Granulocyte colony stimulating factor exacerbates antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis.

abstract：:Six measurements of joint mobility were made in a group of 446 normal adolescents. A method of measuring hip and knee rotation is presented. All these data are normally distributed, and would suggest that joint hypermobility lies at the end of the normal spectrum. There was a weak but significant correlation between e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fairbank JC,Pynsent PB,Phillips H

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:The recent approval of belimumab for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ended a decade in which there was mounting optimism about the prospect for developing biologically based therapies for SLE. During this same period, steady progress had been made in understanding and applying conventional therapie...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wofsy D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synovial surface in rabbit knees was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to define normal surface contour, cell shape, and interstitial exposure. Comparison was made between specimens excised before immersion fixation (I), fixed in situ by vascular perfusion (V) before excision, or fixed in situ under a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McDonald JN,Levick JR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is described of a 57 year old woman with polyarthritis fulfilling the 1987 revised criteria of the American Rheumatism Association for rheumatoid arthritis, accompanied by clinical carrier state infection of HTLV-I. Anti-HTLV-I IgM antibodies were detected by western blot analysis in her synovial fluid and se...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ijichi S,Matsuda T,Maruyama I,Izumihara T,Kojima K,Niimura T,Maruyama Y,Sonoda S,Yoshida A,Osame M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterise activation of the type I interferon (IFN) pathway in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic scleroderma (SSc) and to evaluate the potential to develop a molecular diagnostic tool from the peripheral bloo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Higgs BW,Liu Z,White B,Zhu W,White WI,Morehouse C,Brohawn P,Kiener PA,Richman L,Fiorentino D,Greenberg SA,Jallal B,Yao Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Compare the radiographic progression of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients treated with infliximab (INF) versus historical controls (Herne cohort, HC) never treated with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-blockers over 8 years. METHODS:Patients were selected based on the availability of lateral cervical and lumb...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baraliakos X,Haibel H,Listing J,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:The serological diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is difficult, with only 7-10% of patients 19S IgM rheumatoid factor positive. About 60-70% of patients are positive for hidden 19S IgM rheumatoid factor, but this test requires serum separation and is not available in most laboratories. Antiperinuclear f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nesher G,Moore TL,Grisanti MW,el-Najdawi E,Osborn TG

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are the most predictive factor for the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Epitope spreading towards more citrullinated epitopes occurs before the onset of RA. Here, the authors investigated whether specific epitope recognition allows the identification of spe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Willemze A,Böhringer S,Knevel R,Levarht EW,Stoeken-Rijsbergen G,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,van der Helm-van Mil AH,Huizinga TW,Toes RE,Trouw LA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous report that C3 activation products are demonstrable in the plasma of subjects with rheumatoid arthritis was reinvestigated using 2-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis. Initially it seemed that results were in agreement, but the occurrence of similar patterns in normal sera and poor reproducibility of results ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shadforth MF,McNaughton DC

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the incremental diagnostic value of spine MRI evaluated separately from and combined with sacroiliac joint (SIJ) MRI in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) compared with SIJ MRI alone. METHODS:The study sample comprised two independent cohorts A/B of 130 consecutive patients aged ≤5...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Weber U,Zubler V,Zhao Z,Lambert RG,Chan SM,Pedersen SJ,Østergaard M,Rufibach K,Maksymowych WP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:IKZF1 and IKZF3 (encoding transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos) are susceptibility loci for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The pharmacology of iberdomide (CC-220), a cereblon (CRBN) modulator targeting Ikaros and Aiolos, was studied in SLE patient cells and in a phase 1 healthy volunteer study. METH...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schafer PH,Ye Y,Wu L,Kosek J,Ringheim G,Yang Z,Liu L,Thomas M,Palmisano M,Chopra R

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the contribution of polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene to ethnic variations in bone mass in mother and children from different ethnic origins. METHODS:VDR genotypes and bone mass in 43 African-American and white women, mean age 38.2 years, and 41 of their children were studied. Al...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nelson DA,Vande Vord PJ,Wooley PH

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prior studies have suggested a potential link between nasal microbes and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA; Wegener's), but these studies relied on culture-dependent methods. This study comprehensively examined the entire community of nasal microbiota (bacteria and fungi) in participants with GPA compare...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rhee RL,Sreih AG,Najem CE,Grayson PC,Zhao C,Bittinger K,Collman RG,Merkel PA

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recently, an American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) collaboration developed new classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic and discriminative ability of these new criteria compared with the 1987 ACR criteria and the ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Britsemmer K,Ursum J,Gerritsen M,van Tuyl LH,van Schaardenburg D

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:There is emerging evidence that the development and progression of osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with inflammation. C reactive protein (CRP), a systemic marker for inflammation, may be elevated in OA patients but the evidence is conflicting. OBJECTIVE:To systematically review the literature for the rela...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jin X,Beguerie JR,Zhang W,Blizzard L,Otahal P,Jones G,Ding C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported an interaction between ever cigarette smoking and the presence of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) genotype and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk. To address the effect of dosage, a case-control study nested within two prospective cohorts to determine the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karlson EW,Chang SC,Cui J,Chibnik LB,Fraser PA,De Vivo I,Costenbader KH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prediction of the postpartum onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Two thousand five hundred and forty seven healthy pregnant subjects were examined prospectively and the relation between serum rheumatoid factors (RF) and postpartum onset of RA was observed. Rheumatoid factors were m...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Iijima T,Tada H,Hidaka Y,Yagoro A,Mitsuda N,Kanzaki T,Murata Y,Amino N

更新日期：1998-08-01 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:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Citrullinated proteins are observed in RA lung tissues; however, the association of specific anticitrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA) with ILD in RA is unknown. METHODS:RA patients underwent mult...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Giles JT,Danoff SK,Sokolove J,Wagner CA,Winchester R,Pappas DA,Siegelman S,Connors G,Robinson WH,Bathon JM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteocalcin is a non-collagenous bone matrix protein which is released into the circulation and can be measured by radioimmunoassay. Recent studies indicate that serum osteocalcin concentrations are a marker of bone formation. Because bone demineralisation is a common finding in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pietschmann P,Machold KP,Wolosczuk W,Smolen JS

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if early MRI measures predict X-ray progression at 1 and 2 years in a large RA trial cohort. DESIGN:This study included 256 methotrexate (MTX)-naïve RA patients from a randomised placebo-controlled trial of golimumab (GO-BEFORE). MRIs of wrist and 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal joints at 0, 12, 24,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baker JF,Ostergaard M,Emery P,Hsia EC,Lu J,Baker DG,Conaghan PG

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of canakinumab to treat patients with colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever (crFMF) during Epoch 4 (weeks 41 to 113) of the CLUSTER study. METHODS:Patients received open-label canakinumab 150 or 300 mg, every 4 or 8 weeks during a 72-week period. We ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ozen S,Ben-Cherit E,Foeldvari I,Amarilyo G,Ozdogan H,Vanderschueren S,Marzan K,Kahlenberg JM,Dekker E,De Benedetti F,Koné-Paut I

更新日期：2020-10-01 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 determine whether the heterogeneous clinical response to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha blocking therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be predicted by TNFalpha expression in the synovium before initiation of treatment. METHODS:Prior to initiation of infliximab treatment, arthroscopic synovial tissue...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wijbrandts CA,Dijkgraaf MG,Kraan MC,Vinkenoog M,Smeets TJ,Dinant H,Vos K,Lems WF,Wolbink GJ,Sijpkens D,Dijkmans BA,Tak PP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00