Smoking is a risk factor for anti-CCP antibodies only in rheumatoid arthritis patients who carry HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles.

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：BACKGROUND:Chronic systemic inflammation may contribute to accelerated atherosclerosis and increased arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition to lowering cholesterol, statins have immunomodulatory effects which may be especially beneficial in patients with RA who have systemic immune a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Doornum S,McColl G,Wicks IP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of infliximab and corticosteroid treatment on the lipid profile in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Infliximab infusions were given at weeks 0, 2, 6 and then every 8 weeks. Before each infusion, disease activity parameters (Disease Activity Index 28-Joint Score ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peters MJ,Vis M,van Halm VP,Wolbink GJ,Voskuyl AE,Lems WF,Dijkmans BA,Twisk JW,de Koning MH,van de Stadt RJ,Nurmohamed MT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:With the tools available currently, confirming the diagnosis of inclusion body myositis (IBM) can be difficult. Many patients are initially misdiagnosed with polymyositis (PM). In this observational study at a UK adult neuromuscular centre, we investigated whether amyloid positron emission tomography could d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lilleker JB,Hodgson R,Roberts M,Herholz K,Howard J,Hinz R,Chinoy H

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyse matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor-1 of MMPs (TIMP-1) levels in the systemic circulation and synovial fluid (SF) of patients with RA and to compare these levels with inflammatory and collagen degradation markers. METHODS:ProMMP-1, -2, -3, -8, -9, TIMP-1, levels of MMP/alpha(2)-m...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tchetverikov I,Ronday HK,Van El B,Kiers GH,Verzijl N,TeKoppele JM,Huizinga TW,DeGroot J,Hanemaaijer R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Wnt16 is implicated in bone fracture and bone mass accrual both in animals and humans. However, its functional roles and molecular mechanism in chondrocyte differentiation and osteoarthritis (OA) pathophysiology remain largely undefined. In this study, we analysed its mechanistic association and functional r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tong W,Zeng Y,Chow DHK,Yeung W,Xu J,Deng Y,Chen S,Zhao H,Zhang X,Ho KK,Qin L,Mak KK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse tender and swollen joint counts in three cohorts of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a focus on the proportions of patients who had fewer than 6-12 tender or swollen joints, as possible evidence based information toward more generalisable inclusion criteria for current and future RA cl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pincus T,Sokka T,Chung CP,Cawkwell G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were developed to improve the identification of individuals for studies of RA. We aimed to summarise the performance of the criteria based on the published literature. METHODS:We performed a systematic literature search to identify all...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Radner H,Neogi T,Smolen JS,Aletaha D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with cystic fibrosis arthritis and eight patients with cystic fibrosis and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy were typed for HLA-A, B, C, DR, and DQ antigens and were compared with age and sex matched controls with cystic fibrosis. The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis arthritis and hypertrophic osteoarthropat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rush PJ,Gladman DD,Shore A,Anhorn KA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous evidence suggests the role of psychological stress in triggering the onset of autoimmunity. We aimed to investigate whether stress following major and minor life events could precede the onset of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). The role of coping strategies and social support, as compensating buff...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karaiskos D,Mavragani CP,Makaroni S,Zinzaras E,Voulgarelis M,Rabavilas A,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the production of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), collagenase (MMP-1), and its natural inhibitor, the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) by diseased human tendon samples in organ culture. METHODS:Portions of tendons were excised from the shoulders of patients undergoing shoulder...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dalton S,Cawston TE,Riley GP,Bayley IJ,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe granuloma annulare (GA) skin lesion development in patients during anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. METHODS:199 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 127 suffering from spondyloarthropathies treated with anti-TNF antagonists were analysed to identify skin lesions suggesting GA. RESULT...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Voulgari PV,Markatseli TE,Exarchou SA,Zioga A,Drosos AA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) antagonists (anti-TNFα) are available to treat rheumatoid arthritis. All of these have demonstrated considerable efficacy in placebo controlled trials, but few head-to-head comparisons exist to date. This work's objective is to estimate the relative efficacy among ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schmitz S,Adams R,Walsh CD,Barry M,FitzGerald O

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:An explant method for the isolation of fibroblasts from adult human tendon is described. Cells were successfully isolated from 22 out of 27 common biceps tendons obtained from cadaveric donors (age range 11-83 years). The fibroblasts could be maintained in culture using standard methods and morphologically resembled t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chard MD,Wright JK,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine discrepancies in patients' current use and expected future use of the internet for different functions. METHOD:A short questionnaire was developed to assess patients' current use of the internet for three functions: "seeking information", "mutual support", and "care provider contact". This quest...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Lankveld WG,Derks AM,van den Hoogen FH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate salivary hyaluronic acid (HA) concentration in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:Salivary and serum HA concentrations were evaluated using a radiometric assay. Thirty nine patients with SS served as the study group and their results were compared with 19 patients having clini...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tishler M,Yaron I,Shirazi I,Yaron M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified regular thermal patterns over normal knee, ankle, and elbow joints and demonstrate how synovitis affecting these joints may be identified by alteration or loss of the thermal pattern. Sixty healthy volunteers were thermographed on a total of 190 occasions, and 614 out of 618 joints conformed to the ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salisbury RS,Parr G,De Silva M,Hazleman BL,Page-Thomas DP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To perform a systematic literature review of effective strategies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:As part of a European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Task Force investigation, a literature search was carried out from January 1962 until February 2009 in PubMed/Ovid Embase/Cochrane...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knevel R,Schoels M,Huizinga TW,Aletaha D,Burmester GR,Combe B,Landewé RB,Smolen JS,Sokka T,van der Heijde DM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of immune complexes (IC) isolated from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) sera with polyethylene glycol and gel filtration on the chemotaxis and Fc receptor function of healthy monocytes was examined. Even at a low protein concentration (1 microgram/ml = 1 mg/l) ICs inhibit monocyte chemotaxis. ICs from pat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lukács K,Kávai M,Bányai A,Sonkoly I,Végh E,Szabó G,Szegedi G

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Human leucocyte antigen shared epitope (SE) alleles are associated with joint destruction, the presence of anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) and the ACPA fine specificity repertoire in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A large variation in joint destruction is seen within the ACPA-positive patient populat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scherer HU,van der Woude D,Willemze A,Trouw LA,Knevel R,Syversen SW,van der Linden MP,Lie B,Huizinga TW,van der Heijde DM,van der Helm-van Mil AH,Kvien TK,Toes RE

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of advanced imaging techniques in the detection of hand osteoarthritis (OA) and hand OA progression. METHODS:PubMed/Medline and Embase were searched until April 2012 for studies on imaging of hand OA that presented quantitative data on validity, reliability or responsiveness. Articles pre...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Saltzherr MS,Selles RW,Bierma-Zeinstra SM,Muradin GS,Coert JH,van Neck JW,Luime JJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT)/pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor/visfatin exerts multiple functions and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. To gain insight into its role in arthritis and given that NAMPT is identified as a novel mediator of innate immunity, we ad...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Présumey J,Courties G,Louis-Plence P,Escriou V,Scherman D,Pers YM,Yssel H,Pène J,Kyburz D,Gay S,Jorgensen C,Apparailly F

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between changes in the delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) index over 2 years as a measure of cartilage proteoglycan concentration, with changes in cartilage thickness in the medial tibiofemoral compartment of knees in middle-aged women. METHODS:One hundred and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Crema MD,Hunter DJ,Burstein D,Roemer FW,Li L,Eckstein F,Krishnan N,Hellio Le-Graverand MP,Guermazi A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase-1 (ERAP1) protein is highly polymorphic with numerous missense amino acid variants. We sought to determine the naturally occurring ERAP1 protein allotypes and their contribution to Behçet's disease. METHODS:Genotypes of all reported missense ERAP1 gene variants with 10...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Takeuchi M,Ombrello MJ,Kirino Y,Erer B,Tugal-Tutkun I,Seyahi E,Özyazgan Y,Watts NR,Gül A,Kastner DL,Remmers EF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progression of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is partly heritable; knowledge of genetic factors may increase our understanding of the mechanisms underlying joint destruction. The activity of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway influences osteoblast differentiation. Dickkopf-1 (Dkk-1) and sclerostin (So...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Rooy DP,Yeremenko NG,Wilson AG,Knevel R,Lindqvist E,Saxne T,Krabben A,Leijsma MK,Daha NA,Tsonaka S,Zhernakova A,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,Huizinga TW,Toes RE,Baeten DL,Brouwer E,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate new classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) in patients with SpA with peripheral manifestations only. METHODS:In this Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) study, two prespecified sets of criteria were compared against the European Spondylarthropathy ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudwaleit M,van der Heijde D,Landewé R,Akkoc N,Brandt J,Chou CT,Dougados M,Huang F,Gu J,Kirazli Y,Van den Bosch F,Olivieri I,Roussou E,Scarpato S,Sørensen IJ,Valle-Oñate R,Weber U,Wei J,Sieper J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the differential role of peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PADI4) polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) between Asian and European populations, possible gene-environmental interactions among the PADI4 polymorphism, sex and smoking status were analysed. METHODS:Three independent sets of case-con...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kochi Y,Thabet MM,Suzuki A,Okada Y,Daha NA,Toes RE,Huizinga TW,Myouzen K,Kubo M,Yamada R,Nakamura Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine clinical and ultrasonographic predictors of joint replacement surgery across Europe in primary osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. METHODS:This was a 3-year prospective study of a painful OA knee cohort (from a EULAR-sponsored, multicentre study). All subjects had clinical evaluation, radiographs ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Conaghan PG,D'Agostino MA,Le Bars M,Baron G,Schmidely N,Wakefield R,Ravaud P,Grassi W,Martin-Mola E,So A,Backhaus M,Malaise M,Emery P,Dougados M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00