PADI4 polymorphism predisposes male smokers to rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) is the most widely used measure of function in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate individualised forms of the HAQ-DI and thus enhance the incorporation of patients' views in outcome assessment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:HAQ-DI data were...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seror R,Tubach F,Baron G,Guillemin F,Ravaud P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of exacerbations in the disease course was investigated in 110 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were studied prospectively at our institute for lupus research. At the time of disease onset and diagnosis the male patients were much older than the female patients (about 10 years); exace...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Swaak AJ,Nossent JC,Bronsveld W,van Rooyen A,Nieuwenhuys EJ,Theuns L,Smeenk RJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancellous bone from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) has been reported to be undermineralised and that from patients with osteoporosis (OP) is more liable to fracture. Changes in the mineral component might be implicated in these processes. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the thermal stability and the mineral s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mkukuma LD,Imrie CT,Skakle JM,Hukins DW,Aspden RM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:An abnormal CD4+ T cell subset related to inflammation exposure (inflammation-related cells, IRC) has been identified in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases were used to examine the relationship between inflammation and this T cell subset in vivo. METHODS:Bloo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Burgoyne CH,Field SL,Brown AK,Hensor EM,English A,Bingham SL,Verburg R,Fearon U,Lawson CA,Hamlin PJ,Straszynski L,Veale D,Conaghan P,Hull MA,van Laar JM,Tennant A,Emery P,Isaacs JD,Ponchel F

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether MRI assessed inflammation and damage in the wrist of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with patient-reported outcomes (PROs). METHODS:Wrist and hand MRIs of 210 patients with early RA from two investigator-initiated, randomised controlled studies (CIMESTRA/OPERA...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Glinatsi D,Baker JF,Hetland ML,Hørslev-Petersen K,Ejbjerg BJ,Stengaard-Pedersen K,Junker P,Ellingsen T,Lindegaard HM,Hansen I,Lottenburger T,Møller JM,Ørnbjerg L,Vestergaard A,Jurik AG,Thomsen HS,Torfing T,Møller-Bisgaa

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of certain solid cancers, in particular lung cancer, compared to the general population. Treatment with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors (TNFi) may further enhance this risk. OBJECTIVES:To compare the risk of solid cancer in patients with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mercer LK,Lunt M,Low AL,Dixon WG,Watson KD,Symmons DP,Hyrich KL,BSRBR Control Centre Consortium.

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether type II collagen (CII) is recognised by oligoclonally expanded synovial T cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 15 RA patients were stimulated with CII in vitro. T cell clones expanded by such stimulation were compared ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sekine T,Kato T,Masuko-Hongo K,Nakamura H,Yoshino S,Nishioka K,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An explant method for the isolation of fibroblasts from adult human tendon is described. Cells were successfully isolated from 22 out of 27 common biceps tendons obtained from cadaveric donors (age range 11-83 years). The fibroblasts could be maintained in culture using standard methods and morphologically resembled t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Chard MD,Wright JK,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1987-05-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the associations between overweight measures in childhood and knee pain, stiffness and dysfunction among adults 25 years later. METHODS:Subjects broadly representative of the Australian population (n=449, aged 31-41 years, female 48%) were selected from the Australian Schools Health and Fitness S...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Antony B,Jones G,Venn A,Cicuttini F,March L,Blizzard L,Dwyer T,Cross M,Ding C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously that the attachment of synovial fibroblasts to laminin (LM)-111 in the presence of transforming growth factor-beta induces significant expression of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3. Here we go on to investigate the regulation of additional MMPs and their specific tissue inhibitors of matrix p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Warstat K,Pap T,Klein G,Gay S,Aicher WK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise and quantify the CD4+ CD25+ T cell population in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to detect the possible influence of treatments and clinical manifestations. METHODS:Characterisation of CD25(low) and CD25(high) CD4+ T cells from healthy controls and from patients with SLE...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Suárez A,López P,Gómez J,Gutiérrez C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal manifestations are seen in systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disorders but are rare in pure polymyositis. CASE REPORT:A 44 year old woman with polymyositis who developed total gut failure requiring treatment with total parenteral nutrition is described. RESULTS:The patient's p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hughes AJ,Ferguson I,Rankin E,Kane K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is described of a patient with scleromyxoedema with features typical of systemic sclerosis. The features were so characteristic that the disease was misdiagnosed as systemic sclerosis. A brief review of the association of the two diseases is given. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verma UN,Singh RR,Misra R,Naik S,Agarwal SS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiological development from normal bone of geodes and subsequent fractures in phalanges of two adjacent fingers is described in a patient with classical rheumatoid arthritis. Presentation was as a septic, discharging focus, but infection was excluded; the pathology is described. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lowthian PJ,Calin A

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) may be an important mediator of insulin resistance. Infliximab is a chimeric monoclonal, high affinity antibody against the soluble and transmembrane TNFalpha, which can reduce markedly the biological activity of circulating and tissue TNFalpha and is used to treat var...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kiortsis DN,Mavridis AK,Vasakos S,Nikas SN,Drosos AA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comprehensive multisystem clinical assessment using the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity score (BVAS) is widely used in therapeutic studies of systemic vasculitis. Extensive use suggested a need to revise the instrument. The previous version of BVAS has been revised, according to usage and reviewed by an exper...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mukhtyar C,Lee R,Brown D,Carruthers D,Dasgupta B,Dubey S,Flossmann O,Hall C,Hollywood J,Jayne D,Jones R,Lanyon P,Muir A,Scott D,Young L,Luqmani RA

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:A 15 year old girl who had pain, oedema of her left hand, and fever of four months' duration is described. Marked demineralisation of her hand was shown by radiography, and increased articular uptake by technetium-99m bone scan. All these changes were indistinguishable from reflex sympathetic dystrophy. After two admi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rodriguez-Moreno J,Ruiz-Martin JM,Mateo-Soria L,Rozadilla A,Roig-Escofet D

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between progression of knee osteoarthritis and progression of osteoarthritis at sites distant from the knee is unclear because of a lack of multisite longitudinal progression data. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between radiological progression of knee osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hassett G,Hart DJ,Doyle DV,March L,Spector TD

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spondyloarthritis is a group of articular disorders sharing a genetic background. Polymorphisms in the IL-1 gene cluster have previously been associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a subset of spondyloarthritis. This study examined the association between several of these polymorphisms and the whole spo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Monnet D,Kadi A,Izac B,Lebrun N,Letourneur F,Zinovieva E,Said-Nahal R,Chiocchia G,Breban M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although TNF-α inhibitors' striking effect on clinical symptoms have revolutionised the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no certain influence on the development of spinal ankylosis and joint destruction has been documented. We wished to investigate whether improved treatment has affected the use of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nystad TW,Furnes O,Havelin LI,Skredderstuen AK,Lie SA,Fevang BT

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of the HS1,2 enhancer polymorphisms as a new candidate marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to define the possible association with autoantibody positivity and clinical outcome. METHODS:Genomic DNA was obtained from two cohorts of patients with RA (100 with early RA (ERA) and 114 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tolusso B,Frezza D,Mattioli C,Fedele AL,Bosello S,Faustini F,Peluso G,Giambra V,Pietrapertosa D,Morelli A,Gremese E,De Santis M,Ferraccioli GF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate changes in the levels of circulating cytokines with a focus on the Th1/Th2 balance during and after pregnancy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Plasma and serum samples of 34 pregnant patients, 19 with RA, ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Østensen M,Förger F,Nelson JL,Schuhmacher A,Hebisch G,Villiger PM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the contribution of red blood cell (RBC) methotrexate polyglutamates (MTX PGs), RBC folate polyglutamates (folate PGs), and a pharmacogenetic index to the clinical status of patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with MTX. METHODS:226 adult patients treated with weekly MTX for more than 3 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dervieux T,Furst D,Lein DO,Capps R,Smith K,Caldwell J,Kremer J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progression of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is partly heritable; knowledge of genetic factors may increase our understanding of the mechanisms underlying joint destruction. The activity of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway influences osteoblast differentiation. Dickkopf-1 (Dkk-1) and sclerostin (So...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Rooy DP,Yeremenko NG,Wilson AG,Knevel R,Lindqvist E,Saxne T,Krabben A,Leijsma MK,Daha NA,Tsonaka S,Zhernakova A,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,Huizinga TW,Toes RE,Baeten DL,Brouwer E,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:FoxO3a is a transcriptional factor implicated in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis. Since rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with apoptosis defects, the expression level, regulation and phosphorylation status of FoxO3a was investigated in blood and synovium from patients with RA. METHODS:In microarray...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Turrel-Davin F,Tournadre A,Pachot A,Arnaud B,Cazalis MA,Mougin B,Miossec P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate coronary atherosclerosis in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and control subjects using coronary CT angiography (CCTA). METHODS:Ninety consecutive patients with PsA (male: 56(62.2%); 50.3±11.1 years) were recruited. 240 controls (male: 137(57.1%); 49.6±10.7 years) without known cardiovasc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shen J,Wong KT,Cheng IT,Shang Q,Li EK,Wong P,Kun EW,Law MY,Yip R,Yim I,Ying S,Li M,Li TK,Wong CK,Zhu TY,Lee JJ,Chang M,Lee AP,Tam LS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00