Hormonal manipulation of the immune response in systemic lupus erythematosus: a drug trial of an anabolic steroid, 19-nortestosterone.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:High serum interferon α (IFNα) activity is a heritable risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Auto-antibodies found in SLE form immune complexes which can stimulate IFNα production by activating endosomal Toll-like receptors and interferon regulatory factors (IRFs), including IRF5. Genetic variat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Niewold TB,Kelly JA,Kariuki SN,Franek BS,Kumar AA,Kaufman KM,Thomas K,Walker D,Kamp S,Frost JM,Wong AK,Merrill JT,Alarcón-Riquelme ME,Tikly M,Ramsey-Goldman R,Reveille JD,Petri MA,Edberg JC,Kimberly RP,Alarcón GS,

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye disease, arthritis, folliculitis, and thrombophlebitis were more common among males, and erythema nodosum among females, in 297 patients with Behćet syndrome (BS) at their first visit despite an identical disease duration. Younger males and females (age of onset 24 years or less) had a higher prevalence of eye dis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yazici H,Tüzün Y,Pazarli H,Yurdakul S,Ozyazgan Y,Ozdoğan H,Serdaroğlu S,Ersanli M,Ulkü BY,Müftüoğlu AU

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the process of hypoxic-reperfusion injury contributes to the persistence of synovitis in the inflamed human joint. The generation of pathological, exercise induced, intra-articular pressure leading to occlusion of the synovial microcirculation is central to this mechanism. However, acute trau...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Merry P,Williams R,Cox N,King JB,Blake DR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little data are available regarding the rate and predicting factors of serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with abatacept (ABA) in daily practice. We therefore addressed this issue using real-life data from the Orencia and Rheumatoid Arthritis (ORA) registry. METHODS:ORA is...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salmon JH,Gottenberg JE,Ravaud P,Cantagrel A,Combe B,Flipo RM,Schaeverbeke T,Houvenagel E,Gaudin P,Loeuille D,Rist S,Dougados M,Sibilia J,Le Loët X,Meyer O,Solau-Gervais E,Marcelli C,Bardin T,Pane I,Baron G,Perrod

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence was sought for genetic anticipation (disease occurring at an earlier age in subsequent generations, with increasing severity) in nodal osteoarthritis (NOA). METHODS:Age at symptom onset and disease severity was compared within 30 parent/offspring pairs with NOA. Correlation between the offspring age...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wright GD,Regan M,Deighton CM,Wallis G,Doherty M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteocalcin is a non-collagenous bone matrix protein which is released into the circulation and can be measured by radioimmunoassay. Recent studies indicate that serum osteocalcin concentrations are a marker of bone formation. Because bone demineralisation is a common finding in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pietschmann P,Machold KP,Wolosczuk W,Smolen JS

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) specificity for aPL-related events was evaluated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:A study was carried out on 105 patients affected with SLE comparing the prevalence of lupus anticoagulant (LA) and IgG and IgM anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) between patients with...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ghirardello A,Doria A,Ruffatti A,Rigoli AM,Vesco P,Calligaro A,Gambari PF

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:A prolonged symptom or disease duration at treatment initiation is associated with unfavourable outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown whether this relation is linear, referring to a common 'the-earlier-the-better principle', or whether a transient time frame in which the disease is more suscep...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Nies JA,Tsonaka R,Gaujoux-Viala C,Fautrel B,van der Helm-van Mil AH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature death has been long recognised as a manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Three lines of evidence can explain why patients with RA die prematurely and why the mortality gap between patients with RA and the general population appears to widening. First, patients with RA have a higher risk of several ser...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gabriel SE

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prior studies have suggested a potential link between nasal microbes and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA; Wegener's), but these studies relied on culture-dependent methods. This study comprehensively examined the entire community of nasal microbiota (bacteria and fungi) in participants with GPA compare...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rhee RL,Sreih AG,Najem CE,Grayson PC,Zhao C,Bittinger K,Collman RG,Merkel PA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To perform a systematic literature review of effective strategies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:As part of a European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Task Force investigation, a literature search was carried out from January 1962 until February 2009 in PubMed/Ovid Embase/Cochrane...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Knevel R,Schoels M,Huizinga TW,Aletaha D,Burmester GR,Combe B,Landewé RB,Smolen JS,Sokka T,van der Heijde DM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:28 patients with primary APS with at least a five year follow up, and 28 healthy subjects, matched by age and sex, were included in the stud...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Medina G,Casaos D,Jara LJ,Vera-Lastra O,Fuentes M,Barile L,Salas M

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：AIMS:The aim of this work was to assess the feasibility of using dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI of bone marrow oedema, to compare it with conventional marrow oedema scoring systems, and to determine the effects of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha therapy. METHODS:The wrist and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) join...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hodgson R,Grainger A,O'Connor P,Barnes T,Connolly S,Moots R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) blockers on the presence of liver fibrosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treated with methotrexate (MTX). METHODS:Participants were consecutive patients with RA and PsA who had undergone MTX treatment...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Seitz M,Reichenbach S,Möller B,Zwahlen M,Villiger PM,Dufour JF

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Statins offer significant cardiovascular benefits. Their use, however, influences immune regulation, which may potentially facilitate autoimmunity, eventually resulting in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The authors studied whether statin use was associated with an increased risk of dev...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： de Jong HJ,Klungel OH,van Dijk L,Vandebriel RJ,Leufkens HG,van der Laan JW,Cohen Tervaert JW,van Loveren H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel, constitutively expressed and secreted interleukin 18 (IL18) binding protein (IL18BP) neutralises IL18. IL18BP shares many characteristics with soluble cytokine receptors of the IL1 family in that the protein exhibits specificity for IL18, belongs to the immunoglobulin-like class of receptors and has limited a...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dinarello CA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased immunoglobulin production in pokeweed mitogen driven lymphocyte cultures has been reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here various activators and experimental designs have been used to determine the contribution of B cells, T cells, or monocytes to this low response. Sixty patients with RA and paired cont...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jokinen I,Poikonen K,Möttönen T,Hannonen P,Oka M,Ilonen J,Surcel HM,Karttunen R,Arvilommi H

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) is a member of the IRF family of transcription factors, which regulate the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Polymorphisms in the IRF5 gene have been associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythaematosus (SLE) in Caucasian and Asian populations, but thei...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shimane K,Kochi Y,Yamada R,Okada Y,Suzuki A,Miyatake A,Kubo M,Nakamura Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the value of antibodies to citrullinated proteins/peptides for predicting joint outcomes in patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:191 patients with RA onset within the past year were followed up prospectively for five years. Serum samples obtained from 145 patients at baselin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Meyer O,Labarre C,Dougados M,Goupille P,Cantagrel A,Dubois A,Nicaise-Roland P,Sibilia J,Combe B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gout and classical rheumatoid arthritis rarely coexist. We report a patient with strong evidence for both these diseases. Possible reasons for the negative correlation between these diseases are summarised. One hypothesis suggests inhibition of surface activity of monosodium urate crystals (MSU) by binding of rheumato...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gordon TP,Ahern MJ,Reid C,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early changes (five weeks) in the structure of newly synthesised and endogenous articular cartilage sulphated proteoglycans were studied in lapine IgG induced experimental immune synovitis. Rabbits with immune synovitis (IS-IgG) were compared with animals with a developed hypersensitivity to IgG (I-IgG) and with n...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Malemud CJ,Yoo JU,Goldberg VM,Kresina TF

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA) and mice with arthritis demonstrated tyrosine hydroxylase-positive (TH(+)) cells in arthritic synovium and parallel loss of sympathetic nerve fibres. The exact function of TH(+) cells and mode of TH induction are not known. METHODS:Synovial cells of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jenei-Lanzl Z,Capellino S,Kees F,Fleck M,Lowin T,Straub RH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of septic, histoplasmal monoarthritis of the knee in a leukaemic patient is described. Ketoconazole therapy failed to eliminate the infection, but after histoplasmosis was diagnosed prolonged therapy with amphotericin B was curative. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones PG,Rolston K,Hopfer RL

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Certain sequences present in the hypervariable region of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 known as the shared epitope (SE) are hypothesised to increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas alleles encoding aspartic acid at position 70 (D70 alleles) may have a protective effect. METHODS:Patient H...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Shadick NA,Heller JE,Weinblatt ME,Maher NE,Cui J,Ginsburg G,Coblyn J,Anderson R,Solomon DH,Roubenoff R,Parker A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the rate of tuberculosis (TB) in biologic users for rheumatic diseases in South Africa, the effectiveness of our latent TB infection (LTBI) programme, risk factors and outcome. METHODS:TB cases were collected from the South African Biologics Registry (SABIO), rheumatologists and pharmaceutical c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pettipher C,Benitha R

更新日期：2020-02-01 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 AND OBJECTIVES:For our understanding of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), it is important to elucidate the mechanisms underlying early stages of synovitis. Here, synovial cytokine production was investigated in patients with very early arthritis. METHODS:Synovial biopsies were obtained from pat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Yeo L,Adlard N,Biehl M,Juarez M,Smallie T,Snow M,Buckley CD,Raza K,Filer A,Scheel-Toellner D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00