Roles of B cells in rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of mycophenolate sodium (MPS) in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) refractory to other immunosuppressive agents. Eleven patients with pSS were treated with MPS up to 1,440 mg daily for an observation period of 6 months in this single-center, open...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Willeke P,Schlüter B,Becker H,Schotte H,Domschke W,Gaubitz M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We previously demonstrated that a single-chain fragment variable (scFv) specific to collagen type II (CII) posttranslationally modified by reactive oxygen species (ROS) can be used to target anti-inflammatory therapeutics specifically to inflamed arthritic joints. The objective of the present study was to ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Hughes C,Sette A,Seed M,D'Acquisto F,Manzo A,Vincent TL,Lim NH,Nissim A

更新日期：2014-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and inflammatory responses are modulated by a bidirectional communication between the neuroendocrine and immune system. Many lines of research have established the numerous routes by which the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS) communicate. The CNS signals the immune system through hormona...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Eskandari F,Webster JI,Sternberg EM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Galactosylation of immunoglobulin G (IgG) is reduced in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and assumed to correlate with inflammation and altered humoral immunity. IgG hypogalactosylation also increases with age. To investigate dependencies in more detail, we compared IgG hypogalactosylation between patients with RA,...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Schwedler C,Häupl T,Kalus U,Blanchard V,Burmester GR,Poddubnyy D,Hoppe B

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased number and impaired functions of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) leading to impaired vasculogenesis have been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Defective vasculogenesis has also been implicated in premature atherosclerosis in RA. Recently, early-outgrowth monocytic and late-outgrowth hemangiobla...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Szekanecz Z,Koch AE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) is a presumed heterogenous syndrome with key element low CD4 T-cell counts (below 300/mm³) without evidence of HIV infection or other known immunodeficiency. The etiology, pathogenesis, and management of ICL remain poorly understood and inadequately defined. The clinical presentati...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Zonios D,Sheikh V,Sereti I

更新日期：2012-08-31 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：BACKGROUND:In previous studies, we demonstrated that the NEMO score, i.e. the cumulative number of microhaemorrhages (MHEs) and microthromboses (MTs), observed in nailfold videocapillaroscopy was a good indicator of the steady state level of disease activity (DA) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) when the Europ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Pignataro F,Maglione W,Minniti A,Sambataro D,Sambataro G,Campanaro F,Valentini G,Vitali C,Del Papa N

更新日期：2019-11-29 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：INTRODUCTION:Pain in osteoarthritis (OA) has been classically attributed to joint structural damage. Disparity between the degree of radiographic structural damage and the severity of symptoms implies that factors other than the joint pathology itself contribute to the pain. Peripheral and central sensitization have be...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Roubille C,Raynauld JP,Abram F,Paiement P,Dorais M,Delorme P,Bessette L,Beaulieu AD,Martel-Pelletier J,Pelletier JP

更新日期：2014-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable amount of research time has been invested in studies aimed at elucidating pathogenic processes in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Despite this, major challenges for biomedical science remain, such as identification of the key factors that determine susceptibility to SSc, and elucidation of the precise nature ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Abraham D,Distler O

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests lymphatic function mediates local rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flares. Yet biologics that target the immune system are dosed systemically via the subcutaneous (SC) administration route, thereby inefficiently reaching local lymphatic compartments. Nanotopography has previously been shown to dis...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Aldrich MB,Velasquez FC,Kwon S,Azhdarinia A,Pinkston K,Harvey BR,Chan W,Rasmussen JC,Ross RF,Fife CE,Sevick-Muraca EM

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We sought to assess vascularity in wrist tenosynovitis by using power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) and to compare detection of intra- and peritendinous vascularity with that of contrast-enhanced grey-scale ultrasound (CEUS). METHODS:Twenty-six tendons of 24 patients (nine men, 15 women; mean age ± SD, 54.4 ±...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Klauser AS,Franz M,Arora R,Feuchtner GM,Gruber J,Schirmer M,Jaschke WR,Gabl MF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes occurring in the field of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over the past decade or two have encompassed new therapies and, in particular, a new look at the clinical characteristics of the disease in the context of therapeutic improvements. It has been shown that composite disease activity indices have special mer...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Smolen JS,Aletaha D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary involvement is a common complication of vasculitides, especially small vessel vasculitides. This review provides an overview of vasculitic manifestations of the lung as well as of other organs involved in vasculitides. Furthermore, it provides the diagnostic procedures required to asses a patient with vascul...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Holle JU,Moosig F,Dalhoff K,Gross WL

更新日期：2011-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor STAT-1 (signal transducer and activator of transcription-1) plays a pivotal role in the expression of inflammatory gene products involved in the pathogenesis of arthritis such as various cytokines and the CD40/CD40 ligand (CD40/CD40L) receptor-ligand dyad. The therapeutic efficacy of a synthet...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Hückel M,Schurigt U,Wagner AH,Stöckigt R,Petrow PK,Thoss K,Gajda M,Henzgen S,Hecker M,Bräuer R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomewide association studies (GWAS) have proven a powerful hypothesis-free method to identify common disease-associated variants. Even quite large GWAS, however, have only at best identified moderate proportions of the genetic variants contributing to disease heritability. To provide cost-effective genotyping of com...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Cortes A,Brown MA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To date, no single most-appropriate factor or delivery method has been identified for the purpose of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based treatment of cartilage injury. Therefore, in this study we tested whether gene delivery of the growth factor Indian hedgehog (IHH) was able to induce chondrogenesis in huma...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Steinert AF,Weissenberger M,Kunz M,Gilbert F,Ghivizzani SC,Göbel S,Jakob F,Nöth U,Rudert M

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients display differentially expressed genes coding for cytokine/chemokine-mediated immunity compared to healthy controls. It is unclear, however, if in the pre-arthritis phase of clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA) expression of immune genes differ between patients w...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Niemantsverdriet E,van den Akker EB,Boeters DM,van den Eeden SJF,Geluk A,van der Helm-van Mil AHM

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Previous studies have shown that the number of myoblastically differentiated fibroblasts known as myofibroblasts (MFs) is significantly increased in stiff joint capsules, indicating their crucial role in the pathogenesis of post-traumatic joint stiffness. Although the mode of MFs' function has been well de...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Mattyasovszky SG,Hofmann A,Brochhausen C,Ritz U,Kuhn S,Wollstädter J,Schulze-Koops H,Müller LP,Watzer B,Rommens PM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gouty arthritis (gout) is primarily cared for in ambulatory care settings. Although the prevalence of gout in the US is thought to be increasing, there have been few data on this as well as temporal changes in gout medication use. METHODS:We analyzed annual visit and drug utilization data from national sa...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Krishnan E,Chen L

更新日期：2013-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK9) targets the LDL-receptor (LDLR) which raises LDL-levels. In addition, PCSK9 has proinflammatory immunological effects. Here, we investigate the role of PCSK9 in relation to the inflammatory activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:PCSK9-le...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Frostegård J,Ahmed S,Hafström I,Ajeganova S,Rahman M

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intraarticular administration of autologous conditioned serum (ACS) recently demonstrated some clinical effectiveness in treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). The current study aims to evaluate the in vitro effects of ACS on cartilage proteoglycan (PG) metabolism, its composition and the effects on synovial fl...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Rutgers M,Saris DB,Dhert WJ,Creemers LB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glomerulonephritis is one of the major complications and causes of death in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and is characterized by glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis, and tubular atrophy, along with severe persistent proteinuria. DZ2002 is a reversible S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase (SAHH) in...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： He S,Liu X,Lin Z,Liu Y,Gu L,Zhou H,Tang W,Zuo J

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Monocytic cells play a central role in the aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis, and manipulation of the activation of these cells is an approach currently under investigation to discover new therapies for this and associated diseases. CD148 is a transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase that is highly expressed in ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Dave RK,Naylor AJ,Young SP,Bayley R,Hardie DL,Haworth O,Rider DA,Cook AD,Buckley CD,Kellie S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankylosing spondylitis and axial spondyloarthropathy have characteristic age- and sex-specific onset patterns, typical entheseal lesions, and marked heritability, but the integrative mechanisms causing the pathophysiological and structural alterations remain largely undefined. Myofascial tissues are integrated in the ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Masi AT

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We designed OP3-4 (YCEIEFCYLIR), a cyclic peptide, to mimic the soluble osteoprotegerin (OPG), and was proven to bind to RANKL (receptor activator of NF-κB ligand), thereby inhibiting osteoclastogenesis. We recently found that another RANKL binding peptide, W9, could accelerate bone formation by affecting ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Kato G,Shimizu Y,Arai Y,Suzuki N,Sugamori Y,Maeda M,Takahashi M,Tamura Y,Wakabayashi N,Murali R,Ono T,Ohya K,Mise-Omata S,Aoki K

更新日期：2015-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with lupus have a continuous production of IFNα and display an increased expression of IFNα-regulated genes. The reason for the ongoing IFNα synthesis in these patients seems to be an activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) by immune complexes (ICs), consisting of autoantibodies in combination with ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Rönnblom L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

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