High incidence of disease recurrence after discontinuation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug treatment in patients with psoriatic arthritis in remission.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk of incident myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in a general population context. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study using a UK primary care database containing records from 1986 to 2011. SSc diagnoses, ou...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Man A,Zhu Y,Zhang Y,Dubreuil M,Rho YH,Peloquin C,Simms RW,Choi HK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the expression of the natural killer (NK) antigen CD56, and T cell receptor delta chain antigen (TCR delta), expressed on the gamma delta T cell subset, in patients with scleroderma, and to correlate levels of expression with clinical characteristics. METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Holcombe RF,Baethge BA,Wolf RE,Betzing KW,Stewart RM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To better understand the characteristics of synoviocytes located in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pannus. METHODS:One cell line, termed PSC, was cloned from RA pannus lesions. Phenotypic analysis was done by contrast microscopy, indirect immunostaining, and safranin O staining. Transcription of several proto...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Xue C,Takahashi M,Hasunuma T,Aono H,Yamamoto K,Yoshino S,Sumida T,Nishioka K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the activation of NF-kappaB in the carrageenan rat air pouch model of inflammation in a time course experiment, and the effect of dexamethasone on NF-kappaB activation. METHODS:Air pouch tissue treated with carrageenan (inflamed tissue) was obtained from rats killed at days 1, 2, 3, 6, 14, 21,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ellis L,Gilston V,Soo CC,Morris CJ,Kidd BL,Winyard PG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small studies have linked α1 antitrypsin (α1AT) deficiency to patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). OBJECTIVE:To test the validity and the mechanism of this association between α1AT and AAV. METHODS:The distribution of α1AT deficiency alleles Z and S was co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morris H,Morgan MD,Wood AM,Smith SW,Ekeowa UI,Herrmann K,Holle JU,Guillevin L,Lomas DA,Perez J,Pusey CD,Salama AD,Stockley R,Wieczorek S,McKnight AJ,Maxwell AP,Miranda E,Williams J,Savage CO,Harper L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Wnt16 is implicated in bone fracture and bone mass accrual both in animals and humans. However, its functional roles and molecular mechanism in chondrocyte differentiation and osteoarthritis (OA) pathophysiology remain largely undefined. In this study, we analysed its mechanistic association and functional r...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tong W,Zeng Y,Chow DHK,Yeung W,Xu J,Deng Y,Chen S,Zhao H,Zhang X,Ho KK,Qin L,Mak KK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare levels of disability of people with and without hip and knee arthroplasty in a random national sample. METHODS:In 1999 a screening questionnaire to classify people into groups of increasing probabilities of disability was sent to 417 500 people; response rate 86%. The study population was obtaine...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Boutron I,Poiraudeau S,Ravaud JF,Baron G,Revel M,Nizard R,Dougados M,Ravaud P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular events underlying the pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and psoriasis have not yet been fully elucidated. Nevertheless, some clues to these conditions are beginning to emerge. In particular, a growing body of data supports the role of proinflammatory cytokines, such as tumour necrosis factor (TNF)...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mease PJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chondromalacia patellae is a potentially disabling disorder characterised by features of patellar cartilage degradation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate markers of cartilage and bone turnover in patients with chondromalacia patellae. METHODS:18 patients with chondromalacia patellae were studied. Serum cartilage olig...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Murphy E,FitzGerald O,Saxne T,Bresnihan B

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether methotrexate or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) affect osteophyte formation in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS:41 patients with PsA were examined for the presence of osteophytes and erosions at the metacarpophalangeal joints by high-resolution micro-CT imagin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Finzel S,Kraus S,Schmidt S,Hueber A,Rech J,Engelke K,Englbrecht M,Schett G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatments (given for rheumatological manifestations) in reducing uveitis flares in patients with spondylarthropathy in daily practice. METHODS:A retrospective observational study of all patients with spondylarthropathy with at least one uveitis f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Guignard S,Gossec L,Salliot C,Ruyssen-Witrand A,Luc M,Duclos M,Dougados M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two British secondary schools (one a specialist music school) were surveyed to assess the prevalence of upper limb pain among specialist music students compared with students in a regular school setting. Female students tended to report pain more often than male students, but for both significantly higher prevalence w...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fry HJ,Rowley GL

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the one year period prevalence of falls by age and sex in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the influence of concurrent medical treatment and disability on the occurrence of falls in this group. METHODS:A consecutive series of rheumatoid patients aged 35 years and over, attending hospital ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Armstrong C,Swarbrick CM,Pye SR,O'Neill TW

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gut involvement in inflammatory myositis is rare but causes significant morbidity and mortality. CASE REPORT:A case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis and polymyositis occurring in the same patient is described. The interface of visceral and striated muscle involvement is discussed. The pathophysiology of eosi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sofat N,Pitcher M,Price A,El-Jabbour JN,Higgens CS

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The MEFV gene is responsible for familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Several disease associated mutations have been identified. The range of genetic variation in MEFV in Greek patients has not been determined. OBJECTIVE:To describe a method that facilitates the routine screening of the entire coding sequenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ritis K,Giaglis S,Spathari N,Micheli A,Zonios D,Tzoanopoulos D,Deltas CC,Rafail S,Mean R,Papadopoulos V,Tzioufas AG,Moutsopoulos HM,Kartalis G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid introduction of immunotherapies for cancer-targeting immunological checkpoints has led to a new class of toxicities that appear to be of autoimmune and or autoinflammatory origin. These disorders are now referred to as immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and pose considerable challenges to patient care in ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Calabrese L,Mariette X

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:Volatile short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) in synovial fluid from 80 patients were quantified by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC). Characteristic patterns of volatile SCFA could not be associated with septic, nonseptic inflammatory, or noninflammatory groups. Mean concentrations of pentanoic and hexanoic acids were simila...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Borenstein DG,Gibbs CA,Jacobs RP

更新日期：1983-08-01 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：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：:To understand better a complex disease such as psoriatic arthritis (PsA), collection of a large amount of information on clinical, laboratory, and radiological features is required over an extended period of time. Longitudinal data can be effectively collected and stored in clinical registries and databases. This arti...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gladman DD,Ritchlin C,Helliwell PS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent study from our laboratory showed that induction of the multidrug resistance related drug efflux pump ABCG2 contributed to acquired resistance of human T cells to the disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) sulfasalazine (SSZ). OBJECTIVES:To investigate the duration of SSZ resistance and ABCG2 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijden J,de Jong MC,Dijkmans BA,Lems WF,Oerlemans R,Kathmann I,Scheffer GL,Scheper RJ,Assaraf YG,Jansen G

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence of microalbuminuria, urinary albumin excretion (UAE) between 20-200 micrograms/min, in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients without clinical renal disease, and to discover if this could predict the development of renal disease. METHODS:This study made six monthly measure...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Batlle-Gualda E,Martínez AC,Guerra RA,Pascual E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic systemic inflammation may contribute to accelerated atherosclerosis and increased arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition to lowering cholesterol, statins have immunomodulatory effects which may be especially beneficial in patients with RA who have systemic immune a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Doornum S,McColl G,Wicks IP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, using the method of adjusted indirect comparisons, whether there are differences in efficacy of tumour necrosis factor (TNF alpha) blocking agents, as measured by the rate ratios for American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20, 50, and 70 responses, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with an in...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hochberg MC,Tracy JK,Hawkins-Holt M,Flores RH

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of meloxicam (MXC) and diclofenac (DCF) on the recruitment of leucocytes during acute experimental arthritis. METHODS:Rabbits with antigen-induced arthritis were treated with MXC, DCF, or not treated. After 48 hours, synovial fluid (SF) leucocyte influx and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) lev...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： López-Armada MJ,Sánchez-Pernaute O,Largo R,Diez-Ortego I,Palacios I,Egido J,Herrero-Beaumont G

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies suggest a role of the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) axis in the pathophysiology of primary osteoarthritis (OA). A common polymorphism of the GH receptor (exon 3 deletion, d3-GHR) is associated with increased GH/IGF-1 activity. OBJECTIVE:To study associations betwee...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Claessen KM,Kloppenburg M,Kroon HM,Bijsterbosch J,Pereira AM,Romijn JA,van der Straaten T,Nelissen RG,Hofman A,Uitterlinden AG,Duijnisveld BJ,Lakenberg N,Beekman M,van Meurs JB,Slagboom PE,Biermasz NR,Meulenbelt I

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00