Morphology of surface synoviocytes in situ at normal and raised joint pressure, studied by scanning electron microscopy.

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：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：:Adenosine deaminase activity was determined in paired samples of serum and synovial fluid taken from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 12), reactive arthritis (n = 13), and osteoarthritis (n = 7), and the value of this investigation in the diagnosis of synovial swellings was assessed. Increased activity was foun...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yuksel H,Akoğlu TF

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the probability of drug continuation in a large cohort of methotrexate treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, the reasons for discontinuation of methotrexate, the overall survival of the members of this cohort, and the causes of death in these patients. METHODS:Yearly follow up was conduct...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alarcón GS,Tracy IC,Strand GM,Singh K,Macaluso M

更新日期：1995-09-01 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 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：:Thirty-three patients with early peripheral synovitis were followed up for two to four years in order to study the relationship between fluctuations in rheumatoid factor (RF) levels and indices of clinical activity. Twenty-eight of these patients developed classical/definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Seventeen patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Withrington RH,Teitsson I,Valdimarsson H,Seifert MH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals were injected intra-articularly with antigen after prior immunization with that antigen in Freund's incomplete adjuvant in order to precipitate immune complexes in the surfaces of menisci, ligaments, and cartilage. On reimmunization with antigen in Freund's complete adjuvant 10 weeks later, generally an arthri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox A,Glynn LE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise optimal screening strategies for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prior to the initiation of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy. METHODS:Patients in 62 German rheumatology centres were evaluated for LTBI. Each patient was screened with a tuberculin skin test (TST) and one form of an int...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kleinert S,Tony HP,Krueger K,Detert J,Mielke F,Rockwitz K,Schwenke R,Burmester GR,Diel R,Feuchtenberger M,Kneitz C

更新日期：2012-11-01 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:(a) To characterise the lipid profile in psoriatic arthritis and investigate whether there are similarities to the dyslipoproteinaemia reported in rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory forms of joint disease; (b) to investigate whether there is an atherogenic lipid profile in psoriatic arthritis, which...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones SM,Harris CP,Lloyd J,Stirling CA,Reckless JP,McHugh NJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies have proved to be extremely valuable additions to conventional treatment for rheumatic diseases. However, despite the general trend towards "humanisation", these drugs remain immunogenic in clinical settings, baffling drug developers. In principle, humanised and fully human monoclonal antibodies ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scott DW,De Groot AS

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Several prediction models for rapid radiological progression (RRP) in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis have been designed to aid rheumatologists in their choice of initial treatment. The association was assessed between RRP and disability and joint damage progression in 8 years. METHODS:Patients from t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van den Broek M,Dirven L,de Vries-Bouwstra JK,Dehpoor AJ,Goekoop-Ruiterman YP,Gerards AH,Kerstens PJ,Huizinga TW,Lems W,Allaart CF

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostaglandin E (PGE) level in the knee joint fluid was determined by radioimmunoassay before and after anti-inflammatory therapy with flurbiprofen in 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 4 patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The level of PGE in RA joint fluids before the anti-inflammatory treatment was 9....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tokunaga M,Ohuchi K,Yoshizawa S,Tsurufuji S,Rikimaru A,Wakamatsu E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) with the plasticity of producing proinflammatory cytokine IL-17 have been demonstrated under normal and pathogenic conditions. However, it remains unclear whether IL-17-producing Tregs lose their suppressive functions because of their plasticity toward Th17 in autoimmunity. The aim ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wang T,Sun X,Zhao J,Zhang J,Zhu H,Li C,Gao N,Jia Y,Xu D,Huang FP,Li N,Lu L,Li ZG

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin) is a marker of activation of vascular endothelium. OBJECTIVE:To examine serum levels of sE-selectin in a cohort of 85 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) followed up for five years. METHODS:sE-selectin levels were assessed annually using an enzyme linked immunosor...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kuuliala A,Eberhardt K,Takala A,Kautiainen H,Repo H,Leirisalo-Repo M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After in vitro incubation with 3H-thymidine, the proliferation of synovial lining cells and fibroblasts was investigated in surgically-removed articular tissue. Under normal conditions, in nonrheumatoid arthritis and in osteoarthrosis, low proliferation rates for both cell types were observed. In rheumatoid arthritis,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mohr W,Beneke G,Mohing W

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the humoral anti-chlamydia antibody response might be related to the ineffective bacterial elimination seen in patients with Chlamydia trachomatis reactive arthritis, particularly in men, who have a higher prevalence of the disease than women. METHODS:The number and specificity of the an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bas S,Scieux C,Vischer TL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association of lifestyle factors with risk of inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer, Norfolk, UK (EPIC-Norfolk) gathered lifestyle data from participants aged 40-79 years from 1993 to 1997. Individuals who s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lahiri M,Luben RN,Morgan C,Bunn DK,Marshall T,Lunt M,Verstappen SM,Symmons DP,Khaw KT,Wareham N,Bruce IN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question 'Does the use of second-line therapy confer long-term benefit on outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis?' remains unanswered. The major obstacle which prevents collection of the necessary data is the lack of a suitable control group. In this report experience with three 'second-line placebo groups' is d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pullar T,Capell HA

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs), which predominate in inflammatory synovial fluid, can degrade cartilage. This was measured by a novel in vitro model; PMNs were incubated for up to one hour with 2 or 3 microns sections of cartilage and the glycosaminoglycan loss determined by microdensitometry after alcian blue st...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore AR,Iwamura H,Larbre JP,Scott DL,Willoughby DA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No consistent relationship between the severity of symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) and radiographic change has been demonstrated. OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between symptoms of knee OA and tibial cartilage volume, whether pain predicts loss of cartilage in knee OA, and whether change in c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wluka AE,Wolfe R,Stuckey S,Cicuttini FM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 60 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with levamisole 35% showed a persistent decrease in neutrophil counts from pre-treatment levels and 6 (10%) develped severe neutropenia of less than 1.0 X 10(9)/1. One of these neutropenic patients recoverd without stopping therapy and the other 5 patients recovered rap...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Williams GT,Johnson SA,Dieppe PA,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that pustulosis palmaris et plantaris and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are two distinct diseases, and that the associated dermatoses are therefore also distinct diseases. METHODS:We prospectively performed clinical, radiological, biological, and bone scan investigations in 23 outpatients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mejjad O,Daragon A,Louvel JP,Da Silva LF,Thomine E,Lauret P,Le Loët X

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is diagnosed based on phenotypic characteristics. The 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria were derived with the aim of classifying RA earlier in the disease course than the 1987 ACR criteria. When reviewing thus far published validation studies, it is clear that the 2010 criteria can be fulfilled earlier...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Helm-van Mil AH,Huizinga TW

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) was measured in the sera of 48 rheumatoid patients and of 48 age and sex-matched normal controls by the Rose-Waaler and latex agglutination tests, a rate nephelometer, and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Good correlation was obtained between all assays. The rate nephelometer as...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bampton JL,Cawston TE,Kyle MV,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the value of power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) in combination with routine management in a cohort of patients with very early inflammatory arthritis (IA). METHODS:50 patients with < or =12 weeks of inflammatory symptoms with or without signs had clinical, laboratory and ima...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freeston JE,Wakefield RJ,Conaghan PG,Hensor EM,Stewart SP,Emery P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the influences of radiographic severity, quadriceps strength, knee pain, age, and gender on functional ability in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. METHODS:Equal numbers of knee pain positive and negative respondents to a survey of registrants aged more than 55 years at a general practic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McAlindon TE,Cooper C,Kirwan JR,Dieppe PA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00