Effects of pravastatin in murine collagen-induced arthritis.

abstract：:This study examines whether or not MBD4 polymorphism is a marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility or severity for Chinese patients in Taiwan. This study included 193 patients with RA, while 190 unrelated healthy individuals living in Central Taiwan served as controls. The relationship between MBD4 polymorp...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Huang CM,Huang PH,Chen CL,Wan L,Tsai CH,Liu SC,Huang WL,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract A 66-year-old woman showing renal dysfunction with elevated serum alkaline phosphatase and anti-SS-A antibody was admitted. A labial salivary gland biopsy showing infiltration of mononuclear cells and positive anti-SS-A antibody with sicca symptoms led to a diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). Fancon...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Nakamura H,Kita J,Kawakami A,Yamasaki S,Ida H,Sakamoto N,Furusu A,Eguchi K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking produces substances that activate proinflammatory, prothrombotic and vasoconstrictive mediators via posttranslational carbamylation of proteins. As a new consequence of carbamylation, induction of anti-carbamylated autoantibodies were observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, sometimes prior to onset of ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Martínez G,Gómez JA,Bang H,Martínez-Gamboa L,Roggenbuck D,Burmester GR,Torres B,Prada D,Feist E

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acromegaly is a chronic endocrinopathy characterized by hypersecretion of growth hormone (GH) and consequently of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). The arthropathy in acromegaly is the most frequent and important cause of morbidity and functional disability in acromegaly. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a rarely repo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Aydın Y,Coşkun H,Kır S,Yazici S,Kudaş Ö,Güngör A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an overall increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal morbidity in patients with most autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD); outcomes are generally improved when the pregnancy is planned and the disease is in control. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to describe the sex...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Skinner-Taylor CM,Perez-Barbosa L,Barriga-Maldonado ES,Cardenas-de la Garza JA,Diaz-Angulo JE,Figueroa-Parra G,Riega-Torres J,Galarza-Delgado DA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare but complex and potentially life-threatening autoimmune disease of childhood. Significant proportions of patients have residual weakness, muscle atrophy, joint contractures, and calcinosis. Recently, new clinical findings, such as lipodystrophy accompanied with increased fat de...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Pavlov-Dolijanovic SR,Vujasinovic Stupar NZ,Gavrilov N,Seric S

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of opioid receptors on peripheral sensory nerve terminals by opioid peptides that are produced and released from immune cells can result in inhibition of inflammatory pain. This study tests the hypothesis that postoperative pain is attenuated endogenously through a local sympathetic neurotransmitter-activat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kager I,Mousa SA,Sieper J,Stein C,Pipam W,Likar R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the profile of Enthesitis Related Arthritis' (ERA) patients, in the era of biologic DMARDs (bDMARDs). This retrospective cohort study included patients with ERA monitored on a 3-month schedule for at least 1 year. Their metric assessment included the disease status and damage by applying the contemporary t...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Deligeorgakis D,Trachana M,Pratsidou-Gertsi P,Dimopoulou D,Haidich AB,Garyfallos A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of an apparent healthy woman who developed recurrent preeclampsia with antiphospholipid antibodies and evolved towards systemic lupus erythematosus during her last pregnancy is presented. The diagnostic dilemma between lupus renal flare and toxemia is discussed. The potential role of immunological alterations...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Queiro R,Weruaga A,Riestra JL

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare systemic vasculitis affecting multiple organs. Current standard treatment includes the use of glucocorticoids and cyclophosphamide. Unfortunately, some patients do not respond to this treatment and other therapeutic options are needed. We present a case of a young male with refract...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Krusche M,Ruffer N,Kötter I

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to further characterize the SKG model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its potential for studying intervention treatments, with special focus on bone targeting therapies. Three individual studies were conducted, using a total of 71 SKG mice, comparing arthritis induction with mannan versus zymosan A, femal...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Keller KK,Lindgaard LM,Wogensen L,Dagnæs-Hansen F,Thomsen JS,Sakaguchi S,Stengaard-Pedersen K,Hauge EM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that defects in the function of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) are important in immune-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Here, we investigated the effects of various disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on Treg function. Tregs and CD4(+)CD25(-) effector...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Oh JS,Kim YG,Lee SG,So MW,Choi SW,Lee CK,Yoo B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique for fine-needle aspiration biopsy from the synovial membrane of arthritis knee joints preceded by lavage of the joint cavity is described. The procedure was atraumatic, well accepted, and could be performed on outpatients. Cells originating from the synovial membrane were obtained in 12 of 17 knees ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Geborek P,Sandberg M,Wollheim FA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin antagonists show impressive analgesic efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis (OA) or fibromyalgia; however, this effect is not well understood. We examined the mechanism of serotonin-induced inflammation and its antagonists in OA. Serotonin receptor subtypes and COX-2 were analysed by RT-PCR from s...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Seidel MF,Fiebich BL,Ulrich-Merzenich G,Candelario-Jalil E,Koch FW,Vetter H

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid ossificans is a rare type of chronic arachnoiditis characterised by the presence of calcification or ossification of the dura and arachnoid. There are a few reports of these findings in relation to various disease entities, but only one case has been reported in relation to ankylosing spondylitis. We describ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Joo KB,Lee S,Kang CN,Kim TH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although exercise is often recommended for managing osteoarthritis (OA), limited evidence-based exercise options are available for older adults with OA. This study compared the effects of Hatha yoga (HY) and aerobic/strengthening exercises (ASE) on knee OA. Randomized controlled trial with three arms design was used: ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Cheung C,Wyman JF,Bronas U,McCarthy T,Rudser K,Mathiason MA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal manifestations of central nervous system in system lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are mainly caused by primary neuropsychiatric SLE (NP-SLE). We reported a new onset SLE patient who had secondary neuropsychiatric manifestations caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encephalitis. Although EBV has an uncertain...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Hongbo C,Hongzhen M,Lingzhi H,Maosheng X,Mei C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis associated with BRAFV600E mutations in more than 50% of cases and presenting with 95% with skeletal lesions. However, cutaneous, pulmonary, large vessels and central nervous system involvement can also occur. We report a case of a 25-year-old wo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Iaremenko O,Petelytska L,Dyadyk O,Negria N,Fedkov D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have inflammatory back pain (IBP) and meet the existing classification criteria for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and spondyloarthritis (SpA). We included 167 patients fulfilling the ACR 1987 revised criteria for RA. Af...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Can G,Solmaz D,Binicier O,Akar S,Birlik M,Soysal O,Akkoc N,Manisali M,Onen F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of the Th17-related cytokines interleukin-17A (IL-17A), IL-21, and IL-23 in spondyloarthritis (SpA) by examining their association with disease activity and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with SpA (n = 80). Furthermore, to investigate the cellular origins of the cyt...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Andersen T,Rasmussen TK,Hvid M,Holm CK,Madsen KJ,Jurik AG,Hokland M,Stengaard-Pedersen K,Schiøttz-Christensen B,Deleuran B

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoglobulin-independent deposition of the complement (C) components C4 and C3 occurs on rat kidney medullary structures, when sera of patients with various inflammatory diseases are studied by indirect immunofluorescence. The diagnostic value of this new test (C4-C3-IFT) for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is stres...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Vaith P,Hänsch GM,Peter HH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissemination of research studies is important for research ideas to be transformed from initial abstracts to full publications. Analyses of the scientific impact and publication record of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Annual meeting have not been previously described. This study determines the publicati...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yacyshyn EA,Soong LC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoride excess primarily effects dental and skeletal tissues. leading to a condition known as endemic fluorosis. The radiological and clinical features of endemic fluorosis vary in different parts of the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and radiological features of endemic fluorosis in Tur...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Savas S,Cetin M,Akdoğan M,Heybeli N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) bring relief of pain and functional disability to patients with end-stage osteoarthritis, and however, the literature on their impact on patients' level of physical activity (PA) is scarce. Cross-sectional study in patients who underwent THA/TKA surgery in...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Meessen JM,Peter WF,Wolterbeek R,Cannegieter SC,Tilbury C,Bénard MR,van der Linden HM,Onstenk R,Tordoir R,Vehmeijer SB,Verdegaal SH,Vermeulen HM,Nelissen RG,Vliet Vlieland TP

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to investigate the effect of activin A on matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) production and to identify the role of activin A in chondroprotection. SW1353 cells, a human chondrosarcoma cell line, were stimulated with interleukin (IL) 1alpha and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, and the concentration...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chang DM,Liu SH,Lee HS,Lai JH,Chen CH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutrophilic granule protein proteinase 3 (PR3) is the preferred target antigen of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) found in the serum of patients with Wegener's granulomatosis, a systemic small-vessel vasculitis. Due to the lack of data concerning the murine homologue of human PR3, we assessed the ne...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Relle M,Thomaidis T,Galle PR,Schwarting A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common diagnosis in children and adolescents with rheumatic disorders. In many children and adolescents, JIA is successfully treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and physiotherapy. However, in a significant number of cases the disease is resistant t...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Niehues T,Horneff G,Michels H,Höck MS,Schuchmann L,Working Groups Pediatric Rheumatology Germany (AGKJR).,Pediatric Rheumatology Austria.

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effectiveness of interactive digital interventions (IDIs) for physical activity (PA) and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in people with Inflammatory Arthritis [rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juveni...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Griffiths AJ,White CM,Thain PK,Bearne LM

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical analysis has been performed of reports published on the incidence of gastro-intestinal (GI) side-effects found in arthritic patients being treated with non-steroid anti-inflammatory (NSAI) drugs. The results show the following: 1. The incidence of GI ulceration (as revealed by gastroscopy) and haemorrhage i...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Rainsford KD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disorder leading to substantial pain and disability. The most severe subtype is erosive hand OA characterized by an abrupt onset, local inflammation, subchondral erosions and worse outcomes than non-erosive disease. Biomarkers of hand OA could help to diagnose th...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lennerová T,Pavelka K,Šenolt L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00