The MHC2TA -168A/G polymorphism and risk for rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis of 6861 patients and 9270 controls reveals no evidence for association.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the production of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), collagenase (MMP-1), and its natural inhibitor, the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) by diseased human tendon samples in organ culture. METHODS:Portions of tendons were excised from the shoulders of patients undergoing shoulder...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dalton S,Cawston TE,Riley GP,Bayley IJ,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe granuloma annulare (GA) skin lesion development in patients during anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. METHODS:199 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 127 suffering from spondyloarthropathies treated with anti-TNF antagonists were analysed to identify skin lesions suggesting GA. RESULT...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Voulgari PV,Markatseli TE,Exarchou SA,Zioga A,Drosos AA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), vasculitis, and aortic valve incompetence of the histologically nonspecific type is described. Valve replacement was undertaken, and an excellent haemodynamic result was achieved. Both arthritis and vasculitis subsequently remitted. Valve replacement can be successfully perfor...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Liew M,Wilson D,Horton D,Fleming A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify predictors of clinical remission as well as of no x-ray progression in a cohort of early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) treated with a tight-control protocol. METHODS:A total of 121 consecutive patients with ERA were treated to reach European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and/or American College...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bosello S,Fedele AL,Peluso G,Gremese E,Tolusso B,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs), which predominate in inflammatory synovial fluid, can degrade cartilage. This was measured by a novel in vitro model; PMNs were incubated for up to one hour with 2 or 3 microns sections of cartilage and the glycosaminoglycan loss determined by microdensitometry after alcian blue st...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore AR,Iwamura H,Larbre JP,Scott DL,Willoughby DA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two animal models were used to investigate the mode of action of levamisole and thymopoietin. Neither compound influenced the subcutaneous carrageenan air pouch. While thymopoietin inhibited the formation of cotton pellet granulomas, levamisole enhanced it. This supports the conclusions of clinical studies reported el...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Thrower PA,Sedgwick AD,Smith ER,Willoughby DA,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence and consultation rate of lower extremity complaints in general practice. METHODS:Data were obtained from the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice, in which 195 general practitioners (GPs) in 104 practices recorded all contacts with patients during 12 consecutive months i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Waal JM,Bot SD,Terwee CB,van der Windt DA,Schellevis FG,Bouter LM,Dekker J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 29 524 hospitalised medical patients monitored in a drug surveillance programme 1835 (6.2%) received the xanthine oxidase inhibitor allopurinol. After the exclusion of skin reactions adverse effects were attributed to this drug in 33 (1.8%) patients, the most frequent being haematological abnormalities (11 patients...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McInnes GT,Lawson DH,Jick H

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The threshold for disease activity required to start antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy has been arbitrarily set in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) at Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) ≥ 4. How this relates to spinal inflammation is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To systema...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kiltz U,Baraliakos X,Karakostas P,Igelmann M,Kalthoff L,Klink C,Krause D,Schmitz-Bortz E,Flörecke M,Bollow M,Braun J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1978 a survey was carried out on 34 036 people in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, in an epidemiological study of hyperuricaemia; 15 713 males and 18 324 females were examined by means of our health examination car. The subjects of the survey were all volunteers. The results have shown that the serum uric acid (SUA) l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Akizuki S

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the association between chondrocalcinosis and osteoarthritis (OA) of the hands and knees in an unselected elderly rural population. METHODS:A community based cross sectional study was performed in individuals randomly selected from a previous epidemiological survey on the prevalence of chondrocal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sanmarti R,Kanterewicz E,Pladevall M,Pañella D,Tarradellas JB,Gomez JM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:MRI scoring systems for hand osteoarthritis (HOA) are currently not available. The present work proposes the Oslo HOA MRI (OHOA-MRI) score and examines the intrareader and inter-reader reliability. METHODS:Relevant HOA features were included in the initial version of the OHOA-MRI score after literature revi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugen IK,Lillegraven S,Slatkowsky-Christensen B,Haavardsholm EA,Sesseng S,Kvien TK,van der Heijde D,Bøyesen P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present and analyse the literature sources regarding the management of Behçet disease (BD) identified during the systematic literature research, which formed the basis for the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) evidence-based recommendations for the management of BD. METHODS:Problem areas and rel...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hatemi G,Silman A,Bang D,Bodaghi B,Chamberlain AM,Gul A,Houman MH,Kötter I,Olivieri I,Salvarani C,Sfikakis PP,Siva A,Stanford MR,Stübiger N,Yurdakul S,Yazici H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNF-i) plus methotrexate (MTX), but not MTX monotherapy alone, inhibits joint damage progression even at higher levels of disease activity. Such disassociation of disease activity and structural damage has not been shown for biological agents other than TNF-i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Avila JC,Aletaha D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the hypothesis that synovial fluid (SF) from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) may contain calcium phosphate crystals that are either too small, or too few in number to be identified by conventional light microscopy techniques. METHODS:Twelve SF from 11 patients with established knee OA, five...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Swan A,Chapman B,Heap P,Seward H,Dieppe P

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) with the plasticity of producing proinflammatory cytokine IL-17 have been demonstrated under normal and pathogenic conditions. However, it remains unclear whether IL-17-producing Tregs lose their suppressive functions because of their plasticity toward Th17 in autoimmunity. The aim ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wang T,Sun X,Zhao J,Zhang J,Zhu H,Li C,Gao N,Jia Y,Xu D,Huang FP,Li N,Lu L,Li ZG

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:The circulating levels of sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid) and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) were measured in 69 patients with spinal disorders of orthopaedic interest (ankylosing spondylitis 17, osteofluorosis 6, idiopathic backache 10, osteoarthrosis 16, osteoporosis 20). The serum GAG levels showed no statisticall...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Susheela AK,Das TK,Khurana JS,Jayaswal A,Dave PK

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure interleukin (IL)18 serum concentrations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) undergoing infliximab treatment (tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha blockade) and to evaluate the concomitant modification of IL12 and IL13 serum concentrations, two cytokines belonging to the Th1 and Th2 profile res...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pittoni V,Bombardieri M,Spinelli FR,Scrivo R,Alessandri C,Conti F,Spadaro A,Valesini G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To further explore deiodinase iodothyronine type 2 (DIO2) as a therapeutic target in osteoarthritis (OA) by studying the effects of forced mechanical loading on in vivo joint cartilage tissue homeostasis and the modulating effect herein of Dio2 deficiency. METHODS:Wild-type and C57BL/6-Dio2(-/-) -mice were s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bomer N,Cornelis FM,Ramos YF,den Hollander W,Storms L,van der Breggen R,Lakenberg N,Slagboom PE,Meulenbelt I,Lories RJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous production of the interferon induced enzyme 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase (2',5'-A synthetase) was significantly greater in blood lymphocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Behçet's syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis than in control lymphocytes. Alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) induced ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hylton W,Cayley J,Dore C,Denman AM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prospective randomised trial to compare two different durations of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy for the prevention of relapse in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS:Patients with AAV were recruited 18-24 months after diagnosis if they were in stable ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karras A,Pagnoux C,Haubitz M,Groot K,Puechal X,Tervaert JWC,Segelmark M,Guillevin L,Jayne D,European Vasculitis Society.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure hyaluronic acid (HA) levels, which are raised in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in patients with early RA, and to assess the correlation with clinical and laboratory indices of disease activity and with subsequent radiographic erosive status. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients fulfilling ACR criter...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Majeed M,McQueen F,Yeoman S,McLean L

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes predict disease severity in psoriasis (HLA-Cw6) and rheumatoid arthritis (shared epitope (SE)), but the situation is unclear for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). AIM:To determine the association of the HLA-Cw6 and HLA-DRB1 gene with disease severity in a large UK cohort with Ps...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ho PY,Barton A,Worthington J,Thomson W,Silman AJ,Bruce IN

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Human extensor tendons of the hand were pulled to rupture, and the torn ends, when observed in the scanning electron microscope, appeared to be knotted, possibly owing to the denaturation of the collagen. This confirmed by fluorimetry assays of both the ruptured ends and the middle unbroken sections of the same tendon...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Minns RJ,Steven FS

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Progranulin (PGRN) was previously isolated as an osteoarthritis (OA)-associated growth factor. Additionally, PGRN was found to play a therapeutic role in inflammatory arthritis mice models through antagonising tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α). This study was aimed at investigating the role of PGRN in degradat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Zhao YP,Liu B,Tian QY,Wei JL,Richbourgh B,Liu CJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a comparative study of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and immune complexes in the serum of 43 patients with systemic sclerosis (SS) ANA were detected by indirect immunofluorescence on Hep 2 cells and/or double immunodiffusion in 90% of patients, while immune complex assays were positive in 32% of patients. The immune...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： French MA,Harrison G,Penning CA,Cunningham J,Hughes P,Rowell NR

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the efficacy and safety of peficitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:In this double-blind phase III study, patients with RA and an inadequate response to prior disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were randomised to peficitinib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tanaka Y,Takeuchi T,Tanaka S,Kawakami A,Iwasaki M,Song YW,Chen YH,Wei JC,Lee SH,Rokuda M,Izutsu H,Ushijima S,Kaneko Y,Akazawa R,Shiomi T,Yamada E

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00