Activation of the neutrophil myeloperoxidase-H2O2 system by synovial fluid isolated from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the genetic influence of PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms of oestrogen receptor alpha (ORalpha) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Korea. METHODS:Genomic DNA from 268 female controls and 137 female SLE patients (41 childhood onset and 96 adult onset) were analysed using PvuII and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lee YJ,Shin KS,Kang SW,Lee CK,Yoo B,Cha HS,Koh EM,Yoon SJ,Lee J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone erosion is a common manifestation of chronic tophaceous gout. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals on osteoblast viability and function. METHODS:The MTT assay and flow cytometry were used to assess osteoblast cell viability in the MC3T3-E1 and ST2 osteob...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chhana A,Callon KE,Pool B,Naot D,Watson M,Gamble GD,McQueen FM,Cornish J,Dalbeth N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To clarify the effect of pressure on the expressions of proteoglycan core protein and metabolism related cytokines in a chondrocyte-like cell line, HCS-2/8. METHODS:HCS-2/8 cells were exposed to 1, 5, 10, or 50 MPa of hydrostatic pressure (HP) for two hours, and mRNA expressions of interleukin 6 (IL6) and t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Takahashi K,Kubo T,Arai Y,Kitajima I,Takigawa M,Imanishi J,Hirasawa Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:Two patients with sickle cell disease presented with joint pain and early x-ray evidence of articular cartilage loss. Both later developed increasingly destructive arthritis with chronic synovitis identified in synovial biopsies. One patient developed demonstrable aseptic necrosis. Destructive arthropathy is much less...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schumacher HR,Dorwart BB,Bond J,Alavi A,Miller W

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess associations between joint-specific hand symptoms and self-reported and performance-based functional status. METHODS:Participants were from the population-based Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Symptoms in the distal interphalangeal (DIP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP), first carpometacarpa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Elliott AL,Kraus VB,Fang F,Renner JB,Schwartz TA,Salazar A,Huguenin T,Hochberg MC,Helmick CG,Jordan JM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin E (PGE) level in the knee joint fluid was determined by radioimmunoassay before and after anti-inflammatory therapy with flurbiprofen in 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 4 patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The level of PGE in RA joint fluids before the anti-inflammatory treatment was 9....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tokunaga M,Ohuchi K,Yoshizawa S,Tsurufuji S,Rikimaru A,Wakamatsu E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate changes in bone mineral density (BMD) in the hands, hip and spine after 1 and 2 years of follow-up, in relation to antirheumatic and antiresorptive therapies and disease and demographic variables in patients with recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Changes in BMD measured in metacarp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Güler-Yüksel M,Allaart CF,Goekoop-Ruiterman YP,de Vries-Bouwstra JK,van Groenendael JH,Mallée C,de Bois MH,Breedveld FC,Dijkmans BA,Lems WF

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:While gout is associated with cardiovascular (CV)-metabolic comorbidities and their sequelae, the antioxidant effects of uric acid may have neuroprotective benefits. We evaluated the potential impact of incident gout on the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a general population context. METHODS:...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lu N,Dubreuil M,Zhang Y,Neogi T,Rai SK,Ascherio A,Hernán MA,Choi HK

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of smoking on cartilage loss and pain at the knee in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS:159 men with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who participated in a 30-month, prospective, natural history study of knee osteoarthritis were examined. The more symptomatic knee was imaged ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amin S,Niu J,Guermazi A,Grigoryan M,Hunter DJ,Clancy M,LaValley MP,Genant HK,Felson DT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the elastic properties of the ascending aorta in untreated patients with giant cell arteritis compared with age and sex matched normal controls. METHODS:Distensibility of the ascending aorta and aortic strain were measured in 22 patients with a recent diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (documen...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Margos PN,Moyssakis IE,Tzioufas AG,Zintzaras E,Moutsopoulos HM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether abnormalities in the function of the autonomic nervous system are associated with oral and ocular dryness in rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:Pupillography was done using an infrared light reflection method (IRIS) to measure both parasympathetic function (constriction latency and the latenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barendregt PJ,van der Heijde GL,Breedveld FC,Markusse HM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) fibroblasts remain activated even in the absence of exogenous stimuli. Epigenetic alterations are thought to play a role for this endogenous activation. Trimethylation of histone H3 on lysine 27 (H3K27me3) is regulated by Jumonji domain-containing protein 3 (JMJD3) and ubiquitously t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bergmann C,Brandt A,Merlevede B,Hallenberger L,Dees C,Wohlfahrt T,Pötter S,Zhang Y,Chen CW,Mallano T,Liang R,Kagwiria R,Kreuter A,Pantelaki I,Bozec A,Abraham D,Rieker R,Ramming A,Distler O,Schett G,Distler JHW

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were compared in 241 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There was a positive linear correlation between the 2 measurements with a high degree of variability. Neither age nor duration of RA had a detectable influence. The relationship bet...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Walsh L,Davies P,McConkey B

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine discrepancies in patients' current use and expected future use of the internet for different functions. METHOD:A short questionnaire was developed to assess patients' current use of the internet for three functions: "seeking information", "mutual support", and "care provider contact". This quest...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Lankveld WG,Derks AM,van den Hoogen FH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preliminary clinical criteria based on age, inflammation, and immobility have been proposed to identify which patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should be examined by dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) to diagnose osteoporosis. The three item criteria have not been evaluated in male patients with RA...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugeberg G,Ørstavik RE,Uhlig T,Falch JA,Halse JI,Kvien TK

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify genomic variants in the 19q13 chromosome region associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-B27-positive populations. METHODS:High-throughput genotyping of 1536 haplotype-tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was performed in 249 patients with AS and 302 heal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Díaz-Peña R,Aransay AM,Suárez-Álvarez B,Bruges-Armas J,Rodríguez-Ezpeleta N,Regueiro M,Pimentel-Santos FM,Mulero J,Sánchez A,Collantes E,Queiro R,Ballina J,Alves H,López-Larrea C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(a)To determine the accuracy and reliability of arthroscopic measurements of cartilage lesion diameter in an artificial right knee model; (b) to determine whether the use of a set of variable angle elongated probes improves performance; and (c) to identify other sources of variability. METHODS:Ovoid "lesion...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Oakley SP,Portek I,Szomor Z,Turnbull A,Murrell GA,Kirkham BW,Lassere MN

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Calprotectin is a major leucocyte protein, shown to correlate well with laboratory and clinical assessments in several inflammatory rheumatic diseases, and large concentrations of calprotectin have been found in synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of the present study wa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hammer HB,Odegard S,Fagerhol MK,Landewé R,van der Heijde D,Uhlig T,Mowinckel P,Kvien TK

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare individually tailored, based on trimestrial biological parameter monitoring, to fixed-schedule rituximab reinfusion for remission maintenance of antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAVs). METHODS:Patients with newly diagnosed or relapsing granulomatosis with polyangii...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Charles P,Terrier B,Perrodeau É,Cohen P,Faguer S,Huart A,Hamidou M,Agard C,Bonnotte B,Samson M,Karras A,Jourde-Chiche N,Lifermann F,Gobert P,Hanrotel-Saliou C,Godmer P,Martin-Silva N,Pugnet G,Matignon M,Aumaitre O,

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is reported of a 41 year old white woman who developed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) seven years after primary Sjögren's syndrome and four years after the association of Sjögren's syndrome with Jaccoud's arthritis. The SLE was detected by a benign intracranial hypertension, which is a rare neuro-ophthalm...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chevalier X,de Bandt M,Bourgeois P,Kahn MF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) have demonstrated improved survival for multiple cancers. However, these new drug classes have led to increased immune-related adverse events (IrAE). Rheumatic IrAEs have not b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Belkhir R,Burel SL,Dunogeant L,Marabelle A,Hollebecque A,Besse B,Leary A,Voisin AL,Pontoizeau C,Coutte L,Pertuiset E,Mouterde G,Fain O,Lambotte O,Mariette X

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Four patients with Neisseria meningitidis infection complicated by arthritis are described. Three patients had an acute polyarthritis which responded quickly to antimicrobial therapy. A fourth patient developed a prolonged arthritis which occurred after the initial infection had been successfully treated. Tenosynoviti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kidd BL,Hart HH,Grigor RR

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and other lymphocyte activation markers on peripheral blood and synovial fluid T lymphocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, and Reiter's syndrome were measured and the mean fluorescence intensities of these antigens were ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smith MD,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus exhibit a notable array of defects that probably contribute to the origin and development of the disease. Such abnormalities include an abnormal response to stimulation, aberrant expression of molecules that play key roles in intracellular signalling pathways, al...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Crispín JC,Kyttaris V,Juang YT,Tsokos GC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility of assessing patellofemoral osteoarthritis using the 'skyline' view and to compare its reproducibility with the standard lateral view. METHODS:Fifty patients attending a rheumatology outpatient department with osteoarthritis of the knee had standard radiographs taken of both kne...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones AC,Ledingham J,McAlindon T,Regan M,Hart D,MacMillan PJ,Doherty M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor approved for treatment of multiple myeloma, induces clinically relevant plasma cell (PC) depletion in patients with active, refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Twelve patients received a median of two (range 1-4) 21-day cycles of i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alexander T,Sarfert R,Klotsche J,Kühl AA,Rubbert-Roth A,Lorenz HM,Rech J,Hoyer BF,Cheng Q,Waka A,Taddeo A,Wiesener M,Schett G,Burmester GR,Radbruch A,Hiepe F,Voll RE

更新日期：2015-07-01 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