Combined high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and histological examination to explore the role of ligaments and tendons in the phenotypic expression of early hand osteoarthritis.

abstract：:Sixty six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were genotyped using a HindIII restriction fragment length polymorphism identified by CR1.1 cDNA, then were followed up for an average of 50 months to evaluate the stability of their CR1 activities. The gene frequencies for the two alleles which correlate with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Satoh H,Yokota E,Tokiyama K,Kawaguchi T,Niho Y

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased subchondral bone turnover may contribute to pain in osteoarthritis (OA). OBJECTIVES:To investigate the analgesic potential of a modified version of osteoprotegerin (osteoprotegerin-Fc (OPG-Fc)) in the monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) model of OA pain. METHODS:Male Sprague Dawley rats (140-260 g) were...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sagar DR,Ashraf S,Xu L,Burston JJ,Menhinick MR,Poulter CL,Bennett AJ,Walsh DA,Chapman V

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the ability of low-cost low-field dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging (E-MRI) to assess and predict erosive joint damage in the wrist and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:24 previously untreated patients with rheumatoid arthritis with j...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lindegaard HM,Vallø J,Hørslev-Petersen K,Junker P,Østergaard M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is characterised by several unique clinical features that differentiate it from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Attempts to identify immunopathological mechanisms, some shared with psoriasis, that underlie these differences from RA have been most challenging. Recent research studies, however, high...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Veale DJ,Ritchlin C,FitzGerald O

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare the prevalence and pattern of neuropsychiatric (NP) syndromes observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to patients with Primary Sjögren syndrome (PSS) using the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for the 19 NP syndromes seen in SLE. METHODS:A population-based study was conducte...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harboe E,Tjensvoll AB,Maroni S,Gøransson LG,Greve OJ,Beyer MK,Herigstad A,Kvaløy JT,Omdal R

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Compare the radiographic progression of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients treated with infliximab (INF) versus historical controls (Herne cohort, HC) never treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-blockers over 8 years. METHODS:Patients were selected based on the availability of lateral cervical and lumb...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baraliakos X,Haibel H,Listing J,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On exposure to sucrose or neutral polysaccharides, cell cultures from human synovium showed cytoplasmic vacuolation, increased numbers of lysosomes, and ultrastructural changes simulating those described in rheumatoid synovial intima and similarly treated embryonic caritlage and bone. These changes were accompanied by...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marshall JL,Fraser JR,Muirden KD

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicentre study patients with rheumatoid arthritis judged by prevailing criteria to be suitable for synovectomy of the knee or metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints were randomly allocated to one of two groups. One group had the operation, the other was observed without operation from a notional corresponding date. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors：

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 study compared monotherapy with sirukumab, an anti-interleukin-6 cytokine monoclonal antibody, with adalimumab monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Biologic-naïve patients with active RA who were inadequate responders or were i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Taylor PC,Schiff MH,Wang Q,Jiang Y,Zhuang Y,Kurrasch R,Daga S,Rao R,Tak PP,Hsu B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients (22 males and 3 females) are described who had 'unclassifiable' seronegative peripheral arthritis affecting mainly the large joints of the lower limbs with other typical features of spondyloarthropathies such as heel pain, low back pain, and mucosal ulcers. But their disorders could not be diagnos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prakash S,Mehra NK,Bhargava S,Malaviya AN

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the long-term effects of induction therapy with adalimumab (ADA) plus methotrexate (MTX) in comparison with placebo (PBO) plus MTX in DMARD-naïve patients with active early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Patients with active early RA (disease duration of ≤12 months) were randomly assigned ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Detert J,Bastian H,Listing J,Weiß A,Wassenberg S,Liebhaber A,Rockwitz K,Alten R,Krüger K,Rau R,Simon C,Gremmelsbacher E,Braun T,Marsmann B,Höhne-Zimmer V,Egerer K,Buttgereit F,Burmester GR

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:The prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies was evaluated in 70 children with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA), in 25 adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis, in 42 healthy children and in 40 adult controls. Thirty seven (53%) patients with JCA were positive for IgG or IgM anticardiolipin antibodies, or both, and 30...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caporali R,Ravelli A,De Gennaro F,Neirotti G,Montecucco C,Martini A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The circulating levels of hyaluronate were determined in 36 patients with scleroderma and in 36 control subjects matched for age and sex. The mean serum hyaluronate concentration in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (n = 25) was 131 +/- 67 (SD) microgram/l and significantly greater (p less than 0.001) than ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Engström-Laurent A,Feltelius N,Hällgren R,Wasteson A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether methotrexate or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) affect osteophyte formation in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:41 patients with PsA were examined for the presence of osteophytes and erosions at the metacarpophalangeal joints by high-resolution micro-CT imagin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Finzel S,Kraus S,Schmidt S,Hueber A,Rech J,Engelke K,Englbrecht M,Schett G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomic function assessed by tests of cardiovascular reflexes was studied in 25 patients with systemic sclerosis and 10 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon. A comparison was made with 13 normal healthy subjects. Significant abnormalities in the cardiovascular reflexes were found in systemic sclerosis, both in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klimiuk PS,Taylor L,Baker RD,Jayson MI

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of anergy and its relationship to malnutrition was investigated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in controls. A generalised reduction in delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity to 7 recall antigens were found in 104 RA patients compared with 67 controls. No measured of the disease was capable of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Emery P,Panayi G,Symmons D,Brown G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) compared with subjects without RA, with the increased risk driven potentially by inflammation. Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) may modulate the risk and severity of MI. We compared the risk and severity of MI...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Low AS,Symmons DP,Lunt M,Mercer LK,Gale CP,Watson KD,Dixon WG,Hyrich KL,British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register for Rheumatoid Arthritis (BSRBR-RA) and the BSRBR Control Centre Consortium.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The MEFV gene is responsible for familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Several disease associated mutations have been identified. The range of genetic variation in MEFV in Greek patients has not been determined. OBJECTIVE:To describe a method that facilitates the routine screening of the entire coding sequenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ritis K,Giaglis S,Spathari N,Micheli A,Zonios D,Tzoanopoulos D,Deltas CC,Rafail S,Mean R,Papadopoulos V,Tzioufas AG,Moutsopoulos HM,Kartalis G

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：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 assess productivity costs incurred by rheumatoid arthritis, comprising paid as well as household productivity costs, from a societal perspective, using different methods. METHODS:A questionnaire on productivity, including items of the Health and Labour Questionnaire, was completed by 576 patients with rhe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstappen SM,Boonen A,Verkleij H,Bijlsma JW,Buskens E,Jacobs JW,Utrecht Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and periodontal disease (PD) are characterised by dysregulation of the host inflammatory response, resulting in soft and hard connective tissue destruction. AS has been related to other inflammatory diseases, however, there is a paucity of data on whether AS is associated with infl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pischon N,Pischon T,Gülmez E,Kröger J,Purucker P,Kleber BM,Landau H,Jost-Brinkmann PG,Schlattmann P,Zernicke J,Burmester GR,Bernimoulin JP,Buttgereit F,Detert J

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the value of power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) in combination with routine management in a cohort of patients with very early inflammatory arthritis (IA). METHODS:50 patients with < or =12 weeks of inflammatory symptoms with or without signs had clinical, laboratory and ima...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freeston JE,Wakefield RJ,Conaghan PG,Hensor EM,Stewart SP,Emery P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating immune complexes (CIC) were measured in 4 normal controls and 8 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by a polyethylene glycol precipitation (PEG) method during a 24-hour period. In all the normal controls levels fell during sleep and after drinking 1 pint (568 ml) of milk and rose before gettin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Isenberg DA,Crisp AJ,Morrow WJ,Newham D,Snaith ML

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human osteoarthritic (OA) chondrocytes were previously classified into L (low)- and H (high)-OA according to matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) basal levels and interleukin 1beta (IL1beta) inducibility. In H-OA chondrocytes, the regulatory proteins p130(cas) and nuclear matrix protein 4 (NMP4) acting on th...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fan Z,Tardif G,Hum D,Duval N,Pelletier JP,Martel-Pelletier J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While various monocyte chemokine systems are increased in expression in osteoarthritis (OA), the hierarchy of chemokines and chemokine receptors in mediating monocyte/macrophage recruitment to the OA joint remains poorly defined. Here, we investigated the relative contributions of the CCL2/CCR2 versus CCL5/C...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Raghu H,Lepus CM,Wang Q,Wong HH,Lingampalli N,Oliviero F,Punzi L,Giori NJ,Goodman SB,Chu CR,Sokolove JB,Robinson WH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00