Issue 3/2013
Content (30 Articles)
JAK inhibitor tofacitinib for treating rheumatoid arthritis: from basic to clinical
Yoshiya Tanaka, Kunihiro Yamaoka
Guidance on the use of canakinumab in patients with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome in Japan
Shumpei Yokota, Ryuta Nishikomori, Hidetoshi Takada, Masako Kikuchi, Tomo Nozawa, Taichi Kanetaka, Toshitaka Kizawa, Takako Miyamae, Masaaki Mori, Toshio Heike, Toshiro Hara, Tomoyuki Imagawa
Concomitant iguratimod therapy in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite stable doses of methotrexate: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Naoki Ishiguro, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kou Katayama, Masakazu Kondo, Takayuki Sumida, Tsuneyo Mimori, Satoshi Soen, Kota Nagai, Tomonobu Yamaguchi, Masako Hara
Analysis of perioperative clinical features and complications after orthopaedic surgery in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with tocilizumab in a real-world setting: results from the multicentre TOcilizumab in Perioperative Period (TOPP) study
Shigeki Momohara, Jun Hashimoto, Hideki Tsuboi, Hisaaki Miyahara, Natsuko Nakagawa, Atsushi Kaneko, Naoki Kondo, Hiroaki Matsuno, Takahiko Wada, Tohgo Nonaka, Katsuaki Kanbe, Haruki Takagi, Akira Murasawa, Tsukasa Matsubara, Toru Suguro
Clinical results of alendronate monotherapy and combined therapy with menatetrenone (VitK2) in postmenopausal RA patients
Kouji Suzuki, Shigeyoshi Tsuji, Yaeko Fukushima, Takanobu Nakase, Masayuki Hamada, Tetsuya Tomita, Hideki Yoshikawa
Ultrasonography is a potent tool for the prediction of progressive joint destruction during clinical remission of rheumatoid arthritis
Ryusuke Yoshimi, Maasa Hama, Kaoru Takase, Atsushi Ihata, Daiga Kishimoto, Kayo Terauchi, Reikou Watanabe, Takeaki Uehara, Sei Samukawa, Atsuhisa Ueda, Mitsuhiro Takeno, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo
Twenty-four-week clinical results of adalimumab therapy in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: retrospective analysis for the best use of adalimumab in daily practice
Atsushi Kaneko, Yuji Hirano, Takayoshi Fujibayashi, Yosuke Hattori, Kenya Terabe, Toshihisa Kojima, Naoki Ishiguro
Layilin, a talin-binding hyaluronan receptor, is expressed in human articular chondrocytes and synoviocytes and is down-regulated by interleukin-1β
Minako Murata, Kazuo Yudoh, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Moroe Beppu, Hiroshi Nakamura, Tomohiro Kato, Kayo Masuko
Association between tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) promoter −308 G/A and response to TNF-α blockers in rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis
Zhen Zeng, Zhenhua Duan, Tianchen Zhang, Sheng Wang, Guixing Li, Jing Gao, Dongqing Ye, Shengqian Xu, Jianhua Xu, Li Zhang, Faming Pan
Anti-CADM-140/MDA5 autoantibody titer correlates with disease activity and predicts disease outcome in patients with dermatomyositis and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease
Shinji Sato, Masataka Kuwana, Takashi Fujita, Yasuo Suzuki
Mortality factors in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: focusing on malignancy and interstitial lung disease
Jin-Hyun Woo, Yun Jung Kim, Jin Ju Kim, Chan-Bum Choi, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jae-Bum Jun, Sang-Cheol Bae, Dae-Hyun Yoo
Adjusted neutropenia is associated with early serious infection in systemic lupus erythematosus
Sang-Won Lee, Min-Chan Park, Soo-Kon Lee, Yong-Beom Park
Scleroderma dermal fibroblasts overexpress vascular endothelial growth factor due to autocrine transforming growth factor β signaling
Ikko Kajihara, Masatoshi Jinnin, Noritoshi Honda, Katsunari Makino, Takamitsu Makino, Shinichi Masuguchi, Keisuke Sakai, Satoshi Fukushima, Yuji Inoue, Hironobu Ihn
The time course of gastric methotrexate intolerance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis
Ediz Dalkilic, Mustafa Sahbazlar, Mustafa Gullulu, Mahmut Yavuz, Kamil Dilek, Alpaslan Ersoy, Guven Ozkaya, Mustafa Yurtkuran
Effects of adalimumab therapy on musculoskeletal manifestations and health-related quality of life in patients with active psoriatic arthritis
Shigeyoshi Tsuji, Mari Higashiyama, Masahiro Inaoka, Tetsuya Tomita, Akinori Yokomi, Ayako Satoh, Ayuko Hirano, Misa Hayashi, Maki Tsuji, Yasuo Kunugiza, Masayuki Hamada, Hideki Yoshikawa
Association of KIR genotype with susceptibility to HLA-B27-positive ankylosing spondylitis
Sheng Wang, Guixing Li, Rui Ge, Zhenhua Duan, Zhen Zeng, Tianchen Zhang, Jing Gao, Ting Yang, Si Liu, Shanshan Wu, Dazhi Fan, Shengqian Xu, Jianhua Xu, Li Zhang, Zongwen Shuai, Dongqing Ye, Yanfeng Zou, Faming Pan
Serum level of APRIL/BLyS in Behçet’s disease patients: clinical significance in uveitis and disease activity
Tamer A. Gheita, Hala Raafat, Hossam Khalil, Hani Hussein
Differences in clinical manifestations, treatment, and concordance rates with two major sets of criteria for Behçet’s syndrome for patients in the US and Japan: data from a large, three-center cohort study
Tatsuo Kobayashi, Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Christopher J. Swearingen, Maria T. Filopoulos, Yuri Ohara, Yasuharu Tokuda, Hideto Oshikawa, Kazuki Yoshida, Masako Utsunomiya, Makiko Kimura, Masato Okada, Kazuo Matsui, Yusuf Yazici
Four cases of MPO-ANCA-positive vasculitis with otitis media, and review of the literature
Nobuyuki Ono, Kyoko Yoshihiro, Daisuke Oryoji, Motohiro Matsuda, Yoshihiro Ueki, Shigehiro Uezono, Yasufumi Kai, Daisuke Himeji, Hiroaki Niiro, Akira Ueda
A case of ANCA-associated vasculitis with glomerular eosinophilic infiltration: a possible pathogenic implication
Hiroko Suzuki, Takayuki Fujita, Yoshinobu Fuke, Minako Yabuki, Mamiko Kajiwara, Yuko Ishihara, Seiichiro Hemmi, Masayoshi Soma
Takayasu arteritis developing during treatment of ulcerative colitis with infliximab
Yoshiro Horai, Oka Satoru, Samuel Lapalme-Remis, Remi Sumiyoshi, Yoshikazu Nakashima, Takahisa Suzuki, Akitomo Okada, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Kunihiro Ichinose, Mami Tamai, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hideki Nakamura, Fuminao Takeshima, Tomoki Origuchi, Atsushi Kawakami
Successful treatment with tocilizumab in a case of Cogan’s syndrome complicated with aortitis
Mihoko Shibuya, Keishi Fujio, Kaoru Morita, Hiroaki Harada, Hiroko Kanda, Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Usefulness of ultrasonography-proven tenosynovitis to monitor disease activity of a patient with very early rheumatoid arthritis treated by abatacept
Shin-ya Kawashiri, Keita Fujikawa, Ayako Nishino, Takahisa Suzuki, Akitomo Okada, Hideki Nakamura, Atsushi Kawakami
Synovial cyst of the hip in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Makoto Kawasaki, Hisayoshi Inoue, Ken Sabanai, Takashi Sawai, Katsumi Sato
A case of fibromyalgia syndrome with anaphylaxis induced by intradermal injection of purified protein derivative
Etsuko Maeshima, Kanako Furukawa
A case of Epstein–Barr virus-related lymphadenopathy mimicking the clinical features of IgG4-related disease
Yoko Wada, Masaru Kojima, Kazuhiro Yoshita, Mihoko Yamazaki, Daisuke Kobayashi, Shuichi Murakami, Shinichi Nishi, Masaaki Nakano, Ichiei Narita
Magnetic resonance imaging can detect thoracic inflammation due to familial Mediterranean fever
Takashi Ishiguro, Noboru Takayanagi, Kenji Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Migita, Tsutomu Yanagisawa, Toshiko Hoshi, Yutaka Sugita
Spontaneous tendon rupture of the extensor digitrum communis in systemic lupus erythematosus
Hisao Oishi, Ryo Oda, Shinsuke Morisaki, Hiroyoshi Fujiwara, Daisaku Tokunaga, Toshikazu Kubo
Biliary hamartomas (von Meyenburg complex) complicated with microscopic polyangiitis
Shuzo Sato, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tomoyuki Asano, Rie Saito, Haruyo Iwadate, Hiroko Kobayashi, Hiromasa Ohira
The crucial roles of IFN-γ in the development of M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor induced Sjögren’s syndrome-like sialadenitis
Mana Iizuka, Hiroto Tsuboi, Naomi Matsuo, Yuya Kondo, Hiromitsu Asashima, Minoru Matsui, Isao Matsumoto, Takayuki Sumida