Anti-DNA and autoantibodies.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the emergence, clinical features, pathogenesis, and treatment of acute chikungunya (CHIK) fever and chronic CHIK arthritis. RECENT FINDINGS:Since 2004, CHIK, an arboviral infection, has spread throughout the world, infecting millions of people. The illness occurs in two phases: an acute vir...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Sutaria RB,Amaral JK,Schoen RT

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an update on recent findings with regards to the genetics of hyperuricemia and gout, including recent data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). RECENT FINDINGS:Five GWAS around the same time reported that genetic variants of SLC2A9/GLUT9 were associated with lower serum u...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Choi HK,Zhu Y,Mount DB

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All industrialized nations are facing a crisis in health care financing. Rising expectations coupled with increasing specialization and technologic capacities have forced health care payers to examine their assumptions and to seek data on the outcomes of medical interventions. Clinical investigators who have been taug...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Stucki G,Liang MH

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Infections have been suggested to contribute to disease induction and reactivation in many of the idiopathic vasculitides. This review describes and evaluates the evidence that microbes are involved in the etiopathogenesis of these diseases. RECENT FINDINGS:Large-vessel vasculitis has recently been a...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： van Timmeren MM,Heeringa P,Kallenberg CG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The objective of this review is to provide an update on exercise and clinical assessment in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. RECENT FINDINGS:Polymyositis, dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis are rare conditions with muscle weakness as a common prominent feature. Earlier, these patients...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Alexanderson H,Lundberg IE

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, is a systemic autoimmune disease manifest by vascular damage and fibrosis within the skin and visceral organs. Whereas scleroderma is a heterogenous disorder in terms of disease symptoms and clinical course, scleroderma-specific autoantibody profiles associate stron...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Harris ML,Rosen A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the recent efficacy and safety data comparing methotrexate (MTX) and leflunomide (LEF) monotherapy, in combination with biologic therapies and in combination with each other. RECENT FINDINGS:MTX is the 'anchor drug' in all rheumatoid arthritis treatment strategies. Patients with contraindic...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Singer O,Gibofsky A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review discusses the most updated literature of muscle disease in scleroderma in the past year. RECENT FINDINGS:In the past year, two studies have highlighted that fibrosis is a prevalent histopathologic feature in muscle biopsies of patients with scleroderma muscle disease. In addition, microan...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Paik JJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infections can clinically mimic a primary vasculitic syndrome and can directly cause a vasculitis that may respond to prompt recognition and treatment of the infection. Increasing direct and indirect evidence is establishing links between certain infections and vasculopathies, including aortitis, atheroscler...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Mandell BF,Calabrese LH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize recent findings on new pathogenic mechanisms of interaction between genetic and environmental factors and between innate and adaptive immunity in primary Sjögren's syndrome and to reconcile pathogenesis and treatment by focusing on the crucial pathogenic steps that could be targeted by em...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Mariette X,Gottenberg JE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Dermatomyositis (DM) is a rare multisystem autoimmune disorder of adults and children that primarily affects skin and skeletal muscle. Classification systems of dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and the other idiopathic inflammatory myopathies focus primarily on features of muscle involvement. However, c...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Santmyire-Rosenberger B,Dugan EM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The intestinal microbiome is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are many shared clinical manifestations between IBD and spondyloarthritis (SpA), of which the most common are peripheral arthritis and uveitis. Clinical overlap along with similar genetic...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Choi RY,Asquith M,Rosenbaum JT

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last few years have brought a resurgence in interest in managing systemic sclerosis. In the past year, there have been reports of small series of patients and several well-designed, double-blind, controlled trials. Treatment has been directed at a variety of potential pathogenic mechanisms. Stanazol, iloprost, pla...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Steen V

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent literature in inflammatory myopathies suggests that both immune (cell-mediated and humoral) and nonimmune [endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and autophagy] mechanisms play a role in muscle fiber damage and dysfunction. This review describes these findings and discusses their relevance to diseas...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Henriques-Pons A,Nagaraju K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, four areas are discussed: fluoroquinolone-induced tendinitis, volar flexor tenosynovitis (trigger finger), Achilles tendon lesions, and occupational medicine issues. The relationship of fluoroquinolone treatment to musculoskeletal lesions, especially Achilles tendinitis and tear, is most intriguing. Th...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Biundo JJ Jr,Mipro RC Jr,Fahey P

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, Lyme disease is the most common arthropod-borne infection. The majority of cases are reported from the Northeast, the Midwest, and California, which are areas with established foci of Borrelia burgdorferi. Advances in the understanding of the epidemiology of Ixodes ticks, the established vector f...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Evans J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Clinical use of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has revolutionized the therapeutic landscape of cancer. By activating the immune system using monoclonal anti-CTLA-4 and PD(L)-1 antibodies, remission can be induced in previously terminal cancers. However, these breakthroughs come at a price. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Boland P,Heath J,Sandigursky S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent developments in the nosology of primary systemic vasculitis are placed in the context of an historical overview. The ongoing attempts to develop criteria for classification and diagnosis are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS:Giant cell arteritis has supplanted temporal arteritis as the preferred term...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Jennette JC,Falk RJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the past year information has accumulated on the role of infections in the pathogenesis of vasculitis. Superantigens play an important role in the stimulation of the immune system. Behçet's syndrome is a vasculitis that affects children as well as adults. Recently published childhood studies highlight the impor...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Ozen S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Majority of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) report use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies before and even after the diagnosis, due to perceived efficacy and wide-spread belief that these modalities lack side effects. In this review, we describe the available scient...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Danve A,Deodhar AA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New data concerning the epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment of low back pain have been reported over the past year. Patients who have a longer period of pain during the initial episode of pain are at greatest risk of recurrence of pain. Abnormalities of fibrinolytic activity may have predictiv...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Borenstein D

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Inflammatory changes in joint tissues can be detected by modern imaging techniques in osteoarthritis patients, but may be clinically subtle compared with many other types of arthritis. These changes associate with disease progression and clinical severity, and many inflammatory mediators may have biom...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Scanzello CR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome, which is associated with the ingestion of L-tryptophan that contained products, occurred as an epidemic in the United States in 1989. Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome is similar in many ways to the toxic-oil syndrome, which occurred in Spain in 1981, and to diffuse fasciitis with eosino...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Silver RM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to provide an update on cardiovascular involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Studies from the past 18 months are identified and reviewed. Finally, the clinical impact of these findings is discussed. RECENT FINDINGS:Epidemiological studies have revealed a...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Diederichsen LP

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The present review focuses on the most significant recent findings regarding selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). SERMs, which interact with estrogen receptor-alpha and estrogen receptor-beta in multiple tissues, continue to generate clinic...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Clarke BL,Khosla S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory condition with articular and extra-articular manifestations. Remission, a state of absence of clinical and imaging signs of disease activity over time, is the goal of management. This review addresses the concept of minimal disease activity (MD...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Deodhar AA,Kumthekar A,Dubreuil M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Exercise was established as an integral part of the nonpharmacological treatment of fibromyalgia approximately 20 years ago. Since then many studies have investigated the effects of exercise-either alone or in combination with other interventions. This review will discuss the benefits of exercise alon...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Gowans SE,deHueck A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Antisynthetase syndrome (ASyS) is an acquired myopathy characterized by the presence of myositis-specific autoantibodies directed against tRNA-synthetases. ASyS is potentially life threatening due to lung involvement and treatment remains a challenge to date. With symptoms not limited to muscles but a...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Gallay L,Gayed C,Hervier B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We reviewed recent quality improvement initiatives in the field of rheumatology to identify common strategies and themes leading to measurable change. RECENT FINDINGS:Efforts to improve quality of care in rheumatology have accelerated in the last 5 years. Most studies in this area have focused on int...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Liu LH,Choden S,Yazdany J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Since their discovery over 15 years ago, intensive research has focused on the presence, phenotype and function of FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells (Treg) in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The questions of whether Treg deficiencies underlie autoimmune pathology and whether or how Tr...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Mijnheer G,Prakken BJ,van Wijk F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00