Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (infliximab) selectively down regulates the production of interleukin (IL) 18 but not of IL12 and IL13.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise and quantify the CD4+ CD25+ T cell population in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to detect the possible influence of treatments and clinical manifestations. METHODS:Characterisation of CD25(low) and CD25(high) CD4+ T cells from healthy controls and from patients with SLE...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Suárez A,López P,Gómez J,Gutiérrez C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suicide and suicide attempts, although well recognised in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), have been commented on relatively little. OBJECTIVE:To obtain a better understanding of the reasons for suicidal behaviour in patients with SLE. METHODS:The records of 300 patients with SLE were revi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karassa FB,Magliano M,Isenberg DA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The zinc-ZIP8-MTF1 axis induces metallothionein (MT) expression and is a catabolic regulator of experimental osteoarthritis (OA) in mice. The main aim of the current study was to explore the roles and underlying molecular mechanisms of MTs in OA pathogenesis. METHODS:Experimental OA in mice was induced by de...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Won Y,Shin Y,Chun CH,Cho Y,Ha CW,Kim JH,Chun JS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise diagnosis and follow up treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) requires objective quantification, which is still lacking. For this purpose, radiological analyses are considered to be the most appropriate method. OBJECTIVE:To develop computer assisted quantification software that is particularly appl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wick M,Peloschek P,Bögl K,Graninger W,Smolen JS,Kainberger F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and gastroduodenal safety of a fixed-dose combination of diclofenac sodium 50 mg and misoprostol 200 micrograms twice daily with those of piroxicam 10 mg twice daily and naproxen 375 mg twice daily in patients with osteoarthritis. METHODS:A 4 week, randomised, double-blind, parallel-...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Melo Gomes JA,Roth SH,Zeeh J,Bruyn GA,Woods EM,Geis GS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with Neisseria meningitidis infection complicated by arthritis are described. Three patients had an acute polyarthritis which responded quickly to antimicrobial therapy. A fourth patient developed a prolonged arthritis which occurred after the initial infection had been successfully treated. Tenosynoviti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kidd BL,Hart HH,Grigor RR

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assess golimumab's long-term efficacy/safety in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:Adults with active PsA (≥3 swollen and tender joints, active psoriasis) were randomly assigned to subcutaneous placebo, golimumab 50 mg, or golimumab 100 mg every 4 weeks (q4wks) through wk20. All patients received golimumab ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,McInnes IB,Mease P,Krueger GG,Gladman D,van der Heijde D,Zhou Y,Lu J,Leu JH,Goldstein N,Beutler A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor approved for treatment of multiple myeloma, induces clinically relevant plasma cell (PC) depletion in patients with active, refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Twelve patients received a median of two (range 1-4) 21-day cycles of i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alexander T,Sarfert R,Klotsche J,Kühl AA,Rubbert-Roth A,Lorenz HM,Rech J,Hoyer BF,Cheng Q,Waka A,Taddeo A,Wiesener M,Schett G,Burmester GR,Radbruch A,Hiepe F,Voll RE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of a switch from oral methotrexate (MTX) to subcutaneous MTX (scMTX) or adding ciclosporin to oral MTX with a simultaneous reduction of the MTX dose, in case of adverse events (AE) or insufficient effect (IE) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:The tight control treatment arm of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bakker MF,Jacobs JW,Welsing PM,van der Werf JH,Linn-Rasker SP,van der Veen MJ,Lafeber FP,Bijlsma JW,Utrecht Arthritis Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological therapies directed at proinflammatory cytokines have irrevocably changed the landscape of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases. With the advances in our knowledge in cytokine signalling, the question emerges whether targeting intracellular signalling might also be a safe and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Shea JJ,Kontzias A,Yamaoka K,Tanaka Y,Laurence A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combining monthly intravenous methotrexate (IV MTX) with monthly IV cyclophosphamide (CYTX; given on the same day) for the treatment of children who develop recurrent diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus during or after the s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lehman TJ,Edelheit BS,Onel KB

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the incremental diagnostic value of spine MRI evaluated separately from and combined with sacroiliac joint (SIJ) MRI in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) compared with SIJ MRI alone. METHODS:The study sample comprised two independent cohorts A/B of 130 consecutive patients aged ≤5...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Weber U,Zubler V,Zhao Z,Lambert RG,Chan SM,Pedersen SJ,Østergaard M,Rufibach K,Maksymowych WP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population mean changes from clinical trials are difficult to apply to individuals in clinical practice. Responder analysis may be better, but needs validating for level of response and treatment duration. METHODS:The numbers of patients with pain relief over baseline (> or =15%, > or =30%, > or =50%, > or ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore RA,Moore OA,Derry S,Peloso PM,Gammaitoni AR,Wang H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term safety (up to 3 years) of treatment with pegloticase in patients with refractory chronic gout. METHODS:This open-label extension (OLE) study was conducted at 46 sites in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Patients completing either of two replicate randomised placebo-controlled 6-month tri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Becker MA,Baraf HS,Yood RA,Dillon A,Vázquez-Mellado J,Ottery FD,Khanna D,Sundy JS

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Using clinical, radiological, and morbid anatomical data about patients with arthritis of the hip and their femoral heads resected during total hip replacement, an attempt has been made first, to classify patients and femoral heads by a cluster analysis technique, and secondly and more realistically, to use existing c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Byers PD,Roper BA,Glennie B

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there has been major progress in gout imaging, no gout classification criteria currently include advanced imaging techniques. OBJECTIVE:To examine the usefulness of imaging modalities in the classification of gout when compared to monosodium urate (MSU) crystal confirmation as the gold standard, in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ogdie A,Taylor WJ,Weatherall M,Fransen J,Jansen TL,Neogi T,Schumacher HR,Dalbeth N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether 17beta-oestradiol (E2) modulates interleukin (IL) 1beta-induced proteoglycan degradation in chondrocytes, and to analyse the part played by metalloproteinases (MMPs) in this process. METHODS:Primary cultured rabbit articular chondrocytes were prepared and treated with 10 ng/ml IL1beta co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Richette P,Dumontier MF,François M,Tsagris L,Korwin-Zmijowska C,Rannou F,Corvol MT

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A putative retravirus was isolated from a cell culture derived by fusion of mink and dog cell lines with cultured placental cells from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. The virus was detected by reverse transcriptase assay of supernatant medium after prolonged subculturing. Its characterisation, including s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Phillips PE,Sellers SA,Cotronei SL

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent fibroblast activation initiated by transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is a fundamental event in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis, and its pharmacological inhibition represents a potential therapeutic strategy. The nuclear receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPAR-γ), exe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wei J,Zhu H,Komura K,Lord G,Tomcik M,Wang W,Doniparthi S,Tamaki Z,Hinchcliff M,Distler JH,Varga J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gout, the most common inflammatory arthritis, is associated with premature mortality. Whether this mortality gap has improved over time, as observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is unknown. METHODS:Using an electronic medical record database representative of the UK general population, we identified inciden...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fisher MC,Rai SK,Lu N,Zhang Y,Choi HK

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma DNA has been measured by a new physiochemical approach based on fluorimetric analysis of phenol extracted nucleic acids electrophoresed on polyacrylamide gels. This method is specific for native double-stranded DNA of molecular weight greater than 5 x 10(6). The use of plasma rigorously freed of leucocytes is e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klemp P,Meyers OL,Harley EH

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 study compared monotherapy with sirukumab, an anti-interleukin-6 cytokine monoclonal antibody, with adalimumab monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Biologic-naïve patients with active RA who were inadequate responders or were i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Taylor PC,Schiff MH,Wang Q,Jiang Y,Zhuang Y,Kurrasch R,Daga S,Rao R,Tak PP,Hsu B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:MRI is recommended in the diagnostic process of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to detect joint damage early. MRI-detected erosions are also present in symptom-free controls, especially at older age. It is unclear if RA-specific MRI-detected erosions can be distinguished from 'physiological' erosions in symptom-fr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boeters DM,Nieuwenhuis WP,van Steenbergen HW,Reijnierse M,Landewé RBM,van der Helm-van Mil AHM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma, SSc), impaired hand function greatly contributes to disability and reduced quality of life, and is insufficiently relieved by currently available therapies. Adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) is increasingly recognised as an easily accessi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Granel B,Daumas A,Jouve E,Harlé JR,Nguyen PS,Chabannon C,Colavolpe N,Reynier JC,Truillet R,Mallet S,Baiada A,Casanova D,Giraudo L,Arnaud L,Veran J,Sabatier F,Magalon G

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of increased spontaneous incorporation of 3H-thymidine (3H-TdR) into peripheral blood mononuclear cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been investigated. The activity was found to be short lived and affected less than 1% of cells. Using a Percoll density gradient we identified two populations of activ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Froebel K,Dickson R,Lewis D,Jasani MK,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the long-term effects of induction therapy with adalimumab (ADA) plus methotrexate (MTX) in comparison with placebo (PBO) plus MTX in DMARD-naïve patients with active early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Patients with active early RA (disease duration of ≤12 months) were randomly assigned ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Detert J,Bastian H,Listing J,Weiß A,Wassenberg S,Liebhaber A,Rockwitz K,Alten R,Krüger K,Rau R,Simon C,Gremmelsbacher E,Braun T,Marsmann B,Höhne-Zimmer V,Egerer K,Buttgereit F,Burmester GR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concanavalin-A-induced T-suppressor cell activity was decreased in spleen cell suspensions from Lewis rats with adjuvant arthritis. This decreased activity was evident on day 10 after the induction of the disease, just before the development of the polyarthritic lesions, and persisted during the period of active infla...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Binderup L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the heterogeneous clinical response to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha blocking therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be predicted by TNFalpha expression in the synovium before initiation of treatment. METHODS:Prior to initiation of infliximab treatment, arthroscopic synovial tissue...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wijbrandts CA,Dijkgraaf MG,Kraan MC,Vinkenoog M,Smeets TJ,Dinant H,Vos K,Lems WF,Wolbink GJ,Sijpkens D,Dijkmans BA,Tak PP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00