類風濕性關(guān)節(jié)炎（rheumatoid arthritis，RA）是一種致殘率極高、臨床治愈率低的自身免疫性疾病，被認為是一種多因素參與、多基因改變協(xié)同作用的結(jié)果。如何有效治療RA值得醫(yī)藥界研究人員的探討。隨著中醫(yī)藥技術(shù)的發(fā)展，基因芯片技術(shù)已從基礎研究逐步應用于新藥研發(fā)和臨床診斷，為進一步研究治療RA提供了新的思路及方法。

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune diseases of high morbidity and low clinical cure rate, which is considered to be the results of multi-factor and multi-gene interacting. It is worth for the researchers in pharmaceutical field to explore how effective treatment of RA. With the development of traditional Chinese medine technology, gene chip and other advanced technology have been gradually applied to new drug discovery and clinical diagnosis from basic research with providing a new approach of thought and method for RA further research.