Issue 1/2013
Content (31 Articles)
Management of rheumatoid arthritis: the 2012 perspective
Hisashi Yamanaka, Yohei Seto, Eiichi Tanaka, Takefumi Furuya, Ayako Nakajima, Katsunori Ikari, Atsuo Taniguchi, Shigeki Momohara
Resistin is associated with the inflammation process in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases undergoing glucocorticoid therapy: comparison with leptin and adiponectin
Nahoko Tanaka, Natsuko Kusunoki, Yoshie Kusunoki, Tomoko Hasunuma, Shinichi Kawai
Assessment of peripheral blood CD4+ adenosine triphosphate activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Masaki Akimoto, Shingo Yunoue, Hideo Otsubo, Tamami Yoshitama, Kunihiro Kodama, Kakushi Matsushita, Yukio Suruga, Tomohiro Kozako, Shingo Toji, Sachi Hashimoto, Kimiharu Uozumi, Takemasa Matsuda, Naomichi Arima
Serum amyloid A (SAA) induces pentraxin 3 (PTX3) production in rheumatoid synoviocytes
Kenshi Satomura, Takafumi Torigoshi, Tomohiro Koga, Yumi Maeda, Yasumori Izumi, Yuka Jiuchi, Taiichiro Miyashita, Satoshi Yamasaki, Atsushi Kawakami, Yoshihiro Aiba, Minoru Nakamura, Atsumasa Komori, Junji Sato, Hiromi Ishibashi, Satoru Motokawa, Kiyoshi Migita
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography assists the diagnostic performance of the 2010 classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis
Shin-ya Kawashiri, Takahisa Suzuki, Akitomo Okada, Satoshi Yamasaki, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Tomoki Origuchi, Akinari Mizokami, Masataka Uetani, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Katsumi Eguchi, Atsushi Kawakami
Analysis of the affected joints in rheumatoid arthritis patients in a large Japanese cohort
Teruhisa Kanazawa, Jinju Nishino, Shigeto Tohma, Sakae Tanaka
PADI4 polymorphisms and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis
Sai Hou, Guo-peng Gao, Xiu-jun Zhang, Liang Sun, Wen-jia Peng, Han-fei Wang, Xiao-jiao Ge, Wei Huang, Ye-huan Sun
Erratum to: PADI4 polymorphisms and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis
Sai Hou, Guo-peng Gao, Xiu-jun Zhang, Liang Sun, Wen-jia Peng, Han-fei Wang, Xiao-jiao Ge, Wei Huang, Ye-huan Sun
Positivity for anti-RNP antibody is a risk factor for adverse effects caused by trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole, a prophylactic agent for P. jiroveci pneumonia, in patients with connective tissue diseases
Reika Maezawa, Kazuhiro Kurasawa, Satoko Arai, Harutsugu Okada, Takayoshi Owada, Takeshi Fukuda
Serum antibodies against the 70k polypeptides of the U1 ribonucleoprotein complex are associated with psychiatric syndromes in systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective study
Yasuhiro Katsumata, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Sayumi Baba, Seisuke Hattori, Koji Tahara, Kaori Ito, Tadao Iwasaki, Nozomi Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hattori, Kinya Nagata, Yuko Okamoto, Hisashi Yamanaka, Masako Hara
Phospholipid scramblase 1 expression is enhanced in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome
Olga Amengual, Tatsuya Atsumi, Kenji Oku, Eriko Suzuki, Tetsuya Horita, Shinsuke Yasuda, Takao Koike
Mycophenolate mofetil versus intravenous cyclophosphamide for induction treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis in a Japanese population: a retrospective study
Akira Onishi, Daisuke Sugiyama, Go Tsuji, Takashi Nakazawa, Yoshinori Kogata, Kosaku Tsuda, Ikuko Naka, Keisuke Nishimura, Kenta Misaki, Chiyo Kurimoto, Hiroki Hayashi, Goichi Kageyama, Jun Saegusa, Takeshi Sugimoto, Seiji Kawano, Shunichi Kumagai, Akio Morinobu
Efficacy of weekly mizoribine pulse therapy in refractory lupus nephritis
Eiko Nishi, Hideto Kameda, Hiroe Ogawa, Hayato Nagasawa, Hirofumi Takei, Ayumi Okuyama, Takahiko Kurasawa, Tsuneo Kondo, Koji Nishimura, Yuichiro Shirai, Ryota Sakai, Tatsuya Ito, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Koichi Amano
Protective effects of ginsenoside Rg3 on human osteoarthritic chondrocytes
Min Wook So, Eun-Ju Lee, Han Sang Lee, Bon San Koo, Yong-Gil Kim, Chang-Keun Lee, Bin Yoo
Clinical and radiographic evaluation of total hip arthroplasties using porous tantalum modular acetabular components: 5-year follow-up of clinical trial
Yasuharu Nakashima, Naohiko Mashima, Hiroshi Imai, Naoto Mitsugi, Naoya Taki, Yuichi Mochida, Ichiro Owan, Kaoru Arakaki, Takuaki Yamamoto, Taro Mawatari, Goro Motomura, Masanobu Ohishi, Toshio Doi, Masayuki Kanazawa, Yukihide Iwamoto
Distribution of hip pain in osteoarthritis patients secondary to developmental dysplasia of the hip
Junichi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Oinuma, Seiji Ohtori, Atsuya Watanabe, Tomonori Shigemura, Takahisa Sasho, Masahiko Saito, Masahiko Suzuki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Shunji Kishida
Impact of the positive pathergy test on the performance of classification/diagnosis criteria for Behcet’s disease
Fereydoun Davatchi, Bahar Sadeghi Abdollahi, Cheyda Chams-Davatchi, Farhad Shahram, Zahra Ghodsi, Abdolhadi Nadji, Massoomeh Akhlaghi, Tahereh Faezi, Hormoz Shams, Roghieh Larimi, Farima Ashofteh
HTLV-I virological and histopathological analysis in two cases of anti-centromere-antibody-seropositive Sjögren’s syndrome
Hideki Nakamura, Yoshiro Horai, Ayuko Tokuyama, Shunsuke Yoshimura, Hideki Nakajima, Kunihiro Ichinose, Satoshi Yamasaki, Tatsufumi Nakamura, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Atsushi Kawakami
The role of TNF-α and PAI-1 gene polymorphisms in familial Mediterranean fever
Munis Dundar, Aslihan Kiraz, Burhan Balta, Elif Funda Emirogullari, Gokmen Zararsiz, Alper Yurci, Duran Aslan, Mevlut Baskol
Mizoribine for crescentic glomerulonephritis with sarcoidosis: effectiveness not only for urinalysis abnormalities but also for hilar lymph node enlargement
Maki Kabara, Naoki Nakagawa, Motoki Matsuki, Junko Chinda, Takayuki Fujino, Naoyuki Hasebe
A case of MPO- and PR3-ANCA-positive hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis with elevated serum IgG4
Akira Iguchi, Yoko Wada, Daisuke Kobayashi, Hiroe Sato, Tokuhide Oyama, Takeshi Nakatsue, Shuichi Murakami, Takeshi Kuroda, Masaaki Nakano, Ichiei Narita
ANCA-associated vasculitis with dual ANCA positivity in coexistence with mixed connective tissue disease
Masanori Murakami, Kenichi Shimane, Hiroshi Takahashi, Junji Tomiyama, Masakazu Nagashima
A case of chronic active Epstein–Barr virus infection mimicking adult-onset Still’s disease
Katsunobu Yoshioka, Hiroko Fukushima, Naomi Ishii, Akiko Kita, Yusuke Hanioka, Mieko Minami, Takeshi Inoue, Keiko Yamagami
Accumulation of mature B cells in the inflamed muscle tissue of a patient with anti-155/140 antibody-positive juvenile dermatomyositis
Tadafumi Yokoyama, Masaki Shimizu, Sayaka Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Ueno, Yasuhito Hamaguchi, Kazuhiko Takehara, Akihiro Yachie
Atypical severe central serous chorioretinopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus improved with a rapid reduction in glucocorticoid
Hiroe Sato, Satoshi Ito, Shingo Nagai, Akira Murasawa, Yoko Wada, Shuichi Murakami, Takeshi Kuroda, Masaaki Nakano, Ichiei Narita
Central skeletal sarcoidosis: a case report with sustained remission only on methotrexate, and a literature review on the imaging approach, treatment, and assessment of disease activity
Grigorios T. Sakellariou, Athanasios D. Anastasilakis, Dimitrios Karanikolas, Periklis Vounotrypidis, Charalampos Berberidis
Renal involvement in primary Sjogren syndrome of childhood: case report and literature review
Radovan Bogdanović, Gordana Basta-Jovanović, Jovana Putnik, Nataša Stajić, Aleksandra Paripović
Early diagnosis and treatment for remission of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis complicated by rapid progress interstitial lung disease: a report of two cases
Yoshiro Horai, Eriko Isomoto, Tomohiro Koga, Akitomo Okada, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Tomoki Origuchi, Yasuhito Hamaguchi, Manabu Fujimoto, Masataka Kuwana, Atsushi Kawakami
A case of aseptic abscesses syndrome treated with corticosteroids and TNF-alpha blockade
Tomoyuki Ito, Naoko Sato, Hajime Yamazaki, Tadashi Koike, Iwao Emura, Takako Saeki
Non-synonymous variant (Gly307Ser) in CD226 is associated with susceptibility in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients
Taku Suzuki, Katsunori Ikari, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Koichiro Yano, Takuji Iwamoto, Manabu Kawamoto, Yoshiaki Toyama, Atsuo Taniguchi, Hisashi Yamanaka, Shigeki Momohara
Color flow signals of six-joint Doppler sonography correlate with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Reiji Kasukawa, Kiori Shio