Antibodies against human 60 kDa heat shock protein are not associated with cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:To understand better a complex disease such as psoriatic arthritis (PsA), collection of a large amount of information on clinical, laboratory, and radiological features is required over an extended period of time. Longitudinal data can be effectively collected and stored in clinical registries and databases. This arti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gladman DD,Ritchlin C,Helliwell PS

更新日期：2005-03-01 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 determine whether the number of patients required in a therapeutic trial that uses progression of radiological abnormalities as the outcome measure would be similar for multiple centres. METHODS:The progression of radiological damage to the fingers and wrists of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in five ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sharp JT,Wolfe F,Corbett M,Isomaki H,Mitchell DM,Furst DE,Sibley J,Shipley M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The contribution of rheumatology nurses to improved patient outcomes is increasingly recognised but more research is needed about the effects of interventions. The patient's role in deciding about healthcare quality is considered pivotal and therefore patients' opinions and expectations should be directional ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Eijk-Hustings Y,Ammerlaan J,Voorneveld-Nieuwenhuis H,Maat B,Veldhuizen C,Repping-Wuts H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of TAP1 and TAP2 alleles in northwestern Colombian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Unselected patients with SLE (n=140) and controls (n=120) matched for sex, age, and ethnicity were analysed. Clinical manifestations, clinical activity, and severity of dise...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Correa PA,Molina JF,Pinto LF,Arcos-Burgos M,Herrera M,Anaya JM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Advanced imaging studies have demonstrated that urate deposition in periarticular structures, such as tendons, is common in gout. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals on tenocyte viability and function. METHODS:The histological appearance of ten...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chhana A,Callon KE,Dray M,Pool B,Naot D,Gamble GD,Coleman B,McCarthy G,McQueen FM,Cornish J,Dalbeth N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no agreement as to which variable best mirrors disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and no studies have been performed on the validity of disease activity variables. In this study the validity of 10 commonly used single variables and three composite indices was tested. All patients participated in a ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde DM,van't Hof MA,van Riel PL,van Leeuwen MA,van Rijswijk MH,van de Putte LB

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that endothelin may have a fundamental role in scleroderma pathogenesis, including pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)--a leading cause of death in patients with scleroderma. Development of a new class of drug, endothelin receptor antagonists, heralds an improved outlook for patients with scleroder...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hachulla E,Coghlan JG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical evidence against incorporation of the purine analogues, allopurinol and oxipurinol, into nucleic acids is reviewed. Cytological experiments have been carried out to investigate the possibility that chromosomal damage might result from exposure of human lymphocytes to these drugs. Lymphocytes from 19 pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stevenson AC,Silcock SR,Scott JT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship of disease activity to infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:From the CORRONA database, the incidence of physician-reported infections in RA patients on stable disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, biological, and corticosteroid therapy for at least 6 mo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Au K,Reed G,Curtis JR,Kremer JM,Greenberg JD,Strand V,Furst DE,CORRONA Investigators.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of new cancer diagnoses in a community sample of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS:All incident cases of PMR in the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) (1987-99), without pre-existing cancer or vascular disease and treated with corticosteroids (n=2877) ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Muller S,Hider SL,Belcher J,Helliwell T,Mallen CD

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is described of a patient with scleromyxoedema with features typical of systemic sclerosis. The features were so characteristic that the disease was misdiagnosed as systemic sclerosis. A brief review of the association of the two diseases is given. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verma UN,Singh RR,Misra R,Naik S,Agarwal SS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary deficiencies of early complement components have usually been associated with the development of rheumatic diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), while terminal component deficiency is well known to predispose to recurrent neisserial infection. In contrast, only recently have patients been report...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wisnieski JJ,Naff GB,Pensky J,Sorin SB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pooled golimumab safety up to year 3 of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) trials. METHODS:Golimumab 50 and 100 mg, administered subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks (q4wk), were assessed in patients with active RA (methotrexate-naïve, methotrexate-exp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kay J,Fleischmann R,Keystone E,Hsia EC,Hsu B,Mack M,Goldstein N,Braun J,Kavanaugh A

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of body mass index (BMI) with modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:BMI, disease activity, selected CVD risk factors and CVD medication were assessed in 378 (276 women) patients with RA. Patients exceeding accepted ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou A,Metsios GS,Panoulas VF,Douglas KM,Nevill AM,Jamurtas AZ,Kita M,Koutedakis Y,Kitas GD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A key clinical paradox in osteoarthritis (OA), a prevalent age-related joint disorder characterised by cartilage degeneration and debilitating pain, is that the severity of joint pain does not strictly correlate with radiographic and histological defects in joint tissues. Here, we determined whether protein ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kc R,Li X,Kroin JS,Liu Z,Chen D,Xiao G,Levine B,Li J,Hamilton JL,van Wijnen AJ,Piel M,Shelly DA,Brass D,Kolb E,Im HJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acute inflammatory arthritis has been induced in 76% of rats injected intradermally with native bovine type II collagen emulsified in Freund's complete (CFA) or incomplete (ICFA) adjuvant. The arthritis became chronic in 14 out of 31 rats, and ear and tail lesions were noted in some rats. No arthritis was induced b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morgan K,Clague RB,Shaw MJ,Holt PJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical management of adults with osteoarthritis (OA) who require non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) must be decided after assessing prevalent gastrointestinal (GI) and cardiovascular (CV) risks in the individual patient. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the GI and CV risk profile of patients with OA who r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lanas A,Tornero J,Zamorano JL

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Immunogenicity of aTNFs is one of the mechanisms behind treatment failure. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of anti-drug antibodies (ADA) on drug response to infliximab, adalimumab and etanercept, and the effect of immunosuppression on ADA detection, in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Spondyloarthritis, P...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Garcês S,Demengeot J,Benito-Garcia E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine histologic and gene expression features of clinical improvement in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc; scleroderma). METHODS:Fifty-eight forearm biopsies were evaluated from 26 individuals with dcSSc in two clinical trials. Histologic/immunophenotypic assessments of glob...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Showalter K,Spiera R,Magro C,Agius P,Martyanov V,Franks JM,Sharma R,Geiger H,Wood TA,Zhang Y,Hale CR,Finik J,Whitfield ML,Orange DE,Gordon JK

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the validity, responsiveness to change, and user friendliness of four self completed, shoulder-specific questionnaires in primary care. METHODS:A cross sectional assessment of validity and a longitudinal assessment of responsiveness to change of four shoulder questionnaires was carried out: the D...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Paul A,Lewis M,Shadforth MF,Croft PR,Van Der Windt DA,Hay EM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A putative retravirus was isolated from a cell culture derived by fusion of mink and dog cell lines with cultured placental cells from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. The virus was detected by reverse transcriptase assay of supernatant medium after prolonged subculturing. Its characterisation, including s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Phillips PE,Sellers SA,Cotronei SL

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon (IFN) beta displays anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive activity and has been considered for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Information about the effects of this molecule on joint cells is scarce, however. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of IFNbeta on the production of inter...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Palmer G,Mezin F,Juge-Aubry CE,Plater-Zyberk C,Gabay C,Guerne PA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Serum leptin measures are associated with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, but no studies have examined leptin levels with respect to different measures of knee joint damage from MRI. METHODS:Participants in the Michigan Study of Women's Health Across the Nation underwent bilateral knee MRIs ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karvonen-Gutierrez CA,Harlow SD,Jacobson J,Mancuso P,Jiang Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previously an upregulation of E-cadherin and its associated molecules alpha-catenin, beta-catenin and plakoglobin has been demonstrated in clinically overt inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of the E-cadherin/catenin complex in subclinically inflamed bowe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Demetter P,Baeten D,De Keyser F,De Vos M,Van Damme N,Verbruggen G,Vermeulen S,Mareel M,Elewaut D,Mielants H,Veys EM,Cuvelier CA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that high concentrations of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which associate with increased cell synthesis and turnover in cartilage, may act as a marker for structural outcome in knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD:One hundred and thirty five consecutive patients referred to ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Doherty M,Belcher C,Regan M,Jones A,Ledingham J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:For our understanding of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it is important to elucidate the mechanisms underlying early stages of synovitis. Here, synovial cytokine production was investigated in patients with very early arthritis. METHODS:Synovial biopsies were obtained from pat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yeo L,Adlard N,Biehl M,Juarez M,Smallie T,Snow M,Buckley CD,Raza K,Filer A,Scheel-Toellner D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)mRNA and IGF-I protein was studied in human osteoarthritic and young articular cartilage by in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry. In situ hybridisation showed that relatively low amounts of IGF-I mRNA signal were present in anatomically normal regions of oste...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Middleton JF,Tyler JA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00