Atorvastatin reduces arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2001, the European League Against Rheumatism developed and disseminated the first guidelines for musculoskeletal (MS) ultrasound (US) in rheumatology. Fifteen years later, the dramatic expansion of new data on MSUS in the literature coupled with technological developments in US imaging has necessitated an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Möller I,Janta I,Backhaus M,Ohrndorf S,Bong DA,Martinoli C,Filippucci E,Sconfienza LM,Terslev L,Damjanov N,Hammer HB,Sudol-Szopinska I,Grassi W,Balint P,Bruyn GAW,D'Agostino MA,Hollander D,Siddle HJ,Supp G,Schmidt W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The MEFV gene is responsible for familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Several disease associated mutations have been identified. The range of genetic variation in MEFV in Greek patients has not been determined. OBJECTIVE:To describe a method that facilitates the routine screening of the entire coding sequenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ritis K,Giaglis S,Spathari N,Micheli A,Zonios D,Tzoanopoulos D,Deltas CC,Rafail S,Mean R,Papadopoulos V,Tzioufas AG,Moutsopoulos HM,Kartalis G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate serum interleukin (IL) 12 concentration in patients with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA), according to disease subtype, activity, and duration. IL12 has been demonstrated to prime the selective expansion of T helper (Th) cells with a Th1-type pattern of cytokine product...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gattorno M,Picco P,Vignola S,Stalla F,Buoncompagni A,Pistoia V

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples were obtained from patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR: n = 10) or giant cell arteritis (GCA; n = 7), or both. Samples were taken either before treatment or within one week of starting prednisolone. Immune complexes (IC) were concentrated by polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation then purified wit...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith AJ,Kyle V,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overdiagnosis is a term coined by experts in cancer screening to point to indolent cancers detected by screening that would have never led to manifest health problems. Overdiagnosis leads to unnecessary medical care (overtreatment), anxiety and cost. In rheumatology overdiagnosis and overtreatment are hardly discussed...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Landewé RBM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prospective randomised trial to compare two different durations of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy for the prevention of relapse in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS:Patients with AAV were recruited 18-24 months after diagnosis if they were in stable ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karras A,Pagnoux C,Haubitz M,Groot K,Puechal X,Tervaert JWC,Segelmark M,Guillevin L,Jayne D,European Vasculitis Society.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild iron deficiency induced by treatment with the iron chelator desferrioxamine reduced the incidence and severity of joint inflammation associated with adjuvant disease in rats but did not alter the local primary inflammatory response or the systemic sequelae. Both rats treated with desferrioxamine and control rats ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Andrews FJ,Morris CJ,Kondratowicz G,Blake DR

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A six month controlled study of 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of scleroderma showed a modest benefit in skin scores, Raynaud's phenomenon, and patients' global assessment. Visceral organ and hand function were unaffected. Mild to moderate toxicity was common in the 5-fluorouracil treated patients but usually respond...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Casas JA,Saway PA,Villarreal I,Nolte C,Menajovsky BL,Escudero EE,Blackburn WD,Alarcón GS,Subauste CP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop widely accepted international severity score for children and adult patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) that can be easily applied, in research and clinical practice. METHODS:Candidate severity criteria were suggested by several FMF expert physicians. After three rounds of Delphi surv...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Demirkaya E,Acikel C,Hashkes P,Gattorno M,Gul A,Ozdogan H,Turker T,Karadag O,Livneh A,Ben-Chetrit E,Ozen S,FMF Arthritis Vasculitis and Orphan disease Research in pediatric rheumatology (FAVOR).

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This multicentre study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a wide spectrum of novel technologies nowadays available for detection of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase 3 (PR3)-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs). METHODS:Sera (obtained at the time of diagnosis) from 251 patients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Damoiseaux J,Csernok E,Rasmussen N,Moosig F,van Paassen P,Baslund B,Vermeersch P,Blockmans D,Cohen Tervaert JW,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No consensus has previously been formed regarding the types and presentations of infectious pathogens to be considered as 'opportunistic infections' (OIs) within the setting of biologic therapy. We systematically reviewed published literature reporting OIs in the setting of biologic therapy for inflammatory diseases. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Winthrop KL,Novosad SA,Baddley JW,Calabrese L,Chiller T,Polgreen P,Bartalesi F,Lipman M,Mariette X,Lortholary O,Weinblatt ME,Saag M,Smolen J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how acute but transient inflammation affects the cartilage proteoglycan aggrecan and the value of analyses of synovial fluid to study this. METHODS:For 96 hours after a single intra-articular injection of rabbit knees with human interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) or vehicle, articular cartilage an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lundberg C,Asberg I,Ionescu M,Reiner A,Smedegård G,Poole AR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Leflunomide is known to be embryotoxic and teratogenic in rodents. However, there is less evidence in humans. We quantified the risk of major congenital malformation (MCM), prematurity, low birth weight (LBW) and spontaneous abortion associated with leflunomide exposure during pregnancy in humans. METHODS:F...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bérard A,Zhao JP,Shui I,Colilla S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA), a marker for Crohn's disease (CD), are present in spondyloarthropathies (SpA) and in the subgroups ankylosing spondylitis (AS), undifferentiated SpA (uSpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), in comparison with healthy and inflammatory contr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoffman IE,Demetter P,Peeters M,De Vos M,Mielants H,Veys EM,De Keyser F

更新日期：2003-05-01 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:Little is known about the likelihood of developing inflammatory arthritis (IA) in individuals who screen autoantibody positive (aAb+) in a non-clinical research setting. METHODS:We screened for serum cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP) and rheumatoid factor isotype aAbs in subjects who were at ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bemis EA,Demoruelle MK,Seifert JA,Polinski KJ,Weisman MH,Buckner JH,Gregersen PK,Mikuls TR,ODell JR,Keating RM,Deane KD,Holers VM,Norris JM

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLA) have been shown to enhance thrombus formation by increasing the expression of adhesive receptors such as P-selectin on endothelial cells. The P-selectin counter-receptor on leucocytes is P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1). We have previously described a variable numb...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Diz-Kucukkaya R,Inanc M,Afshar-Kharghan V,Zhang QE,López JA,Pekcelen Y

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On exposure to sucrose or neutral polysaccharides, cell cultures from human synovium showed cytoplasmic vacuolation, increased numbers of lysosomes, and ultrastructural changes simulating those described in rheumatoid synovial intima and similarly treated embryonic caritlage and bone. These changes were accompanied by...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marshall JL,Fraser JR,Muirden KD

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractalkine expressed on endothelial cells mediates activation and adhesion of leucocytes expressing its receptor, CX(3)CR1. Soluble fractalkine exhibits chemotactic activity for leucocytes expressing CX(3)CR1. OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of fractalkine and its receptor in systemic sclerosis (SSc) by as...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hasegawa M,Sato S,Echigo T,Hamaguchi Y,Yasui M,Takehara K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Molecular biological approaches have recently identified urate transporters in renal proximal tubular cells. Human sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporter type 1 encoded by SLC17A1 is a urate transporter localised to the renal proximal tubular cells and candidate molecule to secret urate from renal tubular ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Urano W,Taniguchi A,Anzai N,Inoue E,Kanai Y,Yamanaka M,Endou H,Kamatani N,Yamanaka H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that a single injection of bacterial antigen in oil into a footpad of rats of 5 strains induced different clinical forms of adjuvant disease in the individual rat strains. Rats were injected with 300 micrograms heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 50 microliters paraffin. Inflammatory lesion...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Muir VY,Dumonde DC

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously normal 58-year-old woman developed a widespread psoriatic rash and asymmetrical peripheral polyarthritis a week after beginning treatment with oxprenolol for hypertension. Skin and joint disease resolved simultaneously after drug withdrawal and have not recurred. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Macfarlane DG,Settas L

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR) has collected data on adverse events including pregnancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy. The purpose of this report is to summarise the pregnancy outcomes in women treated with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstappen SM,King Y,Watson KD,Symmons DP,Hyrich KL,BSRBR Control Centre Consortium, BSR Biologics Register.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The technique and results of a special oblique radiograph of the hip called the "faux profil" (FP) of the hip are described. The FP was evaluated for the detection of joint space narrowing in incipient osteoarthritis of the hip (OAH) as compared with the anteroposterior (AP) radiograph. METHODS:58 hips with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lequesne MG,Laredo JD

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case presented is of a patient with migratory polyarthritis and serological evidence of a recent streptococcal infection, consistent with the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever, who in addition had multisystem disease manifestations. This case supports the concept that the sequelae of streptococcal infection can e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Livneh A,Sharma K,Sewell KL,Keiser HD

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of mild and severe radiological osteoarthritis was investigated in a random sample of 6585 inhabitants of a Dutch village. Radiographs were graded 0-4 according to the criteria described by Kellgren and Lawrence. The prevalence of radiological osteoarthritis increased strongly with age and was highest f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Saase JL,van Romunde LK,Cats A,Vandenbroucke JP,Valkenburg HA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are the most predictive factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the recognition of citrullinated epitopes changes during disease onset or progression, by studying the fine specificity of ACPA in serum samples coll...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Woude D,Rantapää-Dahlqvist S,Ioan-Facsinay A,Onnekink C,Schwarte CM,Verpoort KN,Drijfhout JW,Huizinga TW,Toes RE,Pruijn GJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the lower prevalence of obesity (a known risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA)), the prevalence of lateral tibiofemoral OA is higher in Chinese communities compared with Caucasian communities. One potential explanation is the difference in knee alignment between the two populations. We measured various ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harvey WF,Niu J,Zhang Y,McCree PI,Felson DT,Nevitt M,Xu L,Aliabadi P,Hunter DJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A careful selection of 19 patients fitting the classical description of polymyalgia rheumatica have been examined by arthroscopy and thoroughly screened and followed up to exclude rheumatoid arthritis and other disease processes. Synovitis of the shoulder joint has been observed through the arthroscope in 17 and synov...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Douglas WA,Martin BA,Morris JH

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether rheumatoid factors (RFs), measured as continuous variables by time resolved fluoroimmunoassay, reflect disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Further, to study the association of RFs and other disease activity parameters with radiological joint damage, especially in individual pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knijff-Dutmer E,Drossaers-Bakker W,Verhoeven A,van der Sluijs Veer G,Boers M,van der Linden S,van de Laar M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00