Normal intestinal microbiota in the aetiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:28 patients with primary APS with at least a five year follow up, and 28 healthy subjects, matched by age and sex, were included in the stud...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Medina G,Casaos D,Jara LJ,Vera-Lastra O,Fuentes M,Barile L,Salas M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have markedly improved disease control by targeting immune/inflammatory pathways, current treatments rarely induce remission, underscoring the need for therapies that target other aspects of the disease. Little is known about the regulation of disease severi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Laragione T,Brenner M,Lahiri A,Gao E,Harris C,Gulko PS

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：PURPOSE:IL-23 has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD) through promoting IL-17 production. This study examined whether IL-23R polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to this disease in a Chinese Han population. METHODS:Four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), rs7517847, r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jiang Z,Yang P,Hou S,Du L,Xie L,Zhou H,Kijlstra A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the reason for non-response (caused by immunogenicity or not) to a first tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor defines whether a second TNF inhibitor will be effective. METHODS:This cohort study consisted of 292 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jamnitski A,Bartelds GM,Nurmohamed MT,van Schouwenburg PA,van Schaardenburg D,Stapel SO,Dijkmans BA,Aarden L,Wolbink GJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Psoriasis susceptibility locus 4 (PSORS4) is a susceptibility locus for psoriasis vulgaris (PsV), a common inflammatory, hyperproliferative skin disorder. Recently, a deletion of 2 late cornified envelope (LCE) genes within epidermal differentiation complex on chromosome 1 was shown to be enriched in 1426 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hüffmeier U,Estivill X,Riveira-Munoz E,Traupe H,Wendler J,Lohmann J,Böhm B,Burkhardt H,Reis A

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Patients who develop reactive arthritis after yersinia enteritis are characterised by high and persisting IgA-anti-yersinia antibodies. We have further analysed the humoral immune response to yersinia in this condition. Total concentrations of IgM, IgG, IgA, and secretory IgA in the serum and specific anti-yersinia an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Granfors K,Toivanen A

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superantigens are bacterial, viral, or retroviral proteins which can activate specifically a large proportion of T cells. In contrast with classical peptide antigen recognition, superantigens do not require processing to small peptides but act as complete or partially processed proteins. They can bind to major histoco...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Acha-Orbea H

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the association of congenital heart block with maternal antibody to cellular antigen Ro (SSA), and one report linking anti-Ro with myocarditis in a patient with myositis an association between anti-Ro antibodies and cardiac disease was sought in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Among 67 patie...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Logar D,Kveder T,Rozman B,Dobovisek J

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the significance of quantitative levels of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) in a population of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:A total of 241 consecutive sera from patients with RA sent from a large rheumatology clinic for laboratory testing were selected f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee DM,Phillips R,Hagan EM,Chibnik LB,Costenbader KH,Schur PH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between baseline serum adipokines levels-leptin, adiponectin and resistin-and long-term progression of hand osteoarthritis (HOA). METHODS:Baseline and 6-year radiographs of 164 patients (mean age 60 years, 81% women) with HOA (defined as a Kellgren and Lawrence score ≥2 in at l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yusuf E,Ioan-Facsinay A,Bijsterbosch J,Klein-Wieringa I,Kwekkeboom J,Slagboom PE,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Classification criteria are biased towards classifying long-standing disease. We compared the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR)-2019, Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)-2012 and ACR-1997 criteria in an early (median 48 months) systemic l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Adamichou C,Nikolopoulos D,Genitsaridi I,Bortoluzzi A,Fanouriakis A,Papastefanakis E,Kalogiannaki E,Gergianaki I,Sidiropoulos P,Boumpas DT,Bertsias GK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies suggest a role of the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) axis in the pathophysiology of primary osteoarthritis (OA). A common polymorphism of the GH receptor (exon 3 deletion, d3-GHR) is associated with increased GH/IGF-1 activity. OBJECTIVE:To study associations betwee...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Claessen KM,Kloppenburg M,Kroon HM,Bijsterbosch J,Pereira AM,Romijn JA,van der Straaten T,Nelissen RG,Hofman A,Uitterlinden AG,Duijnisveld BJ,Lakenberg N,Beekman M,van Meurs JB,Slagboom PE,Biermasz NR,Meulenbelt I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVES:MRI scoring systems for hand osteoarthritis (HOA) are currently not available. The present work proposes the Oslo HOA MRI (OHOA-MRI) score and examines the intrareader and inter-reader reliability. METHODS:Relevant HOA features were included in the initial version of the OHOA-MRI score after literature revi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugen IK,Lillegraven S,Slatkowsky-Christensen B,Haavardsholm EA,Sesseng S,Kvien TK,van der Heijde D,Bøyesen P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This prospective study was designed to clarify the frequency, causes, and clinical course of renal disease in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:235 patients (185 women, mean age 49.4 years) with early RA of less than one year's duration were enrolled and assessed monthly. Proteinuria wa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Koseki Y,Terai C,Moriguchi M,Uesato M,Kamatani N

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pooled golimumab safety up to year 3 of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) trials. METHODS:Golimumab 50 and 100 mg, administered subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks (q4wk), were assessed in patients with active RA (methotrexate-naïve, methotrexate-exp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kay J,Fleischmann R,Keystone E,Hsia EC,Hsu B,Mack M,Goldstein N,Braun J,Kavanaugh A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the number of patients required in a therapeutic trial that uses progression of radiological abnormalities as the outcome measure would be similar for multiple centres. METHODS:The progression of radiological damage to the fingers and wrists of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in five ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sharp JT,Wolfe F,Corbett M,Isomaki H,Mitchell DM,Furst DE,Sibley J,Shipley M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nutritional assessment of 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) showed evidence of malnutrition in 13 (26%), while all 50 control subjects had normal nutritional status. Of the anthropometric measurements the body-mass index and triceps skinfold thickness values in men and women were significantly reduced in RA...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Helliwell M,Coombes EJ,Moody BJ,Batstone GF,Robertson JC

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence and patterns of cardiac abnormalities as detected by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS:Fifty-two consecutive patients with SSc underwent cardiac MRI to determine morphological, functional, perfusion at rest and delayed enhancement abnormal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hachulla AL,Launay D,Gaxotte V,de Groote P,Lamblin N,Devos P,Hatron PY,Beregi JP,Hachulla E

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess survival and identify predictors of survival in patients with systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) who participated in the Scleroderma Lung Studies (SLS) I and II. METHODS:SLS I randomised 158 patients with SSc-ILD to 1  year of oral cyclophosphamide (CYC) vs placebo. SLS II rando...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Volkmann ER,Tashkin DP,Sim M,Li N,Goldmuntz E,Keyes-Elstein L,Pinckney A,Furst DE,Clements PJ,Khanna D,Steen V,Schraufnagel DE,Arami S,Hsu V,Roth MD,Elashoff RM,Sullivan KM,SLS I and SLS II study groups.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hand exercises are recommended for patients with hand osteoarthritis (HOA), though evidence for their effect is conflicting. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate, in a randomised controlled trial, the effect of HOA information plus home-based hand exercises (exercise group) compared with information only (control group) i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hennig T,Hæhre L,Hornburg VT,Mowinckel P,Norli ES,Kjeken I

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and effectiveness of imatinib mesylate in the treatment of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc). METHODS:In this phase IIa, open-label, single-arm clinical trial, 30 patients with dcSSc were treated with imatinib 400 mg daily. Patients were monitored monthly for safety assessment...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Spiera RF,Gordon JK,Mersten JN,Magro CM,Mehta M,Wildman HF,Kloiber S,Kirou KA,Lyman S,Crow MK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of antithyroid antibodies and the presence of autoimmune thyroiditis among patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome. DESIGN:A case-control study. METHODS:53 consecutive patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome, 30 with rheumatoid arthritis, 12 with secondary Sjögren's syndrome ass...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tunc R,Gonen MS,Acbay O,Hamuryudan V,Yazici H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sacroiliitis is a hallmark of the spondyloarthropathies (SpA). The degree of inflammation can be quantified by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim of this study was to further elucidate the pathogenesis of SpA by quantitative cellular analysis of immunostained sacroiliac biopsy specimens and to compare ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bollow M,Fischer T,Reisshauer H,Backhaus M,Sieper J,Hamm B,Braun J

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy may be associated with opportunistic infections (OIs). OBJECTIVE:To describe the spectrum of non-tuberculosis OIs associated with anti-TNF therapy and identify their risk factors. METHODS:A 3-year national French registry (RATIO) collected all cases of OI in patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salmon-Ceron D,Tubach F,Lortholary O,Chosidow O,Bretagne S,Nicolas N,Cuillerier E,Fautrel B,Michelet C,Morel J,Puéchal X,Wendling D,Lemann M,Ravaud P,Mariette X,RATIO group.

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the similarities between LBEC0101 (etanercept biosimilar) and the etanercept reference product (ETN-RP) in terms of efficacy and safety, including immunogenicity, in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite methotrexate treatment. METHODS:This phase III, multicentre, randomised, double-b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Matsuno H,Tomomitsu M,Hagino A,Shin S,Lee J,Song YW

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify predictors of clinical remission as well as of no x-ray progression in a cohort of early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) treated with a tight-control protocol. METHODS:A total of 121 consecutive patients with ERA were treated to reach European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and/or American College...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bosello S,Fedele AL,Peluso G,Gremese E,Tolusso B,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain in the neck and upper limb is common and contributes considerably to absence from work due to sickness. Evidence suggest that prolonged abnormal posture and repetition contribute to such conditions. Psychosocial risk factors may also play a part in the aetiology of upper limb disorders. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Walker-Bone K,Cooper C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00