Mitogen activated protein kinase inhibitors: where are we now and where are we going?

abstract：:Antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus capsid antigen (EBVCA) were examined in 41 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 26 patients with primary sicca syndrome, and 26 healthy subjects of similar age and sex. IgG antibody titres to EBVCA and CMV were similar in all three groups, apart from a tri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Venables PJ,Ross MG,Charles PJ,Melsom RD,Griffiths PD,Maini RN

更新日期：1985-11-01 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：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：:Thermography before and after joint irrigation at arthroscopy showed no significant improvement of inflammation in 14 patients. Subjectively, those with chondrocalcinosis did best. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bird HA,Ring EF

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gut involvement in inflammatory myositis is rare but causes significant morbidity and mortality. CASE REPORT:A case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis and polymyositis occurring in the same patient is described. The interface of visceral and striated muscle involvement is discussed. The pathophysiology of eosi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sofat N,Pitcher M,Price A,El-Jabbour JN,Higgens CS

更新日期：2002-01-01 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:C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5), a chemokine receptor expressed on T cells and macrophages, and its ligands are found in inflamed synovial tissue (ST) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The rationale for testing CCR5 blockade in patients with RA was supported by the effects of a CCR5 antagonist ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Kuijk AW,Vergunst CE,Gerlag DM,Bresnihan B,Gomez-Reino JJ,Rouzier R,Verschueren PC,van der Leij C,Maas M,Kraan MC,Tak PP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study immunological markers and compare these markers with standard measures for the clinical and immunological follow up of vasculitis activity in hepatitis C virus (HCV) associated cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis (CV). METHODS:Serial serum samples from eight patients with newly diagnosed HCV associated CV ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lamprecht P,Moosig F,Gause A,Herlyn K,Csernok E,Hansen H,Gross WL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine concentrations of chondroitin sulphate (CS) and keratan sulphate (KS) epitopes, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and hyaluronan (HA) in knee synovial fluid (SF) from normal subjects and patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), to test whether these variables may be used as marker...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Belcher C,Yaqub R,Fawthrop F,Bayliss M,Doherty M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current management of autoimmunity involves the administration of immunosuppressive drugs coupled to symptomatic and functional interventions such as anti-inflammatory therapies and hormone replacement. Given the chronic nature of autoimmunity, however, the ideal therapeutic strategy would be to reinduce self-tole...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mosanya CH,Isaacs JD

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several inflammatory conditions are associated with an increased risk of lymphoma. The specific features of inflammation that mediate this risk are unknown. There are few studies on whether ankylosing spondylitis increases the risk of lymphoma. Besides inflammation-lymphoma aetiology, information on risk of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Askling J,Klareskog L,Blomqvist P,Fored M,Feltelius N

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the inflammatory response in giant cell arteritis (GCA) by characterising the DNA methylation pattern within the temporal artery microenvironment. METHODS:Twelve patients with non-equivocal histological evidence for GCA and 12 age-matched, sex-matched and ethnicity-matched controls with normal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Coit P,De Lott LB,Nan B,Elner VM,Sawalha AH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study further the temporal clustering of ankylosing enthesopathy (AE) noted originally during a study of the influence of mouse major histocompatibility complex (MHC) H-2 and transgenic HLA-B27 on the frequency of AE. METHODS:The relationship between maternal age at littering and frequency of AE was analy...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Weinreich S,Hoebe B,Ivanyi P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is postulated that the mobile inflamed joint may be subject to cyclical ischaemic reperfusion injury. Xanthine oxidoreductase is an enzyme thought to contribute to oxidative reperfusion injury, and the detection of this activity in human synovium is described. Three normal and five rheumatoid tissues were assayed w...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Allen RE,Outhwaite JM,Morris CJ,Blake DR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform a prospective long term follow up study comparing conventional radiography (CR), ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the detection of bone erosions and synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) finger joints. METHODS:The metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joint...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scheel AK,Hermann KG,Ohrndorf S,Werner C,Schirmer C,Detert J,Bollow M,Hamm B,Müller GA,Burmester GR,Backhaus M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial fluid isolated from 16 patients with rheumatoid arthritis activated luminol dependent chemiluminescence in bloodstream neutrophils, and the maximal activity stimulated varied over a 50-fold range. In contrast, these same fluids only activated a much lower range (two- to threefold) of maximal rates of lucigeni...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nurcombe HL,Bucknall RC,Edwards SW

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular cartilage is avascular. Nutrients are transported to the cells mainly by diffusion from the synovial fluid. Nutrient transport is also sometimes thought to be assisted by movement of fluid in and out of cartilage in response to cyclic loading of the tissue ('pumping'). The influence of pumping on transport o...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Hara BP,Urban JP,Maroudas A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the spontaneous development of synovitis in 'Old English' rabbits concurrent with serum IgM rheumatoid factor. Female rabbits developed lesions at a higher incidence than males (42% compared with 17%) and the pathology was of a more severe nature. In the female rabbits synovitis was associated with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hanglow AC,Welsh CJ,Conn P,Thomas DS,Coombs RR

更新日期：1986-04-01 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:The association between progression of knee osteoarthritis and progression of osteoarthritis at sites distant from the knee is unclear because of a lack of multisite longitudinal progression data. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between radiological progression of knee osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hassett G,Hart DJ,Doyle DV,March L,Spector TD

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small studies have linked α1 antitrypsin (α1AT) deficiency to patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). OBJECTIVE:To test the validity and the mechanism of this association between α1AT and AAV. METHODS:The distribution of α1AT deficiency alleles Z and S was co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morris H,Morgan MD,Wood AM,Smith SW,Ekeowa UI,Herrmann K,Holle JU,Guillevin L,Lomas DA,Perez J,Pusey CD,Salama AD,Stockley R,Wieczorek S,McKnight AJ,Maxwell AP,Miranda E,Williams J,Savage CO,Harper L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of certain solid cancers, in particular lung cancer, compared to the general population. Treatment with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors (TNFi) may further enhance this risk. OBJECTIVES:To compare the risk of solid cancer in patients with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mercer LK,Lunt M,Low AL,Dixon WG,Watson KD,Symmons DP,Hyrich KL,BSRBR Control Centre Consortium.

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise diagnosis and follow up treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) requires objective quantification, which is still lacking. For this purpose, radiological analyses are considered to be the most appropriate method. OBJECTIVE:To develop computer assisted quantification software that is particularly appl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wick M,Peloschek P,Bögl K,Graninger W,Smolen JS,Kainberger F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) is important in mobilising neutrophils from the bone marrow but also has a range of proinflammatory effects. We therefore decided to investigate the role of GCSF in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) vasculitis. METHODS:We measured GCSF levels in the seru...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freeley SJ,Coughlan AM,Popat RJ,Dunn-Walters DK,Robson MG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of a recently described classification of Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 shared epitope alleles with rheumatoid factors (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) production and radiological severity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Patients with RA (n = 962) wer...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mewar D,Marinou I,Coote AL,Moore DJ,Akil M,Smillie D,Dickson MC,Binks MH,Montgomery DS,Wilson AG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical disability is part of the end point measures in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ DI) is often used for this purpose but lacks international uniformity owing to variations in the translated and adapted questionnaires and variatio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zandbelt MM,Welsing PM,van Gestel AM,van Riel PL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the presence of flow by Doppler ultrasound (DUS) in the wrist and finger joints (carpometacarpal 1 (CMC1), metacarpophalangeal (MCP), and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints) of healthy controls. METHODS:Twenty seven healthy volunteers (15 women, 12 men; mean age 45 years, range 18-93) with a t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Terslev L,Torp-Pedersen S,Qvistgaard E,von der Recke P,Bliddal H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative isotype specific enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the distribution of immunoglobulin isotypes and phospholipid specificities of anticardiolipin (anti-CL) antibodies in 40 patients with one or more of the following 'antiphospholipid (anti-PL) antibody associated clinical comp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gharavi AE,Harris EN,Asherson RA,Hughes GR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients with infectious mononucleosis (IM), and blood donors were tested by indirect immunofluorescence for the presence of antikeratin antibody (AKA), antibody to cytoskeletal intermediate filaments of prekeratin or vimentin type (AIFA) and antiperinuclear factor (A...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kataaha PK,Mortazavi-Milani SM,Russell G,Holborow EJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the results of a pilot study using rituximab combined with Peg-interferon (IFN) alpha2b-ribavirin in severe refractory hepatitis C virus (HCV) related mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) vasculitis. METHODS:Sixteen consecutive patients with severe HCV-MC vasculitis that were resistant (n = 11) or relapse...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Saadoun D,Resche-Rigon M,Sene D,Perard L,Karras A,Cacoub P

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00