The effect of autoimmune arthritis treatment strategies on regulatory T-cell dynamics.

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：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the advances that have been made in our understanding of the genetics of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) in the past 2 years, with a particular focus on dermatomyositis and polymyositis. RECENT FINDINGS:Fine-mapping studies in the major histocompatibility complex region in Caucasia...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Rothwell S,Chinoy H,Lamb JA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent literature pertaining to tumors of articular structures and bone is reviewed. In pigmented villonodular synovitis, the bone resorptive cell is a macrophage polykaryon rather than an osteoclast. Complete arthroscopic synovectomy was successful in most diffuse articular forms of the disease. The early synovia...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Abraham JH 3rd,Canoso JJ

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis occurs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, acromegaly, anorexia nervosa, chronic liver disease, sickle cell hemoglobinopathies, and mastocytosis. Osteomalacia occurs in patients with renal tubular acidosis, and with tumors. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Cormier C

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an overview of recently published work on autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). RECENT FINDINGS:Superiority of HSCT vs. intravenous cyclophosphamide pulses was demonstrated in the randomized controlled American Scleroderma: Cyc...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Spierings J,van Rhijn-Brouwer FCC,van Laar JM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The present review provides an update on novel treatment strategies striving for remission in patients with recent onset of rheumatoid arthritis. RECENT FINDINGS:As early treatment is crucial to achieve optimal results, identifying patients with rheumatoid arthritis early is imperative to achieve cli...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： van der Kooij SM,Allaart CF,Dijkmans BA,Breedveld FC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews evidence that subchondral bone plays a role in the degeneration of cartilage in osteoarthrosis. Whether the bony changes precede the cartilage degeneration remains unproven but may best be considered necessary for progression of the disease. Epidemiologic studies clearly show increasing subchondra...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Burr DB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Juvenile systemic sclerosis has a variety of clinical manifestations, sometimes different from the adult form. Early recognition, proper classification and treatment may improve the long-term outcome. RECENT FINDINGS:A large multicenter study coordinated by the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Zulian F,Martini G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms of the primary immunodeficiencies have been further explored and provide insights into the regulation of the immune response and its role in autoimmune disease, infection, and malignancy. The critical role of CD40-CD40 ligand-mediated effects in T cell-dependent B cell activation, shown throug...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Stein CM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, autoimmune disease resulting in the destruction of affected joints. Even though current therapies with biologics such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockers yield significant improvement for the patients, the disease is not curable yet. Therefore, we need nove...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Jüngel A,Ospelt C,Gay S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review focuses on recent progress in the understanding of various aspects of renal transport of urate. RECENT FINDINGS:Since the molecular cloning of the renal apical urate/anion exchanger URAT1 (SLC22A12), several membrane proteins relevant to the transport of urate have been identified. The mo...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Anzai N,Kanai Y,Endou H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To critically appraise the literature related to the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) focusing on the contribution of synovial tissue pathology (synovitis) in determining diverse clinical outcome/therapeutic response. RECENT FINDINGS:RA synovitis is highly heterogeneous with diverse cellu...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Pitzalis C,Kelly S,Humby F

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Eosinophilic infiltration into skeletal muscle, although rare, has been described in a diverse group of conditions. It most commonly occurs in parasitic infection as focal eosinophilic myositis but can be a feature of systemic hypereosinophilic conditions such as eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome and idiopathic hypereosin...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Pickering MC,Walport MJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review focuses on proteinase 3 (PR3), the preferred target of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) in Wegener's granulomatosis. Deciphering the molecular associations that PR3 can make with its cognate partners might help to understand its pathophysiological significance in Wegener's gra...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Witko-Sarsat V,Reuter N,Mouthon L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of various therapeutic possibilities in the field of osteoarthritis has strongly prompted clinicians to conduct studies to evaluate the symptomatic as well as the potential chondromodulating effects of these treatments. For this purpose, some authors recently proposed guidelines with regard not only to t...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Dougados M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Provide an update of studies published in last 2 years on the outcomes and therapies in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous (cSLE). RECENT FINDINGS:Additional evidence has been provided about the benefits of universal hydroxychloroquine in SLE patients, although antimalarial maculopathy may b...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Rodriguez-Smith J,Brunner HI

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:It is well recognized that the complement system plays multiple roles in systemic lupus erythematosus. Activation of the classical pathway by immune complexes leads to the generation of inflammatory mediators, thus promoting tissue injury. Complement activation also plays an important role in the main...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Karp DR

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Organ transplantation offers new life to patients who suffer from incurable disease. The problem of rejection of the transplanted organ has been overcome with the use of potent immunosuppressive drugs. These drugs, although they allow graft tolerance and graft survival, also are associated with complications such as o...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Epstein S,Shane E,Bilezikian JP

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Many patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have additional medical problems that can have an impact on morbidity and mortality. The goal of this review is to summarize the available evidence to date on the association of medical comorbidities with PsA and the implications these comorbidities have on...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Ogdie A,Schwartzman S,Husni ME

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus is a prototypic autoimmune disease characterized by antinuclear antibodies (ANAs), including pathogenic specificities to DNA. As shown by recent research, ANA production is a genetically determined process in which self antigens drive B and T cells that have escaped the normal mechanisms o...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Pisetsky DS

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:Estimates of the prevalence and incidence of knee osteoarthritis increase with age and are higher for women. Other differences in such estimates arise due to methodologic variables, including radiographic techniques. The risk for knee osteoarthritis increases with increasing body weight, long-term occupational joint s...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Slemenda CW

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spondyloarthropathies are diseases influenced by genetic predisposition and, to a varying extent, infectious triggers. A causal role for bacterial infections is most clear for reactive arthritis. Recent insights into arthritogenic components of bacteria may set the stage for a better understanding of disease patho...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Pacheco-Tena C,Zhang X,Stone M,Burgos-Vargas R,Inman RD

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To inform readers of recent advances in our understanding of the development and function of Th17 T cells and emerging data suggesting that the interleukin-23/interleukin-17 axis may be involved in the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis. RECENT FINDINGS:The discovery of CD4+ Th17 T cells and the inter...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Layh-Schmitt G,Colbert RA

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Low back pain continues to affect a significant proportion of the younger, working population between 35 and 45 years of age. An important study has correlated macroscopic and microscopic intervertebral disc alterations starting in the second decade of life with oxidative stress manifested by the presence of N-(carbox...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Borenstein DG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 2 years, four papers describing new research studies and three papers reviewing the literature were published. These seven papers address longstanding issues, including 1) the presence or absence of cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 2) the prevalence of such impairment within ...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Bleiberg J,Bunning R

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent population-based studies have examined the incidence, prevalence, and survival rates of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Although there are still no completely satisfactory diagnostic criteria for PsA, Moll and Wright's criteria--although not a true classification/diagnostic scheme--are the most used. T...

journal_title：Current opinion in rheumatology

authors： Salvarani C,Olivieri I,Cantini F,Macchioni L,Boiardi L

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00