Issue 4/2013
Content (36 Articles)
Natural killer cells in human autoimmune disorders
Leslie A Fogel, Wayne M Yokoyama, Anthony R French
Wnt and Rho GTPase signaling in osteoarthritis development and intervention: implications for diagnosis and therapy
Shouan Zhu, Huanhuan Liu, Yan Wu, Boon Chin Heng, Pengfei Chen, Hua Liu, Hong Wei Ouyang
What autoantibody tests should become widely available to help scleroderma diagnosis and management?
Yoshinao Muro, Kazumitsu Sugiura, Masashi Akiyama
Erratum to: Attenuation of osteoarthritis via blockade of the SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling pathway
Fangyuan Wei, Douglas C Moore, Lei Wei, Yanlin Li, Ge Zhang, Xiaochun Wei, Joseph K Lee, Qian Chen
Clinical correlates of a subset of anti-CENP-A antibodies cross-reacting with FOXE3p53-62 in systemic sclerosis
Federico Perosa, Elvira Favoino, Giovanna Cuomo, Liboria Digiglio, Franco Dammacco, Marcella Prete, Gabriele Valentini, Vito Racanelli
Update on differences between childhood-onset and adult-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Rina Mina, Hermine I Brunner
Modulation of monosodium urate crystal-induced responses in neutrophils by the myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin-like receptor: potential therapeutic implications
Valérie Gagné, Louis Marois, Jean-Michel Levesque, Hugo Galarneau, Mireille H Lahoud, Irina Caminschi, Paul H Naccache, Philippe Tessier, Maria JG Fernandes
Versican is upregulated in circulating monocytes in patients with systemic sclerosis and amplifies a CCL2-mediated pathogenic loop
Ayako Masuda, Hidekata Yasuoka, Takashi Satoh, Yuka Okazaki, Yukie Yamaguchi, Masataka Kuwana
Molecular targeting of hepatocyte growth factor by an antagonist, NK4, in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Sachi Tsunemi, Tsuyoshi Iwasaki, Sachie Kitano, Kunio Matsumoto, Misato Takagi-Kimura, Shuji Kubo, Tomoko Tamaoki, Hajime Sano
New autoantibodies in early rheumatoid arthritis
Caroline Charpin, Fanny Arnoux, Marielle Martin, Eric Toussirot, Nathalie Lambert, Nathalie Balandraud, Daniel Wendling, Elisabeth Diot, Jean Roudier, Isabelle Auger
Improved exercise performance and increased aerobic capacity after endurance training of patients with stable polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Li Alemo Munters, Maryam Dastmalchi, Abram Katz, Mona Esbjörnsson, Ingela Loell, Balsam Hanna, Maria Lidén, Håkan Westerblad, Ingrid E Lundberg, Helene Alexanderson
Systemic sclerosis sera affect fibrillin-1 deposition by dermal blood microvascular endothelial cells: therapeutic implications of cyclophosphamide
Marilisa Villano, Annalisa Borghini, Mirko Manetti, Erica Gabbrielli, Antonella Rossi, Piersante Sestini, Anna Franca Milia, Francesca Nacci, Serena Guiducci, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Lidia Ibba-Manneschi, Elisabetta Weber
Epistasis with HLA DR3 implicates the P2X7 receptor in the pathogenesis of primary Sjögren's syndrome
Susan Lester, Leanne Stokes, Kristen K Skarratt, Ben J Gu, Kathy L Sivils, Christopher J Lessard, James S Wiley, Maureen Rischmueller
Natriuretic peptide receptors regulate cytoprotective effects in a human ex vivo 3D/bioreactor model
Nicholas Peake, Nyan Su, Manoj Ramachandran, Pramod Achan, Donald M Salter, Dan L Bader, Amie J Moyes, Adrian J Hobbs, Tina T Chowdhury
SCORE and REGICOR function charts underestimate the cardiovascular risk in Spanish patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Carmen Gómez-Vaquero, Alfonso Corrales, Andrea Zacarías, Javier Rueda-Gotor, Ricardo Blanco, Carlos González-Juanatey, Javier Llorca, Miguel A González-Gay
Daily physical activity in ankylosing spondylitis: validity and reliability of the IPAQ and SQUASH and the relation with clinical assessments
Suzanne Arends, Marianne Hofman, Yvo PT Kamsma, Eveline van der Veer, Pieternella M Houtman, Cees GM Kallenberg, Anneke Spoorenberg, Elisabeth Brouwer
The immunogenicity to the first anti-TNF therapy determines the outcome of switching to a second anti-TNF therapy in spondyloarthritis patients
Chamaida Plasencia, Dora Pascual-Salcedo, Sara García-Carazo, Leticia Lojo, Laura Nuño, Alejandro Villalba, Diana Peiteado, Florencia Arribas, Jesus Díez, Maria Teresa López-Casla, Emilio Martín-Mola, Alejandro Balsa
Double-antiangiogenic protein DAAP targeting vascular endothelial growth factor A and angiopoietins attenuates collagen-induced arthritis
Young-Sool Hah, Young Jun Koh, Hye Song Lim, Hyun-Ok Kim, Yun-Hong Cheon, Hae Sook Noh, Kyu Yun Jang, Sang Yong Lee, Gyun Min Lee, Gou Young Koh, Sang-Il Lee
Hypoxia promotes redifferentiation and suppresses markers of hypertrophy and degeneration in both healthy and osteoarthritic chondrocytes
Brandon D Markway, Holly Cho, Brian Johnstone
Linked decreases in liver kinase B1 and AMP-activated protein kinase activity modulate matrix catabolic responses to biomechanical injury in chondrocytes
Freyr Petursson, Matt Husa, Ron June, Martin Lotz, Robert Terkeltaub, Ru Liu-Bryan
Genomic characterization of remission in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Kaiyu Jiang, Mark Barton Frank, Yanmin Chen, Jeanette Osban, James N Jarvis
Analyses of chondrogenic induction of adipose mesenchymal stem cells by combined co-stimulation mediated by adenoviral gene transfer
Idalia Garza-Veloz, Viktor J Romero-Diaz, Margarita L Martinez-Fierro, Ivan A Marino-Martinez, Manuel Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Herminia G Martinez-Rodriguez, Marcela A Espinoza-Juarez, Dante A Bernal-Garza, Rocio Ortiz-Lopez, Augusto Rojas-Martinez
Hypercholesterolemia boosts joint destruction in chronic arthritis. An experimental model aggravated by foam macrophage infiltration
I Prieto-Potín, JA Roman-Blas, MJ Martínez-Calatrava, R Gómez, R Largo, Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont
Identification of three new cis-regulatory IRF5 polymorphisms: in vitro studies
Elisa Alonso-Perez, Romina Fernandez-Poceiro, Emilie Lalonde, Tony Kwan, Manuel Calaza, Juan J Gomez-Reino, Jacek Majewski, Antonio Gonzalez
Degradation of neutrophil extracellular traps co-varies with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Jonatan Leffler, Birgitta Gullstrand, Andreas Jönsen, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Myriam Martin, Anna M Blom, Anders A Bengtsson
Serological identification of fast progressors of structural damage with rheumatoid arthritis
Anne Sofie Siebuhr, Anne C Bay-Jensen, Diana J Leeming, Adam Plat, Inger Byrjalsen, Claus Christiansen, Désirée van de Heijde, Morten A Karsdal
Ischemic arterial events and atherosclerosis in patients with systemic sclerosis: a population-based case-control study
Annica Nordin, Kerstin Jensen-Urstad, Lena Björnådal, Susanne Pettersson, Anders Larsson, Elisabet Svenungsson
Continuing efficacy of milnacipran following long-term treatment in fibromyalgia: a randomized trial
Daniel J Clauw, Philip J Mease, Robert H Palmer, Joel M Trugman, Yong Wang
The phenotype and genotype of rheumatoid arthritis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
JJ Malemba, JM Mbuyi-Muamba, J Mukaya, X Bossuyt, MP Emonds, K Deiteren, R Westhovens, P Verschueren
Small molecule inhibitors of WNT/β-catenin signaling block IL-1β- and TNFα-induced cartilage degradation
Ellie BM Landman, Razvan L Miclea, Clemens A van Blitterswijk, Marcel Karperien
Hyaluronic acid fragments enhance the inflammatory and catabolic response in human intervertebral disc cells through modulation of toll-like receptor 2 signalling pathways
Lilian Quero, Marina Klawitter, Anja Schmaus, Melanie Rothley, Jonathan Sleeman, André N Tiaden, Juergen Klasen, Norbert Boos, Michael O Hottiger, Karin Wuertz, Peter J Richards
Association of HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1alleles and haplotypes with rheumatoid arthritis in a Pakistani population
Ambreen Gul Muazzam, Atika Mansoor, Lubna Ali, Saima Siddiqi, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Ajmal, Kehkashan Mazhar
Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with reduced adiposity but not with unfavorable major cardiovascular risk factor profiles and enhanced carotid atherosclerosis in black Africans from a developing population: a cross-sectional study
Patrick H Dessein, Angela J Woodiwiss, Gavin R Norton, Ahmed Solomon
Clinical associations of serum interleukin-17 in systemic lupus erythematosus
Fabien B Vincent, Melissa Northcott, Alberta Hoi, Fabienne Mackay, Eric F Morand
Transcriptomic signatures in cartilage ageing
Mandy Jayne Peffers, Xuan Liu, Peter David Clegg