abstract：OBJECTIVES:The influence of dexamethasone on interleukin 10 (IL10) production and the type 1 (T1)/type 2 (T2) T cell balance found in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was studied. METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PB MNC) were isolated from 14 RA patients both before and 7 and 42 days after high dose dexamethasone ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verhoef CM,van Roon JA,Vianen ME,Lafeber FP,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Different prevalences of generalised osteoarthritis (GOA) in patients with knee and hip OA have been reported. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate radiographic and clinical patterns of disease in a hospital based population of patient subgroups with advanced hip and knee OA and to compare the preva...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Günther KP,Stürmer T,Sauerland S,Zeissig I,Sun Y,Kessler S,Scharf HP,Brenner H,Puhl W

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The technique and results of a special oblique radiograph of the hip called the "faux profil" (FP) of the hip are described. The FP was evaluated for the detection of joint space narrowing in incipient osteoarthritis of the hip (OAH) as compared with the anteroposterior (AP) radiograph. METHODS:58 hips with ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lequesne MG,Laredo JD

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate radiographic features of osteoarthritis (OA) to determine which is more closely associated with knee pain and hence might be used as a radiographic definition of OA in the community. To evaluate joint space width in normal subjects. METHODS:452 subjects from a case-control community study of knee...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lanyon P,O'Reilly S,Jones A,Doherty M

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate salivary hyaluronic acid (HA) concentration in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS:Salivary and serum HA concentrations were evaluated using a radiometric assay. Thirty nine patients with SS served as the study group and their results were compared with 19 patients having clini...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tishler M,Yaron I,Shirazi I,Yaron M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prediction of the postpartum onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Two thousand five hundred and forty seven healthy pregnant subjects were examined prospectively and the relation between serum rheumatoid factors (RF) and postpartum onset of RA was observed. Rheumatoid factors were m...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Iijima T,Tada H,Hidaka Y,Yagoro A,Mitsuda N,Kanzaki T,Murata Y,Amino N

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate serum interleukin (IL) 12 concentration in patients with juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA), according to disease subtype, activity, and duration. IL12 has been demonstrated to prime the selective expansion of T helper (Th) cells with a Th1-type pattern of cytokine product...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gattorno M,Picco P,Vignola S,Stalla F,Buoncompagni A,Pistoia V

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic value of ultrasonography (US) in the evaluation of arthritic shoulder joints. METHODS:Twenty shoulders of 20 inpatients with arthritis were evaluated by US one day before the shoulder operation. Changes in the subacromial-subdeltoid bursa, biceps tendon and tendon sheath, rotatof cuf...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alasaarela E,Leppilahti J,Hakala M

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The balance between interferon gamma (IFN gamma) and interleukin 4 (IL4) producing T cells (T1 and T2 cells) seems to be of importance in many (auto)immune disorders. In general, T1 cell activity is important in cellular immunity whereas T2 cell activity plays a part in humoral responses. T1 cell activity pr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verhoef CM,van Roon JA,Vianen ME,Bruijnzeel-Koomen CA,Lafeber FP,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To clarify the effect of pressure on the expressions of proteoglycan core protein and metabolism related cytokines in a chondrocyte-like cell line, HCS-2/8. METHODS:HCS-2/8 cells were exposed to 1, 5, 10, or 50 MPa of hydrostatic pressure (HP) for two hours, and mRNA expressions of interleukin 6 (IL6) and t...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Takahashi K,Kubo T,Arai Y,Kitajima I,Takigawa M,Imanishi J,Hirasawa Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prospective, open study of corticosteroid hip injection (CHI) was performed to determine if different radiological patterns of arthritis vary in their response. METHODS:Forty five patients (15 with rheumatoid arthritis, 27 with osteoarthritis, and three with anklyosing spondylitis) underwent hip injection...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Plant MJ,Borg AA,Dziedzic K,Saklatvala J,Dawes PT

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence of microalbuminuria, urinary albumin excretion (UAE) between 20-200 micrograms/min, in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients without clinical renal disease, and to discover if this could predict the development of renal disease. METHODS:This study made six monthly measure...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Batlle-Gualda E,Martínez AC,Guerra RA,Pascual E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine concentrations of chondroitin sulphate (CS) and keratan sulphate (KS) epitopes, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and hyaluronan (HA) in knee synovial fluid (SF) from normal subjects and patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), to test whether these variables may be used as marker...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Belcher C,Yaqub R,Fawthrop F,Bayliss M,Doherty M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To better understand the characteristics of synoviocytes located in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pannus. METHODS:One cell line, termed PSC, was cloned from RA pannus lesions. Phenotypic analysis was done by contrast microscopy, indirect immunostaining, and safranin O staining. Transcription of several proto...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Xue C,Takahashi M,Hasunuma T,Aono H,Yamamoto K,Yoshino S,Sumida T,Nishioka K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical, radiological, and biological profile of patients presenting late onset spondylarthropathy (LOSPA) with patients with early onset spondylarthropathy (EOSPA). METHODS:During the period April 1987 to April 1995 a retrospective chart review of inpatients and outpatients identified eight ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Caplanne D,Tubach F,Le Parc JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the expression of ICAM1, VCAM1, E-selectin, CD44, and TNF alpha in labial salivary glands of patients with rheumatoid vasculitis. METHODS:Labial salivary glands from six patients with rheumatoid vasculitis before and after treatment, six aged matched rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinical e...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Flipo RM,Cardon T,Copin MC,Vandecandelaere M,Duquesnoy B,Janin A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare two plain radiographic methods for sensitivity to detect progression of patellofemoral osteoarthritis. METHODS:Two sets of paired skyline and lateral knee radiographs from 54 hospital referred patients (108 knees) with knee osteoarthritis were taken an average of 31 months apart (range 12-40). Fil...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lanyon P,Jones A,Doherty M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare three questions on knee pain with respect to determined prevalence and associations with disability and structural change. METHODS:Postal survey to 4057 men and women aged 40-79 years. Knee pain was defined by three questions: (A) "Have you ever had pain in or around the knee on most days for at l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Reilly SC,Muir KR,Doherty M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To show whether intra-articular steroid injections are effective in osteoarthritis; to determine factors that predict response; and to determine whether injection has a beneficial effect on muscle strength. METHODS:Double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study in 59 patients with symptomatic osteoarthri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones A,Doherty M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the circulating serum concentrations of nerve growth factor (NGF) and compare them with indices of disease activity in juvenile chronic arthritis. METHODS:NGF concentrations were evaluated with a two site immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA), in 17 children with systemic, 39 with polyarticular, and 24 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Falcini F,Matucci Cerinic M,Lombardi A,Generini S,Pignone A,Tirassa P,Ermini M,Lepore L,Partsch G,Aloe L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether abnormalities in the function of the autonomic nervous system are associated with oral and ocular dryness in rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:Pupillography was done using an infrared light reflection method (IRIS) to measure both parasympathetic function (constriction latency and the latenc...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barendregt PJ,van der Heijde GL,Breedveld FC,Markusse HM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine how acute but transient inflammation affects the cartilage proteoglycan aggrecan and the value of analyses of synovial fluid to study this. METHODS:For 96 hours after a single intra-articular injection of rabbit knees with human interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) or vehicle, articular cartilage an...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lundberg C,Asberg I,Ionescu M,Reiner A,Smedegård G,Poole AR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that high concentrations of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which associate with increased cell synthesis and turnover in cartilage, may act as a marker for structural outcome in knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD:One hundred and thirty five consecutive patients referred to ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Doherty M,Belcher C,Regan M,Jones A,Ledingham J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study maternal and fetal outcome of pregnancy in patients with lupus who were exposed to hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). METHODS:The case records of women (n = 33) exposed to HCQ during their pregnancies (n = 36) and of 53 control patients from a single lupus pregnancy centre were reviewed to determine lupus ac...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Buchanan NM,Toubi E,Khamashta MA,Lima F,Kerslake S,Hughes GR

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare median nerve conduction velocity measured using a new, portable electroneurometer with measurements made using conventional hospital nerve conduction apparatus. METHODS:Twenty five patients were studied who were consecutively referred to a hospital neurophysiology department with a clinical diagno...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dunne CA,Thompson PW,Cole J,Dunning J,Martyn CN,Coggon D,Cooper C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the mechanisms whereby methotrexate (MTX) manifests its effects in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:T and B cells from peripheral blood and rheumatoid synovial tissues, synovial adherent cells, and the human fibrosarcoma cell line HT1080 and its mutant (defective in an enzyme in the nucl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Nakajima A,Hakoda M,Yamanaka H,Kamatani N,Kashiwazaki S

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that pustulosis palmaris et plantaris and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are two distinct diseases, and that the associated dermatoses are therefore also distinct diseases. METHODS:We prospectively performed clinical, radiological, biological, and bone scan investigations in 23 outpatients ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Mejjad O,Daragon A,Louvel JP,Da Silva LF,Thomine E,Lauret P,Le Loët X

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence of calcium phosphate mineral salt accumulation in degenerative supraspinatus 'tendinitis' compared with a normal sample of human tendons, and to determine whether there is an association of calcium salt deposition with pathological changes in the tendon extracellular matrix. ME...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Riley GP,Harrall RL,Constant CR,Cawston TE,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the association between chondrocalcinosis and osteoarthritis (OA) of the hands and knees in an unselected elderly rural population. METHODS:A community based cross sectional study was performed in individuals randomly selected from a previous epidemiological survey on the prevalence of chondrocal...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sanmarti R,Kanterewicz E,Pladevall M,Pañella D,Tarradellas JB,Gomez JM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the involvement of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the induction or maintenance of the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) non-responsive state of chondrocytes during experimental arthritis in mouse knee joints. METHODS:To characterise IGF-1 nonresponsiveness during arthritis, we measured chondrocyte...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Verschure PJ,Joosten LA,Van de Loo FA,Van den Berg WB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the membrane expression of the 52 kDa Ro(SS-A) and La(SS-B) antigens in human keratinocytes under the influence of an important mediator of inflammation, TNF alpha. METHODS:Keratinocytes, isolated from human skins obtained at circumcision and identified using monoclonal antibodies, were treate...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dörner T,Hucko M,Mayet WJ,Trefzer U,Burmester GR,Hiepe F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the usefulness of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lungs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with and without respiratory symptoms. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighty eight RA patients with a mean duration of disease 12 (SD 8) years were evaluated. Eleven patients were excluded bec...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Cortet B,Flipo RM,Rémy-Jardin M,Coquerelle P,Duquesnoy B,Rêmy J,Delcambre B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the probability of drug continuation in a large cohort of methotrexate treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, the reasons for discontinuation of methotrexate, the overall survival of the members of this cohort, and the causes of death in these patients. METHODS:Yearly follow up was conduct...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Alarcón GS,Tracy IC,Strand GM,Singh K,Macaluso M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study further the temporal clustering of ankylosing enthesopathy (AE) noted originally during a study of the influence of mouse major histocompatibility complex (MHC) H-2 and transgenic HLA-B27 on the frequency of AE. METHODS:The relationship between maternal age at littering and frequency of AE was analy...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Weinreich S,Hoebe B,Ivanyi P

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if the presence of low percentages of CD8 positive cells or high levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) define a subgroup of patients with more severe polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis (PMR/GCA). METHODS:38 PMR/GCA patients were followed up prospectively. Serum levels ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Salvarani C,Boiardi L,Macchioni P,Rossi F,Tartoni P,Casadei Maldini M,Mancini R,Beltrandi E,Portioli I

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the production of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), collagenase (MMP-1), and its natural inhibitor, the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) by diseased human tendon samples in organ culture. METHODS:Portions of tendons were excised from the shoulders of patients undergoing shoulder...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dalton S,Cawston TE,Riley GP,Bayley IJ,Hazleman BL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the relevance of calpain in murine collagen induced arthritis (CIA) and to correlate the presence of m-calpain with the appearance of arthritis and cartilage destruction. METHODS:The immunohistochemical appearance and localisation of m-calpain at different stages of arthritis were analysed and ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Szomor Z,Shimizu K,Fujimori Y,Yamamoto S,Yamamuro T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00