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Volume 10(5);  2008
Commentary
Are biologics more effective than classical disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs?
Michael T Nurmohamed and Ben AC Dijkmans
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 118. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/ar2491.
PMCID: PMC2592779
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Editorials
Lipooxygenase inhibition in osteoarthritis: a potential symptomatic and disease modifying effect?
Maxime Dougados
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 116. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/ar2490.
PMCID: PMC2592778
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An important step towards completing the rheumatoid arthritis cycle
Walther J van Venrooij and Ger JM Pruijn
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 117. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/ar2504.
PMCID: PMC2592789
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Introducing Arthritis Research & Therapy's 10th anniversary issue, 'The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress'
Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Peter E Lipsky, and Ravinder N Maini
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 119. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2522.
PMCID: PMC2592806
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Serum urate, menopause, and postmenopausal hormone use: from eminence to evidence-based medicine
Angelo L Gaffo and Kenneth G Saag
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 120. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/ar2524.
PMCID: PMC2592808
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High-density lipoprotein: does it have a dark side?
Joan M Von Feldt
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 121. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/ar2527.
PMCID: PMC2592810
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Research Articles
A polymorphism in the human serotonin 5-HT2A receptor gene may protect against systemic sclerosis by reducing platelet aggregation
Lorenzo Beretta, Marta Cossu, Maurizio Marchini, Francesca Cappiello, Andrea Artoni, Giovanna Motta, and Raffaella Scorza
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R103. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/ar2495.
PMCID: PMC2592780
The relationship between inflammation and new bone formation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Xenofon Baraliakos, Joachim Listing, Martin Rudwaleit, Joachim Sieper, and Juergen Braun
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R104. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/ar2496.
PMCID: PMC2592781
Elevated autoantibody content in rheumatoid arthritis synovia with lymphoid aggregates and the effect of rituximab
Sanna Rosengren, Nathan Wei, Kenneth C Kalunian, Nathan J Zvaifler, Arthur Kavanaugh, and David L Boyle
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R105. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/ar2497.
PMCID: PMC2592782
Prognostic factors of 10-year radiographic outcome in early rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective study
Natacha Courvoisier, Maxime Dougados, Alain Cantagrel, Philippe Goupille, Olivier Meyer, Jean Sibilia, Jean Pierre Daures, and Bernard Combe
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R106. Published online 2008 September 4. doi: 10.1186/ar2498.
PMCID: PMC2592783
4-Hydroxynonenal induces apoptosis in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes: the protective role of glutathione-S-transferase
France Vaillancourt, Hassan Fahmi, Qin Shi, Patrick Lavigne, Pierre Ranger, Julio C Fernandes, and Mohamed Benderdour
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R107. Published online 2008 September 9. doi: 10.1186/ar2503.
PMCID: PMC2592788
Reduced proportions of natural killer T cells are present in the relatives of lupus patients and are associated with autoimmunity
Joan Wither, Yong-chun Cai, Sooyeol Lim, Tamara McKenzie, Nicole Roslin, Jaime O Claudio, Glinda S Cooper, Thomas J Hudson, Andrew D Paterson, Celia MT Greenwood, Dafna Gladman, Janet Pope, Christian A Pineau, C Douglas Smith, John G Hanly, Christine Peschken, Gilles Boire, CaNIOS Investigators, and Paul R Fortin
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R108. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2505.
PMCID: PMC2592790
Biologic activity and safety of belimumab, a neutralizing anti-B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) monoclonal antibody: a phase I trial in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Richard Furie, William Stohl, Ellen M Ginzler, Michael Becker, Nilamadhab Mishra, Winn Chatham, Joan T Merrill, Arthur Weinstein, W Joseph McCune, John Zhong, Wendy Cai, William Freimuth, and the Belimumab Study Group
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R109. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/ar2506.
PMCID: PMC2592791
Natural autoantibodies reactive with glycosaminoglycans in rheumatoid arthritis
Bence György, László Tóthfalusi, György Nagy, Mária Pásztói, Pál Géher, Zsolt Lörinc, Anna Polgár, Bernadett Rojkovich, Ilona Ujfalussy, Gyula Poór, Péter Pócza, Zoltán Wiener, Petra Misják, Agnes Koncz, András Falus, and Edit I Buzás
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R110. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/ar2507.
PMCID: PMC2592792
Role of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha in the integrity of articular cartilage in murine knee joints
Kolja Gelse, David Pfander, Simon Obier, Karl X Knaup, Michael Wiesener, Friedrich F Hennig, and Bernd Swoboda
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R111. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/ar2508.
PMCID: PMC2592793
Association of elevated transcript levels of interferon-inducible chemokines with disease activity and organ damage in systemic lupus erythematosus patients
Qiong Fu, Xiaoqing Chen, Huijuan Cui, Yanzhi Guo, Jing Chen, Nan Shen, and Chunde Bao
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R112. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/ar2510.
PMCID: PMC2592795
Role of STAT4 polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus in a Japanese population: a case-control association study of the STAT1-STAT4 region
Aya Kawasaki, Ikue Ito, Koki Hikami, Jun Ohashi, Taichi Hayashi, Daisuke Goto, Isao Matsumoto, Satoshi Ito, Akito Tsutsumi, Minori Koga, Tadao Arinami, Robert R Graham, Geoffrey Hom, Yoshinari Takasaki, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Timothy W Behrens, Takayuki Sumida, and Naoyuki Tsuchiya
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R113. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/ar2516.
PMCID: PMC2592800
Myeloid dendritic cells display downregulation of C-type lectin receptors and aberrant lectin uptake in systemic lupus erythematosus
Seetha U Monrad, Kristine Rea, Seth Thacker, and Mariana J Kaplan
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R114. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/ar2517.
PMCID: PMC2592801
Dynamic activation of bone morphogenetic protein signaling in collagen-induced arthritis supports their role in joint homeostasis and disease
Melina Daans, Rik JU Lories, and Frank P Luyten
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R115. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/ar2518.
PMCID: PMC2592802
Menopause, postmenopausal hormone use and serum uric acid levels in US women – The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
A Elisabeth Hak and Hyon K Choi
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R116. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1186/ar2519.
PMCID: PMC2592803
Decreased levels of the gelsolin plasma isoform in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Teresia M Osborn, Margareta Verdrengh, Thomas P Stossel, Andrej Tarkowski, and Maria Bokarewa
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R117. Published online 2008 September 27. doi: 10.1186/ar2520.
PMCID: PMC2592804
Weekly intra-articular injections of bone morphogenetic protein-7 inhibits osteoarthritis progression
Masaya Hayashi, Takeshi Muneta, Young-Jin Ju, Tomoyuki Mochizuki, and Ichiro Sekiya
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R118. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/ar2521.
PMCID: PMC2592805
Epitope spreading to citrullinated antigens in mouse models of autoimmune arthritis and demyelination
Brian A Kidd, Peggy P Ho, Orr Sharpe, Xiaoyan Zhao, Beren H Tomooka, Jennifer L Kanter, Lawrence Steinman, and William H Robinson
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R119. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/ar2523.
PMCID: PMC2592807
Rationale for prostaglandin I2 in bone marrow oedema – from theory to application
Marcus Jäger, Frank Peter Tillmann, Thomas S Thornhill, Marcus Mahmoudi, Dirk Blondin, Gerd Rüdiger Hetzel, Christoph Zilkens, and Rüdiger Krauspe
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R120. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1186/ar2526.
PMCID: PMC2592809
Toll-like receptor homolog RP105 modulates the antigen-presenting cell function and regulates the development of collagen-induced arthritis
Yoshifumi Tada, Syuichi Koarada, Fumitaka Morito, Mio Mitamura, Hisako Inoue, Rie Suematsu, Akihide Ohta, Kensuke Miyake, and Kohei Nagasawa
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R121. Published online 2008 October 11. doi: 10.1186/ar2529.
PMCID: PMC2592811
Therapeutic effect of the potent IL-12/IL-23 inhibitor STA-5326 on experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis
Hiroshi Keino, Takayo Watanabe, Yasuhiko Sato, Mamoru Niikura, Yumiko Wada, and Annabelle A Okada
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R122. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/ar2530.
PMCID: PMC2592812
Vitamin D deficiency in undifferentiated connective tissue disease
Eva Zold, Peter Szodoray, Janos Gaal, János Kappelmayer, Laszlo Csathy, Edit Gyimesi, Margit Zeher, Gyula Szegedi, and Edit Bodolay
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R123. Published online 2008 October 18. doi: 10.1186/ar2533.
PMCID: PMC2592813
Effects of cyclophosphamide on pulmonary function in patients with scleroderma and interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational prospective cohort studies
Carlotta Nannini, Colin P West, Patricia J Erwin, and Eric L Matteson
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R124. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/ar2534.
PMCID: PMC2592814
Serum levels of biomarkers of bone and cartilage destruction and new bone formation in different cohorts of patients with axial spondyloarthritis with and without tumor necrosis factor-alpha blocker treatment
Heiner Appel, Louise Janssen, Joachim Listing, René Heydrich, Martin Rudwaleit, and Joachim Sieper
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R125. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/ar2537.
PMCID: PMC2592815
Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in growth differentiate factor 5 with congenital dysplasia of the hip: a case-control study
Jin Dai, Dongquan Shi, Pengsheng Zhu, Jianghui Qin, Haijian Ni, Yong Xu, Chen Yao, Lunqing Zhu, Hongtao Zhu, Baocheng Zhao, Jia Wei, Baorui Liu, Shiro Ikegawa, Qing Jiang, and Yitao Ding
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): R126. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/ar2540.
PMCID: PMC2592816
Reviews
Genetic studies in osteoporosis – the end of the beginning
Emma L Duncan and Matthew A Brown
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 214. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/ar2479.
PMCID: PMC2592817
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Virally associated arthritis 2008: clinical, epidemiologic, and pathophysiologic considerations
Dimitrios Vassilopoulos and Leonard H Calabrese
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 215. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/ar2480.
PMCID: PMC2592818
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Cell signalling in macrophages, the principal innate immune effector cells of rheumatoid arthritis
Stefan K Drexler, Philip L Kong, Jeremy Wales, and Brian M Foxwell
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 216. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2481.
PMCID: PMC2592774
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Stem cell transplantation for rheumatic autoimmune diseases
Thomas Hügle and Jacob M van Laar
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 217. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2486.
PMCID: PMC2592775
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Developments in the scientific understanding of lupus
Stacy P Ardoin and David S Pisetsky
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 218. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2488.
PMCID: PMC2592776
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Epigenetic modifications in rheumatoid arthritis
Simon Strietholt, Britta Maurer, Marvin A Peters, Thomas Pap, and Steffen Gay
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 219. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2500.
PMCID: PMC2592785
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Developments in the scientific and clinical understanding of inflammatory myopathies
Ingrid E Lundberg and Cecilia Grundtman
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 220. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2501.
PMCID: PMC2592786
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Developments in the scientific and clinical understanding of gout
Alexander So
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 221. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2509.
PMCID: PMC2592794
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What magnetic resonance imaging has told us about the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis – the first 50 years
Dennis McGonagle and Ai Lyn Tan
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 222. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2512.
PMCID: PMC2592796
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Mesenchymal stem cells in arthritic diseases
Faye H Chen and Rocky S Tuan
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 223. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2514.
PMCID: PMC2592798
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Vascular involvement in rheumatic diseases: 'vascular rheumatology'
Zoltán Szekanecz and Alisa E Koch
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 224. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/ar2515.
PMCID: PMC2592799
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Immune regulation of bone loss by Th17 cells
Iannis E Adamopoulos and Edward P Bowman
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 225. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/ar2502.
PMCID: PMC2592787
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Targeting histone deacetylase activity in rheumatoid arthritis and asthma as prototypes of inflammatory disease: should we keep our HATs on?
Aleksander M Grabiec, Paul P Tak, and Kris A Reedquist
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 226. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/ar2489.
PMCID: PMC2592777
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Corrections
Correction: Initial clinical trial of epratuzumab (humanized anti-CD22 antibody) for immunotherapy of systemic lupus erythematosus
Thomas Dörner, Joerg Kaufmann, William A Wegener, Nick Teoh, David M Goldenberg, and Gerd R Burmester
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 406. Published online 2008 September 9. doi: 10.1186/ar2499.
PMCID: PMC2592784
Corrects: Thomas Dörner, et al. Initial clinical trial of epratuzumab (humanized anti-CD22 antibody) for immunotherapy of systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006; 8(3): R74.
Correction: Forced mobilization accelerates pathogenesis: characterization of a preclinical surgical model of osteoarthritis
C Thomas G Appleton, David D McErlain, Vasek Pitelka, Neil Schwartz, Suzanne M Bernier, James L Henry, David W Holdsworth, and Frank Beier
Arthritis Res Ther. 2008; 10(5): 407. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/ar2513.
PMCID: PMC2592797
Corrects: C Thomas G Appleton, et al. Forced mobilization accelerates pathogenesis: characterization of a preclinical surgical model of osteoarthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2007; 9(1): R13.
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