Inhibition of c-kit tyrosine kinase by imatinib mesylate induces apoptosis in mast cells in rheumatoid synovia: a potential approach to the treatment of arthritis.

abstract：:Leucopenia appears to be a more frequent complication of sulphasalazine treatment in rheumatoid arthritis than in inflammatory bowel disease and poses a management problem. In this study leucopenia was found in 20 patients, 14 of whom were participating in prospective studies (252 patients), giving an incidence of 5.6...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marabani M,Madhok R,Capell HA,Hunter JA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare familial inflammatory inclusion body myositis (IBM) with hereditary inclusion body myopathies and sporadic IBM. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Clinical, biological, MRI, and histological data were analysed in two siblings with inflammatory IBM and compared with those of patients with sporadic and hereditary...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ranque-Francois B,Maisonobe T,Dion E,Piette JC,Chauveheid MP,Amoura Z,Papo T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor approved for treatment of multiple myeloma, induces clinically relevant plasma cell (PC) depletion in patients with active, refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Twelve patients received a median of two (range 1-4) 21-day cycles of i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alexander T,Sarfert R,Klotsche J,Kühl AA,Rubbert-Roth A,Lorenz HM,Rech J,Hoyer BF,Cheng Q,Waka A,Taddeo A,Wiesener M,Schett G,Burmester GR,Radbruch A,Hiepe F,Voll RE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of osteomyelitis secondary to staphylococcal septicaemia, presenting with large sterile effusions in adjacent joints. In both cases the clinical features were suggestive of septic arthritis. Multiple joints were involved in each patient. Initial radiographs showed no abnormalities. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Platt PN,Griffiths ID

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the extent of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPP) crystal deposition and the distribution of affected sites, using ultrasonography (US), in patients affected by CPP deposition disease (CPPD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:42 consecutive patients affected by definite CPPD according to the McCarty criteria ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Filippou G,Filippucci E,Tardella M,Bertoldi I,Di Carlo M,Adinolfi A,Grassi W,Frediani B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feverfew, reputed by folklore to be effective in arthritis, has in vitro properties that could be beneficial in the control of inflammatory disease. Forty one female patients with symptomatic rheumatoid arthritis received either dried chopped feverfew (70-86 mg) or placebo capsules once daily for six weeks. Allocation...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pattrick M,Heptinstall S,Doherty M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the long-term effect of bariatric surgery on the incidence of gout and hyperuricaemia in participants of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study. METHODS:This report includes 1982 subjects who underwent bariatric surgery and 1999 obese controls from the SOS study, a prospective intervention trial d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Maglio C,Peltonen M,Neovius M,Jacobson P,Jacobsson L,Rudin A,Carlsson LM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether hormonal dysfunction involving the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, prolactin (PRL) secretion, and sex hormone status contribute to development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:11 patients with SLE and 9 healthy controls were tested for their total anterior pitui...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Köller MD,Templ E,Riedl M,Clodi M,Wagner O,Smolen JS,Luger A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes expressing the gamma/delta T cell receptor and B lymphocytes expressing CD5 are known to occur in expanded numbers in the peripheral blood of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome. The cellular infiltrates for the surface phenotypic markers for alpha/beta and gamma/delta T cell receptors, CD4, CD8, CD...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zumla A,Mathur M,Stewart J,Wilkinson L,Isenberg D

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and other spondylarthritides impose a great impact on the individual in addition to the costs on society, which may be reduced by effective pharmacological treatment. Industry-independent health economic studies should complement studies sponsored by indus...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gülfe A,Kristensen LE,Saxne T,Jacobsson LT,Petersson IF,Geborek P

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine if early MRI measures predict X-ray progression at 1 and 2 years in a large RA trial cohort. DESIGN:This study included 256 methotrexate (MTX)-naïve RA patients from a randomised placebo-controlled trial of golimumab (GO-BEFORE). MRIs of wrist and 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal joints at 0, 12, 24,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baker JF,Ostergaard M,Emery P,Hsia EC,Lu J,Baker DG,Conaghan PG

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Reaching the therapeutic target of remission or low-disease activity has improved outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) significantly. The treat-to-target recommendations, formulated in 2010, have provided a basis for implementation of a strategic approach towards this therapeutic goal in routi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Breedveld FC,Burmester GR,Bykerk V,Dougados M,Emery P,Kvien TK,Navarro-Compán MV,Oliver S,Schoels M,Scholte-Voshaar M,Stamm T,Stoffer M,Takeuchi T,Aletaha D,Andreu JL,Aringer M,Bergman M,Betteridge N,Bijls

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Sjögren's syndrome alone (Ss), Sjögren's syndrome with rheumatoid arthritis (Ss-RA), and Sjögren's syndrome with Raynaud's phenomenon (Ss-RP) were typed for the HLA DR and MT antigens. Ss-RA patients had higher frequencies of HLA DR4 than did Ss patients. HLA-DR4 was also increased in frequency in patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mann DL,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of joint involvement on conventional radiographs and the four hour gammacamera image of 99Tc HMDP bone scans were studied in 33 patients with generalised nodal osteoarthritis. Both techniques showed the predominant involvement of the distal interphalangeal, scaphotrapezial, and first carpometacarpal joints...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hutton CW,Higgs ER,Jackson PC,Watt I,Dieppe PA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with features of the mucocutaneous ocular syndrome is described. A 4-generation study reveals that the condition has been inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity. Psychiatric symptoms and myalgia have been prominent features peculiar to our patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Berman L,Trappler B,Jenkins T

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 contrasting cases of a seronegative polyarthritis associated with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD). Both cases were nonerosive, with symmetrical involvement of the elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles. In one the arthritis appeared concurrently with the main systemic manifestations of AILD. The secon...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Davies PG,Fordham JN

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a clinically heterogeneous disease with limited reliable diagnostic biomarkers. We investigated whether gene methylation could meet sensitivity and specificity criteria for a robust biomarker. METHODS:IFI44L promoter methylation was examined using DNA samples from a disc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhao M,Zhou Y,Zhu B,Wan M,Jiang T,Tan Q,Liu Y,Jiang J,Luo S,Tan Y,Wu H,Renauer P,Del Mar Ayala Gutiérrez M,Castillo Palma MJ,Ortega Castro R,Fernández-Roldán C,Raya E,Faria R,Carvalho C,Alarcón-Riquelme ME,Xiang Z

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify differentially expressed genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) compared with healthy individuals. METHODS:RNA was extracted from PBMCs collected from 18 patients with active disease and 18 gender-matched and age-matched controls. Expres...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Duan R,Leo P,Bradbury L,Brown MA,Thomas G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volatile short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) in synovial fluid from 80 patients were quantified by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC). Characteristic patterns of volatile SCFA could not be associated with septic, nonseptic inflammatory, or noninflammatory groups. Mean concentrations of pentanoic and hexanoic acids were simila...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Borenstein DG,Gibbs CA,Jacobs RP

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there has been major progress in gout imaging, no gout classification criteria currently include advanced imaging techniques. OBJECTIVE:To examine the usefulness of imaging modalities in the classification of gout when compared to monosodium urate (MSU) crystal confirmation as the gold standard, in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ogdie A,Taylor WJ,Weatherall M,Fransen J,Jansen TL,Neogi T,Schumacher HR,Dalbeth N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the intra and interobserver reproducibility of musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) among rheumatologists in detecting destructive and inflammatory shoulder abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine the overall agreement between US and MRI. METHODS:A total of 14 obse...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bruyn GA,Naredo E,Möller I,Moragues C,Garrido J,de Bock GH,d'Agostino MA,Filippucci E,Iagnocco A,Backhaus M,Swen WA,Balint P,Pineda C,Milutinovic S,Kane D,Kaeley G,Narvaez FJ,Wakefield RJ,Narvaez JA,de Augustin J,

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review systematically the available literature on the optimal dosage and route of administration of methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as an evidence base for generating clinical practice recommendations. METHODS:A systematic literature search was carried out in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Coc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Visser K,van der Heijde D

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate radiographic features of osteoarthritis (OA) to determine which is more closely associated with knee pain and hence might be used as a radiographic definition of OA in the community. To evaluate joint space width in normal subjects. METHODS:452 subjects from a case-control community study of knee...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lanyon P,O'Reilly S,Jones A,Doherty M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence of calcium phosphate mineral salt accumulation in degenerative supraspinatus 'tendinitis' compared with a normal sample of human tendons, and to determine whether there is an association of calcium salt deposition with pathological changes in the tendon extracellular matrix. ME...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Riley GP,Harrall RL,Constant CR,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the influence of age on the effectiveness and tolerance of antitumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:730 patients of the Dutch Rheumatoid Arthritis Monitoring (DREAM) register were categorised into three groups according to their age at initiatio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Radovits BJ,Kievit W,Fransen J,van de Laar MA,Jansen TL,van Riel PL,Laan RF

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00