... USA: Theodore Pincus, VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, TN; Yusuf Yazici, NYU Hospital for JointDiseases, New York, NY; Martin Bergman, Taylor Hospital,Ridley Park, PA; Christopher Swearingen, ... Theodore Pincus, New York University Hospitalfor Joint Diseases, New York, NY, USA.AcknowledgementsAbbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL, USA) provided financial support for this study. The ... unfavorablefor females; tumor necrosis factor inhibitors alter sex hormonemetabolism in the synovial tissue [61]. The beneficial effectsinclude restored levels of synovial androgens althoughrestored...