Raised serum hyaluronate levels in scleroderma: an effect of growth factor induced activation of connective tissue cells?

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the similarities and discrepancies between the official rheumatology specialty training programmes across Europe. METHODS:A steering committee defined the main aspects of training to be assessed. In 2013, the rheumatology official training programmes were reviewed for each of the European League ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sivera F,Ramiro S,Cikes N,Dougados M,Gossec L,Kvien TK,Lundberg IE,Mandl P,Moorthy A,Panchal S,da Silva JA,Bijlsma JW,Working Group on Training in Rheumatology across Europe.

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Physical function in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has reversible and irreversible components, and is typically assessed by the Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ). Since irreversible components are expected to increase with longer duration of RA and reduce the ability for improvement in physi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aletaha D,Strand V,Smolen JS,Ward MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous infection of C3H mice with viable Mycoplasma pulmonis organisms protected them from arthritis induced by intravenous inoculation of these organisms, whether or not their initial arthritis had resolved at the time of challenge. Although spleen cells obtained from such animals conferred resistance to acute ar...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Taylor G,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe presentation and outcome of patients with scleroderma renal crisis (SRC). METHODS:SRC was defined as rapidly progressive oliguric renal insufficiency and/or rapidly progressive arterial hypertension occurring during the course of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Chronic dialysis-free survival was analy...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Teixeira L,Mouthon L,Mahr A,Berezné A,Agard C,Mehrenberger M,Noël LH,Trolliet P,Frances C,Cabane J,Guillevin L,Group Français de Recherche sur le Sclérodermie (GFRS).

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess productivity costs incurred by rheumatoid arthritis, comprising paid as well as household productivity costs, from a societal perspective, using different methods. METHODS:A questionnaire on productivity, including items of the Health and Labour Questionnaire, was completed by 576 patients with rhe...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verstappen SM,Boonen A,Verkleij H,Bijlsma JW,Buskens E,Jacobs JW,Utrecht Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether mild variation in acetabular depth (AD) and shape is a risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. METHODS:The unaffected contralateral hip of patients with unilateral hip OA was compared with hips of asymptomatic controls without hip OA, derived from the Nottingham Genetics Osteoart...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McWilliams DF,Doherty SA,Jenkins WD,Maciewicz RA,Muir KR,Zhang W,Doherty M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the use of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha inhibitors in refractory dermatomyositis and polymyositis in an academic centre. METHODS:A retrospective study of eight patients with dermatomyositis or polymyositis refractory to corticosteroids and immunosuppressives who were treated with TNF inhib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Efthimiou P,Schwartzman S,Kagen LJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus was first diagnosed after she had developed the Budd-Chiari syndrome. We believe that the Budd-Chiari syndrome was part of her tendency for thrombosis, induced by the presence of a lupus anticoagulant. The association between enhanced thrombosis and the lupus anticoagulant i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Averbuch M,Levo Y

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of golimumab over 104 weeks in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis. METHODS:At baseline, patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (n=356) were randomly assigned (1:1.8:1.8) to subcutaneous injections of placebo (group 1), golimumab 50 mg (group 2) or golimumab 100...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Braun J,Deodhar A,Inman RD,van der Heijde D,Mack M,Xu S,Hsu B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular damage is a key pathological process in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and accounts for significant disease-related morbidity. To determine the clinical burden of severe digital vasculopathy (SDV), we have reviewed hospital-based treatment for this important complication of SSc in a large single centre co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nihtyanova SI,Brough GM,Black CM,Denton CP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In osteoarthritis (OA), adult articular chondrocytes undergo phenotypic modulation in response to alterations in the environment owing to mechanical injury and inflammation. These processes not only stimulate the production of enzymes that degrade the cartilage matrix but also inhibit repair. With the use of in vitro ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goldring MB,Otero M,Tsuchimochi K,Ijiri K,Li Y

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether rheumatoid factors (RFs), measured as continuous variables by time resolved fluoroimmunoassay, reflect disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Further, to study the association of RFs and other disease activity parameters with radiological joint damage, especially in individual pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knijff-Dutmer E,Drossaers-Bakker W,Verhoeven A,van der Sluijs Veer G,Boers M,van der Linden S,van de Laar M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who subsequently developed thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. In each case the coexistence of these two conditions was confirmed by pathological findings. Both patients responded to treatment, but one eventually died. A review of the literature suggests a poss...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fox DA,Faix JD,Coblyn J,Fraser P,Smith B,Weinblatt ME

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the results of a pilot study using rituximab combined with Peg-interferon (IFN) alpha2b-ribavirin in severe refractory hepatitis C virus (HCV) related mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) vasculitis. METHODS:Sixteen consecutive patients with severe HCV-MC vasculitis that were resistant (n = 11) or relapse...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Saadoun D,Resche-Rigon M,Sene D,Perard L,Karras A,Cacoub P

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population mean changes from clinical trials are difficult to apply to individuals in clinical practice. Responder analysis may be better, but needs validating for level of response and treatment duration. METHODS:The numbers of patients with pain relief over baseline (> or =15%, > or =30%, > or =50%, > or ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Moore RA,Moore OA,Derry S,Peloso PM,Gammaitoni AR,Wang H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62 year old woman taking L-tryptophan developed eosinophilic fasciitis shortly after starting an exercise class. She received prednisone without benefit but improved after azathioprine treatment was started and L-tryptophan was discontinued. As products containing L-tryptophan have recently been implicated in develo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hamilton ME

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate concentrations of the platelet activation markers beta thromboglobulin (BTG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from patients with systemic sclerosis with and without scleroderma interstitial lung disease (SLD). METHODS:BTG and PF-4 were measured by enzyme immunoas...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kowal-Bielecka O,Kowal K,Lewszuk A,Bodzenta-Lukaszyk A,Walecki J,Sierakowski S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In salivary glands from patients with Sjögren syndrome, overexpression of laminins 1 and 5 and disorganisation of the acinar basal lamina have been reported. Laminin 5 mediates association of the basal lamina with epithelial cells by forming adhesion complexes upon interaction with alpha6beta4 integrin. In t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Velozo J,Aguilera S,Alliende C,Ewert P,Molina C,Pérez P,Leyton L,Quest A,Brito M,González S,Leyton C,Hermoso M,Romo R,González MJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

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：:This review assesses the risk assessment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and how non-invasive imaging modalities may improve risk stratification in future. RA is common and patients are at greater risk of CVD than the general population. Cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification is recommend...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fent GJ,Greenwood JP,Plein S,Buch MH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the clinical importance of the anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) autoantibody in patients with myositis. METHODS:Retrospective systematic assessment of the clinical, laboratory and histological characteristics of 23 anti-SRP-positive patients from six European centres. Data were compared wi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hengstman GJ,ter Laak HJ,Vree Egberts WT,Lundberg IE,Moutsopoulos HM,Vencovsky J,Doria A,Mosca M,van Venrooij WJ,van Engelen BG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of infliximab and corticosteroid treatment on the lipid profile in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Infliximab infusions were given at weeks 0, 2, 6 and then every 8 weeks. Before each infusion, disease activity parameters (Disease Activity Index 28-Joint Score ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peters MJ,Vis M,van Halm VP,Wolbink GJ,Voskuyl AE,Lems WF,Dijkmans BA,Twisk JW,de Koning MH,van de Stadt RJ,Nurmohamed MT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A putative retravirus was isolated from a cell culture derived by fusion of mink and dog cell lines with cultured placental cells from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. The virus was detected by reverse transcriptase assay of supernatant medium after prolonged subculturing. Its characterisation, including s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Phillips PE,Sellers SA,Cotronei SL

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Leflunomide is known to be embryotoxic and teratogenic in rodents. However, there is less evidence in humans. We quantified the risk of major congenital malformation (MCM), prematurity, low birth weight (LBW) and spontaneous abortion associated with leflunomide exposure during pregnancy in humans. METHODS:F...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bérard A,Zhao JP,Shui I,Colilla S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pooled golimumab safety up to year 3 of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) trials. METHODS:Golimumab 50 and 100 mg, administered subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks (q4wk), were assessed in patients with active RA (methotrexate-naïve, methotrexate-exp...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kay J,Fleischmann R,Keystone E,Hsia EC,Hsu B,Mack M,Goldstein N,Braun J,Kavanaugh A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cartilage-pannus junction has been studied in multiple sections from 23 rheumatoid joints. Changes suggesting a metaplastic reaction of the articular cartilage, termed transitional fibroblastic zone, were commonly found in hips and knees, but were rarely present in metatarsophalangeal joints, in which an invasive ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Allard SA,Muirden KD,Maini RN

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response against two herpesviruses has been determined in sera and matched synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compared with that of a healthy control population. The increased level of antibody to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) induced antigens in patients with RA resembles the antibod...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Musiani M,Zerbini M,Ferri S,Plazzi M,Gentilomi G,La Placa M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and effectiveness of imatinib mesylate in the treatment of diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc). METHODS:In this phase IIa, open-label, single-arm clinical trial, 30 patients with dcSSc were treated with imatinib 400 mg daily. Patients were monitored monthly for safety assessment...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Spiera RF,Gordon JK,Mersten JN,Magro CM,Mehta M,Wildman HF,Kloiber S,Kirou KA,Lyman S,Crow MK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if the presence of low percentages of CD8 positive cells or high levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) define a subgroup of patients with more severe polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis (PMR/GCA). METHODS:38 PMR/GCA patients were followed up prospectively. Serum levels ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salvarani C,Boiardi L,Macchioni P,Rossi F,Tartoni P,Casadei Maldini M,Mancini R,Beltrandi E,Portioli I

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00