FoxO3a involved in neutrophil and T cell survival is overexpressed in rheumatoid blood and synovial tissue.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review case histories of patients in whom fibrosis played a significant role in the pathogenesis of their disease, and to determine whether intravenous gammaglobulin (IVIg) contributed to the regression of their fibrotic condition. METHODS:Eight patients with excess fibrotic reaction in the course of div...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amital H,Rewald E,Levy Y,Bar-Dayan Y,Manthorpe R,Engervall P,Sherer Y,Langevitz P,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the prevalence and the nature of autonomic neuropathy (AN) in 17 patients with inactive or mild active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:Patients were tested using questionnaires related to possible AN symptoms, and four non invasive cardiovascular autonomic function tests at rest, during lying...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lioté F,Osterland CK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viscosity of plasma (PV) was investigated in 27 outpatients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria. The measurements showed a significantly raised PV in patients with RA (p less than 10(-5)) compared with a control group. There was a pos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Harreby M,Danneskiold-Samsøe B,Kjer J,Lauritzen M

更新日期：1987-08-01 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:To test the hypothesis that high concentrations of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which associate with increased cell synthesis and turnover in cartilage, may act as a marker for structural outcome in knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD:One hundred and thirty five consecutive patients referred to ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Doherty M,Belcher C,Regan M,Jones A,Ledingham J

更新日期：1996-07-01 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 case of pachydermoperiostosis characterised by the presence of finger clubbing, periostosis, sweating of hands and feet is described. Modifications of capillaroscopic pattern and of arteriovenous anastomoses are reported. The periungual border and finger tip tissue showed diffuse endothelial hyperplasia, hyalinosis,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Matucci-Cerinic M,Cinti S,Morroni M,Lotti T,Nuzzaci G,Lucente E,di Lollo S,Ceruso M,Cagnoni M

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：:The first biological therapeutics in rheumatology are approaching patent expiration, encouraging development of 'follow-on' versions, known as 'biosimilars'. Biological agents range from simple replacement hormones to complex monoclonal antibodies and soluble receptors: large, intricate proteins with unique tertiary a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dörner T,Strand V,Castañeda-Hernández G,Ferraccioli G,Isaacs JD,Kvien TK,Martin-Mola E,Mittendorf T,Smolen JS,Burmester GR

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress in RA synovial tissue can cause DNA damage and suppress the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system in cultured synoviocytes. This mechanism includes two enzyme complexes, hMutSalpha (hMSH2/hMSH6) and hMutSbeta (hMSH2/hMSH3). OBJECTIVE:To examine the expression and distribution of MMR enzymes in s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Simelyte E,Boyle DL,Firestein GS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of a switch from oral methotrexate (MTX) to subcutaneous MTX (scMTX) or adding ciclosporin to oral MTX with a simultaneous reduction of the MTX dose, in case of adverse events (AE) or insufficient effect (IE) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:The tight control treatment arm of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bakker MF,Jacobs JW,Welsing PM,van der Werf JH,Linn-Rasker SP,van der Veen MJ,Lafeber FP,Bijlsma JW,Utrecht Arthritis Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower birth weight. Active RA is characterised by high circulating levels of cytokines, which can mediate placental growth and remodelling. OBJECTIVES:To assess the influence of maternal serum cytokine levels on birth weig...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Steenwinkel FD,Hokken-Koelega AC,de Man YA,de Rijke YB,de Ridder MA,Hazes JM,Dolhain RJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:We report two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who subsequently developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. In each case the coexistence of these two conditions was confirmed by pathological findings. Both patients responded to treatment, but one eventually died. A review of the literature suggests a poss...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox DA,Faix JD,Coblyn J,Fraser P,Smith B,Weinblatt ME

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The exact regulation of the synthesis of cartilage specific molecules, such as collagen type II and aggrecan, by articular chondrocytes is unknown, but growth factors and hormones probably play an important part. The effects of glucocorticosteroids (prednisolone and triamcinolone), in combination with insuli...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Kraan PM,Vitters EL,Postma NS,Verbunt J,van den Berg WB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the efficacy and safety of innovator infliximab (INX) and CT-P13, an INX biosimilar, in active rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) treatment. METHODS:Phase III randomised, double-blind, multicentre, multinational, parallel-group study. Patients with active...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yoo DH,Hrycaj P,Miranda P,Ramiterre E,Piotrowski M,Shevchuk S,Kovalenko V,Prodanovic N,Abello-Banfi M,Gutierrez-Ureña S,Morales-Olazabal L,Tee M,Jimenez R,Zamani O,Lee SJ,Kim H,Park W,Müller-Ladner U

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：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：:A family with features of the mucocutaneous ocular syndrome is described. A 4-generation study reveals that the condition has been inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity. Psychiatric symptoms and myalgia have been prominent features peculiar to our patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Berman L,Trappler B,Jenkins T

更新日期：1979-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:While it is now clear that paracetamol is ineffective for spinal pain, there is not consensus on the efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for this condition. We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis to determine the efficacy and safety of NSAIDs for spinal pain. METHODS:We s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Machado GC,Maher CG,Ferreira PH,Day RO,Pinheiro MB,Ferreira ML

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients (22 males and 3 females) are described who had 'unclassifiable' seronegative peripheral arthritis affecting mainly the large joints of the lower limbs with other typical features of spondyloarthropathies such as heel pain, low back pain, and mucosal ulcers. But their disorders could not be diagnos...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Prakash S,Mehra NK,Bhargava S,Malaviya AN

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoarthritis is the most frequent chronic joint disease causing pain and disability. Besides biomechanical mechanisms, the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis may involve inflammation, vascular alterations and dysregulation of lipid metabolism. As statins are able to modulate many of these processes, this study...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Clockaerts S,Van Osch GJ,Bastiaansen-Jenniskens YM,Verhaar JA,Van Glabbeek F,Van Meurs JB,Kerkhof HJ,Hofman A,Stricker BH,Bierma-Zeinstra SM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare inflammation as assessed by ultrasound between patients with the subset erosive hand osteoarthritis (EOA) versus non-EOA. METHODS:Consecutive hand osteoarthritis (HOA) patients (fulfilling ACR criteria) were included. Eighteen interphalangeal joints were scored on radiographs using the Verbruggen-...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kortekaas MC,Kwok WY,Reijnierse M,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Examine whether osteoarthritis (OA) progression can be delayed by halofuginone in anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) rodent models. METHODS:3-month-old male C57BL/6J (wild type; WT) mice and Lewis rats were randomised to sham-operated, ACLT-operated, treated with vehicle, or ACLT-operated, treate...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cui Z,Crane J,Xie H,Jin X,Zhen G,Li C,Xie L,Wang L,Bian Q,Qiu T,Wan M,Xie M,Ding S,Yu B,Cao X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed the impact of tocilizumab (TCZ), a humanised monoclonal anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody, on antibody response following administration of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23). METHODS:A total of 190 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) received PPV23. Patients were c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mori S,Ueki Y,Akeda Y,Hirakata N,Oribe M,Shiohira Y,Hidaka T,Oishi K

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of pain and functional limitation in older adults, yet longer-term studies of medical treatment of OA are limited. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate (CS), alone or in combination, as well as celecoxib and placebo o...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sawitzke AD,Shi H,Finco MF,Dunlop DD,Harris CL,Singer NG,Bradley JD,Silver D,Jackson CG,Lane NE,Oddis CV,Wolfe F,Lisse J,Furst DE,Bingham CO,Reda DJ,Moskowitz RW,Williams HJ,Clegg DO

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare three questions on knee pain with respect to determined prevalence and associations with disability and structural change. METHODS:Postal survey to 4057 men and women aged 40-79 years. Knee pain was defined by three questions: (A) "Have you ever had pain in or around the knee on most days for at l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Reilly SC,Muir KR,Doherty M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00