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Arthritis Research & Therapy

Issue 4/2004

Content (20 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have abnormally elevated Epstein–Barr virus load in blood

Uk Yeol Moon, Su Jin Park, Sang Taek Oh, Wan-Uk Kim, Sung-Hwan Park, Sang-Heon Lee, Chul-Soo Cho, Ho-Youn Kim, Won-Keun Lee, Suk Kyeong Lee

Open Access Research article

Deactivation of endothelium and reduction in angiogenesis in psoriatic skin and synovium by low dose infliximab therapy in combination with stable methotrexate therapy: a prospective single-centre study

Amber Y Goedkoop, Maarten C Kraan, Daisy I Picavet, Menno A de Rie, Marcel BM Teunissen, Jan D Bos, Paul P Tak

Open Access Research article

Nifedipine decreases sVCAM-1 concentrations and oxidative stress in systemic sclerosis but does not affect the concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor or its soluble receptor 1

Yannick Allanore, Didier Borderie, Hervé Lemaréchal, Ohvanesse Garabed Ekindjian, André Kahan

Open Access Research article

A combination of autoantibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) and HLA-DRB1 locus antigens is strongly associated with future onset of rheumatoid arthritis

Ewa Berglin, Leonid Padyukov, Ulf Sundin, Göran Hallmans, Hans Stenlund, Walther J van Venrooij, Lars Klareskog, Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist

Open Access Research article

Measurement of global functional performance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using rheumatology function tests

Agustín Escalante, Roy W Haas, Inmaculada del Rincón

Open Access Research article

CD25brightCD4+regulatory T cells are enriched in inflamed joints of patients with chronic rheumatic disease

Duojia Cao, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Lars Klareskog, Christina Trollmo, Vivianne Malmström

Open Access Research article

Altered expression of inflammatory cytokines in primary osteoarthritis by human T lymphotropic virus type I retrovirus infection: a cross-sectional study

Yoshiki Yoshihara, Tomoo Tsukazaki, Makoto Osaki, Masahiro Nakashima, Kazuhisa Hasui, Hiroyuki Shindo

Commentary

Perspectives and limitations of gene expression profiling in rheumatology: new molecular strategies

Thomas Häupl, Veit Krenn, Bruno Stuhlmüller, Andreas Radbruch, Gerd R Burmester

Open Access Research article

Membrane-associated prostaglandin E synthase-1 is upregulated by proinflammatory cytokines in chondrocytes from patients with osteoarthritis

Fumiaki Kojima, Hiroaki Naraba, Satoshi Miyamoto, Moroe Beppu, Haruhito Aoki, Shinichi Kawai

Commentary

What should be the core outcomes in chronic pain clinical trials?

Dennis C Turk, Robert H Dworkin

Review

Signaling by STATs

Lionel B Ivashkiv, Xiaoyu Hu

Open Access Research article

Autoantibody profile in systemic lupus erythematosus with psychiatric manifestations: a role for anti-endothelial-cell antibodies

Fabrizio Conti, Cristiano Alessandri, Daniela Bompane, Michele Bombardieri, Francesca Romana Spinelli, Anna Carlotta Rusconi, Guido Valesini

Open Access Research article

Diosgenin, a plant steroid, induces apoptosis in human rheumatoid arthritis synoviocytes with cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression

Bertrand Liagre, Pascale Vergne-Salle, Cecile Corbiere, Jean L Charissoux, Jean L Beneytout

Open Access Research article

Strong inhibition of TNF-α production and inhibition of IL-8 and COX-2 mRNA expression in monocyte-derived macrophages by RWJ 67657, a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor

Johanna Westra, Berber Doornbos-van der Meer, Peter de Boer, Miek A van Leeuwen, Martin H van Rijswijk, Pieter C Limburg

Viewpoint

Lymphopenia and autoimmune diseases

Hendrik Schulze-Koops

Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.