Examination of complement C3 metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis using 2-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis.

abstract：:A simple method is described which allows sequential monitoring of the endocytic activity of blood and synovial fluid cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients undergoing therapy with levamisole. Evidence of immediate (24 hours) and long-term (5-7 weeks) cellular phagocytic enhancement is presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wynne KM,Dieppe PA,Scott J,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic osteonecrosis occurred in 8 out of 68 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Multiple joints were involved in 3 patients, and weight-bearing joints were most frequently affected. Osteonecrosis tended to occur early in the disease, and the patients had all received corticosteroids. Symptoms tended to o...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Griffiths ID,Maini RN,Scott JT

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients presented with septal fasciitis and panniculitis, associated with clinical and laboratory features which precluded straight-forward classification into eosinophilic fasciitis, localised scleroderma, or lupus erythematosus profundus. Treatment with cimetidine caused the remission of cutaneous manifestati...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Naschitz JE,Yeshurun D,Rosner I,Abrahamson JE,Misselevitch I,Boss JH

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lornoxicam is a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) with a similar pharmacological profile to other oxicams and a potency 10 times greater than piroxicam. A multicentre, randomised, double blind, parallel group study was undertaken to compare the efficacy and tolerance of four weeks' treatment with lorno...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Berry H,Bird HA,Black C,Blake DR,Freeman AM,Golding DN,Hamilton EB,Jayson MI,Kidd B,Kohn H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) are integrated in the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the technical ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Hoovels L,Jacobs J,Vander Cruyssen B,Van den Bremt S,Verschueren P,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse tender and swollen joint counts in three cohorts of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a focus on the proportions of patients who had fewer than 6-12 tender or swollen joints, as possible evidence based information toward more generalisable inclusion criteria for current and future RA cl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pincus T,Sokka T,Chung CP,Cawkwell G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if a new inhibitor, esculetin (EST), can block resorption of cartilage. METHODS:Interleukin 1alpha (IL1alpha, 0.04-5 ng/ml) and oncostatin M (OSM, 0.4-50 ng/ml) were used to stimulate the release of proteoglycan and collagen from bovine nasal cartilage and human articular cartilage in explant cu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Elliott S,Rowan AD,Carrère S,Koshy P,Catterall JB,Cawston TE

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the present work, the frequency of inherited polymorphisms of the beta2 adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) gene and their association with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles was examined. METHODS:An allele-specific polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Malysheva O,Pierer M,Wagner U,Wahle M,Wagner U,Baerwald CG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)mRNA and IGF-I protein was studied in human osteoarthritic and young articular cartilage by in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry. In situ hybridisation showed that relatively low amounts of IGF-I mRNA signal were present in anatomically normal regions of oste...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Middleton JF,Tyler JA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of intravenous pulsed methylprednisolone (MP) on bone mass. METHODS:38 patients (30 women) with various rheumatic disorders requiring intravenous MP pulse treatment were examined at baseline and after 6 months with dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA), measuring hip and lumbar spin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haugeberg G,Griffiths B,Sokoll KB,Emery P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of systemic sclerosis with sympathetic and parasympathetic neuropathy and detail autonomic testing in six further patients. Of these six patients, three showed early parasympathetic damage. None of the patients had evidence of peripheral neuropathy, and there was no correlation between the presence ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sonnex C,Paice E,White AG

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information has been collected on 10 patients, 9 with marrow depression and 1 in whom the diagnosis was presumed. Six of the 10 patients died. The sequentially recorded blood counts on at least 5 of the patients showed a downward trend of the white cell and platelet counts while D-penicillamine was still being adminis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kay AG

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overdiagnosis is a term coined by experts in cancer screening to point to indolent cancers detected by screening that would have never led to manifest health problems. Overdiagnosis leads to unnecessary medical care (overtreatment), anxiety and cost. In rheumatology overdiagnosis and overtreatment are hardly discussed...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Landewé RBM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is a major antiatherogenic function of high density lipoprotein (HDL). In the current work, the authors evaluated whether the RCT capacity of HDL from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is impaired when compared to healthy controls. METHODS:HDL was isolated from 40 patien...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Charles-Schoeman C,Lee YY,Grijalva V,Amjadi S,FitzGerald J,Ranganath VK,Taylor M,McMahon M,Paulus HE,Reddy ST

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk of septic arthritis (SA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. METHODS:Using data from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register, a prospective observational study, the authors compared the risk of SA between 11 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Galloway JB,Hyrich KL,Mercer LK,Dixon WG,Ustianowski AP,Helbert M,Watson KD,Lunt M,Symmons DP,BSR Biologics Register.

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While it is now clear that paracetamol is ineffective for spinal pain, there is not consensus on the efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for this condition. We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis to determine the efficacy and safety of NSAIDs for spinal pain. METHODS:We s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Machado GC,Maher CG,Ferreira PH,Day RO,Pinheiro MB,Ferreira ML

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CTLA-4 is a regulator of co-stimulation and inhibits the activation of T cells through interfering with the interaction of CD80/86 on antigen-presenting cells with CD28 on T cells. CTLA-4 binds to the surface of antigen-presenting cells, such as dendritic cells and monocytes through CD80/86. Monocytes can differentiat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Axmann R,Herman S,Zaiss M,Franz S,Polzer K,Zwerina J,Herrmann M,Smolen J,Schett G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with classical or definite rheumatoid disease (RD) with foot pain and radiologically demonstrated erosions were studied electrodiagnostically to ascertain the frequency of the tarsal tunnel syndrome and peripheral neuropathy. Four patients (13.3%) had evidence of the tarsal tunnel syndrome. The electri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McGuigan L,Burke D,Fleming A

更新日期：1983-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Progression of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is partly heritable; knowledge of genetic factors may increase our understanding of the mechanisms underlying joint destruction. The activity of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway influences osteoblast differentiation. Dickkopf-1 (Dkk-1) and sclerostin (So...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Rooy DP,Yeremenko NG,Wilson AG,Knevel R,Lindqvist E,Saxne T,Krabben A,Leijsma MK,Daha NA,Tsonaka S,Zhernakova A,Houwing-Duistermaat JJ,Huizinga TW,Toes RE,Baeten DL,Brouwer E,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) antagonists (anti-TNFα) are available to treat rheumatoid arthritis. All of these have demonstrated considerable efficacy in placebo controlled trials, but few head-to-head comparisons exist to date. This work's objective is to estimate the relative efficacy among ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schmitz S,Adams R,Walsh CD,Barry M,FitzGerald O

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Two animal models were used to investigate the mode of action of levamisole and thymopoietin. Neither compound influenced the subcutaneous carrageenan air pouch. While thymopoietin inhibited the formation of cotton pellet granulomas, levamisole enhanced it. This supports the conclusions of clinical studies reported el...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Thrower PA,Sedgwick AD,Smith ER,Willoughby DA,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1983-02-01 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 the association between the occurrence of peripheral arthritis and of acute anterior uveitis during the course of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS:Retrospective clinical follow up by both chart review and direct patient interview was performed on 271 individuals comprised of 222 local white and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Maksymowych WP,Chou CT,Russell AS

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A careful selection of 19 patients fitting the classical description of polymyalgia rheumatica have been examined by arthroscopy and thoroughly screened and followed up to exclude rheumatoid arthritis and other disease processes. Synovitis of the shoulder joint has been observed through the arthroscope in 17 and synov...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Douglas WA,Martin BA,Morris JH

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：:A 49 year old white woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and bronchiolitis obliterans was treated with prednisone (1 mg/kg daily), which led to a transitory improvement in pulmonary status. Cyclophosphamide was then added--4 mg/kg daily intravenously for five days, then 2 mg/kg daily orally--and this was followed b...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Godeau B,Cormier C,Menkes CJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after inadequate response (IR) to tumour necrosis factor α inhibitors (TNFi) remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy and safety of biological agents after TNFi-IR. METHODS:A systematic literature search was carried out using Medline and Cochrane ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Schoels M,Aletaha D,Smolen JS,Wong JB

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare responsiveness of the Harris Hip Score with generic measures (that is, the Short Form-36 (SF-36), and a test of walking speed and pain during walking) in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. METHOD:The first 75 cases within the population of a randomised clinical trial on manual therapy a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoeksma HL,Van Den Ende CH,Ronday HK,Heering A,Breedveld FC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00