Cellular phagocytic studies in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with levamisole.

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：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：: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：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：:The case presented is of a patient with migratory polyarthritis and serological evidence of a recent streptococcal infection, consistent with the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever, who in addition had multisystem disease manifestations. This case supports the concept that the sequelae of streptococcal infection can e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Livneh A,Sharma K,Sewell KL,Keiser HD

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The exact regulation of the synthesis of cartilage specific molecules, such as collagen type II and aggrecan, by articular chondrocytes is unknown, but growth factors and hormones probably play an important part. The effects of glucocorticosteroids (prednisolone and triamcinolone), in combination with insuli...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Kraan PM,Vitters EL,Postma NS,Verbunt J,van den Berg WB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the incidence and prevalence of juvenile arthritis in a German urban population. METHODS:All 766 paediatricians, orthopaedists, and rheumatologists working in practices or outpatient clinics in 12 south German towns were asked to report all patients who consulted them for juvenile arthritis duri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： von Koskull S,Truckenbrodt H,Holle R,Hörmann A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reaching the therapeutic target of remission or low-disease activity has improved outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) significantly. The treat-to-target recommendations, formulated in 2010, have provided a basis for implementation of a strategic approach towards this therapeutic goal in routi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Breedveld FC,Burmester GR,Bykerk V,Dougados M,Emery P,Kvien TK,Navarro-Compán MV,Oliver S,Schoels M,Scholte-Voshaar M,Stamm T,Stoffer M,Takeuchi T,Aletaha D,Andreu JL,Aringer M,Bergman M,Betteridge N,Bijls

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) consists of a heterogeneous group of inflammatory disorders, within which there are a number of clinical subgroups. Diagnosis and assignment to a particular subgroup can be problematical and more concise methods of subgroup classification are required. This study of the syn...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Finnegan S,Clarke S,Gibson D,McAllister C,Rooney M

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of an intra-articular presentation of stress (heat shock) proteins (hsp) on joint inflammation. METHODS:Wistar rats were sensitised with a suspension of heat killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis in oil in the scruff of the neck and challenged intra-articularly with stress protein or M tube...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Winrow VR,Ragno S,Morris CJ,Colston MJ,Mascagni P,Leoni F,Gromo G,Coates AR,Blake DR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is considered a pauci-immune systemic vasculitis based on the absence of immune deposits in renal biopsies of patients with active disease. In animal models of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated glomerulonephritis, immune deposits along the glomerular capillar...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brons RH,de Jong MC,de Boer NK,Stegeman CA,Kallenberg CG,Tervaert JW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the potential therapeutic effects of leflunomide in patients with active AS in an open label study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty patients with AS fulfilling the 1984 modified New York criteria with a Bath AS Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) >3 were given leflunomide for 6 months. Clinical outcome as...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haibel H,Rudwaleit M,Braun J,Sieper J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop evidence-based European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of Behçet disease (BD) supplemented where necessary by expert opinion. METHODS:The multidisciplinary expert committee, a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee for Clinical Affairs (ESCCA), consisted ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hatemi G,Silman A,Bang D,Bodaghi B,Chamberlain AM,Gul A,Houman MH,Kötter I,Olivieri I,Salvarani C,Sfikakis PP,Siva A,Stanford MR,Stübiger N,Yurdakul S,Yazici H,EULAR Expert Committee.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the correlation between ankle and knee cartilage morphology to test the hypothesis that knee joint cartilage loss in gonarthritis can be estimated retrospectively using quantitative MRI analysis of the knee and ankle and established regression equations; and to test the hypothesis that sex difference...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Eckstein F,Siedek V,Glaser C,Al-Ali D,Englmeier KH,Reiser M,Graichen H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the hypothesis that aggrecan, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), and bone sialoprotein (BSP) concentrations in synovial fluid could provide information on variations of progression of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:Aggrecan, COMP, and BSP were quantified by enzyme link...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Månsson B,Geborek P,Saxne T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Factors contributing to the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remain largely unknown although are likely to include both environmental and genetic components. Studies on murine lupus have indicated a role for an antibody that blocks binding of cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated-4 (CTLA-4) to B...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Heward J,Gordon C,Allahabadia A,Barnett AH,Franklyn JA,Gough SC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the gene-environment interaction of tobacco exposure and shared epitope on autoantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and undifferentiated arthritis. METHODS:From incident cases of arthritis (n = 1305), patients who did not fulfil any classification criteria (undifferentiated arthritis (n...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Linn-Rasker SP,van der Helm-van Mil AH,van Gaalen FA,Kloppenburg M,de Vries RR,le Cessie S,Breedveld FC,Toes RE,Huizinga TW

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few studies have addressed the natural course of, or prognostic factors for the salivary and lacrimal function in primary Sjögren syndrome (SS). Except for the early stages, glandular function has been seemingly stable, and SS A antigen (SSA) seropositivity and hypocomplementemia may predict a decline in the...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Haldorsen K,Moen K,Jacobsen H,Jonsson R,Brun JG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report 4-year imaging outcomes in the RAPID-axSpA (NCT01087762) study of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), treated with certolizumab pegol (CZP). METHODS:This phase III, randomised trial was placebo-controlled and double-blind to week 24, d...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde D,Baraliakos X,Hermann KA,Landewé RBM,Machado PM,Maksymowych WP,Davies OR,de Peyrecave N,Hoepken B,Bauer L,Nurminen T,Braun J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult human articular cartilage has been maintained in organ culture for 8 days, and the culture medium, which was changed on alternate days, was pooled. Normal and rheumatoid cartilage was obtained from patients and 4 types of culture were prepared: (1) cartilage alone; (2) cartilage + D-penicillamine; (3) cartilage ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jacoby RK

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) among patients with psoriasis exposed to physical trauma. METHODS:A matched cohort study was performed using data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN). Patients with psoriasis exposed to trauma were randomly matched to up to five unexposed psoriasis co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Thorarensen SM,Lu N,Ogdie A,Gelfand JM,Choi HK,Love TJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is thought to play an important role in systemic sclerosis (SSc) pathogenesis. It was found to be upregulated in the serum and in the affected skin of scleroderma patients. However, its involvement in scleroderma lung disease is not clear. This study aimed to evaluat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： De Santis M,Bosello SL,Capoluongo E,Inzitari R,Peluso G,Lulli P,Zizzo G,Bocci M,Tolusso B,Zuppi C,Castagnola M,Ferraccioli G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rice bodies can occur in the joints in many rheumatic conditions, but they are most common in rheumatoid arthritis. They are generally believed to occur rarely in patients with osteoarthritis, but one study reported rice bodies with apatite crystals. OBJECTIVE:To report on a series of joint fluids with rice...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Li-Yu J,Clayburne GM,Sieck MS,Walker SE,Athreya BH,DeHoratius RJ,Schumacher HR Jr

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Molecular biological approaches have recently identified urate transporters in renal proximal tubular cells. Human sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporter type 1 encoded by SLC17A1 is a urate transporter localised to the renal proximal tubular cells and candidate molecule to secret urate from renal tubular ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Urano W,Taniguchi A,Anzai N,Inoue E,Kanai Y,Yamanaka M,Endou H,Kamatani N,Yamanaka H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary deficiencies of early complement components have usually been associated with the development of rheumatic diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), while terminal component deficiency is well known to predispose to recurrent neisserial infection. In contrast, only recently have patients been report...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wisnieski JJ,Naff GB,Pensky J,Sorin SB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A six month controlled study of 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of scleroderma showed a modest benefit in skin scores, Raynaud's phenomenon, and patients' global assessment. Visceral organ and hand function were unaffected. Mild to moderate toxicity was common in the 5-fluorouracil treated patients but usually respond...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Casas JA,Saway PA,Villarreal I,Nolte C,Menajovsky BL,Escudero EE,Blackburn WD,Alarcón GS,Subauste CP

更新日期：1990-11-01 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 effect of intravenously infused iron-dextran (Imferon) on the progression of antigen induced monarticular arthritis in rabbits was studied. A rapid deposition of iron and apoferritin in the synovia of arthritis joints occurred after infusion of iron-dextran during either the acute or chronic phases of the disease....

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kind CN,Blackham A,Morris CJ

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genetic variation at the type II deiodinase (D2) gene (DIO2) was previously identified as osteoarthritis (OA) risk factor. To investigate mechanisms possibly underlying this association, we assessed D2 protein in healthy and OA-affected cartilage and investigated allelic balance of the OA risk polymorphism rs...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bos SD,Bovée JV,Duijnisveld BJ,Raine EV,van Dalen WJ,Ramos YF,van der Breggen R,Nelissen RG,Slagboom PE,Loughlin J,Meulenbelt I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00