This Week in Rheumatology — May 21, 2026

AudioScholar Rheumatology Weekly · May 21, 2026 · 11m

Welcome to This Week in Rheumatology. This week we're covering 8 notable papers spanning several key areas, including new therapeutic strategies for diseases like Sjögren's and GCA, ways to optimize outcomes in psoriatic arthritis and RA-associated lung disease, and practical guidance on vaccination and clinical trial methodology. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

Resetting autoimmune disease with CAR cell therapies — Nature medicine 2026

Treatment strategies in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: beyond glucocorticoids — Nature reviews. Rheumatology 2026

Repurposing leflunomide…