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Arthritis Research & Therapy

Ausgabe 1/2021

Inhalt (306 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Validation of the adjusted multi-biomarker disease activity score as a prognostic test for radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: a combined analysis of multiple studies

Jeffrey R. Curtis, Michael E. Weinblatt, Nancy A. Shadick, Cecilie H. Brahe, Mikkel Østergaard, Merete Lund Hetland, Saedis Saevarsdottir, Megan Horton, Brent Mabey, Darl D. Flake II, Rotem Ben-Shachar, Eric H. Sasso, T. W. Huizinga

Open Access Research article

Younger age and female gender are determinants of underestimated cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a prospective cohort study

Daphne C. Rohrich, Eline H. M. van de Wetering, Alexander J. Rennings, Elke E. Arts, Inger L. Meek, Alfons A. den Broeder, Jaap Fransen, Calin D. Popa

Open Access Review

Baricitinib inhibits structural joint damage progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis—a comprehensive review

Paul Emery, Patrick Durez, Axel J. Hueber, Inmaculada de la Torre, Esbjörn Larsson, Thorsten Holzkämper, Yoshiya Tanaka

Open Access Research article

Increased development of radiographic hip osteoarthritis in individuals with high bone mass: a prospective cohort study

April Hartley, Sarah A. Hardcastle, Monika Frysz, Jon Parkinson, Lavinia Paternoster, Eugene McCloskey, Kenneth E. S. Poole, Muhammad K. Javaid, Mo Aye, Katie Moss, Martin Williams, Jon H. Tobias, Celia L. Gregson

Open Access Research article

Anti-CD40 antibody KPL-404 inhibits T cell-mediated activation of B cells from healthy donors and autoimmune patients

John Marken, Sujatha Muralidharan, Natalia V. Giltiay

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Computer vision applied to dual-energy computed tomography images for precise calcinosis cutis quantification in patients with systemic sclerosis

Anita C. Chandrasekaran, Zhicheng Fu, Reid Kraniski, F. Perry Wilson, Shannon Teaw, Michelle Cheng, Annie Wang, Shangping Ren, Imran M. Omar, Monique E. Hinchcliff

Open Access Research article

Independent and interactive effect of sitting time and physical activity on prevalence of hyperuricemia: the Henan Rural Cohort Study

Xiaokang Dong, Yuqian Li, Lulu Zhang, Xiaotian Liu, Runqi Tu, Yikang Wang, Ruiying Li, Linlin Li, Jian Hou, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo, Chongjian Wang

Open Access Research article

Clinical outcomes of patients with giant cell arteritis treated with tocilizumab in real-world clinical practice: decreased incidence of new visual manifestations

Sebastian Unizony, Timothy J. McCulley, Robert Spiera, Jinglan Pei, Paris N. Sidiropoulos, Jennie H. Best, Christine Birchwood, Andrey Pavlov, John H. Stone

Open Access Research article

Lymphocyte subset abnormalities in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

David A. Fox, Steven K. Lundy, Michael L. Whitfield, Veronica Berrocal, Phillip Campbell, Stephanie Rasmussen, Ray Ohara, Alexander Stinson, Mikel Gurrea-Rubio, Evan Wiewiora, Catherine Spino, Erica Bush, Daniel Furst, Shiv Pillai, Dinesh Khanna

Open Access Research article

Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib over 84 weeks in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (SELECT-SUNRISE)

Hideto Kameda, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Kunihiro Yamaoka, Motohiro Oribe, Mitsuhiro Kawano, Masayuki Yokoyama, Aileen L. Pangan, Yuko Konishi, Sebastian Meerwein, Yoshiya Tanaka

Open Access Research article

Switching first-line targeted therapy after not reaching low disease activity within 6 months is superior to conservative approach: a propensity score-matched analysis from the ATTRA registry

Lucie Nekvindová, Jiří Vencovský, Karel Pavelka, Pavel Horák, Zlatuše Křístková, Jakub Závada

Open Access Research article

Connective tissue remodelling is differently modulated by tocilizumab versus methotrexate monotherapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: the AMBITION study

Patryk J. Drobinski, Anne C. Bay-Jensen, Morten A. Karsdal, Samra Sardar, Anne S. Siebuhr

Open Access Research article

Expansion of circulating peripheral TIGIT+CD226+ CD4 T cells with enhanced effector functions in dermatomyositis

Wenli Li, Chuiwen Deng, Hanbo Yang, Xin Lu, Shanshan Li, Xia Liu, Fang Chen, Lida Chen, Xiaoming Shu, Lu Zhang, Qingyan Liu, Guochun Wang, Qinglin Peng

Open Access Research article

Symptomatic aortitis at giant cell arteritis diagnosis: a prognostic factor of aortic event

Olivier Espitia, Gauthier Blonz, Geoffrey Urbanski, Cédric Landron, Jérôme Connault, Christian Lavigne, Pascal Roblot, François Maillot, Alexandra Audemard-Verger, Mathieu Artifoni, Cécile Durant, Béatrice Guyomarch, Mohamed Hamidou, Julie Magnant, Christian Agard

Open Access Review

Cytomegalovirus infection: friend or foe in rheumatoid arthritis?

Jean-Luc Davignon, Bernard Combe, Alain Cantagrel

Open Access Research article

Impact of baseline clinical and radiological features on outcome of chronic rhinosinusitis in granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Sigrun Skaar Holme, Karin Kilian, Heidi B. Eggesbø, Jon Magnus Moen, Øyvind Molberg

Open Access Research article

Association study between immune-related miRNAs and mixed connective tissue disease

Barbara Stypińska, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Anna Felis-Giemza, Marzena Olesińska, Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka

Open Access Research article

Chinese SLE Treatment and Research Group Registry (CSTAR) XIII: prevalence and risk factors for chronic scarring alopecia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Yirong Xiang, Mengtao Li, Hui Luo, Yanhong Wang, Xinwang Duan, Cheng Zhao, Feng Zhan, Zhenbiao Wu, Hongbin Li, Min Yang, Jian Xu, Wei Wei, Lijun Wu, Hanxiao You, Junyan Qian, Xiaoxi Yang, Can Huang, Jiuliang Zhao, Qian Wang, Xiaomei Leng, Xinping Tian, Yan Zhao, Xiaofeng Zeng

Open Access Research article

MicroRNA-320a: an important regulator in the fibrotic process in interstitial lung disease of systemic sclerosis

Yiqun Li, Jing Huang, Chaojun Hu, Jiaxin Zhou, Dong Xu, Yong Hou, Chanyuan Wu, Jiuliang Zhao, Mengtao Li, Xiaofeng Zeng, Changzheng Liu, Qian Wang, Yan Zhao

Open Access Research article

Photoacoustic and high-frequency ultrasound imaging of systemic sclerosis patients

Khalid Daoudi, Brigit E. Kersten, Cornelia H. M. van den Ende, Frank H. J. van den Hoogen, Madelon C. Vonk, Chris L. de Korte

Open Access Review

Circular RNAs in osteoarthritis: indispensable regulators and novel strategies in clinical implications

Wenchao Zhang, Lin Qi, Ruiqi Chen, Jieyu He, Zhongyue Liu, Wanchun Wang, Chao Tu, Zhihong Li

Open Access Research article

Hsa_circ_0123190 acts as a competitive endogenous RNA to regulate APLNR expression by sponging hsa-miR-483-3p in lupus nephritis

Chunyi Zhang, Congcong Gao, Xueqi Di, Siwan Cui, Wenfang Liang, Wenbo Sun, Menghui Yao, Shengyun Liu, Zhaohui Zheng

Open Access Research article

Long-term remission and biologic persistence rates: 12-year real-world data

Kieran Murray, Matthew Turk, Yousef Alammari, Francis Young, Phil Gallagher, Tajvur Saber, Ursula Fearon, Douglas J. Veale

Open Access Research article

The sequence of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs: pathways to and predictors of tocilizumab monotherapy

Daniel H. Solomon, Chang Xu, Jamie Collins, Seoyoung C. Kim, Elena Losina, Vincent Yau, Fredrik D. Johansson

Open Access Research article

Predictors of radiographic erosion and joint space narrowing progression in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study

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

Open Access Review

Efficacy of plasma exchange for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated systemic vasculitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yosuke Yamada, Makoto Harada, Yuuta Hara, Ryohei Iwabuchi, Koji Hashimoto, Shuhei Yamamoto, Yuji Kamijo

Open Access Research article

The baseline interferon signature predicts disease severity over the subsequent 5 years in systemic lupus erythematosus

Lloyd Mai, Arundip Asaduzzaman, Babak Noamani, Paul R. Fortin, Dafna D. Gladman, Zahi Touma, Murray B. Urowitz, Joan Wither

Open Access Research article

Is gene expression among women with rheumatoid arthritis dysregulated during a postpartum flare?

Matthew Wright, Mette K. Smed, J. Lee Nelson, Jørn Olsen, Merete L. Hetland, Vibeke Zoffmann, Damini Jawaheer

Open Access Research article

Serum biomarker panel for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

Sora Mun, Jiyeong Lee, Mira Park, Jieun Shin, Mi-Kyoung Lim, Hee-Gyoo Kang

Open Access Research article

Low levels of PCSK9 are associated with remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-TNF-α: potential underlying mechanisms

Johan Frostegård, Sabbir Ahmed, Ingiäld Hafström, Sofia Ajeganova, Mizanur Rahman

Open Access Research article

Jo-1 autoantigen-specific B cells are skewed towards distinct functional B cell subsets in anti-synthetase syndrome patients

Jennifer Young-Glazer, Alberto Cisneros III, Erin M. Wilfong, Scott A. Smith, Leslie J. Crofford, Rachel H. Bonami

Open Access Research article

Pain chronification and the important role of non-disease-specific symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis

Caroline Evers, Suzana Jordan, Britta Maurer, Mike Oliver Becker, Carina Mihai, Rucsandra Dobrota, Petra Hoederath, Oliver Distler

Open Access Research article

Proinflammatory T cell polarization is already present in patients with early knee osteoarthritis

Nils Rosshirt, Richard Trauth, Hadrian Platzer, Elena Tripel, Timo A. Nees, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Theresa Tretter, Babak Moradi

Open Access Research article

Transcriptome-wide association study identifies susceptibility genes for rheumatoid arthritis

Cuiyan Wu, Sijian Tan, Li Liu, Shiqiang Cheng, Peilin Li, Wenyu Li, Huan Liu, Feng’e Zhang, Sen Wang, Yujie Ning, Yan Wen, Feng Zhang

Open Access Research article

Concentration of survivin in children with oligo- and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA): diagnostic and prognostic value—a single-center study

Joanna Lipinska, Marcin Kaszkowiak, Beata Malachowska, Joanna Swidrowska-Jaros, Elzbieta Smolewska

Open Access Research article

Ixekizumab, with or without concomitant methotrexate, improves signs and symptoms of PsA: week 52 results from Spirit-P1 and Spirit-P2 studies

Bernard Combe, Tsen-Fang Tsai, J. Eugene Huffstutter, Aubrey Trevelin Sprabery, Chen-Yen Lin, So Young Park, Andris Kronbergs, Matthew M. Hufford, Peter Nash

Open Access Review

The gut microbiota in osteoarthritis: where do we stand and what can we do?

Xiaoxia Hao, Xingru Shang, Jiawei Liu, Ruimin Chi, Jiaming Zhang, Tao Xu

Open Access Research article

Structural changes in the sacroiliac joint on MRI and relationship to ASDAS inactive disease in axial spondyloarthritis: a 2-year study comparing treatment with etanercept in EMBARK to a contemporary control cohort in DESIR

Walter P. Maksymowych, Pascal Claudepierre, Manouk de Hooge, Robert G. Lambert, Robert Landewé, Anna Molto, Désirée van der Heijde, Jack F. Bukowski, Heather Jones, Ron Pedersen, Annette Szumski, Bonnie Vlahos, Maxime Dougados

Open Access Research article

Treatment persistence of biologics among patients with psoriatic arthritis

Amir Haddad, Tal Gazitt, Ilan Feldhamer, Joy Feld, Arnon Dov Cohen, Idit Lavi, Faten Tatour, Irena Bergman, Devy Zisman

Open Access Research article

Cluster analysis of phenotypes of patients with Behçet’s syndrome: a large cohort study from a referral center in China

Jun Zou, Jian-feng Luo, Yan Shen, Jian-fei Cai, Jian-long Guan

Open Access Research article

The spectrum of association in HLA region with rheumatoid arthritis in a diverse Asian population: evidence from the MyEIRA case-control study

Lay Kim Tan, Chun Lai Too, Lina Marcela Diaz-Gallo, Sulaiman Wahinuddin, Ing Soo Lau, Hussein Heselynn, Shahril Nor-Shuhaila, Suk Chyn Gun, Mageswaran Eashwary, Mohamed Said Mohd-Shahrir, Mohd Mokhtar Ainon, Rosman Azmillah, Othman Muhaini, Murad Shahnaz, Lars Alfredsson, Lars Klareskog, Leonid Padyukov

Open Access Research article

Polysaccharide from Angelica sinensis attenuates SNP-induced apoptosis in osteoarthritis chondrocytes by inducing autophagy via the ERK1/2 pathway

Chao Xu, Su Ni, Chao Zhuang, Chenkai Li, Gongyin Zhao, Shijie Jiang, Liangliang Wang, Ruixia Zhu, Andre J. van Wijnen, Yuji Wang

Open Access Research article

Using a DAS28-CRP-steered treat-to-target strategy does not eliminate subclinical inflammation as assessed by ultrasonography in rheumatoid arthritis patients in longstanding clinical remission

Lene Terslev, Cecilie Heegaard Brahe, Mikkel Østergaard, Viktoria Fana, Mads Ammitzbøll-Danielsen, Torsten Møller, Simon Krabbe, Merete Lund Hetland, Uffe Møller Døhn

Open Access Research article

Changes in the proportion of clinical clusters contribute to the phenotypic evolution of Behçet’s disease in Japan

Yutaro Soejima, Yohei Kirino, Mitsuhiro Takeno, Michiko Kurosawa, Masaki Takeuchi, Ryusuke Yoshimi, Yumiko Sugiyama, Shigeru Ohno, Yukiko Asami, Akiko Sekiguchi, Toshihisa Igarashi, Shohei Nagaoka, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo, Hideaki Nakajima, Nobuhisa Mizuki

Open Access Research article

Efficacy and safety of biosimilar CT-P17 versus reference adalimumab in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis: 24-week results from a randomized study

Jonathan Kay, Janusz Jaworski, Rafal Wojciechowski, Piotr Wiland, Anna Dudek, Marek Krogulec, Slawomir Jeka, Agnieszka Zielinska, Jakub Trefler, Katarzyna Bartnicka-Maslowska, Magdalena Krajewska-Wlodarczyk, Piotr A. Klimiuk, Sang Joon Lee, Yun Ju Bae, Go Eun Yang, Jae Kyoung Yoo, Daniel E. Furst, Edward Keystone

Open Access Research article

Functional analysis of novel A20 variants in patients with atypical inflammatory diseases

Saori Kadowaki, Kunio Hashimoto, Toyoki Nishimura, Kenichi Kashimada, Tomonori Kadowaki, Norio Kawamoto, Kohsuke Imai, Satoshi Okada, Hirokazu Kanegane, Hidenori Ohnishi

Open Access Research article

Which patient-reported outcomes do rheumatology patients find important to track digitally? A real-world longitudinal study in ArthritisPower

W. Benjamin Nowell, Kelly Gavigan, Carol L. Kannowski, Zhihong Cai, Theresa Hunter, Shilpa Venkatachalam, Julie Birt, Jennifer Workman, Jeffrey R. Curtis

Open Access Research article

Needle biopsy compared with surgical biopsy: pitfalls of small biopsy in histologial diagnosis of IgG4-related disease

Yanying Liu, Fei Yang, Xiying Chi, Yuxin Zhang, Jiangnan Fu, Wenjie Bian, Danhua Shen, Zhanguo Li

Open Access Research article

Detection of knee synovitis using non-contrast-enhanced qDESS compared with contrast-enhanced MRI

Bas A. de Vries, Stephan J. Breda, Bragi Sveinsson, Emily J. McWalter, Duncan E. Meuffels, Gabriel P. Krestin, Brian A. Hargreaves, Garry E. Gold, Edwin H. G. Oei

Open Access Research article

Increase of aerobic glycolysis mediated by activated T helper cells drives synovial fibroblasts towards an inflammatory phenotype: new targets for therapy?

Peter Kvacskay, Nina Yao, Jürgen-Heinz Schnotz, Roberta Scarpone, Rui de Albuquerque Carvalho, Karel D. Klika, Wolfgang Merkt, Theresa Tretter, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Lars-Oliver Tykocinski

Open Access Research article

Lymphatic muscle cells contribute to dysfunction of the synovial lymphatic system in inflammatory arthritis in mice

Qianqian Liang, Li Zhang, Hao Xu, Jinlong Li, Yan Chen, Edward M. Schwarz, Qi Shi, Yongjun Wang, Lianping Xing

Open Access Research article

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor may play a protective role in osteoarthritis

Ming Liu, Zikun Xie, Guang Sun, Liujun Chen, Dake Qi, Hongwei Zhang, Jieying Xiong, Andrew Furey, Proton Rahman, Guanghua Lei, Guangju Zhai

Open Access Review

Bisphosphonates as disease-modifying drugs in osteoarthritis preclinical studies: a systematic review from 2000 to 2020

Silvia Fernández-Martín, Mónica López-Peña, Fernando Muñoz, María Permuy, Antonio González-Cantalapiedra

Open Access Research article

HDL cholesterol efflux capacity and lipid profile in patients with systemic sclerosis

Iván Ferraz-Amaro, Esmeralda Delgado-Frías, Vanesa Hernández-Hernández, Hiurma Sánchez-Pérez, Laura de Armas-Rillo, Estefanía Armas-González, José David Machado, Federico Diaz-González

Open Access Research article

Serum complement 3 is a potential biomarker for assessing disease activity in Takayasu arteritis

Chen Rongyi, Ma Lingying, Lv Peng, Lin Jiang, Li Chaolun, Yan Yan, Jin Xuejuan, Dai Xiaomin, Ji Zongfei, Chen Huiyong, Ma Lili, Sun Ying, Jiang Lindi

Open Access Research article

Association of systemic lupus erythematosus autoantibody diversity with breast cancer protection

Ami A. Shah, Takeru Igusa, Daniel Goldman, Jessica Li, Livia Casciola-Rosen, Antony Rosen, Michelle Petri

Open Access Research article

Development of a model for predicting the 4-year risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in China: a longitudinal cohort study

Limin Wang, Han Lu, Hongbo Chen, Shida Jin, Mengqi Wang, Shaomei Shang

Open Access Research article

Comprehensive assessment of alterations in hand deformities over 11 years in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using cluster analysis and analysis of covariance

Shogo Toyama, Daisaku Tokunaga, Shinji Tsuchida, Rie Kushida, Ryo Oda, Yutaka Kawahito, Kenji Takahashi

Open Access Research article

Advanced machine learning for predicting individual risk of flares in rheumatoid arthritis patients tapering biologic drugs

Asmir Vodencarevic, Koray Tascilar, Fabian Hartmann, Michaela Reiser, Axel J. Hueber, Judith Haschka, Sara Bayat, Timo Meinderink, Johannes Knitza, Larissa Mendez, Melanie Hagen, Gerhard Krönke, Jürgen Rech, Bernhard Manger, Arnd Kleyer, Marcus Zimmermann-Rittereiser, Georg Schett, David Simon

Open Access Research article

Elucidating the cellular mechanism for E2-induced dermal fibrosis

DeAnna Baker Frost, Alisa Savchenko, Adeyemi Ogunleye, Milton Armstrong, Carol Feghali-Bostwick

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Incident gout and weight change patterns: a retrospective cohort study of US adults

Lu Bai, Jian-Bo Zhou, Tao Zhou, Roger B. Newson, Marly Augusto Cardoso

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Safety and efficacy of low-dose intravenous arsenic trioxide in systemic lupus erythematosus: an open-label phase IIa trial (Lupsenic)

Mohamed Hamidou, Antoine Néel, Joel Poupon, Zahir Amoura, Mikael Ebbo, Jean Sibilia, Jean-Francois Viallard, Benjamin Gaborit, Christelle Volteau, Jean Benoit Hardouin, Eric Hachulla, François Rieger

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Hip osteoarthritis signs and symptoms are associated with increased fall risk among community-dwelling older adults with chronic low back pain: a prospective study

Patrick J. Knox, Peter C. Coyle, Jenifer M. Pugliese, Ryan T. Pohlig, Jaclyn M. Sions, Gregory E. Hicks

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The effects of WeChat-based educational intervention in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a randomized controlled trial

Yuqing Song, Xia Xie, Yanling Chen, Ying Wang, Hui Yang, Anliu Nie, Hong Chen

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Lymphocyte subset abnormalities in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

David A. Fox, Steven K. Lundy, Michael L. Whitfield, Veronica Berrocal, Phillip Campbell, Stephanie Rasmussen, Ray Ohara, Alexander Stinson, Mikel Gurrea-Rubio, Evan Wiewiora, Catherine Spino, Erica Bush, Daniel Furst, Shiv Pillai, Dinesh Khanna

Open Access Research article

Visit-to-visit variability of serum uric acid measurements and the risk of all-cause mortality in the general population

Xue Tian, Anxin Wang, Yingting Zuo, Shuohua Chen, Licheng Zhang, Shouling Wu, Yanxia Luo

Open Access Research article

The comparative effect of exposure to various risk factors on the risk of hyperuricaemia: diet has a weak causal effect

Ruth K. G. Topless, Tanya J. Major, Jose C. Florez, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Murray Cadzow, Nicola Dalbeth, Lisa K. Stamp, Philip L. Wilcox, Richard J. Reynolds, Joanne B. Cole, Tony R. Merriman

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18F-FDG positron emission tomography scanning in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease: a pilot study

Emmanuel Ledoult, Maxime Morelle, Michael Soussan, Arsène Mékinian, Hélène Béhal, Vincent Sobanski, Eric Hachulla, Damien Huglo, Noémie Le Gouellec, Martine Remy-Jardin, Clio Baillet, David Launay

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Serum chitinase-3-like 1 protein is a useful biomarker to assess disease activity in ANCA-associated vasculitis: an observational study

Sung Soo Ahn, Taejun Yoon, Yong-Beom Park, Maria Prendecki, Gurjeet Bhangal, Stephen P. McAdoo, Sang-Won Lee

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HDAC2 interacts with microRNA-503-5p to regulate SGK1 in osteoarthritis

Zheng Wang, Nan Zhou, Wengang Wang, Yangke Yu, Lei Xia, Ning Li

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Association of glucocorticoid doses and emotional health in lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS): a cross-sectional study

Yoshia Miyawaki, Sayaka Shimizu, Yusuke Ogawa, Ken-ei Sada, Yu Katayama, Yosuke Asano, Keigo Hayashi, Yuriko Yamamura, Sumie Hiramatsu-Asano, Keiji Ohashi, Michiko Morishita, Haruki Watanabe, Mariko Takano-Narazaki, Yoshinori Matsumoto, Nobuyuki Yajima, Ryusuke Yoshimi, Yasuhiro Shimojima, Shigeru Ohno, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Kunihiro Ichinose, Shuzo Sato, Michio Fujiwara, Hajime Yamazaki, Yosuke Yamamoto, Jun Wada, Shunichi Fukuhara

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Transcriptome-wide study of TNF-inhibitor therapy in rheumatoid arthritis reveals early signature of successful treatment

James Oliver, Nisha Nair, Gisela Orozco, Samantha Smith, Kimme L. Hyrich, Ann Morgan, John Isaacs, Anthony G. Wilson, Anne Barton, Darren Plant

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Integrating transcriptome-wide association study and mRNA expression profile identified candidate genes related to hand osteoarthritis

Jiawen Xu, Yi Zeng, Haibo Si, Yuan Liu, Mingyang Li, Junfeng Zeng, Bin Shen

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A meta-analysis of the epidemiology of giant cell arteritis across time and space

Katherine J. Li, Daniel Semenov, Matthew Turk, Janet Pope

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Evaluation of whole-body modalities for diagnosis of multifocal osteonecrosis—a pilot study

Shunichi Yokota, Keita Sakamoto, Yukie Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Asano, Daisuke Takahashi, Kohsuke Kudo, Norimasa Iwasaki, Tomohiro Shimizu

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Positive feedback regulation between USP15 and ERK2 inhibits osteoarthritis progression through TGF-β/SMAD2 signaling

Wenjuan Wang, Yanhui Zhu, Zhenyu Sun, Chen Jin, Xiang Wang

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A randomized, placebo-controlled experimental medicine study of RIPK1 inhibitor GSK2982772 in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis

Kathleen Weisel, Scott Berger, Katie Thorn, Peter C. Taylor, Charles Peterfy, Hilary Siddall, Debra Tompson, Susanne Wang, Emilia Quattrocchi, Susan W. Burriss, Jochen Walter, Paul Peter Tak

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Effectiveness and safety of mepolizumab in combination with corticosteroids in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Masanobu Ueno, Ippei Miyagawa, Kazuhisa Nakano, Shigeru Iwata, Kentaro Hanami, Shunsuke Fukuyo, Satoshi Kubo, Yusuke Miyazaki, Akio Kawabe, Hiroko Yoshinari, Shingo Nakayamada, Yoshiya Tanaka

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Validity and diagnostic performance of fluorescence optical imaging measuring synovitis in hand osteoarthritis: baseline results from the Nor-Hand cohort

Øystein Maugesten, Alexander Mathiessen, Hilde Berner Hammer, Sigrid Valen Hestetun, Tore Kristian Kvien, Till Uhlig, Sarah Ohrndorf, Ida Kristin Haugen

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Neutrophil extracellular trap clearance by synovial macrophages in gout

Ji Hye Jeong, Su Jin Choi, Soo Min Ahn, Ji Seon Oh, Yong-Gil Kim, Chang-Keun Lee, Bin Yoo, Seokchan Hong

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The troubling liaison between cancer and metabolic syndrome in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Giovanni Cioffi, Ombretta Viapiana, Luigi Tarantini, Giovanni Orsolini, Luca Idolazzi, Federica Ognibeni, Andrea Dalbeni, Davide Gatti, Angelo Fassio, Giovanni Adami, Maurizio Rossini, Alessandro Giollo

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Serious infections in ANCA-associated vasculitides in the biologic era: real-life data from a multicenter cohort of 162 patients

Konstantinos Thomas, Evangelia Argyriou, Noemin Kapsala, Alexandros Panagiotopoulos, Aglaia Chalkia, Emilia Hadziyannis, Kyriaki Boki, Pelagia Katsimbri, Dimitrios T. Boumpas, Panagiota Giannou, Dimitrios Petras, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos

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Usefulness of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 as a predictor of sustained remission in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Jun Ishizaki, Ayako Takemori, Kenta Horie, Daisuke Hiraoka, Koichiro Suemori, Takuya Matsumoto, Ken-ei Sada, Koichi Amano, Masayoshi Harigai, Yoshihiro Arimura, Hirofumi Makino, Katsuto Takenaka, Nobuaki Takemori, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Yohko Murakawa, Eri Muso, Atsushi Komatsuda, Satoshi Ito, Takao Fujii, Atsushi Kawakami, Izaya Nakaya, Takao Saito, Takafumi Ito, Nobuhito Hirawa, Masahiro Yamamura, Masaaki Nakano, Kosaku Nitta, Makoto Ogura, Taio Naniwa, Shoichi Ozaki, Junichi Hirahashi, Noriyoshi Ogawa, Tatsuo Hosoya, Takashi Wada, Satoshi Horikoshi, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Taichi Hayashi, Masaharu Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Daijo Inaguma, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Noriyuki Homma, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Naoki Nakagawa, Shinichi Takeda, Ritsuko Katabuchi, Masayuki Iwano, Tatsuya Atsumi, Shoichi Fujimoto, Shogo Banno, Takahiko Sugihara, Masaki Kobayashi, Kunihiro Yamagata, Sakae Homma, Hiroaki Dobashi, Naotake Tsuboi, Akihiro Ishizu, Hitoshi Sugiyama

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Vision loss in patients with giant cell arteritis treated with tocilizumab

Jennifer Amsler, Iveta Kysela, Christoph Tappeiner, Luca Seitz, Lisa Christ, Godehard Scholz, Odile Stalder, Florian Kollert, Stephan Reichenbach, Peter M. Villiger

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Diet-induced obesity leads to behavioral indicators of pain preceding structural joint damage in wild-type mice

Geoffrey J. Kerr, Bethia To, Ian White, Magali Millecamps, Frank Beier, Matthew W. Grol, Laura S. Stone, Cheryle A. Séguin

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Relationships between psoriatic arthritis composite measures of disease activity with patient-reported outcomes in phase 3 studies of tofacitinib

Laura C. Coates, Andrew G. Bushmakin, Oliver FitzGerald, Dafna D. Gladman, Lara Fallon, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Ming-Ann Hsu, Philip S. Helliwell

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Impact of disease activity on impaired glucose metabolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Gorica G. Ristić, Vesna Subota, Dejana Stanisavljević, Danilo Vojvodić, Arsen D. Ristić, Branislava Glišić, Milan Petronijević, Dušan Z. Stefanović

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Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio associates with hypertension and current disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

Hiroto Minamino, Masao Katsushima, Motomu Hashimoto, Yoshihito Fujita, Tamami Yoshida, Kaori Ikeda, Nozomi Isomura, Yasuo Oguri, Wataru Yamamoto, Ryu Watanabe, Kosaku Murakami, Koichi Murata, Kohei Nishitani, Masao Tanaka, Hiromu Ito, Koichiro Ohmura, Shuichi Matsuda, Nobuya Inagaki, Akio Morinobu

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Total metabolic lesion volume of lymph nodes measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT: a new predictor of macrophage activation syndrome in adult-onset Still’s disease

Liyan Wan, Yuting Gao, Jieyu Gu, Huihui Chi, Zhihong Wang, Qiongyi Hu, Jinchao Jia, Tingting Liu, Biao Li, Jialin Teng, Honglei Liu, Xiaobing Cheng, Junna Ye, Yutong Su, Chengde Yang, Hui Shi, Min Zhang

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Clinical features and relapse risks of IgG4-related ophthalmic disease: a single-center experience in China

Zhen Zhao, Dapeng Mou, Ziqiao Wang, Qiaozhu Zeng, Zhenfan Wang, Jimeng Xue, Limin Ren, Yanying Liu, Yin Su

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Stimulation of regulatory T cells with Lactococcus lactis expressing enterotoxigenic E. coli colonization factor antigen 1 retains salivary flow in a genetic model of Sjögren’s syndrome

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