Is it possible to cure rheumatoid arthritis by studying factors that impede recovery?

Remission is the current goal of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the ultimate goal should be complete cure of the disease and not just lifelong control of inflammation. Moreover, on the one hand, there is a certain saturation effect of anti-inflammatory drugs in RA, and on the other hand, there is increasing evidence that the pathological processes underlying the development of RA are independent of modern therapeutic agents. Therefore, in the future, the main goal of RA treatment should be considered to be the cure of the disease, i.e. recovery, not just suppression of symptoms

Key words

Rheumatoid arthritis, remission, adaptive immune system, recovery, microbiota, phagocytic barrier.