Nervous system disease, immunological features, and HLA phenotype in Sjögren's syndrome.

abstract：:We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and widespread joint and periarticular calcinosis related to self-medication with vitamin D, which was aggravated by oral phosphate therapy prescribed for her hypercalcaemia. Hydroxyapatite was shown in the synovial fluid from affected joints. The role played by tissue i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Butler RC,Dieppe PA,Keat AC

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis is assessed radiologically. Previous studies have not examined in detail its long term progression. We evaluated the overall changes of peripheral joint damage radiologically in 50 rheumatoid patients followed up at one rheumatology centre for 10 years. All peripheral joints were s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scott DL,Coulton BL,Popert AJ

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper looks at the problem confronting a doctor evaluating a patient with anticentromere antibody who does not have evidence of disease along the spectrum from CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) to progressive systemic sclerosis. Of 33 people with anti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goldman JA

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the involvement of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the induction or maintenance of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) non-responsive state of chondrocytes during experimental arthritis in mouse knee joints. METHODS:To characterise IGF-1 nonresponsiveness during arthritis, we measured chondrocyte...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verschure PJ,Joosten LA,Van de Loo FA,Van den Berg WB

更新日期：1995-12-01 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

abstract：:We showed previously that the attachment of synovial fibroblasts to laminin (LM)-111 in the presence of transforming growth factor-beta induces significant expression of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3. Here we go on to investigate the regulation of additional MMPs and their specific tissue inhibitors of matrix p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Warstat K,Pap T,Klein G,Gay S,Aicher WK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low serum vitamin D concentrations have been reported in several autoimmune disorders. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether low serum vitamin D concentrations are related to disease activity of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:378 patients from several European and Israeli cohorts were pool...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amital H,Szekanecz Z,Szücs G,Dankó K,Nagy E,Csépány T,Kiss E,Rovensky J,Tuchynova A,Kozakova D,Doria A,Corocher N,Agmon-Levin N,Barak V,Orbach H,Zandman-Goddard G,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:We report two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who subsequently developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. In each case the coexistence of these two conditions was confirmed by pathological findings. Both patients responded to treatment, but one eventually died. A review of the literature suggests a poss...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox DA,Faix JD,Coblyn J,Fraser P,Smith B,Weinblatt ME

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A controlled study compared 6 months' treatment of 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Half were randomly allocated to treatment with chloroquine 250 mg daily, the other half dapsone 100 mg daily (50 mg/day for the first 7 days) following a one-month run-in assessment period. All patients had active or progres...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fowler PD,Shadforth MF,Crook PR,Lawton A

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To describe patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) who had COVID-19 disease; to compare patients who required hospital admission with those who did not and assess risk factors for hospital admission related to COVID-19. METHODS:An observational longitudinal study was conducted durin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freites Nuñez DD,Leon L,Mucientes A,Rodriguez-Rodriguez L,Font Urgelles J,Madrid García A,Colomer JI,Jover JA,Fernandez-Gutierrez B,Abasolo L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence and characteristics of musculoskeletal manifestations in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (TA). METHODS:The records of 163 cases of PMR or TA diagnosed over a 15 year period in one area of Spain were reviewed for the presence and type of musculoskeletal manifestat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Narváez J,Nolla-Solé JM,Narváez JA,Clavaguera MT,Valverde-García J,Roig-Escofet D

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A recent genome-wide association study in European systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients identified three loci (PSORS1C1, TNIP1 and RHOB) as novel genetic risk factors for the disease. The aim of this study was to replicate the previously mentioned findings in a large multicentre independent SSc cohort of Cauc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bossini-Castillo L,Martin JE,Broen J,Simeon CP,Beretta L,Gorlova OY,Vonk MC,Ortego-Centeno N,Espinosa G,Carreira P,García de la Peña P,Oreiro N,Román-Ivorra JA,Castillo MJ,González-Gay MA,Sáez-Comet L,Castellví I,Schuer

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of smoking on cartilage loss and pain at the knee in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS:159 men with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who participated in a 30-month, prospective, natural history study of knee osteoarthritis were examined. The more symptomatic knee was imaged ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amin S,Niu J,Guermazi A,Grigoryan M,Hunter DJ,Clancy M,LaValley MP,Genant HK,Felson DT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is described in which the mother and 2 of the 5 children had Felty's syndrome, a pattern of inheritance suggesting a dominant defect and one which has not previously been reported. The family is also of interest in that the other sib had rheumatoid arthritis. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Blendis LM,Jones KL,Hamilton EB,Williams R

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is the most commonly used model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In both CIA and RA there is an increase in the cellular content of the synovium, this being dominated by macrophages. OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of etoposide, a topoisomerase II antagonist known to induce mono...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verdrengh M,Jonsson IM,Zaether O,Bajtner E,Holmdahl R,Tarkowski A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Target trial emulation is an intuitive design framework that encourages investigators to formulate their comparative effectiveness research (CER) question as a hypothetical randomised controlled trial (RCT). Our aim was to systematically review CER studies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to provide examples of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhao SS,Lyu H,Solomon DH,Yoshida K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a prospective observational study, we investigated whether patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had higher indices of endothelial damage and dysfunction than healthy controls and whether improved disease control was associated with improvement in these indices. METHODS:Twenty-seven pat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Parker B,Al-Husain A,Pemberton P,Yates AP,Ho P,Gorodkin R,Teh LS,Alexander MY,Bruce IN

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review assesses the risk assessment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and how non-invasive imaging modalities may improve risk stratification in future. RA is common and patients are at greater risk of CVD than the general population. Cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification is recommend...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fent GJ,Greenwood JP,Plein S,Buch MH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the circulating serum concentrations of nerve growth factor (NGF) and compare them with indices of disease activity in juvenile chronic arthritis. METHODS:NGF concentrations were evaluated with a two site immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA), in 17 children with systemic, 39 with polyarticular, and 24 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Falcini F,Matucci Cerinic M,Lombardi A,Generini S,Pignone A,Tirassa P,Ermini M,Lepore L,Partsch G,Aloe L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prolonged symptom or disease duration at treatment initiation is associated with unfavourable outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown whether this relation is linear, referring to a common 'the-earlier-the-better principle', or whether a transient time frame in which the disease is more suscep...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Nies JA,Tsonaka R,Gaujoux-Viala C,Fautrel B,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria define systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) by the presence of fever, rash and chronic arthritis. Recent initiatives to revise current criteria recognise that a lack of arthritis complicates making the diagnosis early,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gohar F,McArdle A,Jones M,Callan N,Hernandez B,Kessel C,Miranda-Garcia M,Lavric M,Holzinger D,Pretzer C,Lainka E,Vastert SJ,de Roock S,FitzGerald O,Pennington SR,Foell D

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the prevalence of remission and its effect on damage and quality of life (QOL) in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Patients who fulfilled ≥4 American College of Rheumatology criteria for SLE were identified. Their remission status at last clinic visits was determine...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mok CC,Ho LY,Tse SM,Chan KL

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral glucosamine preparations are widely used as a treatment for osteoarthritis, purportedly functioning by a variety of mechanisms suggested by results of in vitro experiments, and generally using glucosamine concentrations well in excess of 100 micromol/l. OBJECTIVE:To use high performance liquid chromato...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Biggee BA,Blinn CM,McAlindon TE,Nuite M,Silbert JE

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:Serum immunoglobulins were measured in 122 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) during various phases of disease activity and compared to those in 58 healthy subjects. The mean serum IgA was 38% higher in patients (306.9 mg/dl) than in controls (222.7 mg/dl) (P < 0.005), but there was no significant difference in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cowling P,Ebringer R,Ebringer A

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The PTPN22 gene has been widely confirmed as a susceptibility gene for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in populations of Northern European descent. The aim of the current study was to explore the role of variants spanning the PTPN22 gene in determining susceptibility to and outcome of inflammatory polyarthritis (I...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Naseem H,Thomson W,Silman A,Worthington J,Symmons D,Barton A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety, efficacy and therapeutic mechanism of BI 655064, an antagonistic anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and an inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX-IR). METHODS:In total, 67 patients were randomised to receive weekly subcutaneous doses of 120 mg ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Visvanathan S,Daniluk S,Ptaszyński R,Müller-Ladner U,Ramanujam M,Rosenstock B,Eleftheraki AG,Vinisko R,Petříková A,Kellner H,Dokoupilova E,Kwiatkowska B,Alten R,Schwabe C,Baum P,Joseph D,Fine JS,Padula SJ,Steffgen J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intranasal salmon calcitonin on pain, erosion progression, and bone loss in 40 women with rheumatoid arthritis was investigated. The study design was double blind, placebo controlled for the first four months and open for the next 36 months, allowing for cross over to active drug treatment or to the cont...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sileghem A,Geusens P,Dequeker J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00