Relapsing polychondritis.

abstract：:Neoplasia can be associated with a wide range of rheumatologic manifestations. Literature over the last 12 months has reviewed metastasis of solid tumors to the joint and hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy. Vasculitis has been reported as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with both hematologic and solid malign...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Brooks PM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pulmonary fibrosis is a devastating disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Among the most common forms of lung fibrosis are idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Despite a wealth of literature regarding each of these diseases, stud...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Murray LA,Rubinowitz A,Herzog EL

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past year, another disease possibly influenced by intravenous gammaglobulin was identified as dermatomyositis/polymyositis. Additional studies provided further information regarding the use of monoclonal anti-CD4 antibody and combination therapy in rheumatoid arthritis, antithymocyte globulin in scleroderma...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Trentham DE

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a potentially destructive disease with profound impact on patients' function and quality of life. Newer therapeutic agents have revolutionized outcomes but have not resulted in best outcomes for all patients. In this article, we will review recent progress in the developme...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Bykerk VP,Schoels MM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Advances in understanding the genetic and molecular basis of innate immune system activation and function have supported the hypothesis that type I interferons (IFN-I), the essential mediators of antiviral host defense, are central contributors to the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Crow MK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shoulder injuries are common in the athletic population. Injuries can be a result of repetitive overhead use or from direct trauma. Common injury sites include the rotator cuff, glenohumeral joint, acromioclavicular joint, biceps tendon, scapulothoracic articulation, and sternoclavicular joint. The identification, phy...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Ong BC,Sekiya JK,Rodosky MW

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we address current concepts and recent experimental results that relate to heterogeneity in the physiologic, biochemical, and morphologic properties of mammalian skeletal muscle fibers. Recent data reinforce some of these current concepts while questioning others. The biochemical bases of the concepts ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Talmadge RJ,Roy RR,Edgerton VR

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus is a complex, multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by production of high-titer autoantibodies directed against ubiquitously expressed self-antigens. Autoantigens in systemic lupus erythematosus are highly diverse in terms of structure and location in control cells, but become clust...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： White S,Rosen A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the present knowledge of the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and unfolded protein response (UPR) in the pathogenesis of fibrotic diseases. RECENT FINDINGS:ER stress and UPR occur in a number of diseases associated with organ fibrosis; however, the contribution of these pathways to...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Lenna S,Trojanowska M

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Cytokines and growth factors are important in bone tissue as mediators of cell-to-cell and matrix-to-cell communication. Cytokines also locally mediate the effects of several hormones on bone cells. Indeed, calciotropic hormones modulate the bone-cell production rate of these factors and, conversely, can change the nu...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： de Vernejoul MC,Cohen-Solal M,Orcel P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review provides an update on the new interleukin-1 (IL-1) cytokine family members in inflammatory diseases with focus on recent findings concerning the family members IL-36, IL-37, and IL-38 and their different expression patterns. RECENT FINDINGS:The IL-1 cytokines are known to be involved in m...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Hahn M,Frey S,Hueber AJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis and IgA nephropathy share some immunologic features, eg, elevated serum IgA and IgA-immune complex levels. These entities are frequently found as being associated. IgA and IgA immune complex catabolism involves asialoglycoprotein receptors and specific IgA Fc receptors (FcalphaR or CD89) on tiss...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Montenegro V,Monteiro RC

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant advances were made this year in the understanding of serum amyloid A isotypes and in the definition of different amyloid light-chain proteins. Increasing numbers of hereditary amyloid-related transthyretin mutations have been reported (more than 30 to date). Two new hereditary amyloid proteins in several d...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Cohen AS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Evidence accumulated since 2010 indicates that human osteoarthritis should now be reclassified as a systemic musculoskeletal disease rather than a focal disorder of synovial joints. RECENT FINDINGS:Inflammation was seen as the key component promoting synovitis as well as progression of cartilage and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Malemud CJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Neoplasia in an important cause of rheumatic disease. The mechanisms are either direct infiltration of the bone and joint, or indirect infiltration with manifestations distant from the site of neoplastic involvement. Many of the reports reviewed in this article center on direct associations. In particular, there is a ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Schwarzer AC,Schrieber L

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes recent advances in pulmonary hypertension, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in scleroderma (SSc). RECENT FINDINGS:Although WHO Group I pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the most common cause of pulmonary hypertension, all WHO Groups can occur. PAH is now a crit...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Highland KB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Parasitic worms have evolved strategies to manipulate the host immune system, some of which may lead to a reduction in inflammation. Characterisation of the ways in which these organisms mediate an anti-inflammatory response and identification of parasite-derived molecules involved in immune modulatio...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Cooke A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) frequently present with one or only a few symptoms, which does not allow prompt diagnosis. Raynaud's phenomenon is one of those symptoms. However, only a minority of patients who present with Raynaud's phenomenon develop a CTD. Prognostic factors for the future development of CTD in s...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Kallenberg CG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a renewed interest in the use of low doses of prednisone in the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis. This is because it has been conclusively shown that low doses of prednisone retard bone damage, and physicians use prednisone because it helps control tender and swollen joints. Two studies appeared ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Conn DL,Lim SS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New information on the treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis emphasizes more aggressive control of arthritis, particularly the use of methotrexate, both in low- and higher-dose regimens. Information concerning drug toxicity, including that of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, second-line agents, and metho...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Emery HM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have revealed the important role of streptococci in the etiology of Behçet's disease. Among patients with Behçet's disease, there is a high incidence of a history of streptococcal infections. Certain antigens of streptococci induced not only cutaneous, delayed-type hypersensitivity, but also systemic at...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Mizushima Y

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited connective tissue disorders, among them Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, Marfan syndrome, and Larsen syndrome, are characterized by generalized joint hypermobility. Others, such as Morquio syndrome or achondroplasia, have hypermobility in a more limited distribution. Recent clinical and molec...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Raff ML,Byers PH

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:To define gout conditions and hyperuricemia. RECENT FINDINGS:Gout is defined as an arthritic condition resulting from the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in and/or around joints, following long-standing hyperuricemia. Several recent ultrasound studies disclosed MSU deposits in a lar...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Bardin T,Richette P

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Refinement of criteria for classifying childhood rheumatic diseases has contributed to earlier, more complete, and more precise diagnosis of children with spondyloarthropathies. Recent additions to the literature have contributed new international perspectives relating to the prevalence of juvenile spondyloarthropathi...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Rosenberg AM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Blau syndrome is a monogenic disease resulting from mutations in nucleotide oligomerization domain 2 (NOD2) and is phenotypically characterized by granulomatous polyarthritis and uveitis. Not only there has been significant progress in disease characterization but also the biological pathways associat...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Rose CD,Martin TM,Wouters CH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Significant advances in the treatment of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis have been made in the past 10 years. This review aims to detail advances in treatment aimed at induction of remission. RECENT FINDINGS:Cyclophosphamide-based regimes remain the standard of care, at leas...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Harper L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize the recent literature on the association of infection with early arthritis, and to discuss the possible role of such infections with respect to the development of chronic rheumatic complications. RECENT FINDINGS:Viral infections are frequently associated with arthritis. Alphaviruses belo...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Leirisalo-Repo M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00