Protection from interleukin 1 induced destruction of articular cartilage by transforming growth factor beta: studies in anatomically intact cartilage in vitro and in vivo.

abstract：:An attempt was made to ascertain whether intra-articular corticosteroids exert a harmful effect on primate cartilage. The knee joints of 10 Macaca irus monkeys were subjected to either one, two, or six injections of 20 mg methyl prednisolone or an equal number of control injections over a 12-week period. Minor degener...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gibson T,Burry HC,Poswillo D,Glass J

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a T helper cell type 2 polarised disease by quantifying the T cell cytokines interferon gamma (IFNgamma), interleukin 4 (IL4), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), and IL10 at the single cell level in patients with AS in comparison with healthy HL...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudwaleit M,Siegert S,Yin Z,Eick J,Thiel A,Radbruch A,Sieper J,Braun J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of the early stages of hand osteoarthritis is poorly understood, but recent high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hrMRI) studies suggest that the joint ligaments have a major role in the phenotypic expression of the disease. OBJECTIVE:To combine hrMRI and cadaveric histological studie...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tan AL,Toumi H,Benjamin M,Grainger AJ,Tanner SF,Emery P,McGonagle D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chondrocytic matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to be important in osteoarthritic cartilage degradation. The cartilage lesion of osteoarthritis (OA) is focal and often progressive. During its development chondrocytes differentially up and down regulate production of mRNA for individual MMPs. This ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Freemont AJ,Byers RJ,Taiwo YO,Hoyland JA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the validity, responsiveness to change, and user friendliness of four self completed, shoulder-specific questionnaires in primary care. METHODS:A cross sectional assessment of validity and a longitudinal assessment of responsiveness to change of four shoulder questionnaires was carried out: the D...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Paul A,Lewis M,Shadforth MF,Croft PR,Van Der Windt DA,Hay EM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if early MRI measures predict X-ray progression at 1 and 2 years in a large RA trial cohort. DESIGN:This study included 256 methotrexate (MTX)-naïve RA patients from a randomised placebo-controlled trial of golimumab (GO-BEFORE). MRIs of wrist and 2nd-5th metacarpophalangeal joints at 0, 12, 24,...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Baker JF,Ostergaard M,Emery P,Hsia EC,Lu J,Baker DG,Conaghan PG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor (MICL, Clec12A) is a C-type lectin receptor (CLR) expressed predominantly by myeloid cells. Previous studies have suggested that MICL is involved in controlling inflammation. OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of this CLR in inflammatory pathology using Clec12A(-/...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Redelinghuys P,Whitehead L,Augello A,Drummond RA,Levesque JM,Vautier S,Reid DM,Kerscher B,Taylor JA,Nigrovic PA,Wright J,Murray GI,Willment JA,Hocking LJ,Fernandes MJ,De Bari C,Mcinnes IB,Brown GD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse fibronectin (FN) gene polymorphisms in type II mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome (MCsn), an immune-complex mediated systemic vasculitis linked to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and characterised by rheumatoid factor (RF) positive B-cell proliferation at high risk for the progression into non-Hodgk...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fabris M,Quartuccio L,Salvin S,Pozzato G,De Re V,Mazzaro C,Ferri C,Baldini C,De Vita S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increased numbers of neutrophils expressing proteinase 3 on their membrane (mPR3) have been reported in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and are suggested to be involved in AAV immunopathogenesis. In most studies, neutrophils were analysed for mPR3 expression without prim...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Rossum AP,Huitema MG,Stegeman CA,Bijl M,de Leeuw K,Van Leeuwen MA,Limburg PC,Kallenberg CG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibodies targeting citrullinated antigens are specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Citrullination is catalysed by the peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzyme family. Critical enzymes are often targeted by disease-specific antibodies in complex immune-mediated diseases. Here, we have tested for autoantib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Halvorsen EH,Pollmann S,Gilboe IM,van der Heijde D,Landewé R,Ødegård S,Kvien TK,Molberg Ø

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:A recent study from our laboratory showed that induction of the multidrug resistance related drug efflux pump ABCG2 contributed to acquired resistance of human T cells to the disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) sulfasalazine (SSZ). OBJECTIVES:To investigate the duration of SSZ resistance and ABCG2 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijden J,de Jong MC,Dijkmans BA,Lems WF,Oerlemans R,Kathmann I,Scheffer GL,Scheper RJ,Assaraf YG,Jansen G

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal manifestations are seen in systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disorders but are rare in pure polymyositis. CASE REPORT:A 44 year old woman with polymyositis who developed total gut failure requiring treatment with total parenteral nutrition is described. RESULTS:The patient's p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hughes AJ,Ferguson I,Rankin E,Kane K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man with destructive rheumatoid disease, multiple nodules, and vasculitis developed a facial rash with ulceration and scarring. Histology showed granulomatous vasculitis. The rash was rapidly controlled with oral corticosteroids. Granulomatous vasculitis has not previously been reported as causing this c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： White R,Wegman A,Bulpitt P,Wood G,Fleming A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gout, the most common inflammatory arthritis, is associated with premature mortality. Whether this mortality gap has improved over time, as observed in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is unknown. METHODS:Using an electronic medical record database representative of the UK general population, we identified inciden...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fisher MC,Rai SK,Lu N,Zhang Y,Choi HK

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Congenital heart block (CHB) with immune cell infiltration develops in the fetus after exposure to maternal Ro/La autoantibodies. CHB-related serology has been extensively studied, but reports on immune-cell profiles of anti-Ro/La-exposed neonates are lacking. In the current study, we characterised circulatin...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ivanchenko M,Thorlacius GE,Hedlund M,Ottosson V,Meneghel L,Björkander S,Ossoinak A,Tingström J,Bremme K,Sverremark-Ekström E,Gemzell-Danielsson K,Sonesson SE,Chemin K,Wahren-Herlenius M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combining monthly intravenous methotrexate (IV MTX) with monthly IV cyclophosphamide (CYTX; given on the same day) for the treatment of children who develop recurrent diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus during or after the s...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lehman TJ,Edelheit BS,Onel KB

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of infliximab on health related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical function in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the IMPACT 2 trial. METHODS:200 patients with PsA unresponsive to conventional treatment were randomised to intravenous infusions of infliximab 5 mg/kg or...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,Antoni C,Krueger GG,Yan S,Bala M,Dooley LT,Beutler A,Guzzo C,Gladman D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To localise and characterise follicular dendritic cells (FDC) present in autoimmune lesions of primary Sjögren syndrome. METHODS:Cryostat sections of labial salivary glands from 15 patients with primary Sjögren syndrome were examined by an indirect immunoperoxidase technique and monoclonal antibodies to a pa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Aziz KE,McCluskey PJ,Wakefield D

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Portuguese familial amyloid polyneuropathy who developed haemarthroses secondary to pathological fractures is described. Amyloid material was demonstrated on bone biopsy and confirmed immunohistochemically to be transthyretin (prealbumin). Although amyloid deposits in bone have been described in other t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Allard SA,King RH,Thomas PK,Bourke BE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the role of ultrasound (US) for the assessment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in clinical remission, including joint and tendon evaluation. METHODS:A multicentre longitudinal study has been promoted by the US Study Group of the Italian Society for Rheumatology. 25 Italian centres partic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Filippou G,Sakellariou G,Scirè CA,Carrara G,Rumi F,Bellis E,Adinolfi A,Batticciotto A,Bortoluzzi A,Cagnotto G,Caprioli M,Canzoni M,Cavatorta FP,De Lucia O,Di Sabatino V,Draghessi A,Farina I,Focherini MC,Gabba A,Guti

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of smoking on cartilage loss and pain at the knee in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS:159 men with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who participated in a 30-month, prospective, natural history study of knee osteoarthritis were examined. The more symptomatic knee was imaged ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amin S,Niu J,Guermazi A,Grigoryan M,Hunter DJ,Clancy M,LaValley MP,Genant HK,Felson DT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural damage assessed on conventional radiographs is an important outcome measure in psoriatic arthritis. This article reviews the available scoring methods. A full description of the methods is given as well as information on various aspects of validity. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Heijde D,Sharp J,Wassenberg S,Gladman DD

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:It is postulated that the mobile inflamed joint may be subject to cyclical ischaemic reperfusion injury. Xanthine oxidoreductase is an enzyme thought to contribute to oxidative reperfusion injury, and the detection of this activity in human synovium is described. Three normal and five rheumatoid tissues were assayed w...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Allen RE,Outhwaite JM,Morris CJ,Blake DR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of canakinumab to treat patients with colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever (crFMF) during Epoch 4 (weeks 41 to 113) of the CLUSTER study. METHODS:Patients received open-label canakinumab 150 or 300 mg, every 4 or 8 weeks during a 72-week period. We ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ozen S,Ben-Cherit E,Foeldvari I,Amarilyo G,Ozdogan H,Vanderschueren S,Marzan K,Kahlenberg JM,Dekker E,De Benedetti F,Koné-Paut I

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with features of the mucocutaneous ocular syndrome is described. A 4-generation study reveals that the condition has been inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity. Psychiatric symptoms and myalgia have been prominent features peculiar to our patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Berman L,Trappler B,Jenkins T

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who develop reactive arthritis after yersinia enteritis are characterised by high and persisting IgA-anti-yersinia antibodies. We have further analysed the humoral immune response to yersinia in this condition. Total concentrations of IgM, IgG, IgA, and secretory IgA in the serum and specific anti-yersinia an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Granfors K,Toivanen A

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and validate new classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) and their major subgroups. METHODS:Candidate variables were assembled from published criteria and expert opinion using consensus methodology. Data were collected from 47 rheumatology, dermatolo...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lundberg IE,Tjärnlund A,Bottai M,Werth VP,Pilkington C,Visser M,Alfredsson L,Amato AA,Barohn RJ,Liang MH,Singh JA,Aggarwal R,Arnardottir S,Chinoy H,Cooper RG,Dankó K,Dimachkie MM,Feldman BM,Torre IG,Gordon P,Hayas

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether type II collagen (CII) is recognised by oligoclonally expanded synovial T cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 15 RA patients were stimulated with CII in vitro. T cell clones expanded by such stimulation were compared ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sekine T,Kato T,Masuko-Hongo K,Nakamura H,Yoshino S,Nishioka K,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00