A novel gene variation of TNFalpha associated with ankylosing spondylitis: a reconfirmed study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the expression of the natural killer (NK) antigen CD56, and T cell receptor delta chain antigen (TCR delta), expressed on the gamma delta T cell subset, in patients with scleroderma, and to correlate levels of expression with clinical characteristics. METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Holcombe RF,Baethge BA,Wolf RE,Betzing KW,Stewart RM

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Naproxen at 10 mg per kg body weight was compared with aspirin at 80 mg per kg body weight in children suffering from juvenile chronic polyarthritis. It was found to be as effective as aspirin, with certainly no more and possibly fewer gastrointestinal side effects. A long-term tolerance study up to 12 months confirme...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moran H,Hanna DB,Ansell BM,Hall M,Engler C

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic systemic inflammation may contribute to accelerated atherosclerosis and increased arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition to lowering cholesterol, statins have immunomodulatory effects which may be especially beneficial in patients with RA who have systemic immune a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Doornum S,McColl G,Wicks IP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sheep red cells coated with rabbit IgG antibody may be used to detect IgM rheumatoid factors either by agglutination or microscopically by the fluorescence of antihuman IgM antibody conjugate bound to rheumatoid factors on the cell surface. By substituting for red cells the plastic surface of a filter disc coated with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lea DJ,Ward DJ

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disabling condition. Attention has tended to focus on the tibiofemoral joint (TFJ). However, there is evidence that the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) is involved in many cases, but its place in the sequence of development and progression of knee OA is unclear. Th...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Duncan R,Peat G,Thomas E,Hay EM,Croft P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In a post-hoc analysis, we aimed to validate the Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) definition as an endpoint in an systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Phase IIb randomised controlled trial (RCT) (MUSE [NCT01438489]) and then utilize LLDAS to discriminate between anifrolumab and placebo. METHODS:Patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morand EF,Trasieva T,Berglind A,Illei GG,Tummala R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral and axial bone mass and fracture incidence were studied in a group of 104 postmenopausal patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients were divided into non-corticosteroid and low dose corticosteroid treated groups after elimination of patients with concomitant disease or therapy which might affect bone...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstraeten A,Dequeker J

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aiming at therapeutic targets has reduced the risk of organ failure in many diseases such as diabetes or hypertension. Such targets have not been defined for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:/st> To develop recommendations for achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes in RA. METHODS:A task force of rheuma...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Aletaha D,Bijlsma JW,Breedveld FC,Boumpas D,Burmester G,Combe B,Cutolo M,de Wit M,Dougados M,Emery P,Gibofsky A,Gomez-Reino JJ,Haraoui B,Kalden J,Keystone EC,Kvien TK,McInnes I,Martin-Mola E,Montecucco C,

更新日期：2010-04-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess and characterise the risk of bladder cancer, and its relation to cyclophosphamide, in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis. METHODS:In the population based, nationwide Swedish Inpatient Register a cohort of 1065 patients with Wegener's granulomatosis, 1969-95, was identified. Through linkage with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knight A,Askling J,Granath F,Sparen P,Ekbom A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven patients with primary or possible Sjögren's syndrome with neurological manifestations were compared immunologically with 21 patients with Sjögren's syndrome with an intact nervous system. Patients with Sjögren's syndrome were divided into seropositive and seronegative subgroups with respect to the occurre...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hietaharju A,Korpela M,Ilonen J,Frey H

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of infliximab on health related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical function in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the IMPACT 2 trial. METHODS:200 patients with PsA unresponsive to conventional treatment were randomised to intravenous infusions of infliximab 5 mg/kg or...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,Antoni C,Krueger GG,Yan S,Bala M,Dooley LT,Beutler A,Guzzo C,Gladman D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop widely accepted international severity score for children and adult patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) that can be easily applied, in research and clinical practice. METHODS:Candidate severity criteria were suggested by several FMF expert physicians. After three rounds of Delphi surv...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Demirkaya E,Acikel C,Hashkes P,Gattorno M,Gul A,Ozdogan H,Turker T,Karadag O,Livneh A,Ben-Chetrit E,Ozen S,FMF Arthritis Vasculitis and Orphan disease Research in pediatric rheumatology (FAVOR).

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor (MICL, Clec12A) is a C-type lectin receptor (CLR) expressed predominantly by myeloid cells. Previous studies have suggested that MICL is involved in controlling inflammation. OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of this CLR in inflammatory pathology using Clec12A(-/...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Redelinghuys P,Whitehead L,Augello A,Drummond RA,Levesque JM,Vautier S,Reid DM,Kerscher B,Taylor JA,Nigrovic PA,Wright J,Murray GI,Willment JA,Hocking LJ,Fernandes MJ,De Bari C,Mcinnes IB,Brown GD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the expression of ICAM1, VCAM1, E-selectin, CD44, and TNF alpha in labial salivary glands of patients with rheumatoid vasculitis. METHODS:Labial salivary glands from six patients with rheumatoid vasculitis before and after treatment, six aged matched rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinical e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Flipo RM,Cardon T,Copin MC,Vandecandelaere M,Duquesnoy B,Janin A

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the safety of intra-articular (IA) autologous tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDC) in patients with inflammatory arthritis and an inflamed knee; to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the approach and to assess potential effects on local and systemic disease activities. METHODS:An unblinded...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bell GM,Anderson AE,Diboll J,Reece R,Eltherington O,Harry RA,Fouweather T,MacDonald C,Chadwick T,McColl E,Dunn J,Dickinson AM,Hilkens CM,Isaacs JD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a 27 year old woman who had mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) associated with chronic active hepatitis and thyroiditis. Although hepatomegaly is sometimes observed in MCTD, only four cases of MCTD and chronic active hepatitis have been described. It is thought that this is the first report...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tomsic M,Ferlan-Marolt V,Kveder T,Hojker S,Rozman B

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluid and cellular phases of inflammatory resonse have been measured using a technique employing subcutaneous implantation of polyurethane foam cubes impregnated with heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Phenylbutazone, azathioprine, aspirin, cyclophosphamide, and prednisolone suppressed fluid response, whereas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Clarke AK,Vernon-Roberts B,Currey HL

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the synovial membrane of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a strong expression of laminins and matrix degrading proteases was reported. AIM:To investigate the regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in synovial fibroblasts (SFs) of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and RA by attachment to l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoberg M,Rudert M,Pap T,Klein G,Gay S,Aicher WK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between baseline serum adipokines levels-leptin, adiponectin and resistin-and long-term progression of hand osteoarthritis (HOA). METHODS:Baseline and 6-year radiographs of 164 patients (mean age 60 years, 81% women) with HOA (defined as a Kellgren and Lawrence score ≥2 in at l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yusuf E,Ioan-Facsinay A,Bijsterbosch J,Klein-Wieringa I,Kwekkeboom J,Slagboom PE,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma DNA has been measured by a new physiochemical approach based on fluorimetric analysis of phenol extracted nucleic acids electrophoresed on polyacrylamide gels. This method is specific for native double-stranded DNA of molecular weight greater than 5 x 10(6). The use of plasma rigorously freed of leucocytes is e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klemp P,Meyers OL,Harley EH

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells in nine patients with Felty's syndrome have been examined. One patient had an increased number and percentage of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with the phenotype CD3+ Leu-7+ CD16+ and showed a clonal rearrangement of the T cell rec...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ahern MJ,Roberts-Thomson PJ,Bradley J,Story C,Seshadri P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gout and classical rheumatoid arthritis rarely coexist. We report a patient with strong evidence for both these diseases. Possible reasons for the negative correlation between these diseases are summarised. One hypothesis suggests inhibition of surface activity of monosodium urate crystals (MSU) by binding of rheumato...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gordon TP,Ahern MJ,Reid C,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dietary fatty acid supplementation on various disease parameters in the spontaneously autoimmune MRL-mp-lpr/lpr mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus before onset of disease were investigated. A fat deficient diet was supplemented with the following oils: olive oil, sunflower oil, evening primrose...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Godfrey DG,Stimson WH,Watson J,Belch JF,Sturrock RD

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) The phagocytosis of human IgG, IgM, and C3 by granulocytes from various rheumatoid and nonrheumatoid sera and synovial fluids (SF) was investigated by direct examination of the patient's leucocytes and indirect testing by incubation of normal donor leucocytes with various sera and SF. (2) In rheumatoid arthritis (...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cats A,Lafeber GJ,Klein F

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the diagnostic value of beta 2 microglobulin in parotid saliva, its concentration in relation to salivary flow was determined in 29 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and in 30 normal controls. The specific secretion rate of beta 2 microglobulin was calculated. METHODS:Parotid saliva samp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Geest SA,Markusse HM,Swaak AJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To see if a group course delivered by rheumatology teams using cognitive-behavioural approaches, plus usual care, reduced RA fatigue impact more than usual care alone. METHODS:Multicentre, 2-year randomised controlled trial in RA adults (fatigue severity>6/10, no recent major medication changes). RAFT (Redu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hewlett S,Almeida C,Ambler N,Blair PS,Choy EH,Dures E,Hammond A,Hollingworth W,Kadir B,Kirwan JR,Plummer Z,Rooke C,Thorn J,Turner N,Pollock J,RAFT Study Group.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent animal studies have revealed critical roles of interleukin (IL)17, which is produced by a newly identified subset of helper T cells, Th17 cells, in the development of autoimmune diseases including arthritis. However, in human rheumatoid arthritis (RA), detailed characteristics and the prevalence of Th...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yamada H,Nakashima Y,Okazaki K,Mawatari T,Fukushi JI,Kaibara N,Hori A,Iwamoto Y,Yoshikai Y

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00