Issue 4/2007
Content (31 Articles)
Biology and therapy of fibromyalgia. Stress, the stress response system, and fibromyalgia
Manuel Martinez-Lavin
Falling into TRAPS – receptor misfolding in the TNF receptor 1-associated periodic fever syndrome
Fiona C Kimberley, Adrian A Lobito, Richard M Siegel, Gavin R Screaton
Cells of the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis. Dendritic cells
Viviana Lutzky, Suad Hannawi, Ranjeny Thomas
B cells in Sjögren's syndrome: indications for disturbed selection and differentiation in ectopic lymphoid tissue
Arne Hansen, Peter E Lipsky, Thomas Dörner
Expert agreement confirms that negative changes in hand and foot radiographs are a surrogate for repair in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Désirée van der Heijde, Robert Landewé, Annelies Boonen, Steve Einstein, Gertraud Herborn, Rolf Rau, Siegfried Wassenberg, Barbara N Weissman, Carl S Winalski, John T Sharp
The ITGAVrs3738919-C allele is associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the European Caucasian population: a family-based study
Laurent Jacq, Sophie Garnier, Philippe Dieudé, Laëtitia Michou, Céline Pierlot, Paola Migliorini, Alejandro Balsa, René Westhovens, Pilar Barrera, Helena Alves, Carlos Vaz, Manuela Fernandes, Dora Pascual-Salcedo, Stefano Bombardieri, Jan Dequeker, Timothy R Radstake, Piet Van Riel, Leo van de Putte, Antonio Lopes-Vaz, Elodie Glikmans, Sandra Barbet, Sandra Lasbleiz, Isabelle Lemaire, Patrick Quillet, Pascal Hilliquin, Vitor Hugo Teixeira, Elisabeth Petit-Teixeira, Hamdi Mbarek, Bernard Prum, Thomas Bardin, François Cornélis
Reduction of urate crystal-induced inflammation by root extracts from traditional oriental medicinal plants: elevation of prostaglandin D2levels
Sung Mun Jung, H Ralph Schumacher, Hocheol Kim, Miyeon Kim, Seoung Hoon Lee, Frank Pessler
Expression and function of junctional adhesion molecule-C in human and experimental arthritis
Gaby Palmer, Nathalie Busso, Michel Aurrand-Lions, Dominique Talabot-Ayer, Véronique Chobaz-Péclat, Claudia Zimmerli, Philippe Hammel, Beat A Imhof, Cem Gabay
Activating and inhibitory Fcγ receptors in rheumatoid arthritis: from treatment to targeted therapies
Joel AG van Roon
Effect of antioxidants on knee cartilage and bone in healthy, middle-aged subjects: a cross-sectional study
Yuanyuan Wang, Allison M Hodge, Anita E Wluka, Dallas R English, Graham G Giles, Richard O'Sullivan, Andrew Forbes, Flavia M Cicuttini
Mesangial cells of lupus-prone mice are sensitive to chemokine production
Shuk-Man Ka, Chao-Wen Cheng, Hao-Ai Shui, Wen-Mein Wu, Deh-Ming Chang, Yu-Chu Lin, Ann Chen
Effect of dsDNA binding to SmD-derived peptides on clinical accuracy in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus
Michael Mahler, Aderajew Waka, F Hiepe, Marvin J Fritzler
Human meniscus cells express hypoxia inducible factor-1α and increased SOX9 in response to low oxygen tension in cell aggregate culture
Adetola B Adesida, Lisa M Grady, Wasim S Khan, S Jane Millward-Sadler, Donald M Salter, Timothy E Hardingham
Celastrus aculeatusMerr. suppresses the induction and progression of autoimmune arthritis by modulating immune response to heat-shock protein 65
Li Tong, Kamal D Moudgil
Identification of an altered peptide ligand based on the endogenously presented, rheumatoid arthritis-associated, human cartilage glycoprotein-39(263–275) epitope: an MHC anchor variant peptide for immune modulation
Annemieke MH Boots, Henk Hubers, Milou Kouwijzer, Leontien den Hoed-van Zandbrink, Bernice M Westrek-Esselink, Cindy van Doorn, Rachel Stenger, Ebo S Bos, Marie-jose C van Lierop, Gijs F Verheijden, Cornelis M Timmers, Catharina J van Staveren
Remission by composite scores in rheumatoid arthritis: are ankles and feet important?
Theresa Kapral, Florian Dernoschnig, Klaus P Machold, Tanja Stamm, Monika Schoels, Josef S Smolen, Daniel Aletaha
Diurnal secretion of growth hormone, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone in pre- and perimenopausal women with active rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot case-control study
Marc R Blackman, Ranganath Muniyappa, Mildred Wilson, Barbara E Moquin, Howard L Baldwin, Kelli A Wong, Christopher Snyder, Michael Magalnick, Shaan Alli, James Reynolds, Seth M Steinberg, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky
Risk factors associated with the loss of cartilage volume on weight-bearing areas in knee osteoarthritis patients assessed by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging: a longitudinal study
Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Jean-Pierre Raynauld, Marie-Josée Berthiaume, François Abram, Denis Choquette, Boulos Haraoui, John F Beary, Gary A Cline, Joan M Meyer, Johanne Martel-Pelletier
Prostaglandin PGE2 at very low concentrations suppresses collagen cleavage in cultured human osteoarthritic articular cartilage: this involves a decrease in expression of proinflammatory genes, collagenases and COL10A1, a gene linked to chondrocyte hypertrophy
Elena V Tchetina, John A Di Battista, David J Zukor, John Antoniou, A Robin Poole
Glucosamine prevents in vitro collagen degradation in chondrocytes by inhibiting advanced lipoxidation reactions and protein oxidation
Moti L Tiku, Haritha Narla, Mohit Jain, Praveen Yalamanchili
Catabolic cytokine expression in degenerate and herniated human intervertebral discs: IL-1β and TNFα expression profile
Christine Lyn Le Maitre, Judith Alison Hoyland, Anthony J Freemont
Heterogeneity of autoantibodies in 100 patients with autoimmune myositis: insights into clinical features and outcomes
Martial Koenig, Marvin J Fritzler, Ira N Targoff, Yves Troyanov, Jean-Luc Senécal
Tumour necrosis factor blockade and the risk of osteoporosis: back to the future
Philip Sambrook
Glycosaminoglycan profiles of repair tissue formed following autologous chondrocyte implantation differ from control cartilage
Aarti Sharma, Lindsay D Wood, James B Richardson, Sally Roberts, Nicola J Kuiper
Taurine chloramine differentially inhibits matrix metalloproteinase 1 and 13 synthesis in interleukin-1β stimulated fibroblast-like synoviocytes
Kyoung Soo Kim, Eun Kyung Park, Seung Min Ju, Hye-Sook Jung, Jun Soo Bang, Chaekyun Kim, Yeon-Ah Lee, Seung-Jae Hong, Sang-Hoon Lee, Hyung-In Yang, Myung Chul Yoo
Hand bone loss as an outcome measure in established rheumatoid arthritis: 2-year observational study comparing cortical and total bone loss
Mari Hoff, Glenn Haugeberg, Tore K Kvien
Seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 IgG in children affected by juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Benedikt Weissbrich, Yvonne Süß-Fröhlich, Hermann J Girschick
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist delivered directly and by gene therapy inhibits matrix degradation in the intact degenerate human intervertebral disc: an in situ zymographic and gene therapy study
Christine L Le Maitre, Judith A Hoyland, Anthony J Freemont
Reduced number and impaired function of circulating progenitor cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Jan Renier AJ Moonen, Karina de Leeuw, Xavier J Gallego Y van Seijen, Cees GM Kallenberg, Marja JA van Luyn, Marc Bijl, Martin C Harmsen