In each print edition ofArthritis Research
& Therapythe Editors-in-Chief, Profs Ravinder Maini and Peter Lipsky,
highlight articles that are ofspecial interest to the journal’s readership –
the Editors’ choice.

In the latest issue, afeasibility trialby
Ng and colleagues found that a combination of glucosamine sulphate
supplementation and walking for approximately 30 minutes a day, three times a
week, significantly reduced pain and improved physical function in
osteoarthritis patients.

Another selection by the Editors is astudyby Schurgerset alwhichhighlights the discrepancy
between thein vitroandin vivoeffects of mesenchymal stem cells.The team of researchers from Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, demonstrated that murine bone marrow-derived
mesenchymal stem cells dose-dependently suppress T cell proliferationin vitro,
but are unable to influence the disease course in a mouse model of
collagen-induced arthritis.

Also making the Editors’ choice is a comprehensivereview articleexa