Publications

Kim YK, Pyo JY, Kim JY, Kim MJ, Yoo SJ, Park SY, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee YJ, Kang SW, Lee EB, Kim J, Park JW. The SCRIM score: a clinical tool for cancer risk-stratification in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Arthritis Res Ther. 2025 Nov 4;27(1):204. doi: 10.1186/s13075-025-03666-w. PMID: 41188999; PMCID: PMC12584220. 

Choi SR, Yoon CJ, Lee JS, Ju YS, Lee EY. Identification of pathogenic MEFV variants in Korean patients with familial Mediterranean fever via whole-genome sequencing: a case report. J Rheum Dis. 2025 Oct 1;32(4):292-297. doi: 10.4078/jrd.2025.0001. Epub 2025 May 21. PMID: 40995036; PMCID: PMC12455027.  

Kim JY, Choi SR, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Park JW. Clinical Factors Associated With Pneumocystis Pneumonia Despite Its Primary Prophylaxis: When to Stop Prophylaxis? Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025 Sep;77(9):1263-1272. doi: 10.1002/art.43167. Epub 2025 May 8. PMID: 40176385; PMCID: PMC12401809.

Chang SH, Lee EY, Sparks JA. Response to the correspondence by Xu et al. regarding "Toward a more actionable RA-ILD risk model". Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Aug;73:152753. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152753. Epub 2025 May 9. PMID: 40383666.

Chang SH, Paudel ML, McDermott GC, Zhang Q, Fukui S, Kim M, Ha YJ, Lee JS, Lee SW, Park CH, Kim JW, Ha JW, Chung SW, Kang EH, Lee YA, Park YB, Choe JY, Lee EY, Sparks JA. Development of a prediction model for progression of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease using serologic and clinical factors: The prospective KORAIL cohort. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2025 Aug;73:152729. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152729. Epub 2025 Apr 17. PMID: 40294559.

Song W, Lee EE, Park S, Choi B, Kim MG, Ban SY, Choi SR, Kim JY, Kim SU, Kim JI, Shin EC, Jung I, Lee JS, Lee EY. Single-Cell Atlas of Immune Diseases Consortium. Type 1 interferon signature and allograft inflammatory factor-1 contribute to refractoriness to TNF inhibition in ankylosing spondylitis. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 1;16(1):5531. 

Tian J, Ha YJ, Lee JS, Lee EY, Goldin JG, Kim GJ. Application of a Growth-Rate Model to Enhance Subgroup Identification in Heterogeneous Clinical Courses of the Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Its Prognostic Implication. Int J Rheum Dis. 2025 Jun;28(6):e70320. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.70320. PMID: 40488961.

Chang SH, Park YB, McDermott GC, Paudel ML, Hayashi K, Ha YJ, Lee JS, Kim MU, Park CH, Kim JW, Ha JW, Chung SW, Lee SW, Kang EH, Lee YA, Choe JY, Lee EY, Sparks JA. Serum Biomarkers of Pulmonary Damage and Risk for Progression of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. J Rheumatol. 2025 Apr 1;52(4):323-333. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2024-0713. PMID: 39814449; PMCID: PMC11961329.

Yeo J, Kim JY, Park JK, Shin K, Lee EY, Kim TH, Park JW. Flare prediction after tapering the dose of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a nationwide cohort study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Mar 1;64(3):1155-1161. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae138. PMID: 38479822.

Kim JY, Kang YC, Kim MJ, Kim SU, Kang HR, Yeo JS, Kim Y, Yu SH, Song B, Hwang JW, Lee YS, Byun JW, Yoo DH, Kim HS, Han K, Kim CH, Lee EY. Mitochondrial transplantation as a novel therapeutic approach in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Ann Rheum Dis, 2025 Jan31: S0003-4967(25)00070-6.

Kim SY, Koh JY, Lee DH, Kim HD, Choi SJ, Ko YY, Lee HS, Lee JS, Choi IA, Lee EY, Jeong HW, Jung MK, Park SH, Park JY, Kim W, Shin EC. Epigenetic scars in regulatory T cells are retained after successful treatment of chronic hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals. J Hepatol. 2024 Nov;81(5):806-818. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.06.011. Epub 2024 Jun 13. PMID: 38879170.

Kim K, Park S, Min J, Park S, Kim JY, Eun J, Jung K, Park YE, Kim E, Lee EY, Lee J, Choi J. Multifaceted Natural Language Processing Task-Based Evaluation of Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformers Models for Bilingual (Korean and English) Clinical Notes: Algorithm Development and Validation. JMIR Med Inform. 2024 Oct 30;12:e52897. doi: 10.2196/52897. PMID: 39475725; PMCID: PMC11539635.

Chang SH, Jung S, Chae JJ, Kim JY, Kim SU, Choi JY, Han HJ, Kim HT, Kim HJ, Kim HJ, Park WY, Sparks JA, Lee EY, Lee JS. Therapeutic single-cell landscape: methotrexate exacerbates interstitial lung disease by compromising the stemness of alveolar epithelial cells under systemic inflammation. EBioMedicine. 2024 Oct;108:105339. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105339. Epub 2024 Sep 19. PMID: 39303666; PMCID: PMC11437874.

Baraliakos X, Østergaard M, Poddubnyy D, van der Heijde D, Deodhar A, Machado PM, Navarro-Compán V, Hermann KGA, Kishimoto M, Lee EY, Gensler LS, Kiltz U, Eigenmann MF, Pertel P, Readie A, Richards HB, Porter B, Braun J. Effect of Secukinumab Versus Adalimumab Biosimilar on Radiographic Progression in Patients With Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From a Head-to-Head Randomized Phase IIIb Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Aug;76(8):1278-1287. doi: 10.1002/art.42852. Epub 2024 Apr 30. PMID: 38556921.

Park JW, Song J, Choi S, Park SJ, Park SM, Lee EY. Epidemiology and treatment outcome of ANCA-associated vasculitis in South Korea: a nationwide, population-based cohort study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2024 Apr;42(4):879-886. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/tqndi5. Epub 2024 Mar 25. PMID: 38525995.

Jung JI, Kim JY, Kim MH, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Park JW. Successful treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus with ruxolitinib: a case report. J Rheum Dis. 2024 Apr 1;31(2):125-129. doi: 10.4078/jrd.2023.0027. Epub 2023 Jun 12. PMID: 38559795; PMCID: PMC10973350.

Kim YK, Kim JY, Jung JI, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Park JW. COVID-19 infection and efficacy of vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases during Omicron outbreak in South Korea: a prospective cohort study. RMD Open. 2023 Nov;9(4):e003398. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003398. PMID: 37973535; PMCID: PMC10660437.

Seo MR, Yeo J, Park JW, Lee YA, Lee JH, Kang EH, Ji SM, Kwon SR, Kim SK, Kim TJ, Kim TH, Kim HW, Park MC, Shin K, Lee SH, Lee EY, Cha HS, Shim SC, Yoon Y, Lee SH, Lim JH, Baek HJ; Korean Society of Spondyloarthritis Research. Korean treatment recommendations for patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Korean J Intern Med. 2023 Sep;38(5):620-640. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2023.194. Epub 2023 Jul 24. Erratum in: Korean J Intern Med. 2024 Jan;39(1):200. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2023.194.e1. PMID: 37482652; PMCID: PMC10493447.

Chang SH, Lee JS, Ha YJ, Kim MU, Park CH, Lee JS, Kim JW, Chung SW, Pyo JY, Lee SW, Kang EH, Lee YA, Park YB, Choe JY, Lee EY. Lung function trajectory of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Sep 1;62(9):3014-3024. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead027. PMID: 36702465; PMCID: PMC10473227.

Chang SH, Choi SR, Choi YS, Go DJ, Park JW, Ha YJ, Park JK, Kang EH, Lee EY, Shin K, Lee EB, Song YW, Lee YJ. Performance of cut-offs adjusted with positive control band intensity in line-blot assays for myositis-specific antibodies. Rheumatol Int. 2023 Aug;43(8):1507-1513. doi: 10.1007/s00296-023-05287-5. Epub 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 36809556.

Seo MR, Yeo J, Park JW, Lee YA, Lee JH, Kang EH, Ji SM, Kwon SR, Kim SK, Kim TJ, Kim TH, Kim HW, Park MC, Shin K, Lee SH, Lee EY, Cha HS, Shim SC, Yoon Y, Lee SH, Lim JH, Baek HJ; Korean Society of Spondyloarthritis Research. Korean treatment recommendations for patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Korean J Intern Med. 2023 Sep;38(5):620-640. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2023.194. Epub 2023 Jul 24. Erratum in: Korean J Intern Med. 2024 Jan;39(1):200. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2023.194.e1. PMID: 37482652; PMCID: PMC10493447.

Yi K, Jo S, Song W, Lee HI, Kim HJ, Kang JH, Kim SU, Lee SH, Park J, Kim TH, Lee JS, Lee EY, Kim TJ. Analysis of Single-Cell Transcriptome and Surface Protein Expression in Ankylosing Spondylitis Identifies OX40-Positive and Glucocorticoid-Induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Positive Pathogenic Th17 Cells. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Jul;75(7):1176-1186. doi: 10.1002/art.42476. Epub 2023 Apr 30. PMID: 36787119.

Kim JW, Chung SW, Pyo JY, Chang SH, Kim MU, Park CH, Lee JS, Lee JS, Ha YJ, Kang EH, Lee YA, Park YB, Lee EY, Choe JY. Methotrexate, leflunomide and tacrolimus use and the progression of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Jul 5;62(7):2377-2385. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac651. PMID: 36394143.

Kim MH, Choi SR, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Park JW. Risk of Bloodstream Infection in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Exposed to Prolonged Medium-to-High-Dose Glucocorticoids. Lupus. 2023 Apr;32(5):625-632. doi: 10.1177/09612033231160731. Epub 2023 Mar 1. PMID: 36858809.

Yeo J, Yoon SH, Kim JY, Lee JS, Lee EY, Goo JM, Pourzand L, Goldin JG, Kim GJ, Ha YJ. Quantitative interstitial lung disease scores in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: longitudinal changes and clinical implications. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Nov 2;62(11):3690-3699. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead122. PMID: 36929924; PMCID: PMC10629794.

Park J, An H, Lim J, Park IS, Kim MH, Kim JH, Kim SW, Koh YI, Lee EY, Cheon JH. Interplay between chronic inflammation and clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential in Behçet's disease. Arthritis Res Ther. 2023 Mar 2;25(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s13075-023-03014-w. PMID: 36864496; PMCID: PMC9979406.

Bae S, Kim K, Kang K, Kim H, Lee M, Oh B, Kaneko K, Ma S, Choi JH, Kwak H, Lee EY, Park SH, Park-Min KH. RANKL-responsive epigenetic mechanism reprograms macrophages into bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Cell Mol Immunol. 2023 Jan;20(1):94-109. doi: 10.1038/s41423-022-00959-x. Epub 2022 Dec 14. PMID: 36513810; PMCID: PMC9794822. 

Kang J, Kim JY, Jung Y, Kim SU, Lee EY, Cho JY. Identification of Metabolic Signature Associated with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Reveals Polyamine Pathway Alteration in Muscle Tissue. Metabolites. 2022 Oct 21;12(10):1004. doi: 10.3390/metabo12101004. PMID: 36295908; PMCID: PMC9611268.

Jeong S, Choi S, Park SM, Kim J, Ghang B, Lee EY. Incident and recurrent herpes zoster for first-line bDMARD and tsDMARD users in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis patients: a nationwide cohort study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2022 Jul 28;24(1):180. doi: 10.1186/s13075-022-02871-1. PMID: 35902964; PMCID: PMC9330646.

Kang J, Seo WJ, Lee EY, Chang SH, Choe J, Hong S, Song JW. Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease. Respir Res. 2022 Jun 2;23(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-02064-z. PMID: 35655303; PMCID: PMC9161503.

Yeo J, Baek HJ, Song YW, Lee EY. Evaluation of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 as an Objective Indicator for the Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Methotrexate Versus Tocilizumab: 24-week Results From a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study. J Rheum Dis. 2022 Apr 1;29(2):89-97. doi: 10.4078/jrd.2022.29.2.89. PMID: 37475900; PMCID: PMC10351360.

Jo S, Lee JS, Nam B, Lee YL, Kim H, Lee EY, Park YS, Kim TH. SOX9+ enthesis cells are associated with spinal ankylosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2022 Feb;30(2):280-290. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2021.11.013. Epub 2021 Nov 23. PMID: 34826571.

Lee CH, Kim KT, Kim CH, Lee EY, Lee SG, Seo ME, Kim JH, Chung CK. Unveiling the genetic variation of severe continuous/mixed-type ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament by whole-exome sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. Spine J. 2021 Nov;21(11):1847-1856. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.07.005. Epub 2021 Jul 15. PMID: 34273568.

Park JS, Choi S, Kim K, Chang J, Kim SM, Kim SR, Lee G, Son JS, Kim KH, Lee EY, Park SM. Association of particulate matter with autoimmune rheumatic diseases among adults in South Korea. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Nov 3;60(11):5117-5126. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab127. PMID: 33560298; PMCID: PMC8566218.

Moon J, Lee JS, Yoon YI, Chang SH, Lee YA, Ha YJ, Kang EH, Park YB, Lee H, Choe JY, Lee EY; Study Group, Korean Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Disease (KORAIL). Association of Serum Biomarkers With Pulmonary Involvement of Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Disease: From KORAIL Cohort Baseline Data. J Rheum Dis. 2021 Oct 1;28(4):234-241. doi: 10.4078/jrd.2021.28.4.234. PMID: 37476358; PMCID: PMC10324911.

Jeong H, Kim YG, Kim TH, Kim TJ, Park MC, Seo MR, Shin K, Oh JS, Lee SH, Lee YA, Lee EY, Baek HJ, Cha HS. Clinical characteristics of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: Results of the Korean Nonradiographic Axial SPondyloArthritis (KONASPA) data. Int J Rheum Dis. 2021 Sep;24(9):1137-1147. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14175. Epub 2021 Jul 11. PMID: 34250745.

Oh BL, Lee JS, Lee EY, Lee HY, Yu HG. Incidence and Risk Factors for Blindness in Uveitis: A Nationwide Cohort Study from 2002 to 2013. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2021 Aug 18;29(6):1040-1044. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1746352. Epub 2020 Apr 15. PMID: 32293927.

Lee JS, Kim GJ, Ha YJ, Kang EH, Lee YJ, Goldin JG, Lee EY. The Extent and Diverse Trajectories of Longitudinal Changes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Diseases Using Quantitative HRCT Scores. J Clin Med. 2021 Aug 25;10(17):3812. doi: 10.3390/jcm10173812. PMID: 34501260; PMCID: PMC8432030.

Choi S, Ghang B, Jeong S, Choi D, Lee JS, Park SM, Lee EY. Association of first, second, and third-line bDMARDs and tsDMARD with drug survival among seropositive rheumatoid arthritis patients: Cohort study in A real world setting. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Aug;51(4):685-691. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.06.002. Epub 2021 Jun 7. PMID: 34139521.

Kang SE, Park JK, Yoo HJ, Kang HS, Park YW, Park BC, Park JE, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Efficacy of novel bispecific antibody targeting TNF-α/CXCL10 in the treatment of experimental arthritis. Transl Res. 2021 Jun;232:75-87. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2021.01.004. Epub 2021 Jan 13. PMID: 33453429.

Song JE, Kim JS, Shin JH, Moon KW, Park JK, Park KS, Lee EY. Role of Synovial Exosomes in Osteoclast Differentiation in Inflammatory Arthritis. Cells. 2021 Jan 10;10(1):120. doi: 10.3390/cells10010120. PMID: 33435236; PMCID: PMC7827682.

Oh BL, Lee JS, Lee EY, Lee HY, Yu HG. Incidence and Risk Factors for Blindness in Uveitis: A Nationwide Cohort Study from 2002 to 2013. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2021 Aug 18;29(6):1040-1044. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1746352. Epub 2020 Apr 15. PMID: 32293927.

Lee EE, Lee EB, Park JK, Lee EY, Song YW. Performance of the 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus in Asian patients: a single-centre retrospective cohort study in Korea. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 Nov-Dec;38(6):1075-1079. Epub 2020 Feb 4. PMID: 32083550.

Kim JS, Choi M, Choi JY, Kim JY, Kim JY, Song JS, Ivashkiv LB, Lee EY. Implication of the Association of Fibrinogen Citrullination and Osteoclastogenesis in Bone Destruction in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Cells. 2020 Dec 20;9(12):2720. doi: 10.3390/cells9122720. PMID: 33419308; PMCID: PMC7766778.

Kim HC, Lee JS, Lee EY, Ha YJ, Chae EJ, Han M, Cross G, Barnett J, Joseph J, Song JW. Risk prediction model in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease. Respirology. 2020 Dec;25(12):1257-1264. doi: 10.1111/resp.13848. Epub 2020 May 22. PMID: 32441061; PMCID: PMC7615175.

Park JK, Jang YJ, Oh BR, Shin J, Bae D, Ha N, Choi YI, Youn GS, Park J, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Therapeutic potential of CKD-506, a novel selective histone deacetylase 6 inhibitor, in a murine model of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 Jul 25;22(1):176. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-02258-0. PMID: 32711562; PMCID: PMC7382061.

Choi IA, Sagawa A, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Tocilizumab Increases Body Weight and Serum Adipokine Levels in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Independently of Their Treatment Response: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Korean Med Sci. 2020 Jun 8;35(22):e155. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e155. PMID: 32508063; PMCID: PMC7279943.

Song YJ, Choi IA, Meylan F, Demoruelle MK, Farley T, Richard AC, Hawley E, Botson J, Hong YJ, Lee EY, Mian SR, Hamilton BC, Thiele GM, Mikuls TR, Gara N, Ward CD, Lamberth S, Deane KD, Heller T, Ward MM, Lee DM, Migone TS, Stohl W, O'Dell JR, Norris JM, Holers VM, Gregersen P, Song YW, Siegel RM. Circulating TNF-like protein 1A (TL1A) is elevated early in rheumatoid arthritis and depends on TNF. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 May 7;22(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-02198-9. PMID: 32381123; PMCID: PMC7204024.

Park EH, Lee EY, Shin K, Kim HA. Tocilizumab-induced anaphylaxis in patients with adult-onset Still's disease and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case-based review. Rheumatol Int. 2020 May;40(5):791-798. doi: 10.1007/s00296-019-04456-9. Epub 2019 Oct 9. PMID: 31598752.

Lee JS, An Y, Yoon CJ, Kim JY, Kim KH, Freeman AF, Yim JJ, Shin EC, Holland SM, Lee EY, Ju YS. Germline gain-of-function mutation of STAT1 rescued by somatic mosaicism in immune dysregulation-polyendocrinopathy-enteropathy-X-linked-like disorder. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Mar;145(3):1017-1021. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.028. Epub 2019 Dec 2. PMID: 31805313.

Ryu S, Lee EY, Kim DK, Kim YS, Chung DH, Kim JH, Lee H, Kim HY. Reduction of circulating innate lymphoid cell progenitors results in impaired cytokine production by innate lymphoid cells in patients with lupus nephritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 Mar 29;22(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-2114-5. PMID: 32223753; PMCID: PMC7104540.

Shin K, Kim SS, Lee SH, Hong SJ, Choi SJ, Choe JY, Lee SG, Cha HS, Lee EY, Park SH, Hur JW, Na SS, Suh CH, So MW, Choi SW, Sheen DH, Park W, Lee SS, Ryu WH, Kim JS, Song JS, Lee HS, Kim SH, Yoo DH. Simplified disease activity changes in real-world practice: a nationwide observational study of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis patients with moderate-to-high disease activity. Korean J Intern Med. 2020 Jan;35(1):231-239. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2018.137. Epub 2019 Jan 28. PMID: 30685961; PMCID: PMC6960052.

Baraliakos X, Østergaard M, Poddubnyy D, van der Heijde D, Deodhar A, Machado PM, Navarro-Compán V, Hermann KGA, Kishimoto M, Lee EY, Gensler LS, Kiltz U, Eigenmann MF, Pertel P, Readie A, Richards HB, Porter B, Braun J. Effect of Secukinumab Versus Adalimumab Biosimilar on Radiographic Progression in Patients With Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From a Head-to-Head Randomized Phase IIIb Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Aug;76(8):1278-1287. doi: 10.1002/art.42852. Epub 2024 Apr 30. PMID: 38556921. 

Park JW, Kim MJ, Lee JS, Ha YJ, Park JK, Kang EH, Lee YJ, Song YW, Lee EY. Impact of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Versus Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Treatment on Radiographic Progression in Early Ankylosing Spondylitis: Its Relationship to Inflammation Control During Treatment. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan;71(1):82-90. doi: 10.1002/art.40661. Epub 2018 Nov 12. PMID: 29984487; PMCID: PMC6587468.

Park JW, Kim H, Shin K, Park YB, Kim TH, Song YW, Lee EY. Effects of tapering tumor necrosis factor inhibitor on the achievement of inactive disease in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a nationwide cohort study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019;21(1):163. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-1943-6.

Lee JS, Lee EY, Ha YJ, Kang EH, Lee YJ, Song YW. Serum KL-6 levels reflect the severity of interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019;21(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-1835-9.

Choi IA, Lee JS, Song YW, Lee EY. Mortality, disability, and healthcare expenditure of patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in Korea: a nationwide population-based study. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 8;14(1):e0210471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210471. PMID: 30615606; PMCID: PMC6320163.

Yang JA, Lee JS, Park JK, Lee EB, Song YW, Lee EY. Clinical characteristics associated with occurrence and poor prognosis of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis. Korean J Intern Med. 2019 Mar;34(2):434-441. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2016.349. Epub 2017 Mar 14. PMCID: PMC6428598.

Choi IA, Kim JH, Lee YJ, Kang EH, Ha YJ, Shin K, Lee JS, Lee EE, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Performance of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for Gout in Korean Patients with Acute Arthritis. J Korean Med Sci. 2019 Jun 10;34(22):e155. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e155. PMCID: PMC6559210.

Kang EH, Go DJ, Mimori T, Lee SJ, Kwon HM, Park JW, Park MH, Song EY, Ha YJ, Lee EY, Lee YJ, Lee EB, Song YW. Novel susceptibility alleles in HLA region for myositis and myositis-specific autoantibodies in Korean patients. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2019 Jun;49(3):283-287. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.03.005. Epub 2019 Mar 18. PMID: 30904332.

Ha YJ, Choi YS, Kang EH, Lee EY, Song YW, Lee EB. PIM-1 kinase as a response regulator in fibroblast-like synoviocytes of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019;58(1):1549–1558. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key183. Epub 2018 Jun 25.

Choi IA, Lee JS, Song YW, Lee EY. gp96 as a novel target in systemic lupus erythematosus: implications from its role in immune activation. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019;22(3):361–369. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13494.

Lee JS, Ha YJ, Kang EH, Lee YJ, Song YW, Lee EY. Presence of Raynaud’s phenomenon and antinuclear antibodies in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: clinical correlations in a Korean cohort. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019;22(1):45–53. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13336.

Lee JS, Ahmad H, Shim SC, Bae SC, Song YW, Lee EY. High Proportion of Subjective Component to the Disease Activity Score is Associated with Favorable Response to Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Patient. 2019;12:326–334. doi: 10.1007/s40271-018-0347-z. Published online 2018 Nov 28. 

Park EH, Lee EY, Lee YJ, Ha YJ, Yoo WH, Choi BY, Paeng JC, Suh HY, Song YW. Infliximab biosimilar CT-P13 therapy in patients with Takayasu arteritis with low dose of glucocorticoids: a prospective single-arm study. Rheumatol Int. 2018 Dec;38(12):2233–2242. doi: 10.1007/s00296-018-4159-1. Epub 2018 Sep 18. PMID: 30229280; PMCID: PMC6223861.

Kim MJ, Ahn EY, Hwang W, Lee Y, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW, Park JK. Association between fever pattern and clinical manifestations of adult-onset Still's disease: unbiased analysis using hierarchical clustering. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018 Nov–Dec;36(6 Suppl 115):74–79. Epub 2018 Nov 14. PMID: 30582502.

Gibofsky A, Galloway J, Kekow J, Zerbini C, de la Vega M, Lee G, Lee EY, Codreanu C, Koehn C, Steinberg K, Bananis E, de Leon DP, Maniccia A, Dikranian A; RA NarRAtive global advisory panel. Comparison of patient and physician perspectives in the management of rheumatoid arthritis: results from global physician- and patient-based surveys. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2018 Nov 9;16(1):211. doi: 10.1186/s12955-018-1035-3. PMID: 30413162; PMCID: PMC6230272.

Lee JY, Kang MJ, Choi JY, Park JS, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Pap T, Yi EC, Song YW. Apolipoprotein B binds to enolase-1 and aggravates inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Oct;77(10):1480–1489. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213444. Epub 2018 Jul 11. PMID: 29997113.

Kim MJ, Lee EE, Lee EY, Song YW, Yu HG, Choi Y, Lee EB. Preventive effect of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on uveitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Rheumatol. 2018 Oct;37(10):2763–2770. doi: 10.1007/s10067-018-4249-1. Epub 2018 Aug 4. PMID: 30076542.

Lee W, Kim K, Lee EY, Choi J. Conditional random fields for clinical named entity recognition: A comparative study using Korean clinical texts. Comput Biol Med. 2018 Oct 1;101:7–14. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2018.07.019. Epub 2018 Aug 1. PMID: 30086416.

Go DJ, Lee JY, Kang MJ, Lee EY, Lee EB, Yi EC, Song YW. Urinary vitamin D-binding protein, a novel biomarker for lupus nephritis, predicts the development of proteinuric flare. Lupus. 2018 Sep;27(10):1600–1615. doi: 10.1177/0961203318778774. Epub 2018 Jun 29. PMID: 29958502.

Park JK, Lee YJ, Shin K, Ha YJ, Lee EY, Song YW, Choi Y, Winthrop KL, Lee EB. Impact of temporary methotrexate discontinuation for 2 weeks on immunogenicity of seasonal influenza vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised clinical trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jun;77(6):898–904. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213222. Epub 2018 Mar 23. PMID: 29572291; PMCID: PMC5965360.

Lee JS, Song YW, Kim TH, Chung WT, Lee SG, Park SH, Song GG, Yu DY, Xu S, Lee EY. Baseline extent of damage predicts spinal radiographic progression in Korean patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with golimumab. Korean J Intern Med. 2018 May;33(3):622–628. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2016.046. Epub 2017 Jan 20. PMID: 28103433; PMCID: PMC5943646.

Choi IA, Lee SJ, Park W, Park SH, Shim SC, Baek HJ, Yoo DH, Kim HA, Lee SK, Lee YJ, Park YE, Cha HS, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Effects of Tocilizumab Therapy on Serum Interleukin-33 and Interleukin-6 Levels in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arch Rheumatol. 2018 Mar 23;33(4):389–394. doi: 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2018.6753. PMID: 30874247; PMCID: PMC6409174.

Lee JS, Oh BL, Lee HY, Song YW, Lee EY. Comorbidity, disability, and healthcare expenditure of ankylosing spondylitis in Korea: A population-based study. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 8;13(2):e0192524. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192524. PMID: 29420599; PMCID: PMC5805317.

Oh BL, Lee JS, Lee EY, Lee HY, Yu HG. Recurrent anterior uveitis and subsequent incidence of ankylosing spondylitis: a nationwide cohort study from 2002 to 2013. Arthritis Res Ther. 2018 Feb 7;20(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13075-018-1522-2. PMID: 29415753; PMCID: PMC5804077.

Ha YJ, Hur J, Go DJ, Kang EH, Park JK, Lee EY, Shin K, Lee EB, Song YW, Lee YJ. Baseline peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio could predict survival in patients with adult polymyositis and dermatomyositis: A retrospective observational study. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 2;13(1):e0190411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190411. PMID: 29293605; PMCID: PMC5749807.

Park EH, Kim JS, Lee JS, Lee YJ, Song YW, Lee EY. Compound K Inhibits Interleukin-1β-induced Expression of Inflammatory Mediators and Matrix Metalloproteinases by Inhibiting Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activation in Chondrocytes. J Rheum Dis. 2018;25:188–196.

Lee JH, Yang JA, Shin K, Lee GH, Lee WW, Lee EY, Song YW, Lee EB, Park JK. Elderly Patients Exhibit Stronger Inflammatory Responses during Gout Attacks. J Korean Med Sci. 2017 Dec;32(12):1967–1973. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2017.32.12.1967. PMID: 29115078; PMCID: PMC5680495.

Lee SJ, Kang SE, Kang EH, Choi BY, Masek-Hammerman K, Syed J, Zhan Y, Neff-Phillips K, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. CXCL10/CXCR3 axis is associated with disease activity and the development of mucocutaneous lesions in patients with Behçet's disease. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 7;7(1):14720. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15189-9. PMID: 29116188; PMCID: PMC5677118.

Kang SE, Lee SJ, Lee JY, Yoo HJ, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Serum levels of IgG antibodies against alpha-enolase are increased in patients with Behçet's disease and are associated with the severity of oral ulcer, erythrocyte sedimentation rates, and C-reactive protein. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Nov–Dec;35 Suppl 108(6):67–74. Epub 2017 Jul 6. PMID: 28770703.

Kang EH, Kim S, Park MY, Choi JY, Choi IA, Kim MJ, Ha YJ, Lee EY, Lee YJ, Lee EB, Kang C, Song YW. Behçet's disease risk association fine-mapped on the IL23R–IL12RB2 intergenic region in Koreans. Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 Oct 10;19(1):227. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1435-5. PMID: 29017598; PMCID: PMC5633897.

Park JK, Lee MA, Lee EY, Song YW, Choi Y, Winthrop KL, Lee EB. Effect of methotrexate discontinuation on efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised clinical trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Sep;76(9):1559–1565. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211128. Epub 2017 May 3. PMID: 28468794.

Park W, Suh CH, Shim SC, Molina FFC, Jeka S, Medina-Rodriguez FG, Hrycaj P, Wiland P, Lee EY, Shesternya P, Kovalenko V, Myasoutova L, Stanislav M, Radominski S, Lim MJ, Choe JY, Lee SJ, Lee SY, Kim SH, Yoo DH. Efficacy and Safety of Switching from Innovator Rituximab to Biosimilar CT-P10 Compared with Continued Treatment with CT-P10: Results of a 56-Week Open-Label Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. BioDrugs. 2017 Aug;31(4):369–377. doi: 10.1007/s40259-017-0233-6. PMID: 28600696; PMCID: PMC5548826.

Yoo DH, Suh CH, Shim SC, Jeka S, Molina FFC, Hrycaj P, Wiland P, Lee EY, Medina-Rodriguez FG, Shesternya P, Radominski S, Stanislav M, Kovalenko V, Sheen DH, Myasoutova L, Lim MJ, Choe JY, Lee SJ, Lee SY, Kim SH, Park W. Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Up to Two Courses of the Rituximab Biosimilar CT-P10 Versus Innovator Rituximab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results up to Week 72 of a Phase I Randomized Controlled Trial. BioDrugs. 2017 Aug;31(4):357–367. doi: 10.1007/s40259-017-0232-7. PMID: 28612179; PMCID: PMC5548818.

Oh BR, Suh DH, Bae D, Ha N, Choi YI, Yoo HJ, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Therapeutic effect of a novel histone deacetylase 6 inhibitor, CKD-L, on collagen-induced arthritis in vivo and regulatory T cells in rheumatoid arthritis in vitro. Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 Jul 3;19(1):154. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1357-2. PMID: 28673326; PMCID: PMC5496370.

Lee J, Kim E, Jang EJ, Lee CH, Lee EY, Im JP, Han SK, Yim JJ. Efficacy of Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis in Patients Undergoing Treatment with a Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonist. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 May;14(5):690–697. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201608-647OC. PMID: 28253020.

Choi IA, Choi JY, Jung S, Basri F, Park S, Lee EY. GV1001 immunotherapy ameliorates joint inflammation in a murine model of rheumatoid arthritis by modifying collagen-specific T-cell responses and downregulating antigen-presenting cells. Int Immunopharmacol. 2017 May;46:186–193. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2017.03.011. Epub 2017 Mar 15. PMID: 28314223.

Yoo DH, Suh CH, Shim SC, Jeka S, Cons-Molina FF, Hrycaj P, Wiland P, Lee EY, Medina-Rodriguez FG, Shesternya P, Radominski S, Stanislav M, Kovalenko V, Sheen DH, Myasoutova L, Lim MJ, Choe JY, Lee SJ, Lee SY, Kwon TS, Park W. A multicentre randomised controlled trial to compare the pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety of CT-P10 and innovator rituximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Mar;76(3):566–570. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209540. Epub 2016 Sep 13. PMID: 27624791; PMCID: PMC5446025.

Yang JA, Lee JS, Park JK, Lee EB, Song YW, Lee EY. Clinical characteristics associated with occurrence and poor prognosis of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis. Korean J Intern Med. 2019 Mar;34(2):434–441. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2016.349. Epub 2017 Mar 28. PMID: 28352064; PMCID: PMC6406107.

Kwon HM, Lee SJ, Yang JA, Choi Y, Park JK, Lee EY, Song YW, Lee EB. Risk of Herpes Zoster in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Biologic Disease-Modifying Therapy. J Rheum Dis. 2017;24:220–226.

Park JW, Kwon HM, Park JK, Choi JY, Lee EB, Song YW, Lee EY. Impact of Dose Tapering of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor on Radiographic Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 29;11(12):e0168958. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168958. PMID: 28033420; PMCID: PMC5199008.

Park JK, Kim JY, Moon JY, Ahn EY, Lee EY, Lee EB, Cho KH, Song YW. Altered lipoproteins in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are associated with augmented oxidative stress: a potential role in atherosclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2016 Dec 30;18(1):306. doi: 10.1186/s13075-016-1204-x. PMID: 28038677; PMCID: PMC5203709.

Lee JY, Park JK, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Circulating exosomes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus induce a proinflammatory immune response. Arthritis Res Ther. 2016 Nov 16;18(1):264. doi: 10.1186/s13075-016-1159-y. PMID: 27852323; PMCID: PMC5112700.

Song ST, Kim JJ, Lee S, Kim HA, Lee EY, Shin KC, Lee JH, Lee KH, Choi ST, Cha HS, Yoo DH. Efficacy of tocilizumab therapy in Korean patients with adult-onset Still's disease: a multicentre retrospective study of 22 cases. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Sep–Oct;34(6 Suppl 102):S64–S71. Epub 2016 Jul 26. PMID: 27462914.

Kang EH, Lee SJ, Ascherman DP, Lee YJ, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW. Temporal relationship between cancer and myositis identifies two distinctive subgroups of cancers: impact on cancer risk and survival in patients with myositis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Sep;55(9):1631–41. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew215. Epub 2016 May 31. PMID: 27247435.

Choi IA, Kim JH, Kim YM, Lee JY, Kim KH, Lee EY, Lee EB, Lee YM, Song YW. Periodontitis is associated with rheumatoid arthritis: a study with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis patients in Korea. Korean J Intern Med. 2016 Sep;31(5):977–86. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.202. Epub 2016 Mar 25. PMID: 27017391; PMCID: PMC5016284.

Park JK, Shin K, Kang EH, Ha YJ, Lee YJ, Lee KH, Lee EY, Song YW, Choi Y, Lee EB. Efficacy and Tolerability of GCSB-5 for Hand Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Clin Ther. 2016 Aug;38(8):1858–1868.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2016.06.016. Epub 2016 Jul 21. PMID: 27449412.

Park JW, Yoon YI, Lee JH, Park JK, Lee EB, Song YW, Lee EY. Low dose etanercept treatment for maintenance of clinical remission in ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Jul–Aug;34(4):592–9. Epub 2016 Mar 25. PMID: 27049280.

Yoon CH, Lee HJ, Lee EY, Lee EB, Lee WW, Kim MK, Wee WR. Effect of Hydroxychloroquine Treatment on Dry Eyes in Subjects with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: a Double-Blind Randomized Control Study. J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Jul;31(7):1127–35. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.7.1127. Epub 2016 Apr 20. PMID: 27366013; PMCID: PMC4901007.

Lee JS, Lee EY. Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheum Dis. 2016 Jun;23(3):139–141. doi: 10.4078/jrd.2016.23.3.139. Epub 2016 May 31.

Lee SJ, Park JK, Lee EY, Joo SH, Jung KC, Lee EB, Song YW, Yoon SS. Certain Autoimmune Manifestations Are Associated With Distinctive Karyotypes and Outcomes in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Mar;95(13):e3091. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003091. PMID: 27043672; PMCID: PMC4998533.

Go DJ, Lee EY, Lee EB, Song YW, Konig MF, Park JK. Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Is Predictive of Interstitial Lung Disease and Mortality in Dermatomyositis: a Korean Retrospective Cohort Study. J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Mar;31(3):389–96. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.3.389. Epub 2016 Feb 4. PMID: 26955239; PMCID: PMC4779863.

Kim HW, Kwon SR, Jung KH, Kim SK, Baek HJ, Seo MR, Bang SY, Lee HS, Suh CH, Jung JY, Son CN, Shim SC, Lee SH, Lee SG, Lee YA, Lee EY, Kim TH, Kim YG; Korean Society of Spondyloarthritis Research. Safety of Resuming Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Concomitant with the Treatment of Active Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Nationwide Registry. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 21;11(4):e0153816. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153816. PMID: 27101309; PMCID: PMC4839632.

Lee EY, Hong SJ, Park YB, Park KS, Choi CB, Lee CK, Song R, Lee YJ, Suh CH, Kim HA, Min JK, Yoon CH, Park W, Chung WT, Kim GT, Choe JY, Kang SW, Park YW, Yoo WH, Lee SH. Gastrointestinal Risk Factors and Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Patients in Korea. J Rheum Dis. 2016 Feb;23(1):47–54. doi: 10.4078/jrd.2016.23.1.47. Epub 2016 Jan 30.