Issue 6/2013
Content (30 Articles)
Role of cadherin-11 in synovial joint formation and rheumatoid arthritis pathology
Ce Dou, Yanfei Yan, Shiwu Dong
Prevention of joint destruction by tacrolimus in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: a post hoc analysis of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study
Yoshiya Tanaka, Shinichi Kawai, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Miyasaka
Development and validation of a new radiographic scoring system to evaluate bone and cartilage destruction and healing of large joints with rheumatoid arthritis: ARASHI (Assessment of rheumatoid arthritis by scoring of large joint destruction and healing in radiographic imaging) study
Atsushi Kaneko, Isao Matsushita, Katsuaki Kanbe, Katsumitsu Arai, Yoshiaki Kuga, Asami Abe, Takeshi Matsumoto, Natsuko Nakagawa, Keiichiro Nishida
Subclinical cardiovascular target organ damage manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis in young adult patients
Suleyman Ercan, Fatih Goktepe, Bunyamin Kisacik, Yavuz Pehlivan, Ahmet Mesut Onat, Fethi Yavuz, Hayri Alici, Vedat Davutoğlu
Hypoxia-induced endogenous prostaglandin E2 negatively regulates hypoxia-enhanced aberrant overgrowth of rheumatoid synovial tissue
Hirofumi Mitomi, Hidehiro Yamada, Hiroshi Ito, Toshiko Nozaki Shibata, Yoshioki Yamasaki, So Nomoto, Atsushi Kusaba, Hiroki Yamashita, Shoichi Ozaki
Serum chemokine levels as prognostic markers in patients with early systemic sclerosis: a multicenter, prospective, observational study
Minoru Hasegawa, Yoshihide Asano, Hirahito Endo, Manabu Fujimoto, Daisuke Goto, Hironobu Ihn, Katsumi Inoue, Osamu Ishikawa, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Masataka Kuwana, Fumihide Ogawa, Hiroki Takahashi, Sumiaki Tanaka, Shinichi Sato, Kazuhiko Takehara
Clinical characteristics and risk factors for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving adalimumab: a retrospective review and case–control study of 17 patients
Kaori Watanabe, Ryoko Sakai, Ryuji Koike, Fumikazu Sakai, Haruhito Sugiyama, Michi Tanaka, Yukiko Komano, Yuji Akiyama, Toshihide Mimura, Motohide Kaneko, Hitoshi Tokuda, Takenobu Iso, Mitsuru Motegi, Kei Ikeda, Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirofumi Taki, Tetsuo Kubota, Hirotaka Kodama, Shoji Sugii, Takashi Kuroiwa, Yasushi Nawata, Kazuko Shiozawa, Atsushi Ogata, Shigemasa Sawada, Yoshihiro Matsukawa, Takahiro Okazaki, Masaya Mukai, Mitsuhiro Iwahashi, Kazuyoshi Saito, Yoshiya Tanaka, Toshihiro Nanki, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Masayoshi Harigai
Prevalence and time course of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus under immunosuppressive therapy
Ryu Watanabe, Tomonori Ishii, Kyohei Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Yumi Tajima, Hiroshi Fujii, Hideo Harigae
Fatigue and correlation with disease-specific variables, spinal mobility measures, and health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis
Berat Meryem Alkan, Fatma Fidan, Şükran Erten, Hatice Aksekili, Ayşenur Alemdar, Esra Eroğlu, Özge Ardıçoğlu, Aliye Tosun
An open-label long-term phase III extension trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pregabalin in Japanese patients with fibromyalgia
Hiroyoshi Ohta, Hiroshi Oka, Chie Usui, Masayuki Ohkura, Makoto Suzuki, Kusuki Nishioka
Inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases and inducible nitric oxide synthase by andrographolide in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes
Qian-hai Ding, Xiao-wei Ji, Ye Cheng, Yuan-quan Yu, Yi-ying Qi, Xiang-hua Wang
Role of FK506 binding protein 5 (FKBP5) in osteoclast differentiation
Miho Kimura, Tatsuo Nagai, Reiko Matsushita, Atsushi Hashimoto, Toshiyuki Miyashita, Shunsei Hirohata
The roles of IFN-γ versus IL-17 in pathogenic effects of human Th17 cells on synovial fibroblasts
Hiroshi Kato, Judith Endres, David A. Fox
Dermal mast cell density in fingers reflects severity of skin sclerosis in systemic sclerosis
Sonosuke Yukawa, Kunihiro Yamaoka, Norifumi Sawamukai, Shohei Shimajiri, Satoshi Kubo, Ippei Miyagawa, Koshiro Sonomoto, Kazuyoshi Saito, Yoshiya Tanaka
Interferon regulatory factor 5 polymorphisms in sarcoidosis
Kiminobu Tanizawa, Tomohiro Handa, Sonoko Nagai, Hiroe Sato, Ryo Yamada, Isao Ito, Takeshi Kubo, Yutaka Ito, Kizuku Watanabe, Kensaku Aihara, Kohei Ikezoe, Michiaki Mishima, Takateru Izumi
P-wave duration and dispersion in children with uncomplicated familial Mediterranean fever
Derya Arslan, Bulent Oran, Fatma Yazılıtas, Harun Peru, Derya Cimen, Husamettin Vatansev
The efficacy of rebamipide add-on therapy in arthritic patients with COX-2 selective inhibitor-related gastrointestinal events: a prospective, randomized, open-label blinded-endpoint pilot study by the GLORIA study group
Masahiro Hasegawa, Noriyuki Horiki, Kyosuke Tanaka, Hiroki Wakabayashi, Shunsuke Tano, Masaki Katsurahara, Atsumasa Uchida, Yoshiyuki Takei, Akihiro Sudo
Functional disability can deteriorate despite suppression of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a large observational cohort study
Yohei Seto, Eisuke Inoue, Kumi Shidara, Daisuke Hoshi, Naoki Sugimoto, Eri Sato, Eiichi Tanaka, Ayako Nakajima, Atsuo Taniguchi, Shigeki Momohara, Hisashi Yamanaka
Expression of CD44 in articular cartilage is associated with disease severity in knee osteoarthritis
Fang-Jie Zhang, Wei Luo, Shu-Guang Gao, Da-Zhi Su, Yu-Sheng Li, Chao Zeng, Guang-Hua Lei
Shorter disease duration is important for tocilizumab to achieve Boolean remission
Yoshiko Kawasaki, Teppei Hashimoto, Takaichi Okano, Yoshitada Sakai, Takashi Yamane, Kazuko Shiozawa, Shunichi Shiozawa, Akira Hashiramoto
Associations between neck and shoulder discomfort (Katakori) and job demand, job control, and worksite support
Tomoko Fujii, Ko Matsudaira, Noriko Yoshimura, Masami Hirai, Sakae Tanaka
Disability is the major negative predictor for achievement of Boolean-based remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tocilizumab
Daisuke Hoshi, Ayako Nakajima, Kumi Shidara, Yohei Seto, Eiichi Tanaka, Atsuo Taniguchi, Shigeki Momohara, Hisashi Yamanaka
Intravenous epoprostenol treatment of patients with connective tissue disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension at a single center
Yuichiro Shirai, Hidekata Yasuoka, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Toru Satoh, Masataka Kuwana
A case of Behçet’s disease developing after poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis
Yuichiro Kitai, Kosaku Murakami, Hajime Yoshifuji, Naoichiro Yukawa, Daisuke Kawabata, Koichiro Ohmura, Takao Fujii, Tsuneyo Mimori
Recurrence of IgG4-related disease following treatment with rituximab
Jun Murakami, Shoko Matsui, Shin Ishizawa, Kotaro Arita, Akinori Wada, Takayoshi Miyazono, Hiroyuki Hounoki, Koichiro Shinoda, Hirofumi Taki, Toshiro Sugiyama
A case of an SLE patient with febrile neutropenia who experienced exacerbation of cutaneous manifestations after the administration of G-CSF
Takashi Sakai, Yutaka Hatano, Itomi Abe, Koji Ishii, Sakuhei Fujiwara
Post-surgical hemorrhagic infarction of the adrenal gland as the first clinical manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome after 43 years of antibody-positivity
Johanna Haselboeck, Helmut Ringl, Catharina Mueller, Ingrid Pabinger, Stefan Winkler
Giant cell arteritis of the thyroid in a 69-year-old male
Crystal M. Glassy, Carla Guggenheim
Upregulation of VEGF expression is associated with accumulation of HIF-1α in the skin of naïve scleroderma patients
Maria Ioannou, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, Georgios Simos, Efrosyni Paraskeva, Christina Nikolaidou, Ioannis Venizelos, Georgios Koukoulis, Spyros Aslanidis, Stella Douma