The A-G polymorphism in exon 1 of the CTLA-4 gene is not associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

abstract：:The circulating levels of sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid) and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) were measured in 69 patients with spinal disorders of orthopaedic interest (ankylosing spondylitis 17, osteofluorosis 6, idiopathic backache 10, osteoarthrosis 16, osteoporosis 20). The serum GAG levels showed no statisticall...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Susheela AK,Das TK,Khurana JS,Jayaswal A,Dave PK

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To transcribe the treat-to-target (T2T) recommendations into a version that can be easily understood by patients. A core group of physicians and patients involved in the elaboration of the T2T recommendations produced a draft version of the T2T recommendations in lay language. This version was discussed, changed and r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Wit MP,Smolen JS,Gossec L,van der Heijde DM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article gives a short overview of the development and characteristics of the OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI scoring system (RAMRIS), followed by an introduction to the use of the EULAR-OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI reference image atlas. With this atlas, MRIs of wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints of patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Østergaard M,Edmonds J,McQueen F,Peterfy C,Lassere M,Ejbjerg B,Bird P,Emery P,Genant H,Conaghan P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty two patients with ankylosing spondylitis were investigated with a set of pulmonary function tests and the results compared with those for a control population. The patients had no complaints about lung symptoms and their chest radiographs were normal. The main pathological findings were reduced lung volumes, a ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Feltelius N,Hedenström H,Hillerdal G,Hällgren R

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin E (PGE) level in the knee joint fluid was determined by radioimmunoassay before and after anti-inflammatory therapy with flurbiprofen in 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 4 patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The level of PGE in RA joint fluids before the anti-inflammatory treatment was 9....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tokunaga M,Ohuchi K,Yoshizawa S,Tsurufuji S,Rikimaru A,Wakamatsu E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is a major antiatherogenic function of high density lipoprotein (HDL). In the current work, the authors evaluated whether the RCT capacity of HDL from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is impaired when compared to healthy controls. METHODS:HDL was isolated from 40 patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Charles-Schoeman C,Lee YY,Grijalva V,Amjadi S,FitzGerald J,Ranganath VK,Taylor M,McMahon M,Paulus HE,Reddy ST

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The use of silicone implants in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery has been implicated in the development of autoimmune connective tissue diseases. Previous investigation of the influence of short-term silicone implantation using an experimental model of rheumatoid arthritis revealed no adverse influence up...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schaefer CJ,Lawrence WD,Wooley PH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this report was to propose a definition for erosive disease in the context of inflammatory arthritis in light of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) criteria for use in clinical practice and studies. A EULAR task force was form...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde D,van der Helm-van Mil AH,Aletaha D,Bingham CO,Burmester GR,Dougados M,Emery P,Felson D,Knevel R,Kvien TK,Landewé RB,Lukas C,McInnes I,Silman AJ,Smolen JS,Stanislawska-Biernat E,Zink A,Combe B

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound (US) unquestionably improves many aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis and management, but no consensus has been reached regarding the optimal US methodology that should be used, and high levels of standardisation have not yet been attained. Current evidence from two randomised controlled trials d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caporali R,Smolen JS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate anti-apoptogenic mechanism of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) towards synovial cells. METHODS:Isolated synovial cells, treated or not with TGFbeta1, were cultured in the presence or absence of anti-Fas IgM, proteasome inhibitor Z-Leu-Leu-Leu-aldehyde (LLL-CHO), etoposide, or C2-cer...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kawakami A,Urayama S,Yamasaki S,Hida A,Miyashita T,Kamachi M,Nakashima K,Tanaka F,Ida H,Kawabe Y,Aoyagi T,Furuichi I,Migita K,Origuchi T,Eguchi K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An investigator-initiated, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, treat-to-target protocol (Clinical Trials:NCT00660647) studied whether adalimumab added to methotrexate and intra-articular triamcinolone as first-line treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) increased the frequency of low disease activity ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hørslev-Petersen K,Hetland ML,Junker P,Pødenphant J,Ellingsen T,Ahlquist P,Lindegaard H,Linauskas A,Schlemmer A,Dam MY,Hansen I,Horn HC,Ammitzbøll CG,Jørgensen A,Krintel SB,Raun J,Johansen JS,Østergaard M,Stengaard-Pe

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entheseal fibrocartilage (EF) derangement is hypothesised to be pivotal to the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis. Ultrasound is useful for visualisation of the enthesis but its role in EF visualisation is uncertain. This work aimed to demonstrate face and content validity of ultrasound for EF visualisation b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aydin SZ,Bas E,Basci O,Filippucci E,Wakefield RJ,Celikel C,Karahan M,Atagunduz P,Benjamin M,Direskeneli H,McGonagle D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reduced caveolin-1 levels in lung fibroblasts from patients with scleroderma and the lungs of bleomycin-treated mice promote collagen overexpression and lung fibrosis. This study was undertaken to determine whether caveolin-1 is deficient in leucocytes from bleomycin-treated mice and patients with scleroderm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tourkina E,Richard M,Oates J,Hofbauer A,Bonner M,Gööz P,Visconti R,Zhang J,Znoyko S,Hatfield CM,Silver RM,Hoffman S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An explant method for the isolation of fibroblasts from adult human tendon is described. Cells were successfully isolated from 22 out of 27 common biceps tendons obtained from cadaveric donors (age range 11-83 years). The fibroblasts could be maintained in culture using standard methods and morphologically resembled t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chard MD,Wright JK,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To see if a group course delivered by rheumatology teams using cognitive-behavioural approaches, plus usual care, reduced RA fatigue impact more than usual care alone. METHODS:Multicentre, 2-year randomised controlled trial in RA adults (fatigue severity>6/10, no recent major medication changes). RAFT (Redu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hewlett S,Almeida C,Ambler N,Blair PS,Choy EH,Dures E,Hammond A,Hollingworth W,Kadir B,Kirwan JR,Plummer Z,Rooke C,Thorn J,Turner N,Pollock J,RAFT Study Group.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) accompanies infiltration and activation of monocytes in inflamed joints. We investigated dominant alterations of RA monocytes in bone marrow (BM), blood and inflamed joints. METHODS:CD14+ cells from BM and peripheral blood (PB) of patients with RA and osteoarthritis (OA) were profil...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smiljanovic B,Radzikowska A,Kuca-Warnawin E,Kurowska W,Grün JR,Stuhlmüller B,Bonin M,Schulte-Wrede U,Sörensen T,Kyogoku C,Bruns A,Hermann S,Ohrndorf S,Aupperle K,Backhaus M,Burmester GR,Radbruch A,Grützkau A,Maslinski

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hyperplasia of synovial fibroblasts, infiltration with lymphocytes and tissue hypoxia are major characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Extensive data support a key role for toll-like receptors (TLRs) in RA. Little is known regarding the impact of hypoxia on TLR-induced inflammation in RA. The aim of t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hu F,Mu R,Zhu J,Shi L,Li Y,Liu X,Shao W,Li G,Li M,Su Y,Cohen PL,Qiu X,Li Z

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a need to identify effective treatments for rheumatic diseases, and while genetic studies have been successful it is unclear which genes contribute to the disease. Using our existing Capture Hi-C data on three rheumatic diseases, we can identify potential causal genes which are targets for existing ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Martin P,Ding J,Duffus K,Gaddi VP,McGovern A,Ray-Jones H,Yarwood A,Worthington J,Barton A,Orozco G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CTLA-4 is a regulator of co-stimulation and inhibits the activation of T cells through interfering with the interaction of CD80/86 on antigen-presenting cells with CD28 on T cells. CTLA-4 binds to the surface of antigen-presenting cells, such as dendritic cells and monocytes through CD80/86. Monocytes can differentiat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Axmann R,Herman S,Zaiss M,Franz S,Polzer K,Zwerina J,Herrmann M,Smolen J,Schett G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the ability of low-cost low-field dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging (E-MRI) to assess and predict erosive joint damage in the wrist and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:24 previously untreated patients with rheumatoid arthritis with j...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lindegaard HM,Vallø J,Hørslev-Petersen K,Junker P,Østergaard M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Domains identified as a result of qualitative research and Delphi exercises to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare include pain, function, swollen and tender joints, patient and physician global, laboratory measures, participation, stiffness, self-management and fatigue. Here we examine aspects of construc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lie E,Woodworth TG,Christensen R,Kvien TK,Bykerk V,Furst DE,Bingham CO 3rd,Choy EH,OMERACT RA Flare Working Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin) is a marker of activation of vascular endothelium. OBJECTIVE:To examine serum levels of sE-selectin in a cohort of 85 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) followed up for five years. METHODS:sE-selectin levels were assessed annually using an enzyme linked immunosor...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kuuliala A,Eberhardt K,Takala A,Kautiainen H,Repo H,Leirisalo-Repo M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of new cancer diagnoses in a community sample of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS:All incident cases of PMR in the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) (1987-99), without pre-existing cancer or vascular disease and treated with corticosteroids (n=2877) ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Muller S,Hider SL,Belcher J,Helliwell T,Mallen CD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive admissions to an acute geriatric unit were examined for clinical and radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis (OA) and articular chondrocalcinosis (ACC). Thirty-four patients had ACC. This was age related, the prevalence rising from 15% in patients aged 65-74 years to 44% in patients over 84 yea...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wilkins E,Dieppe P,Maddison P,Evison G

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prospective, open study of corticosteroid hip injection (CHI) was performed to determine if different radiological patterns of arthritis vary in their response. METHODS:Forty five patients (15 with rheumatoid arthritis, 27 with osteoarthritis, and three with anklyosing spondylitis) underwent hip injection...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Plant MJ,Borg AA,Dziedzic K,Saklatvala J,Dawes PT

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this pilot study was to compare clinical examination (CE) and ultrasound (US) with high field MRI (as the reference standard) for the detection of rearfoot and midtarsal joint synovitis and secondly tenosynovitis of the ankle tendons in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wakefield RJ,Freeston JE,O'Connor P,Reay N,Budgen A,Hensor EM,Helliwell PS,Emery P,Woodburn J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the influence of age on the effectiveness and tolerance of antitumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:730 patients of the Dutch Rheumatoid Arthritis Monitoring (DREAM) register were categorised into three groups according to their age at initiatio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Radovits BJ,Kievit W,Fransen J,van de Laar MA,Jansen TL,van Riel PL,Laan RF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical disability is part of the end point measures in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ DI) is often used for this purpose but lacks international uniformity owing to variations in the translated and adapted questionnaires and variatio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zandbelt MM,Welsing PM,van Gestel AM,van Riel PL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has suggested that prior poor reproductive outcome may be a risk factor in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A case-control study of 195 women with RA and 462 control women from two different sources is presented here. No increase in rates of spontaneous abortion was seen in the women with RA; indeed a protecti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Spector TD,Silman AJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of habitual knuckle cracking to osteoarthrosis with functional impairment of the hand has long been considered an old wives' tale without experimental support. The mechanical sequelae of knuckle cracking have been shown to produce the rapid release of energy in the form of sudden vibratory energy, much li...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Castellanos J,Axelrod D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00