Behçet's disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To analyze whether ANA-positive idiopathic anterior uveitis differs from JIA-associated uveitis concerning clinical course, response to treatment, and disease outcome. METHODS:Prospective study of the National Paediatric Rheumatological Database (NPRD) including its uveitis add-on module from the years 2002...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Heiligenhaus A,Klotsche J,Niewerth M,Horneff G,Ganser G,Haas JP,Minden K

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The translational and predictive value of animal models highly depends on the validity of respective readout parameters. In arthritis research, there has been a shift from sole threshold testing for pain-related behavior, as well as from swelling and histology assessment for inflammation, toward an analysi...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Boettger MK,Leuchtweis J,Schaible HG,Schmidt M

更新日期：2011-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Interferon alpha (IFN-α) has a complex role in autoimmunity, in that it may both enhance and prevent inflammation. We have previously shown that the presence of IFN-α at sensitization protects against subsequent antigen-triggered arthritis. To understand this tolerogenic mechanism, we performed a descripti...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Chalise J,Narendra S,Paudyal B,Magnusson M

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To understand the impact of yet undiagnosed non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on work outcomes in a cohort of patients with long-lasting chronic low back pain (CLBP). METHODS:Data were used from a primary care CLBP cohort that was established to understand t...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： van Hoeven L,Boonen AERCH,Hazes JMW,Weel AEAM

更新日期：2017-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In some rheumatic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), low serum complement ('hypocomplementaemia') is a feature of active disease. However, the role of hypocomplementaemia in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is unknown. We sought to determine the frequency, clinical associations and relationship to ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Esposito J,Brown Z,Stevens W,Sahhar J,Rabusa C,Zochling J,Roddy J,Walker J,Proudman SM,Nikpour M

更新日期：2016-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased circulatory levels of the chemokine CXCL4 have been associated with the presence of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in an observational study of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between baseline CXCL4 level and extent of ILD i...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Volkmann ER,Tashkin DP,Roth MD,Clements PJ,Khanna D,Furst DE,Mayes M,Charles J,Tseng CH,Elashoff RM,Assassi S

更新日期：2016-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To aim was to investigate the additional value of incorporating the de Vlam cervical facet joint score in the modified ankylosing spondylitis (AS) spine score (mSASSS) for the evaluation of spinal radiographic outcome in AS. METHOD:Baseline and 4-year radiographs from 98 consecutive patients from the Gronin...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Maas F,Arends S,Brouwer E,Bootsma H,Bos R,Wink FR,Spoorenberg A

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the serum levels and local expression of resistin in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies to controls, and to determine the relationship between resistin levels, inflammation and disease activity. METHODS:Serum resistin levels were determin...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Filková M,Hulejová H,Kuncová K,Pleštilová L,Cerezo LA,Mann H,Klein M,Zámečník J,Gay S,Vencovský J,Senolt L

更新日期：2012-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim was to evaluate S100A4 protein as a biomarker of disease activity and potential cancer development in patients with myositis. METHODS:Serum levels of S100A4 were determined in 43 dermatomyositis (DM), 39 polymyositis (PM) and 22 cancer associated myositis (CAM) patients as well as in 77 healthy co...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Pleštilová L,Mann H,Andrés Cerezo L,Pecha O,Vencovský J,Šenolt L

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pepsin agglutinators, discovered over 50 years ago, have been recently referred to as anti-hinge antibodies (AHAs) because of their reaction with the IgG hinge epitope. AHAs have different reactivity for each hinge epitope generated by each protease that cleaves the hinge region at different sites. Moreover,...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Ota T,Ota SI,Uchino A,Nagano S

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The human monoclonal antibody adalimumab is known to induce an anti-globulin response in some adalimumab-treated patients. Antibodies against adalimumab (AAA) are associated with non-response to treatment. Immunoglobulins, such as adalimumab, carry allotypes which represent slight differences in the amino ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Bartelds GM,de Groot E,Nurmohamed MT,Hart MH,van Eede PH,Wijbrandts CA,Crusius JB,Dijkmans BA,Tak PP,Aarden L,Wolbink GJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleiotropic effects are now described for the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (or statins) that might have utility in the context of chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. Here we discuss the pharmacology and established uses of statins and in this context describe potential anti-inflammat...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： McCarey DW,Sattar N,McInnes IB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA-FLS) contribute to joint inflammation and damage characteristic of the disease. RA-FLS express KCa1.1 (BK, Slo1, MaxiK, KCNMA1) as their major plasma membrane potassium channel. Blocking KCa1.1 reduces the invasive phenotype of RA-FLS and attenua...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Pethő Z,Tanner MR,Tajhya RB,Huq R,Laragione T,Panyi G,Gulko PS,Beeton C

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease resulting from a loss of tolerance to multiple self antigens, and characterized by autoantibody production and inflammatory cell infiltration in target organs, such as the kidneys and brain. T cells are critical players in SLE pathophysiology as they regulate...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Moulton VR,Tsokos GC

更新日期：2011-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) has been known to promote bone healing by nonthermal effects. In recent studies, LIPUS has been shown to reduce inflammation in injured soft tissues. Xerostomia is one of the most common symptoms in Sjögren syndrome (SS). It is caused by a decrease in the quantity or...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Sato M,Kuroda S,Mansjur KQ,Khaliunaa G,Nagata K,Horiuchi S,Inubushi T,Yamamura Y,Azuma M,Tanaka E

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between serum urate, menopause, and aging has not been clearly defined by scientific evidence. In the present issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy, Hak and Choi present a cross-sectional analysis to clarify the effect of menopause and hormone replacement therapy on serum urate in women within the T...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Gaffo AL,Saag KG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage damage in osteoarthritis (OA) is considered an imbalance between catabolic and anabolic factors, favoring the catabolic side. We assessed whether adenoviral overexpression of transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) enhanced cartilage repair and whether TGFbeta-induced fibrosis was blocked by local expressi...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Blaney Davidson EN,Vitters EL,van den Berg WB,van der Kraan PM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of L-4F, an apolipoprotein A-1 mimetic peptide, alone or with pravastatin, in apoE-/-Fas-/-C57BL/6 mice that spontaneously develop immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoantibodies, glomerulonephritis, osteopenia, and atherosclerotic lesions on a normal chow diet. ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Woo JM,Lin Z,Navab M,Van Dyck C,Trejo-Lopez Y,Woo KM,Li H,Castellani LW,Wang X,Iikuni N,Rullo OJ,Wu H,La Cava A,Fogelman AM,Lusis AJ,Tsao BP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term outcome of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who in clinical practice exhibit persistent moderate disease activity (pMDA) despite treatment with biologics has not been adequately studied. Herein, we analyzed the 5-year outcome of the pMDA group and assessed for within-group heterogeneity. MET...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Genitsaridi I,Flouri I,Plexousakis D,Marias K,Boki K,Skopouli F,Drosos A,Bertsias G,Boumpas D,Sidiropoulos P

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is known to be associated with polyclonal B-cell hyperreactivity. The underlying causes of the diffuse B-cell over-reactivity are unclear, but potential candidates include (a) intrinsic hyper-reactivity leading to polyclonal B-cell activation wit...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Dörner T,Giesecke C,Lipsky PE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc-ILD) is a major cause of SSc-related death. Imunosuppressive treatment (IS) is used in patients with SSc for various organ manifestations mainly to ameliorate progression of SSc-ILD. Data on everyday IS prescription patterns and clinical courses of lung fu...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Adler S,Huscher D,Siegert E,Allanore Y,Czirják L,DelGaldo F,Denton CP,Distler O,Frerix M,Matucci-Cerinic M,Mueller-Ladner U,Tarner IH,Valentini G,Walker UA,Villiger PM,Riemekasten G,EUSTAR co-workers on behalf of the DeSS

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was first identified in the intervertebral disc (IVD) when its molecular upregulation was observed in sections of nucleus pulposus cultured under conditions of increased osmolarity. BDNF is now known to be involved in a number of biologic functions, including regula...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Gruber HE,Ingram JA,Hoelscher G,Zinchenko N,Norton HJ,Hanley EN Jr

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The revised shared epitope (SE) concept in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is based on the presence (S) or absence (X) of the SE RAA amino acid motif at positions 72 to 74 of the third hypervariable region of the various human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles. The purpose of this study was to investigate SE ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Meyer PW,Hodkinson B,Ally M,Musenge E,Wadee AA,Fickl H,Tikly M,Anderson R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has potential for monitoring urate deposition in patients with gout. The aim of this prospective longitudinal study was to analyse measurement error of DECT urate volume measurement in clinically stable patients with tophaceous gout. METHODS:Seventy-three patients wi...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Rajan A,Aati O,Kalluru R,Gamble GD,Horne A,Doyle AJ,McQueen FM,Dalbeth N

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metformin could activate adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) which was postulated as a potential therapeutic target for osteoarthritis. This study aimed to examine the effects of metformin on cartilage and pain in osteoarthritis mouse model. METHODS:Eighty 10-week-old male C57BL/6 mice w...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Li H,Ding X,Terkeltaub R,Lin H,Zhang Y,Zhou B,He K,Li K,Liu Z,Wei J,Yang Y,Xie H,Zeng C,Lei G

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk of malignancies compared with the general population. This has raised concerns regarding these patients, particularly with the widespread use of immunomodulating therapies, including biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). We...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Simon TA,Thompson A,Gandhi KK,Hochberg MC,Suissa S

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aims of this study were to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of blood B-cell subset profiling and immune-system activation marker assays in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and to assess whether adding these tools to the current laboratory item would improve the American-European Consensus Group (AECG) ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Cornec D,Saraux A,Pers JO,Jousse-Joulin S,Marhadour T,Roguedas-Contios AM,Genestet S,Renaudineau Y,Devauchelle-Pensec V

更新日期：2014-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD) is characterized by marked degradation and restructuring of the annulus fibrosus (AF). Although several matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been found to be more prevalent in degenerate discs, their coordination and function within the context of the disease ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Rastogi A,Kim H,Twomey JD,Hsieh AH

更新日期：2013-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of adequate self-care, frequent admissions, and poor quality of life are common and serious problems in adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Some studies have revealed that transitional care is effective in improving self-care and quality of life as well as reducing rehospitalization ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Xie X,Song Y,Yang H,Nie A,Chen H,Li JP

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are treated with a mean of 3-4 conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) with or without glucocorticoids (GCs), before the first biologic prescription. The main reasons for change are inefficacy in 30-40 % of patients, and toxicity ≈ 10 %. Thus...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Hernández-Cruz B,Márquez-Saavedra E,Caliz-Caliz R,Navarro-Sarabia F

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00