Endothelin-1 in osteoarthritic chondrocytes triggers nitric oxide production and upregulates collagenase production.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hyperuricemia is the greatest risk factor for gout and is caused by an overproduction and/or inefficient renal clearance of urate. The fractional renal clearance of urate (FCU, renal clearance of urate/renal clearance of creatinine) has been proposed as a tool to identify subjects who manifest inefficient ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Kannangara DR,Ramasamy SN,Indraratna PL,Stocker SL,Graham GG,Jones G,Portek I,Williams KM,Day RO

更新日期：2012-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In cross-sectional studies, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have higher coronary artery calcium (CAC) than controls. However, their rate of progression of CAC and the predictors of CAC progression have heretofore remained unknown. METHODS:Incidence and progression of CAC were compared in 155 patie...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Chung CP,Giles JT,Kronmal RA,Post WS,Gelber AC,Petri M,Szklo M,Detrano R,Budoff MJ,Blumenthal RS,Ouyang P,Bush D,Bathon JM

更新日期：2013-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by early vascular abnormalities and subsequent fibroblast activation to myofibroblasts, leading to fibrosis. Recently, endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT), a complex biological process in which endothelial cells lose their specific markers and acquire a me...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Corallo C,Cutolo M,Kahaleh B,Pecetti G,Montella A,Chirico C,Soldano S,Nuti R,Giordano N

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Soft tissue knee injury is a well-established and potent risk factor for development of knee osteoarthritis. However, there is a paucity of epidemiological data from the general population. Our aim was to estimate the annual person-level incidence for a wide spectrum of clinically diagnosed soft tissue kne...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Peat G,Bergknut C,Frobell R,Jöud A,Englund M

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:TNFα is a proinflammatory cytokine that plays a central role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We investigated the effects of certolizumab pegol, a TNFα blocker, on endothelial cell function and angiogenesis. METHODS:Human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HMVECs) were stimulated wit...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Shu Q,Amin MA,Ruth JH,Campbell PL,Koch AE

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The important functions of the meniscus are shock absorption, passive stabilization and load transmission of the knee. Because of the avascularity of two-thirds of the meniscal center region, the treatment of tears in this area is hard. Recently, microRNAs have been proven to play an important role in the ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Kawanishi Y,Nakasa T,Shoji T,Hamanishi M,Shimizu R,Kamei N,Usman MA,Ochi M

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antigen-associated vasculitis (AAV) is characterised by inflammation of blood vessels. The introduction of immunosuppressive therapy with glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide transformed AAV from a fatal condition to a largely treatable condition. Over the past 30 years, consid...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Smith RM,Jones RB,Jayne DR

更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI) antibodies are known to be arthritogenic autoantibodies in K/BxN mice, although some groups have reported that few healthy humans retain these antibodies. The expression of Fcgamma receptors (FcgammaRs) is genetically regulated and has strong implications for the development of...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Matsumoto I,Zhang H,Muraki Y,Hayashi T,Yasukochi T,Kori Y,Goto D,Ito S,Tsutsumi A,Sumida T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme methionine aminopeptidase-2 (MetAP-2) is thought to play an important function in human endothelial cell proliferation, and as such provides a valuable target in both inflammation and cancer. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with increased synovial vascularity, and henc...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Bainbridge J,Madden L,Essex D,Binks M,Malhotra R,Paleolog EM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 influenza (pH1N1) vaccine (Pandemrix) was reported as highly immunogenic resulting in seroconversion in 77 to 94% of adults after administration of a single dose. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of different anti-rheumatic treatments on antibody response to pH...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Kapetanovic MC,Kristensen LE,Saxne T,Aktas T,Mörner A,Geborek P

更新日期：2014-01-02 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The information concerning non-invasive, easily obtainable, and accurate biomarkers for diagnosis of lupus nephritis (LN) is extremely limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of cystatin C (CysC) and complement component 1q (C1q) for LN. METHODS:A case-control study that in...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Xu B,Zhang YM,Yang YW,Liu YS,Feng JF

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Antibodies against citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) and increased levels of cytokines precede the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by several years. Recently, the proteins survivin and Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3L) have been identified as biomarkers of RA associated with joint destruct...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Bokarewa M,Brink M,Erlandsson M,Rantapää Dahlqvist S

更新日期：2014-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to further characterize immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) by a large-scale multicenter study of its clinical and laboratory features conducted by multidisciplinary physicians of IgG4-RD in Japan. METHODS:Various specialists retrospectively evaluated IgG4-RD patients diagnosed between 1...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Yamada K,Yamamoto M,Saeki T,Mizushima I,Matsui S,Fujisawa Y,Hara S,Takahashi H,Nomura H,Kawa S,Kawano M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lesional skin of patients with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) contains macrophages, whose polarization has yet to be investigated. To test our hypothesis that M1 macrophages would be increased in DLE skin, we examined transcriptome alterations in immune cell gene expression and macrophage features in DL...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Chong BF,Tseng LC,Hosler GA,Teske NM,Zhang S,Karp DR,Olsen NJ,Mohan C

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been some evidence that Behçet's disease (BD) has a significant autoimmune component but the molecular identity of putative autoantigens has not been well characterized. In the initial analysis of the autoantibody profile in 39 Chinese BD patients, autoantibodies to cellular proteins were uncovered in 23% as...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Lu Y,Ye P,Chen SL,Tan EM,Chan EK

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It is known that anticitrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA)-positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has a preclinical phase. Whether this phase is also present in ACPA-negative RA is unknown. To determine this, we studied ACPA-negative arthralgia patients who were considered prone to progress to RA for local sub...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： van Steenbergen HW,van Nies JA,Huizinga TW,Reijnierse M,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2014-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:As a consequence of the avascular nature of cartilage the microenvironment in which chondrocytes must exist is characterized by hostile conditions, most prominently very low levels of oxygen (hypoxia). In recent years, a vast number of papers reporting on the role of hypoxia in cartilage development and disease has be...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Pfander D,Swoboda B,Cramer T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), an approved animal model for rheumatoid arthritis, is thought to be a T cell-dependent disease. There is evidence that CD8+ T cells are a major subset controlling the pathogenesis of CIA. They probably contribute to certain features of disease, namely tissue destruction and synovial h...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Bauer K,Knipper A,Tu-Rapp H,Koczan D,Kreutzer HJ,Nizze H,Mix E,Thiesen HJ,Holmdahl R,Ibrahim SM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) plays a pathogenic role in several rheumatic diseases including spondyloarthritis and, paradoxically, has been described to both promote and protect from bone formation. We therefore examined the effects of IL-17A on osteoblast differentiation in vitro and on periosteal bone formatio...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Shaw AT,Maeda Y,Gravallese EM

更新日期：2016-05-10 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Immunological studies of giant cell arteritis (GCA) suggest that a triggering antigen of unknown nature could generate a specific immune response. We thus decided to detect autoantibodies directed against endothelial cells (ECs) and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in the serum of GCA patients and to i...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Régent A,Dib H,Ly KH,Agard C,Tamby MC,Tamas N,Weksler B,Federici C,Broussard C,Guillevin L,Mouthon L

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Properdin amplifies the alternative pathway of complement activation. In the present study, we evaluated its role in the development of collagen antibody-induced arthritis (CAIA). METHODS:Arthritis was induced by intraperitoneal injection of a collagen antibody cocktail into properdin-deficient (KO) and w...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Dimitrova P,Ivanovska N,Belenska L,Milanova V,Schwaeble W,Stover C

更新日期：2012-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early degeneration of the intervertebral disc (IVD) involves a change in cellular differentiation from notochordal cells (NCs) in the nucleus pulposus (NP) to chondrocyte-like cells (CLCs). The purpose of this study was to investigate the gene expression profiles involved in this process using NP tissue fr...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Smolders LA,Meij BP,Onis D,Riemers FM,Bergknut N,Wubbolts R,Grinwis GC,Houweling M,Groot Koerkamp MJ,van Leenen D,Holstege FC,Hazewinkel HA,Creemers LB,Penning LC,Tryfonidou MA

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune arthritis characterized by joint destruction. Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies are pathologic in rheumatoid arthritis, but the role of the citrullinated proteins themselves is much less clear. Citrullination is the conversion of the arginine residues of a protein ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Shelef MA,Bennin DA,Mosher DF,Huttenlocher A

更新日期：2012-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of autoantibodies in human sera is an important approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with autoimmune conditions. To meet market demands, manufacturers have developed a wide variety of easy to use and cost-effective diagnostic kits that are designed to detect a variety of human serum autoa...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Fritzler MJ,Wiik A,Fritzler ML,Barr SG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The FMS-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (Flt3L)/CD135 axis plays a fundamental role in proliferation and differentiation of dendritic cells (DCs). As DCs play an important role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) immunopathology we studied in detail the Flt3L/CD135 axis in RA patients. METHODS:The levels of Flt...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Ramos MI,Perez SG,Aarrass S,Helder B,Broekstra P,Gerlag DM,Reedquist KA,Tak PP,Lebre MC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RESULTS:Anti-CarP antibodies were detected in 117 patients with RA (37.9%), ACPA in 190 patients (61.4%) and RF in 202 patients (65.3%). Two (2.04%) of the NHS were positive for anti-CarP, one NHS (1.02%) was positive for ACPA and three NHS were positive for RF (3.06%). Among disease controls, anti-CarP antibodies were...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Pecani A,Alessandri C,Spinelli FR,Priori R,Riccieri V,Di Franco M,Ceccarelli F,Colasanti T,Pendolino M,Mancini R,Truglia S,Barbati C,Vomero M,Sabatinelli D,Morello F,Valesini G,Conti F

更新日期：2016-12-16 00:00:00