Antiperinuclear factor in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the association between silica exposure, separately as well as combined with smoking, and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with or without the presence of antibodies against citrullinated peptide antigens (ACPA). METHODS:This Swedish population based case-control study analysed 577 i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stolt P,Yahya A,Bengtsson C,Källberg H,Rönnelid J,Lundberg I,Klareskog L,Alfredsson L,EIRA Study Group.

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the relationship between autoantigen citrullination and different peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Citrullinated autoantigens were identified by immunoblotting control and ionomycin-activated human primary neutrophil lysate with RA sera. Autoantigen ide...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Darrah E,Rosen A,Giles JT,Andrade F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of golimumab over 104 weeks in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis. METHODS:At baseline, patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (n=356) were randomly assigned (1:1.8:1.8) to subcutaneous injections of placebo (group 1), golimumab 50 mg (group 2) or golimumab 100...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Braun J,Deodhar A,Inman RD,van der Heijde D,Mack M,Xu S,Hsu B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of fasting for 7 days were investigated in 13 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison with a control regimen in a cross-over trial. The effects of fasting on clinical performance and blood neutrophil functions were studied. During fasting, with a mean weight loss of 5.1 kg, clinical inflammat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Udén AM,Trang L,Venizelos N,Palmblad J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a T helper cell type 2 polarised disease by quantifying the T cell cytokines interferon gamma (IFNgamma), interleukin 4 (IL4), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), and IL10 at the single cell level in patients with AS in comparison with healthy HL...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudwaleit M,Siegert S,Yin Z,Eick J,Thiel A,Radbruch A,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is thought to play an important role in systemic sclerosis (SSc) pathogenesis. It was found to be upregulated in the serum and in the affected skin of scleroderma patients. However, its involvement in scleroderma lung disease is not clear. This study aimed to evaluat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： De Santis M,Bosello SL,Capoluongo E,Inzitari R,Peluso G,Lulli P,Zizzo G,Bocci M,Tolusso B,Zuppi C,Castagnola M,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) is the most widely used measure of function in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate individualised forms of the HAQ-DI and thus enhance the incorporation of patients' views in outcome assessment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:HAQ-DI data were...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seror R,Tubach F,Baron G,Guillemin F,Ravaud P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified approximately 100 loci for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the disease mechanisms are not completely understood. We evaluated the pathogenesis of RA by focusing on rare coding variants. METHODS:The coding regions of 98 candidate genes identified by G...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Motegi T,Kochi Y,Matsuda K,Kubo M,Yamamoto K,Momozawa Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Sheep red cells coated with rabbit IgG antibody may be used to detect IgM rheumatoid factors either by agglutination or microscopically by the fluorescence of antihuman IgM antibody conjugate bound to rheumatoid factors on the cell surface. By substituting for red cells the plastic surface of a filter disc coated with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lea DJ,Ward DJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs), which predominate in inflammatory synovial fluid, can degrade cartilage. This was measured by a novel in vitro model; PMNs were incubated for up to one hour with 2 or 3 microns sections of cartilage and the glycosaminoglycan loss determined by microdensitometry after alcian blue st...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore AR,Iwamura H,Larbre JP,Scott DL,Willoughby DA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the presentation and clinical findings of arthritis associated with hidradenitis suppurativa. METHOD:Medical records from the rheumatology clinics of two major teaching hospitals were reviewed for arthritis and hidradenitis suppurativa. The nine patient records fulfilling these criteria were review...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bhalla R,Sequeira W

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the prevalence and the nature of autonomic neuropathy (AN) in 17 patients with inactive or mild active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Patients were tested using questionnaires related to possible AN symptoms, and four non invasive cardiovascular autonomic function tests at rest, during lying...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lioté F,Osterland CK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(a)To determine the accuracy and reliability of arthroscopic measurements of cartilage lesion diameter in an artificial right knee model; (b) to determine whether the use of a set of variable angle elongated probes improves performance; and (c) to identify other sources of variability. METHODS:Ovoid "lesion...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Oakley SP,Portek I,Szomor Z,Turnbull A,Murrell GA,Kirkham BW,Lassere MN

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of synovial lymphocytes from a 65-year-old lady with persistent polyarthritis, to rubella antigen and a number of other microbial agents was studied over a period of 11 months by [3H]thymidine incorporation. The results were correlated with the ability to isolate rubella virus from both peripheral blood a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chantler JK,da Roza DM,Bonnie ME,Reid GD,Ford DK

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The molecular mechanisms of syndesmophyte formation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are yet to be characterised. Molecules involved in bone formation such as Wnt proteins and their antagonists probably drive syndesmophyte formation in AS. METHODS:This study investigated sequential serum levels of functiona...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Heiland GR,Appel H,Poddubnyy D,Zwerina J,Hueber A,Haibel H,Baraliakos X,Listing J,Rudwaleit M,Schett G,Sieper J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is challenged by the progressive nature of the disease. To date, no intervention is available that alters the underlying mechanism of inflammation in AS. Currently available conventional treatments are palliative at best, and often fail to control symptoms in the long term. Cu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dougados M,Dijkmans B,Khan M,Maksymowych W,van der Linden S,Brandt J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the reliability of the OMERACT ultrasound (US) definitions for the identification of calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) at the metacarpal-phalangeal, triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist (TFC), acromioclavicular (AC) and hip joints. METHODS:A web-based exercise and subsequent patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Filippou G,Scirè CA,Adinolfi A,Damjanov NS,Carrara G,Bruyn GAW,Cazenave T,D'Agostino MA,Delle Sedie A,Di Sabatino V,Diaz Cortes ME,Filippucci E,Gandjbakhch F,Gutierrez M,Maccarter DK,Micu M,Möller Parera I,Mouterde G,

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower birth weight. Active RA is characterised by high circulating levels of cytokines, which can mediate placental growth and remodelling. OBJECTIVES:To assess the influence of maternal serum cytokine levels on birth weig...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Steenwinkel FD,Hokken-Koelega AC,de Man YA,de Rijke YB,de Ridder MA,Hazes JM,Dolhain RJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been found to differ from purified PMNs from normal subjects in ways that are consistent with their prior activation. However, it is currently contentious whether activated PMNs really circulate in patients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McCarthy DA,Bernhagen J,Taylor MJ,Hamblin AS,James I,Thompson PW,Perry JD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the nature of positional changes of humeroulnar (HU) and humeroradial (HR) joints in a cohort of 74 patients with seropositive and erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) followed up prospectively. METHODS:At the 15 year follow up standard anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of 148 elbow joints wer...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lehtinen JT,Kaarela K,Kauppi MJ,Belt EA,Mäenpää H,Kuusela P,Lehto MU

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In systemic sclerosis (SSc), vascular involvement is characterised by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A/VEGF receptor (VEGFR) system disturbances. Neuropilin-1 (NRP1), a receptor for both class-3 semaphorins (Sema3s) and VEGF-A, is required for optimal VEGF-A/VEGFR-2 signalling. Here, we investigat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Romano E,Chora I,Manetti M,Mazzotta C,Rosa I,Bellando-Randone S,Blagojevic J,Soares R,Avouac J,Allanore Y,Ibba-Manneschi L,Matucci-Cerinic M,Guiducci S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to histones (AHA) are commonly found in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, the full profile of AHA and their clinical associations remains unclear. A total of 111 patients with SLE were studied, including 13 patients in whom multiple serum samples were available over several years. I...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cohen MG,Pollard KM,Webb J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aiming at therapeutic targets has reduced the risk of organ failure in many diseases such as diabetes or hypertension. Such targets have not been defined for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:/st> To develop recommendations for achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes in RA. METHODS:A task force of rheuma...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Aletaha D,Bijlsma JW,Breedveld FC,Boumpas D,Burmester G,Combe B,Cutolo M,de Wit M,Dougados M,Emery P,Gibofsky A,Gomez-Reino JJ,Haraoui B,Kalden J,Keystone EC,Kvien TK,McInnes I,Martin-Mola E,Montecucco C,

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49 year old white woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and bronchiolitis obliterans was treated with prednisone (1 mg/kg daily), which led to a transitory improvement in pulmonary status. Cyclophosphamide was then added--4 mg/kg daily intravenously for five days, then 2 mg/kg daily orally--and this was followed b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Godeau B,Cormier C,Menkes CJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise optimal screening strategies for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prior to the initiation of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy. METHODS:Patients in 62 German rheumatology centres were evaluated for LTBI. Each patient was screened with a tuberculin skin test (TST) and one form of an int...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kleinert S,Tony HP,Krueger K,Detert J,Mielke F,Rockwitz K,Schwenke R,Burmester GR,Diel R,Feuchtenberger M,Kneitz C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current drug development programs produce high quality data on the efficacy of new drugs, substantial data on safety, but little data on actual applicability of the new product compared to standard of care. After successful registration and launch, such data require years to accumulate and often remain incomplete. Thi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boers M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm and extend the immunopathological evidence of effects of infliximab on the synovium in active spondyloarthropathy. METHODS:Synovial biopsies obtained in patients with spondyloarthropathy at baseline and week 12 were stained and scored by two independent observers. Two study populations were evalua...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kruithof E,Baeten D,Van den Bosch F,Mielants H,Veys EM,De Keyser F

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method is described for separating free 35SO4-- from 35SO4 labelled proteoglycans synthesised by rabbit articular chondrocytes cultured in the presence of excess 35SO4--. The procedure uses the low solubility product of barium sulphate to remove, by precipitation, free 35SO4-- from culture medium. Optimum recove...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Collier S,Ghosh P

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00