Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk in rheumatic disease: Focus on Asians [PDF]
, 2011 Rheumatic diseases are associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Considerable differences exist in the frequency of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and events among people of different ethnic origins, but little is known of ...
Lau, CS, Mok, MY, Tse, HF, Yiu, KH
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Impact of biological agents and tissue engineering approaches on the treatment of rheumatic diseases [PDF]
, 2010 The treatment of rheumatic diseases has been the focus of many clinical studies aiming to achieve the best combination of drugs for symptom reduction.
Martins, Albino +4 more
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Demyelination in rheumatic diseases [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2008 Abstract Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterised by multifocal areas of demyelination in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord. Autoantibodies, for example antinuclear antibodies, can also be present.
A Theodoridou, Loukas Settas
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Meeting the challenge for foot health in rheumatic diseases [PDF]
, 2004 Background: National guidelines recommend that patients with rheumatic diseases should have access to podiatry services and evidence is emerging that podiatry interventions are effective in the management of foot problems in this patient group.
Bowden, AP, Williams, AE
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Vitamin D supplementation in the pediatric rheumatology clinic. [PDF]
, 2011 Vitamin D is capturing the attention of healthy and chronically ill populations for its potential skeletal and nonskeletal benefits. New information suggesting a role in immune modulation has led to a surge of interest among rheumatologists. Although the
Burnham, Jon M, von Scheven, Emily
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The macrophages in rheumatic diseases
Journal of Inflammation Research, 2016 Macrophages belong to the innate immune system giving us protection against pathogens. However it is known that they are also involved in rheumatic diseases. Activated macrophages have two different phenotypes related to different stimuli: M1 (classically activated) and M2 (alternatively activated).
Magda Scarpellini +5 more
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Prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of antibodies against carbamylated proteins in a monocentric cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune rheumatic diseases [PDF]
, 2016 Antibodies against carbamylated proteins (anti-CarP) have been recently identified in the sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of anti-CarP compared to ...
Alessandri, Cristiano +16 more
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c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase in Inflammation and Rheumatic Diseases. [PDF]
, 2012 The c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) are members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family and are activated by environmental stress. JNK is also activated by proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF and IL-1, and Toll-like receptor ligands ...
Firestein, Gary S, Guma, Monica
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Genetics of rheumatic disease [PDF]
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2009 Many of the chronic inflammatory and degenerative disorders that present to clinical rheumatologists have a complex genetic aetiology. Over the past decade a dramatic improvement in technology and methodology has accelerated the pace of gene discovery in complex disorders in an exponential fashion.
Alexander J. Clarke, Timothy J. Vyse
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Complement Activation in Patients With Probable Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Ability to Predict Progression to American College of Rheumatology-Classified Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveTo evaluate the frequency of cell-bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) as a marker of complement activation in patients with suspected systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the usefulness of this biomarker as a predictor of the ...
Alexander, Roberta Vezza +12 more
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