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Arthritis Research & Therapy

Ausgabe 1/2018

Inhalt (286 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Abatacept used in combination with non-methotrexate disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: a descriptive analysis of data from interventional trials and the real-world setting

Rieke Alten, Harald Burkhardt, Eugen Feist, Klaus Krüger, Juergen Rech, Andrea Rubbert-Roth, Reinhard E. Voll, Yedid Elbez, Christiane Rauch

Open Access Research article

One-year risk of serious infection in patients treated with certolizumab pegol as compared with other TNF inhibitors in a real-world setting: data from a national U.S. rheumatoid arthritis registry

Leslie R. Harrold, Heather J. Litman, Katherine C. Saunders, Kimberly J. Dandreo, Bernice Gershenson, Jeffrey D. Greenberg, Robert Low, Jeffrey Stark, Robert Suruki, Srihari Jaganathan, Joel M. Kremer, Mohamed Yassine

Open Access Research article

The epidemiology of psoriatic arthritis in Israel – a population-based study

Lihi Eder, Arnon Dov Cohen, Ilan Feldhamer, Sari Greenberg-Dotan, Erez Batat, Devy Zisman

Open Access Research article

Type I IFN signature in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: a conspiracy of DNA- and RNA-sensing receptors?

M. Javad Wahadat, Iris L. A. Bodewes, Naomi I. Maria, Cornelia G. van Helden-Meeuwsen, Annette van Dijk-Hummelman, Eline C. Steenwijk, Sylvia Kamphuis, Marjan A. Versnel

Open Access Commentary

Are we there yet? An update on transitional care in rheumatology

Janet E. McDonagh, Albert Farre

Open Access Research article

Urinary angiostatin, CXCL4 and VCAM-1 as biomarkers of lupus nephritis

Chi Chiu Mok, Samar Soliman, Ling Yin Ho, Fatma A. Mohamed, Faten Ismail Mohamed, Chandra Mohan

Open Access Research article

The predictive prognostic factors for polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease

Yumiko Sugiyama, Ryusuke Yoshimi, Maasa Tamura, Mitsuhiro Takeno, Yosuke Kunishita, Daiga Kishimoto, Yuji Yoshioka, Kouji Kobayashi, Kaoru Takase-Minegishi, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Naoki Hamada, Hideto Nagai, Naomi Tsuchida, Yutaro Soejima, Hiroto Nakano, Reikou Kamiyama, Takeaki Uehara, Yohei Kirino, Akiko Sekiguchi, Atsushi Ihata, Shigeru Ohno, Shouhei Nagaoka, Hideaki Nakajima

Open Access Research article

BANK1 alters B cell responses and influences the interactions between B cells and induced T regulatory cells in mice with collagen-induced arthritis

Jie Yang, Jie Ren, Yiming Yang, Juan Sun, Xiaohui Zhou, Shucong Zheng, Dandan Xuan, Yu Xue, Huimin Fan, Jiong Zhang, Hejian Zou, Weiguo Wan, Ning Kong

Open Access Research article

Highly selective inhibition of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase attenuates skin and brain disease in murine lupus

Samantha A. Chalmers, Jing Wen, Jessica Doerner, Ariel Stock, Carla M. Cuda, Hadijat M. Makinde, Harris Perlman, Todd Bosanac, Deborah Webb, Gerald Nabozny, Jay S. Fine, Elliott Klein, Meera Ramanujam, Chaim Putterman

Open Access Research article

Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging changes in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica treated by tocilizumab

Anaïs Huwart, Florent Garrigues, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin, Thierry Marhadour, Dewi Guellec, Divi Cornec, Maelenn Gouillou, Alain Saraux, Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec

Open Access Research article

Treatment of immunoglobulin G4-related sialadenitis: outcomes of glucocorticoid therapy combined with steroid-sparing agents

Xia Hong, Yan-Yan Zhang, Wei Li, Yan-Ying Liu, Zhen Wang, Yan Chen, Yan Gao, Zhi-Peng Sun, Xin Peng, Jia-Zeng Su, Zhi-Gang Cai, Lei Zhang, Jing He, Li-Min Ren, Hong-Yu Yang, Zhan-Guo Li, Guang-Yan Yu

Open Access Research article

Increase of MZB1 in B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus: proteomic analysis of biopsied lymph nodes

Aya Miyagawa-Hayashino, Hajime Yoshifuji, Koji Kitagori, Shinji Ito, Takuma Oku, Yoshitaka Hirayama, Adeeb Salah, Toshiki Nakajima, Kaori Kiso, Norishige Yamada, Hironori Haga, Tatsuaki Tsuruyama

Open Access Research article

Age and fecal microbial strain-specific differences in patients with spondyloarthritis

Matthew L. Stoll, Pamela F. Weiss, Jennifer E. Weiss, Peter A. Nigrovic, Barbara S. Edelheit, S. Lou Bridges Jr, Maria I. Danila, Charles H. Spencer, Marilynn G. Punaro, Kenneth Schikler, Andreas Reiff, Ranjit Kumar, Randy Q. Cron, Casey D. Morrow, Elliot J. Lefkowitz

Open Access Research article

Can baseline ultrasound results help to predict failure to achieve DAS28 remission after 1 year of tight control treatment in early RA patients?

D. F. Ten Cate, J. W. G. Jacobs, W. A. A. Swen, J. M. W. Hazes, M. H. de Jager, N. M. Basoski, C. J. Haagsma, J. J. Luime, A. H. Gerards

Open Access Research article

Anti-CCP-positive patients with RA have a higher 10-year probability of fracture evaluated by FRAX®: a registry study of RA with osteoporosis/fracture

Tien-Tsai Cheng, Shan-Fu Yu, Fu-Mei Su, Yin-Chou Chen, Ben Yu-Jih Su, Wen-Chan Chiu, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Jia-Feng Chen, Chi-Hua Ko, Han-Ming Lai

Open Access Research article

Systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease - individualized immunosuppressive therapy and course of lung function: results of the EUSTAR group

Sabine Adler, Dörte Huscher, Elise Siegert, Yannick Allanore, László Czirják, Francesco DelGaldo, Christopher P. Denton, Oliver Distler, Marc Frerix, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Ulf Mueller-Ladner, Ingo-Helmut Tarner, Gabriele Valentini, Ulrich A. Walker, Peter M. Villiger, Gabriela Riemekasten

Open Access Research article

Synovial IL-9 facilitates neutrophil survival, function and differentiation of Th17 cells in rheumatoid arthritis

Kaustav Chowdhury, Uma Kumar, Soumabha Das, Jaydeep Chaudhuri, Prabin Kumar, Maumita Kanjilal, Parashar Ghosh, Geetabali Sircar, Ravi Kiran Basyal, Uma Kanga, Santu Bandyopadhaya, Dipendra Kumar Mitra

Open Access Editorial

The new aims and scope of Arthritis Research & Therapy

Christopher D. Buckley, Harris Perlman

Open Access Research article

Soluble uric acid increases PDZK1 and ABCG2 expression in human intestinal cell lines via the TLR4-NLRP3 inflammasome and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

Mo Chen, Xiaoyong Lu, Ci Lu, Ning Shen, Yujie Jiang, Menglu Chen, Huaxiang Wu

Open Access Research article

Altered white matter microstructure in lupus patients: a diffusion tensor imaging study

Jessika Nystedt, Markus Nilsson, Andreas Jönsen, Petra Nilsson, Anders Bengtsson, Åsa Lilja, Jimmy Lätt, Peter Mannfolk, Pia C Sundgren

Open Access Research article

Recurrent anterior uveitis and subsequent incidence of ankylosing spondylitis: a nationwide cohort study from 2002 to 2013

Baek-Lok Oh, Jeong Seok Lee, Eun Young Lee, Hee Young Lee, Hyeong Gon Yu

Open Access Research article

Fli1-haploinsufficient dermal fibroblasts promote skin-localized transdifferentiation of Th2-like regulatory T cells

Ryosuke Saigusa, Yoshihide Asano, Takashi Taniguchi, Megumi Hirabayashi, Kouki Nakamura, Shunsuke Miura, Takashi Yamashita, Takehiro Takahashi, Yohei Ichimura, Tetsuo Toyama, Ayumi Yoshizaki, Maria Trojanowska, Shinichi Sato

Open Access Research article

Abatacept blocks anti-citrullinated protein antibody and rheumatoid factor mediated cytokine production in human macrophages in IDO-dependent manner

Aline Bozec, Yubin Luo, Cecilia Engdahl, Camille Figueiredo, Holger Bang, Georg Schett

Open Access Research article

Anti-CD11b antibody treatment suppresses the osteoclast generation, inflammatory cell infiltration, and autoantibody production in arthritis-prone FcγRIIB-deficient mice

Mareki Ohtsuji, Qingshun Lin, Hideki Okazaki, Kazuko Takahashi, Hirofumi Amano, Hideo Yagita, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Sachiko Hirose

Open Access Research article

Adiponectin aggravates bone erosion by promoting osteopontin production in synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis

Jie Qian, Lingxiao Xu, Xiaoxuan Sun, Yani Wang, Wenhua Xuan, Qian Zhang, Pengfei Zhao, Qin Wu, Rui Liu, Nan Che, Fang Wang, Wenfeng Tan, Miaojia Zhang

Open Access Research article

IL-1 family cytokines and soluble receptors in systemic lupus erythematosus

Paola Italiani, Maria Laura Manca, Francesca Angelotti, Daniela Melillo, Federico Pratesi, Ilaria Puxeddu, Diana Boraschi, Paola Migliorini

Open Access Research article

Identification of a novel autoantibody against self-vimentin specific in secondary Sjögren’s syndrome

Yu-Hui Li, Ya-Ping Gao, Jie Dong, Lian-Jie Shi, Xiao-Lin Sun, Ru Li, Xue-Wu Zhang, Yu Liu, Li Long, Jing He, Qun-Jie Zhong, Eric Morand, Guang Yang, Zhan-Guo Li

Open Access Research article

A unique role for galectin-9 in angiogenesis and inflammatory arthritis

Martin J. O’Brien, Qiang Shu, W.Alexander Stinson, Pei-Suen Tsou, Jeffrey H. Ruth, Takeo Isozaki, Phillip L. Campbell, Ray A. Ohara, Alisa E. Koch, David A. Fox, M. Asif Amin

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Patients and surgeons provide endorsement of core domains for total joint replacement clinical trials

Anh Hoang, Susan M. Goodman, Iris Y. Navarro-Millán, Lisa A. Mandl, Mark P. Figgie, Mathias P. Bostrom, Douglas E. Padgett, Peter K. Sculco, Alexander S. McLawhorn, Jasvinder A. Singh

Open Access Research article

Baseline autoantibody profile in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with early treatment response but not long-term outcomes

Emma C. de Moel, Veerle F. A. M. Derksen, Gerrie Stoeken, Leendert A. Trouw, Holger Bang, Robbert J. Goekoop, Irene Speyer, Tom W. J. Huizinga, Cornelia F. Allaart, René E. M. Toes, Diane van der Woude

Open Access Research article

MicroRNA-302b negatively regulates IL-1β production in response to MSU crystals by targeting IRAK4 and EphA2

Teng Ma, Xiao Liu, Zhifu Cen, Chuan Xin, Mingfeng Guo, Chaoyu Zou, Wenpeng Song, Rou Xie, Kailun Wang, Hong Zhou, Jun Zhang, Zhen Wang, Ce Bian, Kaijun Cui, Jiong Li, Yu-Quan Wei, Jing Li, Xikun Zhou

Open Access Research article

Impaired lymph node stromal cell function during the earliest phases of rheumatoid arthritis

Janine S. Hähnlein, Reza Nadafi, Tineke de Jong, Tamara H. Ramwadhdoebe, Johanna F. Semmelink, Karen I. Maijer, IJsbrand A. Zijlstra, Mario Maas, Danielle M. Gerlag, Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek, Paul P. Tak, Reina E. Mebius, Lisa G. M. van Baarsen

Open Access Research article

Autoimmune reactivity to malondialdehyde adducts in systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with disease activity and nephritis

Uta Hardt, Anders Larsson, Iva Gunnarsson, Robert M. Clancy, Michelle Petri, Jill P. Buyon, Gregg J. Silverman, Elisabet Svenungsson, Caroline Grönwall

Open Access Research article

Longitudinal stability of fibromyalgia symptom clusters

Tanya L. Hoskin, Mary O. Whipple, Sanjeev Nanda, Ann Vincent

Open Access Research article

Anti-CD74 antibodies have no diagnostic value in early axial spondyloarthritis: data from the spondyloarthritis caught early (SPACE) cohort

Janneke J. de Winter, Marleen G. van de Sande, Niklas Baerlecken, Inger Berg, Roberta Ramonda, Désirée van der Heijde, Floris A. van Gaalen, Torsten Witte, Dominique L. Baeten

Open Access Research article

Pharmacological characterisation of CR6086, a potent prostaglandin E2 receptor 4 antagonist, as a new potential disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug

Gianfranco Caselli, Albino Bonazzi, Marco Lanza, Flora Ferrari, Daniele Maggioni, Cristian Ferioli, Roberto Giambelli, Eleonora Comi, Silvia Zerbi, Marco Perrella, Ornella Letari, Elena Di Luccio, Milena Colovic, Stefano Persiani, Tiziano Zanelli, Laura Mennuni, Tiziana Piepoli, Lucio Claudio Rovati

Open Access Research article

Exploring determinants predicting response to intra-articular hyaluronic acid treatment in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: 9-year follow-up data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Jean-Pierre Raynauld, François Abram, Marc Dorais, Philippe Delorme, Johanne Martel-Pelletier

Open Access Research article

Integrating genome-wide DNA methylation and mRNA expression profiles identified different molecular features between Kashin-Beck disease and primary osteoarthritis

Yan Wen, Ping Li, Jingcan Hao, Chen Duan, Jing Han, Awen He, Yanan Du, Li Liu, Xiao Liang, Feng Zhang, Xiong Guo

Open Access Research article

Sirukumab in rheumatoid arthritis refractory to sulfasalazine or methotrexate: a randomized phase 3 safety and efficacy study in Japanese patients

Tsutomu Takeuchi, Hisashi Yamanaka, Masayoshi Harigai, Ryo Tamamura, Yuichi Kato, Yoshifumi Ukyo, Toshikazu Nakano, Benjamin Hsu, Yoshiya Tanaka

Open Access Research article

Traditional Chinese medicine formula Bi-Qi capsule alleviates rheumatoid arthritis-induced inflammation, synovial hyperplasia, and cartilage destruction in rats

Kai Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Yan Liu, Xuan Wang, Jiantong Zhao, Tingting Sun, Tingting Jin, Baoli Li, Janak L. Pathak

Open Access Research article

Hypogalactosylation of immunoglobulin G in rheumatoid arthritis: relationship to HLA-DRB1 shared epitope, anticitrullinated protein antibodies, rheumatoid factor, and correlation with inflammatory activity

Christian Schwedler, Thomas Häupl, Ulrich Kalus, Véronique Blanchard, Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester, Denis Poddubnyy, Berthold Hoppe

Open Access Research article

Mice with miR-146a deficiency develop severe gouty arthritis via dysregulation of TRAF 6, IRAK 1 and NALP3 inflammasome

Quan-Bo Zhang, Yu-Feng Qing, Cong-Cong Yin, Li Zhou, Xian-shuang Liu, Qing-Sheng Mi, Jing-Guo Zhou

Open Access Research article

Blockade of TGF-β/Smad signaling by the small compound HPH-15 ameliorates experimental skin fibrosis

Vu Huy Luong, Takenao Chino, Noritaka Oyama, Takashi Matsushita, Yoko Sasaki, Dai Ogura, Shin-ichiro Niwa, Tanima Biswas, Akiyuki Hamasaki, Mikako Fujita, Yoshinari Okamoto, Masami Otsuka, Hironobu Ihn, Minoru Hasegawa

Open Access Research article

Efficacy and safety of secukinumab administration by autoinjector in patients with psoriatic arthritis: results from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial (FUTURE 3)

Peter Nash, Philip J. Mease, Iain B. McInnes, Proton Rahman, Christopher T. Ritchlin, Ricardo Blanco, Eva Dokoupilova, Mats Andersson, Radhika Kajekar, Shephard Mpofu, Luminita Pricop

Open Access Research article

Pain sensitivity at rest and during muscle contraction in persons with rheumatoid arthritis: a substudy within the Physical Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis 2010 study

Monika Löfgren, Christina H. Opava, Ingrid Demmelmaier, Cecilia Fridén, Ingrid E. Lundberg, Birgitta Nordgren, Eva Kosek

Open Access Research article

Methotrexate inhibits effects of platelet-derived growth factor and interleukin-1β on rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes

Beatrice Bergström, Hans Carlsten, Anna-Karin Hultgård Ekwall

Open Access Research article

Risk factors for oral methotrexate failure in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis: results from a UK prospective cohort study

James Bluett, Jamie C. Sergeant, Alex J. MacGregor, Jacqueline R. Chipping, Tarnya Marshall, Deborah P. M. Symmons, Suzanne M. M. Verstappen

Open Access Letter

Myocellular characteristics in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients

Sandro Manuel Mueller, David Aguayo, Daniel Aeberli, Esther Vögelin, Marco Toigo

Open Access Research article

Antibodies against chemokine receptors CXCR3 and CXCR4 predict progressive deterioration of lung function in patients with systemic sclerosis

Florian Weigold, Jeannine Günther, Moritz Pfeiffenberger, Otavio Cabral-Marques, Elise Siegert, Duska Dragun, Aurélie Philippe, Ann-Katrin Regensburger, Andreas Recke, Xinhua Yu, Frank Petersen, Rusan Catar, Robert Biesen, Falk Hiepe, Gerd R. Burmester, Harald Heidecke, Gabriela Riemekasten

Open Access Research article

Impact of diuretics on the urate lowering therapy in patients with gout: analysis of an inception cohort

Laura Ranieri, Carolina Contero, Maria-Luisa Peral, Irene Calabuig, Pedro Zapater, Mariano Andres

Open Access Research article

Interleukin-37 is increased in adult-onset Still’s disease and associated with disease activity

Huihui Chi, Dongzhou Liu, Yue Sun, Qiongyi Hu, Honglei Liu, Xiaobing Cheng, Junna Ye, Hui Shi, Yufeng Yin, Mengru Liu, Xinyao Wu, Zhuochao Zhou, Jialin Teng, Chengde Yang, Yutong Su

Open Access Research article

Methotrexate upregulates circadian transcriptional factors PAR bZIP to induce apoptosis on rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts

Kohjin Suzuki, Kohsuke Yoshida, Takeshi Ueha, Kenta Kaneshiro, Ayako Nakai, Naonori Hashimoto, Koto Uchida, Teppei Hashimoto, Yoshiko Kawasaki, Nao Shibanuma, Natsuko Nakagawa, Yoshitada Sakai, Akira Hashiramoto

Open Access Research article

Feasibility and reliability of the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada sacroiliac joint inflammation score in children

Pamela F. Weiss, Walter P. Maksymowych, Robert G. Lambert, Jacob L. Jaremko, David M. Biko, Joel Paschke, Timothy G. Brandon, Rui Xiao, Nancy A. Chauvin

Open Access Research article

Effect of filgotinib, a selective JAK 1 inhibitor, with and without methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: patient-reported outcomes

Mark Genovese, Rene Westhovens, Luc Meuleners, Annegret Van der Aa, Pille Harrison, Chantal Tasset, Arthur Kavanaugh

Open Access Commentary

Rheumatology in East Asia

Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yeong-Wook Song, Zhan-guo Li

Open Access Research article

Smoking is not linked to the development of anti-peptidylarginine deiminase 4 autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis

Laura C. Cappelli, Maximilian F. Konig, Allan C. Gelber, Clifton O. Bingham III, Erika Darrah

Open Access Research article

Effectiveness and safety of tofacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study

Marina Amaral de Ávila Machado, Cristiano Soares de Moura, Steve Ferreira Guerra, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Michal Abrahamowicz, Sasha Bernatsky

Open Access Research article

Clinical and MRI remission in patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis who received long-term open-label adalimumab treatment: 3-year results of the ABILITY-1 trial

Désirée van der Heijde, Joachim Sieper, Walter P. Maksymowych, Robert G. Lambert, Su Chen, Maja Hojnik, Jaclyn K. Anderson, Aileen L. Pangan

Open Access Research article

CCL17 blockade as a therapy for osteoarthritis pain and disease

Ming-Chin Lee, Reem Saleh, Adrian Achuthan, Andrew J. Fleetwood, Irmgard Förster, John A. Hamilton, Andrew D. Cook

Open Access Letter

Anti-CCP antibodies and bone

Giovanni Orsolini, Ombretta Viapiana, Maurizio Rossini, Giovanni Adami, Cristian Caimmi, Angelo Fassio, Davide Gatti

Open Access Research article

Dysregulated heme oxygenase-1low M2-like macrophages augment lupus nephritis via Bach1 induced by type I interferons

Daiga Kishimoto, Yohei Kirino, Maasa Tamura, Mitsuhiro Takeno, Yosuke Kunishita, Kaoru Takase-Minegishi, Hiroto Nakano, Ikuma Kato, Kiyotaka Nagahama, Ryusuke Yoshimi, Kazuhiko Igarashi, Ichiro Aoki, Hideaki Nakajima

Open Access Research article

Failure of remission induction by glucocorticoids alone or in combination with immunosuppressive agents in IgG4-related disease: a prospective study of 215 patients

Liwen Wang, Panpan Zhang, Mu Wang, Ruie Feng, Yamin Lai, Linyi Peng, Yunyun Fei, Xuan Zhang, Yan Zhao, Xiaofeng Zeng, Fengchun Zhang, Wen Zhang

Open Access Research article

Identification of novel biomarker as citrullinated inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain 4, specifically increased in sera with experimental and rheumatoid arthritis

Hoshimi Kawaguchi, Isao Matsumoto, Atsumu Osada, Izumi Kurata, Hiroshi Ebe, Yuki Tanaka, Asuka Inoue, Naoto Umeda, Yuya Kondo, Hiroto Tsuboi, Yasuhiro Shinkai, Yoshito Kumagai, Akihito Ishigami, Takayuki Sumida

Open Access Research article

Osteoclasts degrade bone and cartilage knee joint compartments through different resorption processes

Henrik Löfvall, Hannah Newbould, Morten A. Karsdal, Morten H. Dziegiel, Johan Richter, Kim Henriksen, Christian S. Thudium

Open Access Research article

Phenome-wide association study identifies marked increased in burden of comorbidities in African Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus

April Barnado, Robert J. Carroll, Carolyn Casey, Lee Wheless, Joshua C. Denny, Leslie J. Crofford

Open Access Research article

Comparison of the impact of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F and Methotrexate treatment on radiological progression in active rheumatoid arthritis: 2-year follow up of a randomized, non-blinded, controlled study

Yang-zhong Zhou, Li-dan Zhao, Hua Chen, Yan Zhang, Dan-feng Wang, Lin-fang Huang, Qian-wen Lv, Bin Liu, Zhenbin Li, Wei Wei, Hongbin Li, Xiangping Liao, Hui Liu, Xiumei Liu, Hongtao Jin, Junxiang Wang, Yun-yun Fei, Qing-jun Wu, Wen Zhang, Qun Shi, Wen-jie Zheng, Feng-chun Zhang, Fu-lin Tang, Peter E. Lipsky, Xuan Zhang

Open Access Correction

Correction to: identification of multiple cancer-associated myositis-specific autoantibodies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a large longitudinal cohort study

Hanbo Yang, Qinglin Peng, Liguo Yin, Shanshan Li, Jingli Shi, Yamei Zhang, Xin Lu, Xiaoming Shu, Sigong Zhang, Guochun Wang

Open Access Research article

Effect of combined treatment with bisphosphonate and vitamin D on atherosclerosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a propensity score-based analysis

Kazumasa Ohmura, Masaru Kato, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Kenji Oku, Toshiyuki Bohgaki, Tetsuya Horita, Shinsuke Yasuda, Yoichi M. Ito, Norihiro Sato, Tatsuya Atsumi

Open Access Research article

Effect of a low-intensity, self-management lifestyle intervention on knee pain in community-based young to middle-aged rural women: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Yuanyuan Wang, Catherine Lombard, Sultana Monira Hussain, Cheryce Harrison, Samantha Kozica, Sharmayne R. E. Brady, Helena Teede, Flavia M. Cicuttini

Open Access Research article

Characterization of inflammatory cell infiltrate of scleroderma skin: B cells and skin score progression

Silvia Bosello, Cristiana Angelucci, Gina Lama, Stefano Alivernini, Gabriella Proietti, Barbara Tolusso, Gigliola Sica, Elisa Gremese, Gianfranco Ferraccioli

Open Access Research article

Association between general joint hypermobility and knee, hip, and lumbar spine osteoarthritis by race: a cross-sectional study

Portia P. E. Flowers, Rebecca J. Cleveland, Todd A. Schwartz, Amanda E. Nelson, Virginia B. Kraus, Howard J. Hillstrom, Adam P. Goode, Marian T. Hannan, Jordan B. Renner, Joanne M. Jordan, Yvonne M. Golightly

Open Access Research article

Effects of selexipag and its active metabolite in contrasting the profibrotic myofibroblast activity in cultured scleroderma skin fibroblasts

Maurizio Cutolo, Barbara Ruaro, Paola Montagna, Renata Brizzolara, Emanuela Stratta, Amelia Chiara Trombetta, Stefano Scabini, Pier Paolo Tavilla, Aurora Parodi, Claudio Corallo, Nicola Giordano, Sabrina Paolino, Carmen Pizzorni, Alberto Sulli, Vanessa Smith, Stefano Soldano

Open Access Research article

Accuracy of the HumaSensplus point-of-care uric acid meter using capillary blood obtained by fingertip puncture

Stéphanie Fabre, Pierre Clerson, Jean-Marie Launay, Jean-François Gautier, Tiphaine Vidal-Trecan, Jean-Pierre Riveline, Adam Platt, Anna Abrahamsson, Jeffrey N. Miner, Glen Hughes, Pascal Richette, Thomas Bardin

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with physicians’ prescriptions for rheumatoid arthritis drugs not filled by patients

Hong J. Kan, Kirill Dyagilev, Peter Schulam, Suchi Saria, Hadi Kharrazi, David Bodycombe, Charles T. Molta, Jeffrey R. Curtis

Open Access Research article

Fcγ receptor-mediated influx of S100A8/A9-producing neutrophils as inducer of bone erosion during antigen-induced arthritis

Irene Di Ceglie, Giuliana Ascone, Niels A. J. Cremers, Annet W. Sloetjes, Birgitte Walgreen, Thomas Vogl, Johannes Roth, J. Sjef Verbeek, Fons A. J. van de Loo, Marije I. Koenders, Peter M. van der Kraan, Arjen B. Blom, Martijn H. J. van den Bosch, Peter L. E. M. van Lent

Open Access Research article

Deleterious role of hepatitis B virus infection in therapeutic response among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a clinical practice setting: a case-control study

Yu-Lan Chen, Jian-Zi Lin, Ying-Qian Mo, Jian-Da Ma, Qian-Hua Li, Xiao-Ying Wang, Ze-Hong Yang, Tao Yan, Dong-Hui Zheng, Lie Dai

Open Access Research article

Smoking, body mass index, disease activity, and the risk of rapid radiographic progression in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

Emil Rydell, Kristina Forslind, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Lennart T. H. Jacobsson, Carl Turesson

Open Access Research article

Targeted lipidomics analysis identified altered serum lipid profiles in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Joan Raouf, Helena Idborg, Petter Englund, Helene Alexanderson, Maryam Dastmalchi, Per-Johan Jakobsson, Ingrid E. Lundberg, Marina Korotkova

Open Access Research article

Estrogen induces St6gal1 expression and increases IgG sialylation in mice and patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a potential explanation for the increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis in postmenopausal women

Cecilia Engdahl, Albert Bondt, Ulrike Harre, Jasmin Raufer, René Pfeifle, Alessandro Camponeschi, Manfred Wuhrer, Michaela Seeling, Inga-Lill Mårtensson, Falk Nimmerjahn, Gerhard Krönke, Hans U. Scherer, Helena Forsblad-d’Elia, Georg Schett

Open Access Research article

Integrative analysis reveals CD38 as a therapeutic target for plasma cell-rich pre-disease and established rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Suzanne Cole, Alice Walsh, Xuefeng Yin, Mihir D. Wechalekar, Malcolm D. Smith, Susanna M. Proudman, Douglas J. Veale, Ursula Fearon, Costantino Pitzalis, Frances Humby, Michele Bombardieri, Amy Axel, Homer Adams III, Christopher Chiu, Michael Sharp, John Alvarez, Ian Anderson, Loui Madakamutil, Sunil Nagpal, Yanxia Guo

Open Access Letter

Early achievement of deep remission predicts low incidence of renal flare in lupus nephritis class III or IV

Hironari Hanaoka, Harunobu Iida, Tomofumi Kiyokawa, Yukiko Takakuwa, Kimito Kawahata

Open Access Research article

Two independent proteomic approaches provide a comprehensive analysis of the synovial fluid proteome response to Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation

Charlotte H. Hulme, Emma L. Wilson, Heidi R. Fuller, Sally Roberts, James B. Richardson, Pete Gallacher, Mandy J. Peffers, Sally L. Shirran, Catherine H. Botting, Karina T. Wright

Open Access Research article

Upper zone of growth plate and cartilage matrix associated protein protects cartilage during inflammatory arthritis

Fritz Seuffert, Daniela Weidner, Wolfgang Baum, Georg Schett, Michael Stock

Open Access Research article

Inflammation functions as a key mediator in the link between ACPA and erosion development: an association study in Clinically Suspect Arthralgia

R. M. ten Brinck, R. E. M. Toes, A. H. M. van der Helm–van Mil

Open Access Research article

Untangling the complex relationships between incident gout risk, serum urate, and its comorbidities

Mengying Sun, Ana I. Vazquez, Richard J. Reynolds, Jasvinder A. Singh, Mathew Reeves, Tony R. Merriman, Angelo L. Gaffo, Gustavo de los Campos

Open Access Research article

Predicting unfavorable long-term outcome in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from the Nordic cohort study

Veronika Rypdal, Ellen Dalen Arnstad, Kristiina Aalto, Lillemor Berntson, Maria Ekelund, Anders Fasth, Mia Glerup, Troels Herlin, Susan Nielsen, Suvi Peltoniemi, Marek Zak, Marite Rygg, Martin Rypdal, Ellen Nordal, Gudmund Marhaug, Freddy Karup Pedersen, Pekka Lahdenne, Boel Anderson-Gäre, Nils Thomas Songstad, Astri Lang, Anne Elisabeth Ross, Kjell Berntzen, Nina Moe, Mikael Damgaard, Nils Olof Jonsson, Anders Berner, Hans Ekström, Eric Ronge, Agne Lind, Lars Hammarèn, Johan Robinsson, Anna-Lena Nilsson

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Meta-analysis of GWAS on both Chinese and European populations identifies GPR173 as a novel X chromosome susceptibility gene for SLE

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L. C. Coates, D. D. Gladman, P. Nash, O. FitzGerald, A. Kavanaugh, T. K. Kvien, L. Gossec, V. Strand, L. Rasouliyan, L. Pricop, K. Ding, S. M. Jugl, C. Gaillez

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TNFα expressed on the surface of microparticles modulates endothelial cell fate in rheumatoid arthritis

Cristiana Barbati, Marta Vomero, Tania Colasanti, Marco Diociaiuti, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Sara Ferrigno, Annacarla Finucci, Francesca Miranda, Lucia Novelli, Carlo Perricone, Francesca Romana Spinelli, Simona Truglia, Fabrizio Conti, Guido Valesini, Cristiano Alessandri

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Juvenile onset autoinflammatory disease due to a novel mutation in TNFAIP3 (A20)

Shuzo Sato, Yuya Fujita, Tomonari Shigemura, Hisanori Matoba, Kazunaga Agematsu, Yuya Sumichika, Makiko Yashiro, Atsushi Ono, Yukihiko Kawasaki, Hiroko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tomohiro Koga, Atsushi Kawakami, Kiyoshi Migita

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Calprotectin strongly and independently predicts relapse in rheumatoid arthritis and polyarticular psoriatic arthritis patients treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors: a 1-year prospective cohort study

José Inciarte-Mundo, Julio Ramirez, Maria Victoria Hernández, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide, Andrea Cuervo, Sonia Raquel Cabrera-Villalba, Mariona Pascal, Jordi Yagüe, Juan D. Cañete, Raimon Sanmarti

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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher disease activity and the risk for uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis - data from a German inception cohort

Claudia Sengler, Julian Zink, Jens Klotsche, Martina Niewerth, Ina Liedmann, Gerd Horneff, Christoph Kessel, Gerd Ganser, Angelika Thon, Johannes-Peter Haas, Anton Hospach, Frank Weller-Heinemann, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Dirk Foell, Angela Zink, Kirsten Minden

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Association of serum levels of fibrosis-related biomarkers with disease activity in patients with IgG4-related disease

Shin-ya Kawashiri, Tomoki Origuchi, Masataka Umeda, Ayako Nishino, Toshimasa Shimizu, Shoichi Fukui, Tomohiro Koga, Naoki Iwamoto, Kunihiro Ichinose, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Takahiro Maeda, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Motohisa Yamamoto, Yasumori Izumi, Atsushi Kawakami

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Immunosuppressive therapy influences the accelerated age-dependent T-helper cell differentiation in systemic lupus erythematosus remission patients

Matthias Schaier, Claudius Gottschalk, Lorenz Uhlmann, Claudius Speer, Florian Kälble, Volker Eckstein, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Stefan Meuer, Karsten Mahnke, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Martin Zeier, Andrea Steinborn

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The value of joint ultrasonography in predicting arthritis in seropositive patients with arthralgia: a prospective cohort study

Marian H. van Beers-Tas, Annelies B. Blanken, Mark M. J. Nielen, Franktien Turkstra, Conny J. van der Laken, Marlies Meursinge Reynders, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg

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Primary respiratory disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from the Spanish rheumatology society lupus registry (RELESSER) cohort

Javier Narváez, Helena Borrell, Fernando Sánchez-Alonso, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa, Francisco Javier López-Longo, María Galindo-Izquierdo, Jaime Calvo-Alén, Antonio Fernández-Nebro, Alejandro Olivé, José Luis Andreu, Víctor Martínez-Taboada, Joan Miquel Nolla, José María Pego-Reigosa, Paloma Vela, Elia Vals, Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez, Gema Bonilla, María Jesús García-Villanueva, Elvira Diez-Álvarez, Mercedes Freire, Marian Gantes, Paloma García de la Peña, Rosario García-Vicuña, José Ángel Hernández-Beiraín, Loreto Horcada, Jesús Ibañez-Ruán, Mónica Ibañez, Carlos Marras, José Luis Marenco, Ivan Castellví, Carlos Montilla-Morales, Mireia Moreno, Ángela Pecondon-Español, Esther Ruiz Lucea, Ana Sánchez-Atrio, Gregorio Santos-Soler, Francisco Toyos, Esther Uriarte Isacelaya, Tomas Vazquez-Rodríguez

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Quantitative videocapillaroscopy correlates with functional respiratory parameters: a clue for vasculopathy as a pathogenic mechanism for lung injury in systemic sclerosis

Alfredo Guillén-Del-Castillo, Carmen Pilar Simeón-Aznar, Eduardo L. Callejas-Moraga, Carles Tolosa-Vilella, Serafín Alonso-Vila, Vicente Fonollosa-Pla, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan

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Correction to: Standardisation of synovial biopsy analyses in rheumatic diseases: a consensus of the EULAR Synovitis and OMERACT Synovial Tissue Biopsy Groups

Aurélie Najm, Benoît Le Goff, Carl Orr, Rogier Thurlings, Juan D. Cañete, Frances Humby, Stefano Alivernini, Antonio Manzo, Søren Andreas Just, Vasco C. Romão, Veit Krenn, Ulf Müller-Ladner, Olga Addimanda, Sander W. Tas, Maria Stoenoiu, Laurent Meric de Bellefon, Patrick Durez, Vibeke Strand, Mihir D. Wechalekar, Joao E. Fonseca, Bernard Lauwerys, Ursula Fearon, Douglas J. Veale

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Effect of high-intensity interval training on muscle remodeling in rheumatoid arthritis compared to prediabetes

Brian J. Andonian, David B. Bartlett, Janet L. Huebner, Leslie Willis, Andrew Hoselton, Virginia B. Kraus, William E. Kraus, Kim M. Huffman

Open Access Research

Factors related to health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis, overall and stratified by sex

Lucy Law, Jeanette Beckman Rehnman, Anna Deminger, Eva Klingberg, Lennart T. H. Jacobsson, Helena Forsblad-d’Elia

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Pharmacovigilance in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients treated with biologic or synthetic drugs: combined data of more than 15,000 patients from Pharmachild and national registries

Joost Swart, Gabriella Giancane, Gerd Horneff, Bo Magnusson, Michael Hofer, Еkaterina Alexeeva, Violeta Panaviene, Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Jordi Anton, Susan Nielsen, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Sylvia Kamphuis, Valda Staņēviča, Maria Tracahana, Laura Marinela Ailioaie, Elena Tsitsami, Ariane Klein, Kirsten Minden, Ivan Foeldvari, Johannes Peter Haas, Jens Klotsche, Anna Carin Horne, Alessandro Consolaro, Francesca Bovis, Francesca Bagnasco, Angela Pistorio, Alberto Martini, Nico Wulffraat, Nicolino Ruperto

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Tophus resolution in patients with chronic refractory gout who have persistent urate-lowering responses to pegloticase

Brian F. Mandell, Anthony E. Yeo, Peter E. Lipsky

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