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Safety and immunogenicity of inactivated COVID-19 vaccination in adult rheumatic patients in South China: a prospective study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Patients with rheumatic diseases (RD) are considered to be a high-risk population for infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Huiqiong Zeng, Hanjiang Liu, Zhi Liu, Xiakai Zhou, Xiaoping Lu, Zhenbo Yan, Yan Zhou, Liping Dai, Yashuo Chen, Tingting Yang, Zhihua Yin, Zhizhong Ye   +11 more
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LncRNA H19 induces immune dysregulation of BMMSCs, at least partly, by inhibiting IL-2 production

Molecular Medicine, 2021
Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a representative systemic autoimmune disease. LncRNA H19 has been identified to participate in various biological processes in human diseases. However, the role of H19 in SLE remains unclear.
Xinpeng Chen, Xiuxia Luo, Yazhi Wei, Hualin Sun, Liping Dai, Yidou Tangzhou, Huijie Jin, Zhihua Yin   +7 more
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Increased risk of herpes zoster with tofacitinib treatment in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single-center prospective study

Scientific Reports, 2023
We aimed to determine the risk of herpes zoster (HZ) in Korean rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients on tofacitinib compared with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) treatment.
Yeo-Jin Song, Soo-Kyung Cho, Hyoungyoung Kim, Hye Won Kim, Eunwoo Nam, Ja-Young Jeon, Hyun-Jeong Yoo, Chan-Bum Choi, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jae-Bum Jun, Sang-Cheol Bae, Dae Hyun Yoo, Yoon-Kyoung Sung   +12 more
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Elderly onset atypical Lemierre’s syndrome concurrent with a rheumatoid vasculitis sacral ulcer infection: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Typical Lemierre’s syndrome is usually secondary to an oropharyngeal infection. Recently, several cases following a primary infection site other than the oropharynx have been reported as atypical Lemierre’s syndrome; although, these primary ...
Koji Mishima, Kazunobu Aoki, Yusuke Shirai, Hiroshi Aritomo, Maiko Iwasaka, Masakazu Katsura, Tomofumi Tatsutani, Hiroko Ikeuchi, Kensuke Oryoji, Shinichi Mizuki   +9 more
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Enabling personal recovery from fibromyalgia – theoretical rationale, content and meaning of a person-centred, recovery-oriented programme

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a contested, chronic widespread pain syndrome on which recommended therapies have short-lasting, moderate effects. Nevertheless, some patients become symptom-free, and their recovery experiences inspired us to develop a ...
Anne Marit Mengshoel, Åse Skarbø, Elisabeth Hasselknippe, Tamara Petterson, Nina Linnea Brandsar, Ellen Askmann, Ragnhild Ildstad, Lena Løseth, Merja Helena Sallinen   +8 more
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IgG anti-hinge antibodies against IgG4 F(ab’)2 fragments generated using pepsin are useful diagnostic markers for rheumatoid arthritis: implications of the possible roles of metalloproteinases and IgG subclasses in generating immunogenic hinge epitopes

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2020
Background Pepsin agglutinators, discovered over 50 years ago, have been recently referred to as anti-hinge antibodies (AHAs) because of their reaction with the IgG hinge epitope.
Toshiyuki Ota, Shun-ichiro Ota, Ayumi Uchino, Shuji Nagano   +3 more
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Evaluation of adherence to calcium, vitamin D and drugs for osteoporosis in patients with low bone mineral density [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2017
Introduction/Objective. Osteoporosis is a systemic disease of bone tissue, which leads to an increase in bone fragility and higher risk of fractures. The aim of the study was to determine adherence to calcium, vitamin D, and drugs for osteoporosis in ...
Maksimović Marina, Jurišić Vladimir, Erdeljan Biljana, Zvekić-Svorcan Jelena, Lazarević Biljana, Dojčinović Dragana   +5 more
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Lifestyle factors predict gout outcomes: Results from the NOR-Gout longitudinal 2-year treat-to-target study

RMD Open, 2023
Objective Gout is associated with lifestyle, body mass index (BMI) and comorbidities, including dyslipidaemia. We studied how in actively treated patients, anthropometric measures and lipid levels changed over 2 years and whether they predicted gout ...
Tore K Kvien, Joseph Sexton, Till Uhlig, Espen A Haavardsholm, Hilde Berner Hammer, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen   +5 more
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Low BASDAI score alone is not a good predictor of anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment efficacy in ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of high disease activity as measured using the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients who nonetheless have low Bath Ankylosing ...
Bora Nam, Bon San Koo, Tae-Han Lee, Ji-Hui Shin, Jin-Ju Kim, Seunghun Lee, Kyung Bin Joo, Tae-Hwan Kim   +7 more
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A systematic review of CXCL13 as a biomarker of disease and treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis

BMC Rheumatology, 2020
Background The B cell chemoattractant CXCL13 is a promising biomarker in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a plausible role in supporting diagnosis, monitoring disease activity and as a prognostic value.
Katie Bechman, Anthony Dalrymple, Charles Southey-Bassols, Andrew P. Cope, James B. Galloway   +4 more
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