scientific Reports, 12, 5692. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09704-w) (PMID:35383240) (PMCID:PMC8983678)

Kroon, Féline P.B., Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Alunno, Alessia, Schoones, Jan W., Landewé, Robert B.M., Machado, Pedro M. and Navarro-Compán, Victoria (2022) Risk and prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a systematic literature review to inform EULAR recommendations. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(3), pp. 422-432. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221575) (PMID:34876462)

Fodor, D. et al. (2022) The EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations for musculoskeletal ultrasound – Part I: Extraarticular pathologies. Ultraschall in der Medizin, 43(1), pp. 34-57. (doi: 10.1055/a-1562-1455) (PMID:34479372)

Alunno, A. et al. (2022) 2021 update of the EULAR points to consider on the use of immunomodulatory therapies in COVID-19. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81(1), pp. 34-40. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221366) (PMID:34620584) (PMCID:PMC8507408)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Costantino, Félicie, Weill, Catherine, Filer, Andrew and d’Agostino, Maria-Antonietta (2022) Impact of synovial biopsy procedures and disease-specific aspects on synovial tissue outcome: a systematic literature review informing the EULAR points to consider for the minimal reporting requirements in synovial tissue research in rheumatology. RMD Open, 8(1), e002116. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002116) (PMID:35177556) (PMCID:PMC8860072)

2021

Johnsson, Hanna and Najm, Aurélie (2021) Synovial biopsies in clinical practice and research: current developments and perspectives. Clinical Rheumatology, 40(7), pp. 2593-2600. (doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05512-7) (PMID:33274415)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Alunno, Alessia, Gwinnutt, James M., Weill, Catherine and Berenbaum, Francis (2021) Efficacy of intra-articular corticosteroid injections in knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Joint Bone Spine, 88(4), 105198. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2021.105198) (PMID:33901659)

Alunno, A. et al. (2021) EULAR points to consider on pathophysiology and use of immunomodulatory therapies in COVID-19. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(6), pp. 698-706. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219724) (PMID:33547062) (PMCID:PMC7871226)

Alunno, Alessia, Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Mariette, Xavier, De Marco, Gabriele, Emmel, Jenny, Mason, Laura, McGonagle, Dennis G. and Machado, Pedro M. (2021) Immunomodulatory therapies for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic literature review to inform EULAR points to consider. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(6), pp. 803-815. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219725) (PMID:33589438) (PMCID:PMC8142448)

Sivera, F. et al. (2021) 2019 EULAR points to consider for the assessment of competences in rheumatology specialty training. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(1), pp. 65-70. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218015) (PMID:32788400)

Alunno, Alessia, Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Mariette, Xavier, De Marco, Gabriele, Emmel, Jenny, Mason, Laura, McGonagle, Dennis G. and Machado, Pedro M. (2021) Immunomodulatory therapies for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: an update of the systematic literature review to inform EULAR points to consider. RMD Open, 7, e001899. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001899) (PMID:34725262) (PMCID:PMC8562527)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Alunno, Alessia, Mariette, Xavier, Terrier, Benjamin, De Marco, Gabriele, Emmel, Jenny, Mason, Laura, McGonagle, Dennis G. and Machado, Pedro M. (2021) Pathophysiology of acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection: a systematic literature review to inform EULAR points to consider. RMD Open, 7, e001549. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001549) (PMID:33574116) (PMCID:PMC7880117)

Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X and McInnes, Iain B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6462-4280 (2021) IL-23 orchestrating immune cell activation in arthritis. Rheumatology, 60(Suppl4), iv4-iv15. (doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab266) (PMID:34668017) (PMCID:PMC8527242)

2020

Najm, A. et al. (2020) MicroRNA‐17‐5p reduces inflammation and bone erosions in mice with collagen‐induced arthritis and directly targets the JAK/STAT pathway in rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast‐like synoviocytes. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 72(12), pp. 2030-2039. (doi: 10.1002/art.41441) (PMID:32683798)

Najm, A. et al. (2020) Multidisciplinary collaboration among young specialists: results of an international survey by the emerging EULAR network and other young organisations. RMD Open, 6, e001398. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001398) (PMID:32934010) (PMCID:PMC7525255)

Alunno, Alessia, Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Sivera, Francisca, Haines, Catherine, Falzon, Louise and Ramiro, Sofia (2020) Assessment of competences in rheumatology training: results of a systematic literature review to inform EULAR points to consider. RMD Open, 6(2), e001330. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001330) (PMID:32883720) (PMCID:PMC7508213)

Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Alunno, Alessia, Sivera, Francisca, Ramiro, Sofia and Haines, Catherine (2020) Strategies for the assessment of competences during rheumatology training across Europe: results of a qualitative study. RMD Open, 6, e001183. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001183) (PMID:32641449) (PMCID:PMC7962674)

Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Lempp, Heidi, Gossec, Laure, Berenbaum, Francis and Nikiphorou, Elena (2020) Needs, experiences, and views of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases on self-management mobile health apps: mixed methods study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(4), e14351. (doi: 10.2196/14351) (PMID:32310151) (PMCID:PMC7199138)

2019

Najm, A. et al. (2019) EULAR points to consider for the development, evaluation and implementation of mobile health applications aiding self-management in people living with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. RMD Open, 5(2), e001014. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001014) (PMID:31565245) (PMCID:PMC6744072)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Blanchard, Frédéric and Le Gof, Benoit (2019) Micro-RNAs in inflammatory arthritis: From physiopathology to diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic opportunities. Biochemical Pharmacology, 165, pp. 134-144. (doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.02.031) (PMID:30825433)

Schmift, Tobias, Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Mussawy, Haider, Burghardt, Rolf, Oehler, Nicola, Krenn, Veit, Rüther, Wolfgang and Niemeier, Andreas (2019) General synovitis score and immunologic synovitis score reflect clinical disease activity in patients with advanced stage rheumatoid arthritis. Scientific Reports, 9, 8448. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44895-9) (PMID:31186464) (PMCID:PMC6560084)

Najm, A. et al. (2019) IMSYC immunologic synovitis score: a new score for synovial membrane characterization in inflammatory and non-inflammatory arthritis. Joint Bone Spine, 86(1), pp. 77-81. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2018.04.004) (PMID:29709696)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Gossec, Laure, Weill, Catherine, Benoist, David, Berenbaum, Francis and Nikiphorou, Elena (2019) Mobile health apps for self-management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: systematic literature review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(11), e14730. (doi: 10.2196/14730) (PMID:31769758) (PMCID:PMC6904900)

2018

Krenn, V., Waldstein, W., Najm, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Perino, G. and Gaulke, R. (2018) Histopathologische Klassifikationsprinzipien rheumatischer Gelenkerkrankungen: Beitrag der Pathologie zur Diagnose = Histopathological classification principles of rheumatic joint diseases: contribution of pathology to the diagnosis. Der Orthopäde, 47(11), pp. 941-948. (doi: 10.1007/s00132-018-3649-x) (PMID:30255358)

Orr, Carl K., Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Young, Francis, McGarry, Trudy, Biniecka, Monika, Fearon, Ursula and Veale, Douglas J. (2018) The utility and limitations of CRP, ESR and DAS28-CRP in appraising disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Frontiers in Medicine, 5, 185. (doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00185) (PMID:30123796) (PMCID:PMC6085449)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Orr, Carl, Gallagher, Lorna, Biniecka, Monika, Gaigneux, Emeline, Le Goff, Benoit, Fearson, Ursula and Veale, Douglas J. (2018) Knee joint synovitis: study of correlations and diagnostic performances of ultrasonography compared with histopathology. RMD Open, 4(1), e000616. (doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000616) (PMID:29531789) (PMCID:PMC5845411)

Najm, A. et al. (2018) Standardisation of synovial biopsy analyses in rheumatic diseases: a consensus of the EULAR Synovitis and OMERACT Synovial Tissue Biopsy Groups. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 20, 265. (doi: 10.1186/s13075-018-1762-1) (PMID:30509322) (PMCID:PMC6276172)

2017

Orr, Carl, Najm, Aurelie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Biniecka, Monika, McGarry, Trudy, Ng, Chin-Teck, Young, Francis, Fearon, Ursula and Veale, Douglas J. (2017) Synovial immunophenotype and anti–citrullinated peptide antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 69(11), pp. 2114-2123. (doi: 10.1002/art.40218) (PMID:28732135)

Krenn, V. et al. (2017) 15 Jahre histopathologischer Synovialitis-Score = Fifteen years of the histopathological synovitis score: review and further developments of a diagnostic score. Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 76(6), pp. 539-546. (doi: 10.1007/s00393-017-0308-2) (PMID:28470440)

Krenn, V. et al. (2017) 15 years of the histopathological synovitis score, further development and review: a diagnostic score for rheumatology and orthopaedics. Pathology: Research and Practice, 213(8), pp. 874-881. (doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2017.05.005) (PMID:28687159)

Orr, C. et al. (2017) Synovial tissue research: a state-of-the-art review. Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 13(8), pp. 463-475. (doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2017.115) (PMID:28701760)

Boutet, M.-A. et al. (2017) IL-38 overexpression induces anti-inflammatory effects in mice arthritis models and in human macrophages in vitro. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(7), pp. 1304-1312. (doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210630) (PMID:28288964)

2016

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Soltner-Neel, Elise, Le Goff, Benoît, Guillot, Pascale, Maugars, Yves and Berthelot, Jean-Marie (2016) Cystic angiomatosis, a heterogeneous condition: four new cases and a literature review. Medicine, 95(43), e5213. (doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005213) (PMID:27787381) (PMCID:PMC5089110)

Najm, Aurélie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-503X, Orr, Carl, Heymann, Marie-Françoise, Bart, Géraldine, Veale, Douglas J. and Le Goff, Benoît (2016) Success rate and utility of ultrasound-guided synovial biopsies in clinical practice. Journal of Rheumatology, 43(12), pp. 2113-2119. (doi: 10.3899/jrheum.151441) (PMID:27744399)

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