Rheumatoid arthritis is more than a disease of the joints and often has neuroendocrine and neurological systemic manifestations, such as pain, fatigue, mood disorders, and sleep disorders. Elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines including interleukin-6, or IL-6, are associated with these manifestations through their role on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, or the HPA axis—a major part of the neuroendocrine system that maintains and reinstates homeostasis in the body following stress. Knowledge of the effects of elevated IL-6 on the HPA axis is important to understand the negative symptoms associated with RA. Visit www.RAandIL6.com to learn more about the broad and important role that IL-6 plays in RA.
Featured Guest: Dr. Sanjay Chabra, DO, is the Director of Rheumatology at the Texas Arthritis Center in El Paso, TX. He received his medical education from Western University of Health Sciences, completed his internship and residency at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, and was Chief Rheumatology Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Chabra has been the principal and sub-principal investigator on numerous clinical trials, published many peer reviewed articles, and has frequently served on rheumatology and arthritis boards of directors.

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