Cadmium, one of the villains behind the curtain: has exposure to cadmium helped to pull the strings of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis all along?

abstract：AIM:To test whether treatment with celecoxib reduces the incidence of gastroduodenal ulcers compared to diclofenac in Asian patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with minimal significant risk factors. METHODS:Patients with a clinical diagnosis of OA or RA of at least 3 months were randomized t...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Cheung R,Cheng TT,Dong Y,Lin HY,Lai K,Lau CS,Feng H,Parsons B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the causes and risk of death in a large cohort of Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Patients in the Hanyang BAE (Bae registry of Autoimmune diseases for Epidemiology) RA cohort who fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology criteria were analyzed. A total of 2355 pat...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee YK,Ahn GY,Lee J,Shin JM,Lee TH,Park DJ,Song YJ,Kim MK,Bae SC

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Data regarding the incidence rate (IR) of cardiopulmonary involvement in comparison between late-onset SSc and early-onset SSc are limited. OBJECTIVE:To compare the prevalence of clinical manifestations and the IR of cardiopulmonary involvement compared between the two subgroups. METHODS:An inception coh...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Wangkaew S,Phiriyakrit P,Sawangduan V,Prasertwittayakij N,Euathrongchit J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Capable of multi-organ involvement in Sjogren's syndrome (SS), cardiac findings of pulmonary effusion, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension are seen in patients with SS. Aortic stiffness (AS) reflects the mechanical tension and elasticity of the aorta. In this study, our ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Ciçek OF,Bayram NA,Ayhan H,Erten S,Aslan AN,Sarı C,Ozen MB,Bİlen E,Bastuğ S,Durmaz T,Keleş T,Bozkurt E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the Disease Activity Score with 28 joint (DAS28) using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (DAS28-ESR) and DAS28 using C-reactive protein (CRP) (DAS28-CRP) with thresholds validated for DAS28-ESR in Turkish patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHOD:The DAS28 data of 112 patients with rheumatoid arthri...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Sengul I,Akcay-Yalbuzdag S,Ince B,Goksel-Karatepe A,Kaya T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurotoxic condition characterized by reversible vasogenic edema on neuroimaging. It is associated with various neurological manifestations, including headaches, vomiting, seizures, visual loss, altered mental status and focal neurological deficits. PRES mainly ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Chen HA,Lin YJ,Chen PC,Chen TY,Lin KC,Cheng HH

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of research indicate that osteoarthritis (OA) is not only a joint disorder associated with mechanical stress and aging but also a 'metabolic syndrome' in which several risk factors work together to contribute to disease initiation and/or development. One such metabolic risk factor could be high cholester...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Farnaghi S,Crawford R,Xiao Y,Prasadam I

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presents as the abnormal activation and over-proliferation of immune competent cells. Few studies have characterized the role of natural killer (NK) and NK T (NKT) cells in the pathogenesis of SLE, and therefore a consensus has not been reached as yet. METHOD:Thirty-two patients ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Ye Z,Ma N,Zhao L,Jiang ZY,Jiang YF

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this article is two-fold: (i) to demonstrate the relation between vitamin D deficiency and dry eye and impaired tear function; and (ii) to investigate the possible associations among clinical parameters of hypovitaminosis D with dry eye parameters. METHOD:Fifty premenopausal women with vitamin D deficie...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Yildirim P,Garip Y,Karci AA,Guler T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease, which seriously affects human joints. This study aimed to detect the changes in the expression of long non-coding RNA growth arrest-specific transcript 5 (GAS5) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) derived from patients with RA and healthy contro...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Cao J,Lv X,Zhang Y,Xu A,Jiang T

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Although treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) with aspirin is the standard of care for children with Kawasaki disease (KD), 15-20% of patients fail to respond and experience persistent or recurrent fever after completion of IVIg administration. These IVIg non-responders are at high risk for coronary artery...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Miura M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study investigated the prognostic factors of cardiac death or cardiac failure using cardiac scintigraphy, echocardiography (UCG), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in asymptomatic systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated SSc patients who had undergone cardiac scintigraphy usi...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Iida H,Hanaoka H,Okada Y,Kiyokawa T,Takakuwa Y,Yamada H,Okazaki T,Ozaki S,Yamaguchi K,Nakajima Y,Kawahata K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim was to study the side-effect profile and the survival characteristics of leflunomide used in a regional patient population in New Zealand (NZ). METHOD:  Patients were identified using special authority forms (SAFs) that had been prospectively filed from January 2001 to June 2007. Statistical analysis of su...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Jagoda JS,Rajapakse CN

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of dexamethasone and methylprednisolone for pulse therapy of rheumatoid arthritis flare-up. METHODS:This randomized double-blind controlled study was performed in the Emam Reza Educational Hospital of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Sadra V,Khabbazi A,Kolahi S,Hajialiloo M,Ghojazadeh M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Nonspecific chronic synovitis of the knee joint was reported by Pollard in 1962 and its pathogenesis is considered to be a physiological reaction to intra-articular disease. In this study, we evaluated the pathological findings of the synovium of early osteoarthritis (OA)-affected knee joints with hydrarthrosis in ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Kurose R,Kakizaki H,Akimoto H,Yagihashi N,Sawai T

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the outcomes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in Thai children. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study. All JIA patients in a rheumatology clinic, Ramathibodi Hospital, between July 1997 and December 2012 were enrolled. The patient data were reviewed from medical records. At the most recent follow...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Vilaiyuk S,Soponkanaporn S,Jaovisidha S,Benjaponpitak S,Manuyakorn W

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (JFIQR) in fibromyalgia (FM) patients. METHOD:The reliability and validity of the JFIQR were assessed using online data collected from Japanese FM patients. Reliability was evaluated based on test-retest ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Isomura T,Nakamura I,Kawaguchi M,Sato E,Inuzuka K,Osada K,Nishioka K,Hayakawa K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study evaluated the anti-inflammatory properties of a species of Sorghum bicolor leaf (SBL) grown in West Africa. METHOD:Cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-2:COX-1 selectivity assay was carried out by plating isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in culture medium with specific SBL fractions: crude extract (J), ethy...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Makanjuola SBL,Ogundaini AO,Ajonuma LC,Dosunmu A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To prospectively evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of repeated sodium hyaluronate injections for the treatment of knee pain due to Kashin-Beck disease (KBD). METHODS:A total of 85 patients with KBD-based knee pain were treated with two cycles of a 5-week course of sodium hyaluronate and received clinical ...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Tang X,Zhou ZK,Shen B,Kang PD,Pei FX,Li J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gynceological involvement in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides is rare. We describe a case of ANCA-associated vasculitis in an elderly woman presenting with fevers, cough and a rash. Further investigations revealed vasculitic involvement of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus and omen...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Sukhdeo A,Bertouch J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines and summarizes data on knee osteoarthritis (AO) in Community Oriented Program For Control Of Rheumatic Disorders (COPCORD) publications. A literature search was made through PubMed, Google, Proceedings of Asia-Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) congresses, and Abstracts from AP...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Haq SA,Davatchi F

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects on hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia in gouty patients receiving uric acid-lowering therapy (UALT). METHODS:A retrospective study was performed from January 2015 to December 2017 in gouty patients receiving UALT. A total of 124 gouty patients with hypercholesterolemia or hype...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Wu J,Zhang YP,Qu Y,Jie LG,Deng JX,Yu QH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Previous analysis of comparative anti-citrullinated heat shock protein 90 (citHSP90) antibody profiles between bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and serum indicates that the lung plays a direct role in shaping the immune repertoire of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). METHODS:To addres...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Chen J,Song S,Liu Y,Liu D,Lin Y,Ge S,Ascherman DP

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) monoclonal antibody (infliximab) therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and previous exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBV) who had normal liver function. METHODS:This is a retrospective study from a 26-week, prospective, multicenter trial in...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhang X,Zhang F,Wu D,Bao C,Zhu P,Zhang X,Huang C,He D,Tao Y,Fang Y,Gu J,Wu H,Sun L,Yang X,Huang F,Xu H,Zhao D,Zhang M,Zheng Y,Li Z

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Laboratory and immunological abnormalities seen in overt macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) may be observed in patients with untreated new onset systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA). We investigated the prevalence of clinical and traditional laboratory markers of MAS as well as soluble CD163...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Reddy VV,Myles A,Cheekatla SS,Singh S,Aggarwal A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is significant autoantibody production in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and scleroderma (SSc); microchimerism is also thought to play a role in pathogenesis. We determined the frequency of anti-HLA antibodies in SLE and SSc patients and evaluated associated clinical factors. METHODS:We included 77 SLE p...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Tozkir H,Pamuk ON,Duymaz J,Gurkan H,Yazar M,Sari G,Tanrikulu H,Pamuk GE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) affects patients in the prime of their economic productivity. We aim to identify factors associated with poor work productivity in patients with axSpA in Singapore. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed in two tertiary centers in Singapore. Consecutive adult patients ≥21 yea...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Goh Y,Kwan YH,Leung YY,Fong W,Cheung PP

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess demographical and clinical data in a Middle-European cohort of patients with Adamantiades-Behçet's disease (ABD), together with the use of medication in adherence to international guidelines. METHODS:In a retrospective cohort study, in- and outpatients of an Austrian secondary and tertiary univers...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Moosmann T,Veraar C,Brunner J,Fraedrich G,Frech A,Horninger W,Ratzinger G,Streif W,Teuchner B,Willeit J,Zlamy M,De Zordo T,Schirmer M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that is associated with genetic and environmental factors and microbial infection. With respect to microbial infection, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been a widely discussed issue in recent decades. Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) belongs to the same γ-herp...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Tung YC,Ke LY,Tsai SM,Lu PL,Tsai WC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Colchicine prophylaxis is the single most important factor in ameliorating familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) for the prevention of both attacks and secondary amyloidosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the exact proportion of those patients who do not respond to colchicine and to characterize their d...

journal_title：International journal of rheumatic diseases

authors： Melikoglu MA,Senel K

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00