A rheumatological dilemma: is it possible to modify the course of rheumatoid arthritis? Can we answer the question?

abstract：:Concanavalin-A-induced T-suppressor cell activity was decreased in spleen cell suspensions from Lewis rats with adjuvant arthritis. This decreased activity was evident on day 10 after the induction of the disease, just before the development of the polyarthritic lesions, and persisted during the period of active infla...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Binderup L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To formulate EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis. METHODS:In accordance with EULAR's "standardised operating procedures", the task force pursued an evidence based approach and an approach based on expert opinion. A steering group comprised of 14 rheumatologists representing 10 Europea...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Combe B,Landewe R,Lukas C,Bolosiu HD,Breedveld F,Dougados M,Emery P,Ferraccioli G,Hazes JM,Klareskog L,Machold K,Martin-Mola E,Nielsen H,Silman A,Smolen J,Yazici H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate radiographic features of osteoarthritis (OA) to determine which is more closely associated with knee pain and hence might be used as a radiographic definition of OA in the community. To evaluate joint space width in normal subjects. METHODS:452 subjects from a case-control community study of knee...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lanyon P,O'Reilly S,Jones A,Doherty M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the likelihood of developing inflammatory arthritis (IA) in individuals who screen autoantibody positive (aAb+) in a non-clinical research setting. METHODS:We screened for serum cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP) and rheumatoid factor isotype aAbs in subjects who were at ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bemis EA,Demoruelle MK,Seifert JA,Polinski KJ,Weisman MH,Buckner JH,Gregersen PK,Mikuls TR,ODell JR,Keating RM,Deane KD,Holers VM,Norris JM

更新日期：2021-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a serious multisystem autoimmune disease, mediated by disrupted B cell quiescence and typically treated with glucocorticoids. We studied whether B cells in SLE are regulated by the glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) protein, an endogenous mediator of anti-infla...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones SA,Toh AE,Odobasic D,Oudin MA,Cheng Q,Lee JP,White SJ,Russ BE,Infantino S,Light A,Tarlinton DM,Harris J,Morand EF

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the walking activities of 243 individuals was carried out. The individuals came from four different occupations and had an age range of 17-83 years. The survey carried out in this investigation showed surprisingly little correlation between variables such as age, height, and weight of individuals and their ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seedhom BB,Wallbridge NC

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no agreement as to which variable best mirrors disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and no studies have been performed on the validity of disease activity variables. In this study the validity of 10 commonly used single variables and three composite indices was tested. All patients participated in a ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde DM,van't Hof MA,van Riel PL,van Leeuwen MA,van Rijswijk MH,van de Putte LB

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in the pathogenesis of bilateral erosive sacroiliitis in human tumour necrosis factor transgenic (hTNFtg) mice, an animal model of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Histological sections of the sacroiliac joints from hTNFtg and IL-6(-/-)hTNFtg mice were evaluat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hayer S,Niederreiter B,Nagelreiter I,Smolen J,Redlich K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:227 patients with psoriasis and various forms of arthritis have been kept under review. Psoriasis and inflammatory arthropathy was present in 168 patients, of whom 94 have been followed up for more than 10 years. An arthritis indistinguishable from rheumatoid disease was present in 78%, distal joint arthritis in 16-6%...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Roberts ME,Wright V,Hill AG,Mehra AC

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feverfew, reputed by folklore to be effective in arthritis, has in vitro properties that could be beneficial in the control of inflammatory disease. Forty one female patients with symptomatic rheumatoid arthritis received either dried chopped feverfew (70-86 mg) or placebo capsules once daily for six weeks. Allocation...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pattrick M,Heptinstall S,Doherty M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare ultrasound measurement of median nerve cross-sectional area (CSA) at different anatomical landmarks and to assess the value of power Doppler signals within the median nerve for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS:A prospective study of 135 consecutive patients with suspected CTS und...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dejaco C,Stradner M,Zauner D,Seel W,Simmet NE,Klammer A,Heitzer P,Brickmann K,Gretler J,Fürst-Moazedi FC,Thonhofer R,Husic R,Hermann J,Graninger WB,Quasthoff S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While rheumatoid-factor-producing haemolytic plaque-forming cells (RF--PFC) of the human peripheral blood were easily inhibited by cycloheximide, mouse spleen cells immune to sheep red cells (anti-SRC PFC) were inhibited only after prolonged preincubation in the drug. The RF--PFC were easily inhibited by propranolol, ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore TL,Rose JE,Vaughan JH

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The severity of joint destruction is highly variable between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The majority of its heritability is still unexplained. Several autoimmune diseases share genetic risk variants that may also influence disease progression. We aimed to identify genetic risk factors for the severi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Rooy DP,Zhernakova A,Tsonaka R,Willemze A,Kurreeman BA,Trynka G,van Toorn L,Toes RE,Huizinga TW,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,Gregersen PK,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the contribution of genetic markers to the severity of radiological damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Currently available biomarkers of more severe disease include elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rates or C-reactive protein levels and rheumatoid factor (RF) or anticyclic citrullinated prot...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marinou I,Maxwell JR,Wilson AG

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Selenium is a trace element and an essential part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which protects cells from oxidative damage. Selenium has been shown to have antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and immune altering effects. Serum selenium concentrations in 101 patients with seropositive rheumatoid ar...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Dell JR,Lemley-Gillespie S,Palmer WR,Weaver AL,Moore GF,Klassen LW

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous data have shown that etanercept levels are associated with clinical response in rheumatoid arthritis. However, for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), data regarding this topic are inconclusive. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between etanercept levels and clinical response in patients with AS....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kneepkens EL,Krieckaert CL,van der Kleij D,Nurmohamed MT,van der Horst-Bruinsma IE,Rispens T,Wolbink GJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent observational studies have highlighted the beneficial role of dairy ingestion in gout prevention. The aims of this study were to determine the acute effects of milk ingestion on serum urate concentrations and examine the mechanisms of these effects. METHODS:This was a short-term randomised controlled...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dalbeth N,Wong S,Gamble GD,Horne A,Mason B,Pool B,Fairbanks L,McQueen FM,Cornish J,Reid IR,Palmano K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the expression of ICAM1, VCAM1, E-selectin, CD44, and TNF alpha in labial salivary glands of patients with rheumatoid vasculitis. METHODS:Labial salivary glands from six patients with rheumatoid vasculitis before and after treatment, six aged matched rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinical e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Flipo RM,Cardon T,Copin MC,Vandecandelaere M,Duquesnoy B,Janin A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of certolizumab pegol (CZP) on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to interpret these results using number needed to treat (NNT), and associations between PRO responses and longer term outcomes. METHODS:A total of 619 patients with active RA were randomised...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Strand V,Smolen JS,van Vollenhoven RF,Mease P,Burmester GR,Hiepe F,Khanna D,Nikaï E,Coteur G,Schiff M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucopenia appears to be a more frequent complication of sulphasalazine treatment in rheumatoid arthritis than in inflammatory bowel disease and poses a management problem. In this study leucopenia was found in 20 patients, 14 of whom were participating in prospective studies (252 patients), giving an incidence of 5.6...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marabani M,Madhok R,Capell HA,Hunter JA

更新日期：1989-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:The 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were developed to improve the identification of individuals for studies of RA. We aimed to summarise the performance of the criteria based on the published literature. METHODS:We performed a systematic literature search to identify all...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Radner H,Neogi T,Smolen JS,Aletaha D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor (MICL, Clec12A) is a C-type lectin receptor (CLR) expressed predominantly by myeloid cells. Previous studies have suggested that MICL is involved in controlling inflammation. OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of this CLR in inflammatory pathology using Clec12A(-/...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Redelinghuys P,Whitehead L,Augello A,Drummond RA,Levesque JM,Vautier S,Reid DM,Kerscher B,Taylor JA,Nigrovic PA,Wright J,Murray GI,Willment JA,Hocking LJ,Fernandes MJ,De Bari C,Mcinnes IB,Brown GD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological therapies directed at proinflammatory cytokines have irrevocably changed the landscape of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune diseases. With the advances in our knowledge in cytokine signalling, the question emerges whether targeting intracellular signalling might also be a safe and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Shea JJ,Kontzias A,Yamaoka K,Tanaka Y,Laurence A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study further the temporal clustering of ankylosing enthesopathy (AE) noted originally during a study of the influence of mouse major histocompatibility complex (MHC) H-2 and transgenic HLA-B27 on the frequency of AE. METHODS:The relationship between maternal age at littering and frequency of AE was analy...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Weinreich S,Hoebe B,Ivanyi P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the synovial membrane of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a strong expression of laminins and matrix degrading proteases was reported. AIM:To investigate the regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in synovial fibroblasts (SFs) of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and RA by attachment to l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoberg M,Rudert M,Pap T,Klein G,Gay S,Aicher WK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prospective randomised trial to compare two different durations of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy for the prevention of relapse in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS:Patients with AAV were recruited 18-24 months after diagnosis if they were in stable ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karras A,Pagnoux C,Haubitz M,Groot K,Puechal X,Tervaert JWC,Segelmark M,Guillevin L,Jayne D,European Vasculitis Society.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety between tocilizumab added to methotrexate and tocilizumab switched from methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:This is a 2-year randomised, controlled study. RA patients with moderate or high disease activity despite methotrexate were random...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kaneko Y,Atsumi T,Tanaka Y,Inoo M,Kobayashi-Haraoka H,Amano K,Miyata M,Murakawa Y,Yasuoka H,Hirata S,Nagasawa H,Tanaka E,Miyasaka N,Yamanaka H,Yamamoto K,Takeuchi T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00