IgG4-related kidney disease and retroperitoneal fibrosis: An update.

abstract：:Abstract Little is known about the specific effects of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWP) debris that is obtained from human interface membranes after revision for a failed total hip arthroplasty. This paper reports the effects of retrieved polyethylene particles on human monocyte/macrophages (M/M). ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Chiba J,Inoue K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the utility of HEp-2 cells transfected with the 60 kDa SS-A/Ro as a substrate for indirect immunofluorescence (IIF-HEp-2000) to compare several methods for screening Japanese serum samples for anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies. Serum samples from 243 Japanese patients were analyzed by IIF for anti-nuclear antibodie...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tanaka N,Muro Y,Sugiura K,Tomita Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of certolizumab pegol (CZP) plus methotrexate treatment and to assess the efficacy of two CZP maintenance dosing schedules in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with an inadequate response to methotrexate. METHODS:J-RAPID double-blind patients were ente...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tanaka Y,Yamamoto K,Takeuchi T,Yamanaka H,Ishiguro N,Eguchi K,Watanabe A,Origasa H,Shoji T,Miyasaka N,Koike T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the improvement of health status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with tocilizumab. METHODS:Thirty-nine patients were treated with 8 mg/kg tocilizumab every 4 weeks for 24 weeks. Disease activity was assessed by Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and Simplified Disease Activ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Fusama M,Nakahara H,Hamano Y,Nishide M,Kawamoto K,Hosokawa T,Nozato S,Higa S,Igarashi T,Takeuchi E,Kuroiwa T,Shimaoka Y,Yukioka M,Miura Y,Higashi K,Kuritani T,Maeda K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 24-year-old male with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who developed influenza virus B-associated hemophagocytic syndrome and cardiac tamponade. Although the patient's general condition improved after steroid pulse therapy and pericardiocentesis, pericardial effusion re-accumulated. Colchicine and aspiri...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Horai Y,Miyamura T,Takahama S,Sonomoto K,Nakamura M,Ando H,Minami R,Yamamoto M,Suematsu E

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the composite disease activity indices for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we compared disease activities and the changes therein calculated using the Disease Activity Score based on 28 joint counts using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR), DAS28-CRP (C-reactive protein), Simplified Disease Activity Ind...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Matsui T,Kuga Y,Nishino J,Kaneko A,Eto Y,Tohma S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who had a 4-year history of adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) and showed a prominent increase in large granular lymphocytes (LGL) when she developed severe Pseudomonas conjunctivitis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, skin eruptions, liver damage, and abnormal findings in coagulation studies, without ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tabata R,Tabata C,Fukuda H,Kotani H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the long-term safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of subcutaneous (SC) abatacept in combination with methotrexate (MTX) in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were MTX inadequate responders, in a long-term extension (LTE) to a double-dummy, double-blind study (NCT01001832). METHODS:Pat...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Amano K,Matsubara T,Tanaka T,Inoue H,Iwahashi M,Kanamono T,Nakano T,Uchimura S,Izumihara T,Yamazaki A,Karyekar CS,Takeuchi T,Japan Abatacept Study Group.

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract An accumulating body of evidence shows that gene therapy can be successfully used to treat animal models of arthritis. Based on this success, a clinical trial of gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis has been initiated. We review the methods and genes used for the previous gene transfer experiments, including...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kohsaka H

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia in Japan and review treatment conditions. METHODS:This retrospective cross-sectional study analyzed the prevalence of hyperuricemia and gout, and characteristics and treatment of patients with those conditions, using Japanese health insurance claims and medical ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Koto R,Nakajima A,Horiuchi H,Yamanaka H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether ultrasonography (US) predicts Boolean remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who had achieved disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS28)-based remission criteria. METHODS:Thirty-one RA patients in DAS28-based clinical remission were recruited. US semiquantitatively determined ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Yoshimi R,Hama M,Minegishi K,Kishimoto D,Watanabe T,Kamiyama R,Kirino Y,Asami Y,Ihata A,Tsunoda S,Ueda A,Takeno M,Ishigatsubo Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract We report two cases of bone marrow hemophagocytosis. One patient had adult-onset Still's disease, and the other had herpes zoster associated with potential autoimmune abnormalities. Our findings suggested a pos-sible role of cytokines and/or antibodies in the induction of hemophagocytosis in patients with con...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Susuki J,Nawata M,Koike M,Wada R,Sekigawa I,Iida N,Hashimoto H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, more than ten cases of thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis, and organomegaly (TAFRO) syndrome or Castleman-Kojima disease exhibiting such symptoms as thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis and organomegaly have been reported in Japan. We have found two cases of TAFRO syndrome...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kawashima M,Usui T,Okada H,Mori I,Yamauchi M,Ikeda T,Kajita K,Kito Y,Miyazaki T,Fujioka K,Ishizuka T,Morita H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), also known as secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, is mediated by cytokine overproduction from excessive activation of T lymphocytes and macrophages. We present a dermatomyositis patient with MAS, caused by hypercytokinemia. The combination of tacrolimus and plasma exchan...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kaieda S,Yoshida N,Yamashita F,Okamoto M,Ida H,Hoshino T,Fukuda T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract This work was undertaken to evaluate clinical and immunological features in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) complicated by Jaccoud's arthropathy. Patients diagnosed with SLE between 1985 and 1999, and who met the criteria of Villiaumey et al., were checked for Jaccoud's arthropathy. Clinical ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Takeishi M,Mimori A,Suzuki T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate joint inflammation using 3-T MRI in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with conventional disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (cDMARDs) as compared to inhibitors for tumor necrosis factor α (TNFi) over 12 months. METHODS:Prospective epidemiologic clinical pilot study using the RA MRI s...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Oleszowsky M,Willinek W,Marinova M,Seidel MF

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intra-articular (IA) injection of hyaluronic acid (HA) has been shown to relieve osteoarthritis (OA)-related pain and improve joint structure within a 1-year period. We examined the mid-term (2-year) efficacy of IA-HA in Japanese subjects by using a large-scale population-based cohort of the Research on Osteo...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Oka H,Akune T,Muraki S,Tanaka S,Kawaguchi H,Nakamura K,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the influence of golimumab dosage and disease activity on joint destruction in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the GO-FORTH study. METHODS:Efficacy was compared among groups given basal methotrexate plus placebo, golimumab (50 mg), or golimumab (100 mg) with stratification by hig...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Tanaka Y,Harigai M,Takeuchi T,Yamanaka H,Ishiguro N,Yamamoto K,Ishii Y,Nakajima H,Baker D,Miyasaka N,Koike T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) patients who failed to maintain prolonged remission with the first biologic agent. METHODS:Fourteen pJIA patients were observed for 47.5 months (median) after initiating the first biologic agent. RESULTS:Eight maintained sustained clinical remiss...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Kubota T,Imanaka H,Takei S,Yamatou T,Nerome Y,Yamasaki Y,Nonaka Y,Akaike H,Takezaki T,Kawano Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (a humanized anti-IL-6 receptor antibody) monotherapy in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with an inadequate response to low dose methotrexate (MTX). In a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial, 125 patients were allocated to rec...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Nishimoto N,Miyasaka N,Yamamoto K,Kawai S,Takeuchi T,Azuma J,Kishimoto T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish a new assessment tool for ulnar drift (UD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:We established an observational cohort of 67 patients (134 rheumatoid hands) beginning in 2004. Fifty-two patients (100 hands) had follow-up in 2009 and 37 patients (63 hands) completed follow-up in 2015. UD was ev...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Toyama S,Oda R,Tokunaga D,Taniguchi D,Nakamura S,Asada M,Fujiwara H,Kubo T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract A 56-year-old man presented with hyperproteinemia and renal dysfunction associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). He had had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt tube made of silicone implanted 4 years earlier. In his renal biopsy, necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis was identified: tests fo...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Bohgaki M,Mukai M,Notoya A,Kohno M,Takada A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postoperative lung cancer patient presented with lymphadenopathy, pleural thickening, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on a positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan. Lung cancer recurrence was initially suspected, but bilateral submandibular masses with 18F-FDG uptake indicated the possi...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Nakazawa S,Shimizu K,Nakano T,Kakegawa S,Atsumi J,Kamiyoshihara M,Hirato J,Takeyoshi I

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a number of published reports, including from our own laboratory, suggesting that adeno-associated virus (AAV) transduces mouse synovium, a careful analysis demonstrated transduction predominantly of the subsynovial muscle tissue, while the synovial lining is poorly transduced. To investigate the potential of ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Katakura S,Jennings K,Watanabe S,Adachi E,Thornton S,Gao GP,Wilson JM,Burstein H,Trapnell B,Hirsch R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a clinical diagnosis defined with the presence of urinary urgency, usually accompanied by frequency and nocturia, with or without urgency urinary incontinence. Objective was to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics of Japanese systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients wi...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Motegi SI,Sekiguchi A,Sekine Y,Nakayama H,Suzuki K,Ishikawa O

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed to conduct an epidemiological survey of Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) scores in an older adult population and to investigate the association between the CSI scores, age, sex, pain intensity, site of pain, and health-related quality of life (QOL). METHODS:Participants were 373...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Ide K,Yasuda T,Hasegawa T,Yamato Y,Yoshida G,Banno T,Arima H,Oe S,Mihara Y,Ushirozako H,Yamada T,Watanabe Y,Nakai K,Hoshino H,Matsuyama Y

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old woman complaining of severe anemia was admitted to our hospital for polyclonal hyperglobulinemia. She was diagnosed with pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) associated with Evans syndrome. Initially, the presence of human parvovirus B19 (HPV B19) IgM appeared to indicate that the cause of PRCA was HPV B19 infec...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Toyokawa Y,Kingetsu I,Yasuda C,Yasuda J,Yoshida K,Kurosaka D,Yamada A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:No available anti-osteoporotic medication has been shown to completely prevent declines in bone mineral density (BMD) and the resulting increased risk of fracture. The objective of this study was to investigate the risk factors for treatment failure in osteoporotic patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ME...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Wen L,Kang JH,Yim YR,Lee JW,Lee KE,Park DJ,Kim TJ,Park YW,Lee SS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of 18-week functional training (FT) program consisting in two sessions a week of in-water exercise and one of on-land exercise on pain, strength, and balance in women with fibromyalgia. METHODS:A sample consisting of 36 fibromyalgia patients was included in the study...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Latorre Román PÁ,Santos E Campos MA,García-Pinillos F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the deterioration of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with abatacept over the long-term. METHODS:We examined 131 patients with RA who had been treated with abatacept for more than 1 year. All patients underwent high-resolution computed tomographic ...

journal_title：Modern rheumatology

authors： Mochizuki T,Ikari K,Yano K,Sato M,Okazaki K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00