Diagnostic performance of serum cystatin C and complement component 1q in lupus nephritis.

abstract：:miRNAs have been shown to play essential regulatory roles in the innate immune system. They function at multiple levels to shape the innate immune response and maintain homeostasis by direct suppression of the expression of their target proteins, preferentially crucial signaling components and transcription factors. S...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Luo X,Ranade K,Talker R,Jallal B,Shen N,Yao Y

更新日期：2013-04-09 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：INTRODUCTION:Microchimeric male fetal cells (MFCs) have been associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, and published studies have further correlated MFC with lupus nephritis (LN). In the present study, we evaluated the frequency of MFC in the renal tissue of patients with LN. METHODS:Twenty-seven renal biopsies we...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Florim GM,Caldas HC,de Melo JC,Baptista MA,Fernandes IM,Savoldi-Barbosa M,Goldman GH,Abbud-Filho M

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have become the treatment standard for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although several general-population studies document that a large population of patients diagnosed with RA do not use DMARDs, little is known about this group. We explored the char...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Brown EM,Garneau KL,Tsao H,Solomon DH

更新日期：2014-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is common and a major cause of mortality. Studies on cardiovascular morbidity are abundant, whereas mortality studies focusing on cardiovascular outcomes are scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate cau...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Gustafsson JT,Simard JF,Gunnarsson I,Elvin K,Lundberg IE,Hansson LO,Larsson A,Svenungsson E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by progressive inflammation associated with rampantly proliferating synoviocytes and joint destruction due to oxidative stress. Recently, we described nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) as a major requirement for limiting cartilage destruction. NF-...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Fragoulis A,Laufs J,Müller S,Soppa U,Siegl S,Reiss LK,Tohidnezhad M,Rosen C,Tenbrock K,Varoga D,Lippross S,Pufe T,Wruck CJ

更新日期：2012-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Interferon alpha (IFN-α) has a complex role in autoimmunity, in that it may both enhance and prevent inflammation. We have previously shown that the presence of IFN-α at sensitization protects against subsequent antigen-triggered arthritis. To understand this tolerogenic mechanism, we performed a descripti...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Chalise J,Narendra S,Paudyal B,Magnusson M

更新日期：2013-10-03 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：BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine whether synovial fluid (SF) biomarkers can predict the progression of articular cartilage damage as determined by arthroscopic evaluation during and after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. METHODS:Arthroscopic assessment of articular cartilage damage was performed twice ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Sobue Y,Kojima T,Kurokouchi K,Takahashi S,Yoshida H,Poole R,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:An impaired differentiation of naive CD4+ T cells towards Th2 cells may contribute to the chronic tissue-destructive T-cell activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The differentiation of naive CD4+ T cells into memory Th2 cells by IL-7 in comparison with that by IL-4 was studied in RA patients and in healthy controls. ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： van Roon JA,Glaudemans CA,Bijlsma JW,Lafeber FP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Though remission is currently a treatment goal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the number of patients who achieve and sustain remission in daily practice is still small. It is suggested that early remission will be associated with sustainability of remission. The aim was to study the associatio...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Schipper LG,Fransen J,den Broeder AA,Van Riel PL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by excessive interleukin-1 (IL-1) release, resulting in recurrent fevers, sensorineural hearing loss, and amyloidosis. IL-1 inhibition with anakinra, an IL-1 receptor antagonist, improves clinical symptoms and inflammatory markers. Subc...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Kuemmerle-Deschner JB,Wittkowski H,Tyrrell PN,Koetter I,Lohse P,Ummenhofer K,Reess F,Hansmann S,Koitschev A,Deuter C,Bialkowski A,Foell D,Benseler SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The efficacy and the optimal type and volume of aerobic exercise (AE) in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) are not established. We therefore assessed the efficacy of different types and volumes of AE in FMS. METHODS:The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsychInfo and SPORTDISCUS (through April 2009) and the re...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Häuser W,Klose P,Langhorst J,Moradi B,Steinbach M,Schiltenwolf M,Busch A

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Reports of the use of HLA-B27/peptide tetrameric complexes to study peptide-specific CD8+ T cells in HLA-B27+-related diseases are rare. To establish HLA-B27 tetramers we first compared the function of HLA-B27 tetramers with HLA-A2 tetramers by using viral epitopes. HLA-B27 and HLA-A2 tetramers loaded with immunodomin...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Appel H,Kuon W,Kuhne M,Wu P,Kuhlmann S,Kollnberger S,Thiel A,Bowness P,Sieper J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cell stimulation leads to the shedding of phosphatidylserine (PS)-rich microparticles (MPs). Because autoimmune diseases (AIDs) are characterized by cell activation, we investigated level of circulating MPs as a possible biomarker in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Sellam J,Proulle V,Jüngel A,Ittah M,Miceli Richard C,Gottenberg JE,Toti F,Benessiano J,Gay S,Freyssinet JM,Mariette X

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Signs of inflammation in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of rheumatoid arthritis patients correlate positively with fatigue, a central nervous system (CNS)-related symptom that can be partially suppressed by TNF blockade. This suggests a possible role for CNS inflammation in arthritis that may be affected by TNF b...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Estelius J,Lengqvist J,Ossipova E,Idborg H,Le Maître E,Andersson MLA,Brundin L,Khademi M,Svenungsson E,Jakobsson PJ,Lampa J

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During pregnancy, many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience disease improvement, whereas patients with ankylosing spondylitis often suffer from persistent active disease. Here we investigated whether pregnancy-related changes in disease activity were associated with changes in the proportion an...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Tham M,Schlör GR,Yerly D,Mueller C,Surbek D,Villiger PM,Förger F

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis; SSc) is characterised by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs in the context of autoimmunity and vascular perturbation. Overproduction of extracellular matrix components and loss of specialised epithelial structures are analogous to the process of scar formation after tissue injury...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Gilbane AJ,Denton CP,Holmes AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) exerts beneficial anti-inflammatory effects in various animal models of inflammation, including collagen-induced arthritis, and is implicated in representing a novel therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. However, evidence of anti-inflammatory effects of VNS in humans is very scarc...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Kox M,van Eijk LT,Verhaak T,Frenzel T,Kiers HD,Gerretsen J,van der Hoeven JG,Kornet L,Scheiner A,Pickkers P

更新日期：2015-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been known to be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Tai Chi exercise on CVD risk in elderly women with RA. METHOD:In total, 56 female patients with RA were assigned to either a Tai Chi exercise...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Shin JH,Lee Y,Kim SG,Choi BY,Lee HS,Bang SY

更新日期：2015-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) can dampen inflammation in animal models of inflammatory rheumatisms and human osteoarthritis. They are expected to be a solution for numerous human conditions. However, in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA), subsets of subchondral BM-MSCs might...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Berthelot JM,Le Goff B,Maugars Y

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial biomarker analysis in rheumatoid arthritis can be used to evaluate drug effect in clinical trials of novel therapeutic agents. Previous studies of synovial gene expression for these studies have mainly relied on histological methods including immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization. To increase the rel...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Boyle DL,Rosengren S,Bugbee W,Kavanaugh A,Firestein GS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim was to evaluate S100A4 protein as a biomarker of disease activity and potential cancer development in patients with myositis. METHODS:Serum levels of S100A4 were determined in 43 dermatomyositis (DM), 39 polymyositis (PM) and 22 cancer associated myositis (CAM) patients as well as in 77 healthy co...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Pleštilová L,Mann H,Andrés Cerezo L,Pecha O,Vencovský J,Šenolt L

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare disease with studies limited by small sample sizes. Electronic health records (EHRs) represent a powerful tool to study patients with rare diseases such as SSc, but validated methods are needed. We developed and validated EHR-based algorithms that incorporate billing codes ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Jamian L,Wheless L,Crofford LJ,Barnado A

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Costochondral cells may be isolated with minimal donor site morbidity and are unaffected by pathologies of the diarthrodial joints. Identification of optimal exogenous stimuli will allow abundant and robust hyaline articular cartilage to be formed from this cell source. METHODS:In a three factor, two leve...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Murphy MK,DuRaine GD,Reddi A,Hu JC,Athanasiou KA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rituximab (RTX) therapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) exhibits enhanced effectiveness in seropositive patients. Using patient sera, we tested if this improved efficacy was associated with enhanced RTX mediated complement-dependent cytotoxicity (RTX-CDC). METHODS:We developed an in vitro assay for RTX-CDC u...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Jones JD,Shyu I,Newkirk MM,Rigby WF

更新日期：2013-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging bone marrow edema is an imaging feature that has been described in many conditions, including osteomyelitis, overuse syndromes, avascular necrosis, trauma, and inflammatory arthritides. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), bone edema has special significance as it has been shown to be a common and ...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： McQueen FM

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autophagy induction is an effective approach for OA therapy. IL-1β is one of the major inflammatory cytokines linked to OA pathological progression, and its receptor blockade interrupts OA cartilage destruction. The objective of this study was to decipher the link between autophagy and regulatory mechanism o...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Wang F,Liu J,Chen X,Zheng X,Qu N,Zhang B,Xia C

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:One in six patients with systemic sclerosis will develop pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Screening with echocardiography and possibly pulmonary function testing (to determine the diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide) is recommended to detect PAH at a less severe stage. However, real-world screening programs ha...

journal_title：Arthritis research & therapy

authors： Pope JE

更新日期：2017-06-06 00:00:00