abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with psoriasis are prone to premature atherosclerosis and increased risk of cardiovascular disease events. However, the prevalence and extent of atherosclerosis in patients with psoriasis are unknown. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING AND SUBJECTS:The prevalence and extent of coronary and car...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Yiu KH,Yeung CK,Zhao CT,Chan JC,Siu CW,Tam S,Wong CS,Yan GH,Yue WS,Khong PL,Chan HH,Tse HF

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings from preclinical and clinical studies show that vascular normalization represents a novel strategy to enhance the efficacy of and overcome the acquired resistance to anti-angiogenic therapies in cancer. Several mechanisms of tumour vessel normalization have been revealed. Amongst them, secreted class 3 semaph...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Serini G,Bussolino F,Maione F,Giraudo E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated plasma levels of bilirubin, an endogenous antioxidant, have been associated with reduced risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI). Whether this is a causal relationship remains unclear. OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that elevated plasma bilirubin is causally related...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Stender S,Frikke-Schmidt R,Nordestgaard BG,Grande P,Tybjaerg-Hansen A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is currently widespread exposure to the toxic metal cadmium through the diet as well as through smoking, and it has been suggested that cadmium exposure may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Here we examined whether cadmium exposure is associated with prevalence and growth of atherosclerotic...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Fagerberg B,Bergström G,Borén J,Barregard L

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2006, the advent of increasingly larger genome-wide association studies and their meta-analyses have led to numerous, replicated findings of genetic polymorphisms associated with many diseases and traits. Early studies suggested that the identified loci generally accounted for a small fraction of the genetic var...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kaprio J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Microbial translocation and chronic immune activation were previously shown to be associated with impairment of T cell functions and disease progression during infection with human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1); however, their impact on B cell function and number remains unknown. By measuring markers...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ruffin N,Lantto R,Pensieroso S,Sammicheli S,Hejdeman B,Rethi B,Chiodi F

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No survival benefit of using blood stem cells instead of bone marrow (BM) has been shown in matched unrelated donor (MUD) transplantation. DESIGN AND METHODS:In a retrospective registry analysis, we compared the use of blood stem cells (n = 1502) and BM (n = 760) from unrelated donors in patients aged 18-60...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ringdén O,Labopin M,Beelen DW,Volin L,Ehninger G,Finke J,Greinix HT,Kyrcz-Krzemien S,Bunjes D,Brinch L,Niederwieser D,Arnold R,Mohty M,Rocha V,Acute Leukaemia Working Party of European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantati

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a rheumatic disease that is characterized by intense activation of systemic inflammation. Systemic inflammation has been associated with an imbalance between endothelial injury and repair, defined by an increased number of circulating endothelial microparticles (EMPs) and a re...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Pirro M,Bocci EB,Di Filippo F,Schillaci G,Mannarino MR,Bagaglia F,Gerli R,Mannarino E

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is good evidence that both inherited and environmental factors influence the risk of developing asthma. Only recently, large well-designed studies have been undertaken with the power to identify the genetic causes for asthma, and methods developed in parallel with the Human Genome Project, such as gene expressio...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Melén E,Pershagen G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence of an association between job strain and obesity is inconsistent, mostly limited to small-scale studies, and does not distinguish between categories of underweight or obesity subclasses. OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between job strain and body mass index (BMI) in a large adult population. ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nyberg ST,Heikkilä K,Fransson EI,Alfredsson L,De Bacquer D,Bjorner JB,Bonenfant S,Borritz M,Burr H,Casini A,Clays E,Dragano N,Erbel R,Geuskens GA,Goldberg M,Hooftman WE,Houtman IL,Jöckel KH,Kittel F,Knutsson A,Kos

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia exhibits a broad range of severity, from mildly symptomatic at one end to fulminant septic shock and death at the other. Although an adequate inflammatory response is necessary for the clearance of microorganisms, excessive inflammation can lead to ongoing local and systemic damage. Because of this extended ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Meijvis SC,van de Garde EM,Rijkers GT,Bos WJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the prognostic value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in chronic heart failure (HF) of ischaemic aetiology. BACKGROUND:Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is a marker of kidney injury as well as matrix degradation and inflammation and has previously been shown to be increa...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nymo SH,Ueland T,Askevold ET,Flo TH,Kjekshus J,Hulthe J,Wikstrand J,McMurray J,Van Veldhuisen DJ,Gullestad L,Aukrust P,Yndestad A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) is an emerging cardiometabolic risk marker that is important in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglyceride metabolism. Plasma PLTP activity is elevated in type 2 diabetes mellitus, whereas glucose may regulate PLTP gene transcription in vitro. Of interest, common PLT...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Dullaart RP,Vergeer M,de Vries R,Kappelle PJ,Dallinga-Thie GM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Obesity has generally been associated with higher bone density and lower fracture risk. However, weight-related indices of obesity may be related differently to health end-points, compared with fat-related indices (such as body fat distribution and fat mass), as they may capture different dimensions of obesi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Moayyeri A,Luben RN,Wareham NJ,Khaw KT

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we review the current knowledge of the inherited genetics of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) susceptibility and clinical outcome. We focus on recent developments in identifying low-penetrance susceptibility genes and the role of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC) in these discoveries. Th...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bolton KL,Ganda C,Berchuck A,Pharaoh PD,Gayther SA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is not only increasing in the west but also particularly rapidly in eastern countries where traditionally the incidence has been low. The rise in incidence is mainly related to changes in reproductive patterns and lifestyle. These trends could potentially be reversed by defining women at greatest risk an...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Howell A,Astley S,Warwick J,Stavrinos P,Sahin S,Ingham S,McBurney H,Eckersley B,Harvie M,Wilson M,Beetles U,Warren R,Hufton A,Sergeant J,Newman W,Buchan I,Cuzick J,Evans DG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies have identified thousands of consistently replicated associations between genetic markers and complex disease risk, including cancers. Alone, these markers have limited utility in risk prediction; however, when several of these markers are used in combination, the predictive performance...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Turner AR,Kader AK,Xu J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bile acid (BA) synthesis is essential in cholesterol and lipid homoeostasis. METHODS:Serum samples from 435 normal and 23 cholecystectomized subjects were obtained after overnight fasting and assayed for markers of BA and cholesterol synthesis, as well as cholesterol absorption. We determined whether BA syn...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Gälman C,Angelin B,Rudling M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent observed changes in Earth's climate, to which humans have contributed substantially, are affecting various health outcomes. These include altered distributions of some infectious disease vectors (ticks at high latitudes, malaria mosquitoes at high altitudes), and an uptrend in extreme weather events and associa...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： McMichael AJ,Lindgren E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) without clinically apparent extracardiac disease may escape detection because of the poor sensitivity of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). We set out to analyse our experience of repeated and imaging-guided biopsies in clinically isolated CS. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medic...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kandolin R,Lehtonen J,Graner M,Schildt J,Salmenkivi K,Kivistö SM,Kupari M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory processes in brain tissue have been described in human epilepsy of various aetiologies and in experimental models of seizures. This, together with the anticonvulsant properties of anti-inflammatory therapies both in clinical and in experimental settings, highlights the important role of brain inflammation...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Maroso M,Balosso S,Ravizza T,Liu J,Bianchi ME,Vezzani A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The magnitude of cardiovascular risk associated with psoriasis has been debated and the prognostic impact of psoriasis following myocardial infarction (MI) is unknown. Therefore, we investigated the risk of mortality and adverse cardiovascular events in patients with psoriasis following first-time MI. DESIG...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ahlehoff O,Gislason GH,Lindhardsen J,Olesen JB,Charlot M,Skov L,Torp-Pedersen C,Hansen PR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether mutations in APOA1 affect levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and to predict risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and total mortality in the general population. BACKGROUND:Epidemiologically, risk of IHD is inversely related to HDL cholesterol levels. Mutations in apoli...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Haase CL,Frikke-Schmidt R,Nordestgaard BG,Kateifides AK,Kardassis D,Nielsen LB,Andersen CB,Køber L,Johnsen AH,Grande P,Zannis VI,Tybjaerg-Hansen A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions represent a group of proteins with a unique capacity to fold into different conformations. One isoform is rich in beta-pleated sheets and can aggregate into amyloid that may be pathogenic. This abnormal form propagates itself by imposing its confirmation on the homologous normal host cell protein. Pathogenic pr...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Norrby E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of biologic therapies heralded a new era in the treatment for chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases of which rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most prevalent. From a scientific point of view, these therapies demonstrated that the targeting of individual cytokines or cell-surface markers is a very ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Chatzidionysiou K,van Vollenhoven RF

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the demographic, clinical, biochemical and genotypic features of patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) in a Swedish cohort. DESIGN:Cross-sectional questionnaire, biochemical and genetic study. SETTING:Sweden. SUBJECTS:Fifty-one Swedish individuals known in 2008 to have EPP confir...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Wahlin S,Floderus Y,Stål P,Harper P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an endogenous inhibitor of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis causing endothelial dysfunction, an early sign of atherogenesis. Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) does not inhibit NO synthases. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a systemic indication of atherosclerosis. METHOD...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Böger RH,Endres HG,Schwedhelm E,Darius H,Atzler D,Lüneburg N,von Stritzky B,Maas R,Thiem U,Benndorf RA,Diehm C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) is a predictor for clinically incident diabetes in subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and whether its predictive power is independent of C-reactive protein (CRP), an established marker of inflammation. We further examined whether genetic vari...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Luotola K,Pietilä A,Zeller T,Moilanen L,Kähönen M,Nieminen MS,Kesäniemi YA,Blankenberg S,Jula A,Perola M,Salomaa V,Health 2000 and FINRISK97 Studies.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a healthy Nordic diet (ND) on cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS:in a randomized controlled trial (NORDIET) conducted in Sweden, 88 mildly hypercholesterolaemic subjects were randomly assigned to an ad libitum ND or control diet (subjects'...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Adamsson V,Reumark A,Fredriksson IB,Hammarström E,Vessby B,Johansson G,Risérus U

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:the results of experimental studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency activates the renin-angiotensin system and predisposes to hypertension. Results of previous epidemiological studies investigating the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status and hypertension have not been consistent, perha...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Burgaz A,Byberg L,Rautiainen S,Orsini N,Håkansson N,Arnlöv J,Sundström J,Lind L,Melhus H,Michaëlsson K,Wolk A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:to examine fatigue variability over time in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and the effect of other symptoms on its predictability. DESIGN:longitudinal cohort study of patients with CFS (Fukuda criteria). SETTING:specialist CFS clinical service. SUBJECTS:phase 1: 100 patients who participated in a study of...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jones DE,Gray J,Frith J,Newton JL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We created the GIFTs, fusions of granulocyte-colony macrophage-stimulating-factor with IL-2, or IL-15 or IL-21, in order to stimulate distinct, but complimentary elements of the immune response. We found that the physical coupling of two functionally distinct cytokines as a bifunctional hybrid allowed for synergistic ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Williams P,Galipeau J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The relationship between physical activity and cognitive function is intriguing but controversial. We performed a systematic meta-analysis of all the available prospective studies that investigated the association between physical activity and risk of cognitive decline in nondemented subjects. METHODS:We con...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sofi F,Valecchi D,Bacci D,Abbate R,Gensini GF,Casini A,Macchi C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the relation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and frailty. Frailty is a multidimensional phenotype that describes declining physical function and a vulnerability to adverse outcomes in the setting of physical stress such as illness or hospitalization. Low serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvit...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Wilhelm-Leen ER,Hall YN,Deboer IH,Chertow GM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil granules store proteins that are critically important for the neutrophil to move from the vascular bed to tissues and to kill microorganisms. This is illustrated in nature when individual proteins are deleted due to inherited mutations of their cognate genes, and such deficiencies result in the conditions l...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Häger M,Cowland JB,Borregaard N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Waist circumference is a clinical marker of obesity and an established risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease. Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived hormone and new biomarker of obesity, was recently proposed as the missing link between obesity and increased cardiovascular risk. We evaluated waist and adipon...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Holewijn S,den Heijer M,van Tits LJ,Swinkels DW,Stalenhoef AF,de Graaf J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) fails to protect against adult pulmonary TB. Yet, its capacity to control miliary TB in newborn infants forms the basis for development of novel vaccine candidates. These either exploit genetic modification of BCG to create a viable replacement vacci...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kaufmann SH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous nitrate therapy has been shown to improve short-term outcome of acute heart failure patients treated in the intensive care unit. The potential of a noninvasive high-dose nitrate strategy in the Emergency Department and the general ward remains unknown. METHODS:A total of 128 consecutive acute he...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Breidthardt T,Noveanu M,Potocki M,Reichlin T,Egli P,Hartwiger S,Socrates T,Gayat E,Christ M,Mebazaa A,Mueller C

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The B lymphocyte-associated antigen CD20 is becoming an important immunotherapy target for autoimmune diseases, although its biological function has not been defined. Besides rheumatoid arthritis, growing experience with B cell-depleting therapy indicates that it may be effective in Sjögren's syndrome, dermatomyositis...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Perosa F,Prete M,Racanelli V,Dammacco F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few studies have simultaneously analysed the influence of elevated serum uric acid (UA) on acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke (IS, HS) and congestive heart failure (CHF) in large healthy populations. We, here, examine UA as a risk factor for AMI, stroke and CHF by age and ge...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Holme I,Aastveit AH,Hammar N,Jungner I,Walldius G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00