Ausgabe 4/2009
Inhalt (46 Artikel)
How much sleep apnea is too much? Authors' response
David M Rapoport, Fumiharu Togo, Benjamin H Natelson
Genome-wide association studies in systemic lupus erythematosus: a perspective
Deborah S Cunninghame Graham
Increased production of soluble CTLA-4 in patients with spondylarthropathies correlates with disease activity
Éric Toussirot, Philippe Saas, Marina Deschamps, Fabienne Pouthier, Lucille Perrot, Sylvain Perruche, Jacqueline Chabod, Pierre Tiberghien, Daniel Wendling
Broad-range PCR, cloning and sequencing of the full 16S rRNA gene for detection of bacterial DNA in synovial fluid samples of Tunisian patients with reactive and undifferentiated arthritis
Mariam Siala, Radhouane Gdoura, Hela Fourati, Markus Rihl, Benoit Jaulhac, Mohamed Younes, Jean Sibilia, Sofien Baklouti, Naceur Bargaoui, Slaheddine Sellami, Abdelghani Sghir, Adnane Hammami
Antibodies to cyclic citrullinated protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate predict hand bone loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of short duration: a longitudinal study
Pernille Bøyesen, Mari Hoff, Sigrid Ødegård, Glenn Haugeberg, Silje W Syversen, Per I Gaarder, Cecilie Okkenhaug, Tore K Kvien
Apoptotic cell-mediated suppression of streptococcal cell wall-induced arthritis is associated with alteration of macrophage function and local regulatory T-cell increase: a potential cell-based therapy?
Sylvain Perruche, Philippe Saas, Wanjun Chen
Rheumatoid arthritis and smoking: putting the pieces together
Zsuzsanna Baka, Edit Buzás, György Nagy
Is there a feudal hierarchy amongst regulatory immune cells? More than just Tregs
Claudia Mauri, Natalie Carter
The determinants of susceptibility/resistance to adjuvant arthritis in rats
Eugene Y Kim, Kamal D Moudgil
Effect of interleukin-1β on spinal cord nociceptive transmission of normal and monoarthritic rats after disruption of glial function
Luis Constandil, Alejandro Hernández, Teresa Pelissier, Osvaldo Arriagada, Karla Espinoza, Hector Burgos, Claudio Laurido
Analysis of skewed X-chromosome inactivation in females with rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune thyroid diseases
Ghazi Chabchoub, Elif Uz, Abdellatif Maalej, Chigdem A Mustafa, Ahmed Rebai, Mouna Mnif, Zouheir Bahloul, Nadir R Farid, Tayfun Ozcelik, Hammadi Ayadi
A functional difficulty and functional pain instrument for hip and knee osteoarthritis
Alan M Jette, Christine M McDonough, Pengsheng Ni, Stephen M Haley, Ronald K Hambleton, Sippy Olarsch, David J Hunter, Young-jo Kim, David T Felson
Gout. Hyperuricemia and cardiovascular disease: how strong is the evidence for a causal link?
Angelo L Gaffo, N Lawrence Edwards, Kenneth G Saag
Flow cytometry analysis of glucocorticoid receptor expression and binding in steroid-sensitive and steroid-resistant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Juan Du, Min Li, Denghai Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Weiwei Zhang, Wei Gu, Yinglu Feng, Xiaofeng Zhai, Changquan Ling
Predictors of major infections in systemic lupus erythematosus
Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Nerea Olivares, Ioana Ruiz-Arruza, Agustin Martinez-Berriotxoa, Maria-Victoria Egurbide, Ciriaco Aguirre
Methotrexate therapy associates with reduced prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis patients over the age of 60- more than just an anti-inflammatory effect? A cross sectional study
Tracey E Toms, Vasileios F Panoulas, Holly John, Karen MJ Douglas, George D Kitas
Bronchoalveoloar lavage fluid cytokines and chemokines as markers and predictors for the outcome of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis patients
Katrin Schmidt, Lorena Martinez-Gamboa, Susan Meier, Christian Witt, Christian Meisel, Leif G Hanitsch, Mike O Becker, Doerte Huscher, Gerd R Burmester, Gabriela Riemekasten
Type I interferon receptor controls B-cell expression of nucleic acid-sensing Toll-like receptors and autoantibody production in a murine model of lupus
Donna L Thibault, Kareem L Graham, Lowen Y Lee, Imelda Balboni, Paul J Hertzog, Paul J Utz
Human rheumatoid arthritis tissue production of IL-17A drives matrix and cartilage degradation: synergy with tumour necrosis factor-α, Oncostatin M and response to biologic therapies
Ellen M Moran, Ronan Mullan, Jennifer McCormick, Mary Connolly, Owen Sullivan, Oliver FitzGerald, Barry Bresnihan, Douglas J Veale, Ursula Fearon
Markers of B-lymphocyte activation are elevated in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and correlated with disease activity in the ESPOIR cohort
Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, Corinne Miceli-Richard, Béatrice Ducot, Philippe Goupille, Bernard Combe, Xavier Mariette
Identification of progressors in osteoarthritis by combining biochemical and MRI-based markers
Erik B Dam, Marco Loog, Claus Christiansen, Inger Byrjalsen, Jenny Folkesson, Mads Nielsen, Arish A Qazi, Paola C Pettersen, Patrick Garnero, Morten A Karsdal
Uric acid is a strong independent predictor of renal dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Dimitrios Daoussis, Vasileios Panoulas, Tracey Toms, Holly John, Ioannis Antonopoulos, Peter Nightingale, Karen MJ Douglas, Rainer Klocke, George D Kitas
AIT test has no problem in the detection of anti-ribosomal P – authors' response
Michael Mahler, Marvin J Fritzler
Immunization with an immunodominant self-peptide derived from glucose-6-phosphate isomerase induces arthritis in DBA/1 mice
Lisa Bruns, Oliver Frey, Lars Morawietz, Christiane Landgraf, Rudolf Volkmer, Thomas Kamradt
Tumor necrosis factor α-induced adipose-related protein expression in experimental arthritis and in rheumatoid arthritis
Asuka Inoue, Isao Matsumoto, Yoko Tanaka, Keiichi Iwanami, Akihiro Kanamori, Naoyuki Ochiai, Daisuke Goto, Satoshi Ito, Takayuki Sumida
Treatment with ephrin B2 positively impacts the abnormal metabolism of human osteoarthritic chondrocytes
Steeve Kwan Tat, Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Nathalie Amiable, Christelle Boileau, Martin Lavigne, Johanne Martel-Pelletier
The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR): validation and psychometric properties
Robert M Bennett, Ronald Friend, Kim D Jones, Rachel Ward, Bobby K Han, Rebecca L Ross
Cytokines in the colon of a patient with Behçet's disease
Jasper H Kappen, Willem A Dik, Gemma M Dingjan, Paul L van Daele, Herbert Hooijkaas, P Martin van Hagen, Jan A van Laar
The Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factor RasGRF1 promotes matrix metalloproteinase-3 production in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue
Joana RF Abreu, Daphne de Launay, Marjolein E Sanders, Aleksander M Grabiec, Marleen G van de Sande, Paul P Tak, Kris A Reedquist
Effector mechanisms of interleukin-17 in collagen-induced arthritis in the absence of interferon-γ and counteraction by interferon-γ
Hilde Kelchtermans, Evelien Schurgers, Lies Geboes, Tania Mitera, Jo Van Damme, Jacques Van Snick, Catherine Uyttenhove, Patrick Matthys
Short- and long-term effects of anti-CD20 treatment on B cell ontogeny in bone marrow of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Maria Rehnberg, Sylvie Amu, Andrej Tarkowski, Maria I Bokarewa, Mikael Brisslert
Physical function, disease activity, and health-related quality-of-life outcomes after 3 years of adalimumab treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Désirée M van der Heijde, Dennis A Revicki, Katherine L Gooch, Robert L Wong, Hartmut Kupper, Neesha Harnam, Chris Thompson, Joachim Sieper
Development and validation of the self-administered Fibromyalgia Assessment Status: a disease-specific composite measure for evaluating treatment effect
Fausto Salaffi, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Rita Girolimetti, Stefania Gasparini, Fabiola Atzeni, Walter Grassi
Increased expression of matrix metalloproteinase-10, nerve growth factor and substance P in the painful degenerate intervertebral disc
Stephen M Richardson, Paul Doyle, Ben M Minogue, Kanna Gnanalingham, Judith A Hoyland
Assessment of radiographic progression in the spines of patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with adalimumab for up to 2 years
Désirée van der Heijde, David Salonen, Barbara N Weissman, Robert Landewé, Walter P Maksymowych, Hartmut Kupper, Shaila Ballal, Eric Gibson, Robert Wong
Reduced Fas ligand-expressing splenic CD5+B lymphocytes in severe collagen-induced arthritis
Steven K Lundy, David A Fox
Comprehensibility, reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Thai version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire in Thai patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Manathip Osiri, Jeerapat Wongchinsri, Sitthichai Ukritchon, Punchong Hanvivadhanakul, Nuntana Kasitanon, Boonjing Siripaitoon
Downregulation of heat shock protein 70 protects rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes from nitric oxide-induced apoptosis
Eun Ha Kang, Dong Jo Kim, Eun Young Lee, Yun Jong Lee, Eun Bong Lee, Yeong Wook Song
Rituximab therapy reduces activated B cells in both the peripheral blood and bone marrow of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: depletion of memory B cells correlates with clinical response
Magda Nakou, Georgios Katsikas, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, George Bertsias, Eva Papadimitraki, Amalia Raptopoulou, Helen Koutala, Helen A Papadaki, Herakles Kritikos, Dimitrios T Boumpas