{"id":25141,"date":"2026-10-30T07:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/?p=25141"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:37:40","slug":"molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide toc-item\" id=\"a-review-in-nature-on-disease-mechanisms-targeted-therapies-and-potential-prospects-for-a-cure\"><em>A review in<\/em> Nature <em>on disease mechanisms, targeted therapies, and potential prospects for a cure<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">Inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus result from a dysregulation of the innate and adaptive immune systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Dr. Eicke Latz from German Rheumatology Research Center Berlin, a Leibniz Institute, and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke from the Department of Medicine with a focus on Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Charit\u00e9\u2014Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Georg Schett of Department of Medicine 3 \u2014 Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, provide an overview of current findings on the molecular basis of these diseases. In the review, published in the renowned journal <em>Nature<\/em>, the authors demonstrate how new targets and innovative therapeutic strategies are improving the treatment of chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases. These developments also open up new perspectives with the goal of a cure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"original-publication\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide  toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n                        <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Original publication<\/h2>\n        \n              \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10966-x\" target=\"_self\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Kr\u00f6nke G, Schett G, Latz E. Molecular underpinnings of rheumatic diseases and emerging therapeutic concepts. Nature. 2026 Oct;658(8138):1141-1152. doi: 10.1038\/s41586-026-10966-x. Epub 2026 Oct 28. PMID: 42951953.<\/a>\n\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10966-x\" target=\"_self\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"authors\"    class=\"section grid-heads alignwide toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n              <div class=\"grid-heads__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Authors from DRFZ<\/h2>\n          \n                  <\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"grid-heads__items grid grid--4\">\n          \n<article\n  id=\"post-1250\" class=\"teaser-head launimation slideBottom  post-1250 head type-head status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry department-pb-1-zell-und-gewebe-rheumatologie department-vorstand function-wissenschaftlicher-direktor programme-area-tax-programmbereich-1 working-group-function-gruppenleitung working-group-tax-immunbiologie-der-entzuendung\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, 520px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635-150x97.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635-1024x664.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635-1024x664.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Frame-8635-550x357.png 550w\" class=\"image image--landscape\" alt=\"Portraitfoto von Eicke Latz\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"664\">      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__header\">\n    <!--    -->    <!--      -->    <!--    -->    <h2 class=\"h6 teaser-head__title launimation slideBottom\">Prof. Dr. med. Eicke Latz<\/h2>\n          <div class=\"teaser-head__role\">\n                  <p class=\"text-label function\">Wissenschaftlicher Direktor<\/p>\n                                  <p class=\"text-label working_group_function working_group\">\n            Gruppenleitung: Immunbiologie der Entz\u00fcndung          <\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"teaser-head__contact\">\n              <p class=\"text-label\"><a href=\"mailto:eicke.latz@drfz.de\"\">eicke.latz@drfz.de<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/koepfe\/prof-dr-med-eicke-latz\/\"\n    aria-describedby=\"post-1250\"\n    title=\"Gehe zum Beitrag\" rel=\"bookmark\"\n    class=\"teaser-head__link button button--small button--arrow button--arrow-link\"><span\n      class=\"visually-hidden\">Prof. Dr. med. Eicke Latz<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>\n<article\n  id=\"post-2286\" class=\"teaser-head launimation slideBottom  post-2286 head type-head status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry department-pb-4-translationale-rheumatologie liaison-charite-rheumatololgie-und-klinische-immunologie programme-area-tax-programmbereich-4\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, 520px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-150x100.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-1024x682.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-1600x1066.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-1366x910.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kroenke-Gerhard_Foto_J-Hirscher-550x367.jpg 550w\" class=\"image image--landscape\" alt=\"\"  width=\"1024\"  height=\"682\">      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"teaser-head__header\">\n    <!--    -->    <!--      -->    <!--    -->    <h2 class=\"h6 teaser-head__title launimation slideBottom\">Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke<\/h2>\n          <div class=\"teaser-head__role\">\n                                          <p\n            class=\"text-label liaison\">Liaison working group with Charit\u00e9 &#8211; Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"teaser-head__contact\">\n              <p class=\"text-label\"><a href=\"mailto:gerhard.kroenke@charite.de\"\">gerhard.kroenke@charite.de<\/a><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/koepfe\/prof-dr-gerhard-kroenke\/\"\n    aria-describedby=\"post-2286\"\n    title=\"Gehe zum Beitrag\" rel=\"bookmark\"\n    class=\"teaser-head__link button button--small button--arrow button--arrow-link\"><span\n      class=\"visually-hidden\">Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke<\/span><\/a>\n<\/article>        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A review in Nature on disease mechanisms, targeted therapies, and potential prospects for a cure Inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[292,291],"tags":[635,448,492,497],"programme-area-tax":[179,182],"working-group-tax":[253,250],"class_list":["post-25141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-publications","tag-eicke-latz-en","tag-latz","tag-program-area-1","tag-program-area-4","programme-area-tax-programme-area-1","programme-area-tax-programme-area-4","working-group-tax-clinical-rheumatology","working-group-tax-immunobiology-of-inflammation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options - DRFZ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eicke Latz and Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke of Charit\u00e9 and DRFZ in Nature: Review about Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options - DRFZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eicke Latz and Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke of Charit\u00e9 and DRFZ in Nature: Review about Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"DRFZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drfz.de\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-30T07:37:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ute Hoffmann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DRFZ_Berlin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DRFZ_Berlin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ute Hoffmann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ute Hoffmann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737\"},\"headline\":\"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-30T07:37:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Eicke Latz\",\"Latz\",\"Program area 1\",\"Program area 4\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Publications\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/\",\"name\":\"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options - DRFZ\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-30T07:37:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"Eicke Latz and Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke of Charit\u00e9 and DRFZ in Nature: Review about Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Dekobild\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/neuigkeiten\\\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"DRFZ\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/drfz-footer-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/drfz-footer-logo.svg\",\"width\":1,\"height\":1,\"caption\":\"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/drfz.de\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DRFZ_Berlin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/deutsches-rheuma-forschungszentrum-berlin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCf8nDuqpkWwcmCWmfSTkE3w\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.drfz.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737\",\"name\":\"Ute Hoffmann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ute Hoffmann\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options - DRFZ","description":"Eicke Latz and Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke of Charit\u00e9 and DRFZ in Nature: Review about Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options - DRFZ","og_description":"Eicke Latz and Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke of Charit\u00e9 and DRFZ in Nature: Review about Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options","og_url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/","og_site_name":"DRFZ","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drfz.de\/","article_published_time":"2026-10-30T07:37:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ute Hoffmann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DRFZ_Berlin","twitter_site":"@DRFZ_Berlin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ute Hoffmann","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/"},"author":{"name":"Ute Hoffmann","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737"},"headline":"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options","datePublished":"2026-10-30T07:37:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/"},"wordCount":156,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg","keywords":["Eicke Latz","Latz","Program area 1","Program area 4"],"articleSection":["News","Publications"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/","name":"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options - DRFZ","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-30T07:37:40+00:00","description":"Eicke Latz and Gerhard Kr\u00f6nke of Charit\u00e9 and DRFZ in Nature: Review about Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/26_10_30_Eicke-Review_Beitragsbild.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Dekobild"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/neuigkeiten\/molecular-causes-of-rheumatic-diseases-and-new-treatment-options\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Molecular Causes of Rheumatic Diseases and New Treatment Options"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/","name":"DRFZ","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/drfz-footer-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/drfz-footer-logo.svg","width":1,"height":1,"caption":"Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drfz.de\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DRFZ_Berlin","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/deutsches-rheuma-forschungszentrum-berlin","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCf8nDuqpkWwcmCWmfSTkE3w"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a86dc60d63c6fa52cb3ee62f12c72737","name":"Ute Hoffmann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08c654ead40d6cafc50e4ed4fbf2fe4a8a979f96141a813138eec621e1d2879f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ute Hoffmann"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25417,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25141\/revisions\/25417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25141"},{"taxonomy":"programme-area-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programme-area-tax?post=25141"},{"taxonomy":"working-group-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/working-group-tax?post=25141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}