High uric acid levels can lead to formation of crystals leading to inflammation. Here is how it may affect your kidney too.

Monosodium urate crystals dissolve and are eliminated from joints and soft tissues as serum uric acid levels drop below its saturating point (400 μmol/l). Time to crystal clearance relates to ...

Various forms of crystals can result in different bladder stones, including magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), calcium oxalate, ammonium urate or uric acid, cysteine, calcium phosphate ...

Some uric acid can move from the bloodstream into the joints and form crystals. When this happens, your immune system will see the urate crystals as foreign invaders and activate an inflammatory ...

As demonstrated in a novel mouse model, the mouse version of the drug (mIL-1 Trap) both prevented and relieved ankle joint synovitis and hyperalgesia induced by monosodium urate (MSU) crystals.