GUCDD MDPI

📢 New Publication Alert!

📝 Title: Length of Monosodium #Urate Crystals in Synovial Fluid Based on Ultrasound Articular Deposits: Advancements in Crystallization Process!

👥 Authors: Elena Sansano-Muñoz et al.

🔗 Read the full article here: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

That’s a wrap on #GCAN2025 and #ACR25 content proper starts tomorrow with the Global Summit

Great start to #GCAN2025 with strong representation from STOP-Gout trial, fun great debate (with hats), proud of mentee presentations, & great to see collaborators in person with #Burt
@rheumcat.bsky.social @nicoladalbeth.bsky.social

🚨 Don’t miss your chance! 🚨

Join us for the 11th Annual G-CAN Symposium, happening October 22–23, 2025 at the iconic Intercontinental Magnificent Mile in Chicago!

🗓️ Save the date
📍 Chicago, IL
👉 Secure your spot now: g-can.swoogo.com/2025

#gout #CPPD @g-cangout.bsky.social @fredlio.bsky.social

📢 New Publication Alert!

📝 Title: Testing for Causal Association Between Serum Urate, Gout, and Prostatic Cancer in European Males!

👥 Authors: Sumanth Chandrupatla, Nicholas Sumpter, Riku Takei, Tony R. Merriman and Jasvinder Singh

🔗 Read the full article here: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

📢 New Publication Alert!

📝 Title: Controversies in Urate-Lowering Therapy for #Gout: A Comprehensive Review!

👥 Authors: Michael Toprover and Michael Pillinger

🔗 Read the full article here: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

🚨 New issue out! All articles in GUCDD MDPI Vol 3, Issue 3 are now free to access, read, and download: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/3

🧠 Cover story by Dr. Robert Terkeltaub!

👉 Read his journey: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#gout #CPPD #atherosclerosis #ectopiccalcification
@g-cangout.bsky.social

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉

📢 We are pleased to announce that the GUCDD has been accepted into the ICI Journals Master List for 2024!

🔗 More details here: journals.indexcopernicus.com/search/detai...

A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the GUCDD's growth and success!

📢 New Publication Alert!

📝 Title: Use of Rituximab to Attempt Recapture of Immune Tolerance to Pegloticase!

👥 Authors: John D. FitzGerald, Rita Kachru, Chen Xie, and Veena K. Ranganath

🔗 Read the full article here: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

📢 New Publication Alert!

📝 Title: Follow the Molecule from Crystal Arthropathy to Comorbidities: The 2024 G-CAN Gold Medal Award Awardee Lecture!

👥 Authors: Robert Terkeltaub

🔗 Full article: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#gout #hyperuricemia #CPPD
@g-cangout.bsky.social

📢 New Publication Alert!

📝 Title: NET Formation Drives Tophaceous Gout!

👥 Authors: Yuqi Wang, Jinshuo Han, Jasmin Knopf, Lingjiang Zhu, Yi Zhao, Lei Liu and Martin Herrmann

🔗Full article: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#NET #gout

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨

📝 Title: Year in Review: Advances in Research in Gout Pathophysiology in 2024!

👥 Authors: Rocio Paz Gonzalez and Monica Guma

🔗 Read the full report here: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#gout #pathophysiology

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨

📝2024 Annual Meeting of the International Network on Ectopic Calcification (INTEC)—Abstract Proceedings!

👥 Authors: M. Leonor Cancela et al.

🔗 Read the full report here: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#INTEC2024 #ectopiccalcification

‪📢 New Publication!

📝 Effect of Allopurinol Use on Kidney Function Among Patients with Gout and Chronic Kidney Disease

👥 Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos, Christine E. Peloquin, and @tuhinaneogi.bsky.social

🔗 Read: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#gout #chronickidneydisease #renal #kidney #allopurinol

🏆 Meet Dr. Tom Niessink, winner of the GUCDD Best PhD Thesis Award!

🔬 Insightful interview available: www.mdpi.com/about/announ...

#rheumatology #gout #ramanspectroscopy

📢 New Publication!

📝Persistence of Monosodium Urate Crystals and Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystals in Synovial Fluid Samples After Two Weeks of Storage at 4 °C and −20 °C: A Longitudinal Analysis

👥 Kanon Jatuworapruk et al.

🔗 Read: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#uratecrystals #CPP #gout

🏆 The Best #PhD Thesis #Award is back!

If you defended your PhD in 2025 on #gout, #urate, or crystal deposition disease, apply now!

🎁 CHF 1000 + certificate + free article voucher
📅 Deadline: 31 May 2026
📢 Winner: 31 July 2026

For more information: www.mdpi.com/journal/gucd...

📢 New Publication!

📝 Inter-Critical Gout, Not Hyperuricemia or Asymptomatic Urate Crystal Deposition, Is Associated with Systemic Inflammation

👥 Gabriela Sandoval-Plata, Kevin Morgan, Michael Doherty & Abhishek Abhishek

🔗 Read: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#gout #rheumatology #hyperuricemia

🏆 Winner Announcement 🏆

We’re excited to share that Dr. Tom Niessink has won the GUCDD Best PhD Thesis Award! 🎓👏

🎉 Congrats, Dr. Niessink!
🔗 Learn more: www.mdpi.com/journal/gucd...

#PhDthesisaward #rheumatology #gout

🚨 Join us in Nancy, France – Sept 24–26, 2025 for the Joint #Ectopic #Calcification Meeting!

🧠This conference will bring together leading experts from around the world to explore the latest advances in soft tissue ectopic calcification.

🌐 For more: www.itnintec.com/2025-joint-e...

🚨 Highlights from #GCAN2024!

🎓 Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN) Conference 2024: Early-Career Investigators’ Abstracts is available online!

📄 Read more: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#Rheumatology #GoutResearch

🚨 New Review Alert 🚨

📄 Metabolic Impact of XOR Inhibitors Use and Discontinuation
✍ By authors: Mai Sekine and Kimiyoshi Ichida

📚 Read the full article here: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#XOR #uratemetabolism #xanthinuria

We are pleased to announce that GUCDD has received its first CiteScore!

📈 CiteScore [2024]: 1.4

🔗 For more information: www.scopus.com/sourceid/211...

#CiteScore #GoutResearch #Rheumatology #Scopus

Have you recently completed your #PhD in the field of #gout, #urate, and #crystaldepositiondisease? Don’t miss the opportunity to be recognized for your hard work and innovation! Only a few days left!

📌 Deadline: 31 May 2025
📝 How to apply: www.mdpi.com/journal/gucd...

🧾 Newly published paper: "Mendelian Randomization Studies: A Metric for Quality Evaluation"

✍ By authors: Fiorella Rosas-Chavez and Tony Merriman

🔗 To read the full article: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#mendelianrandomization #gout #hyperuricemia

🎉 Calling all G-CAN junior research faculty! If you hold an MD, DO, and/or PhD, are a G-CAN member, and are under 38 on October 22, 2025, you may be eligible to apply for the G-CAN Jr. Faculty Award! 🌟Letters of intent are due June 5, 2025. Details: www.g-can.org

G-CAN 2025 Call for Abstracts
Abstracts are now invited for submission to the G-CAN 2025 Early Career Investigator Symposium at the 11th Annual Meeting October 22-23 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Instructions for submission and eligibility requirements: www.g-can.org/wp-content/u...

📄All articles in GUCDD MDPI (ISSN 2813-4583) Vol 3, Issue 1, are now freely available to access, read, and download: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/1

🔎Cover Story Paper: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

🧾 Newly published paper: "Comparison of Pathophysiological Mechanisms Among Crystal-Induced #Arthropathies"!

✍ By authors: Maddalena Zangari, Roberto Luisetto, Roberto Pilot, Paola Contessa, Raffaella Signorini, Stefano Masiero and Anna Scanu

🔗 Full article: www.mdpi.com/2813-4583/3/...

#PhDthesis #award

📣 📣📣The deadline is approaching!

🥼We are inviting young scholars in the field of #gout, #urate, and crystal deposition disease to send us their applications!

📍 The application process is open until the end of May!

🔗 For more information: www.mdpi.com/journal/gucd...