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    Arthritis & Rheumatism: Volume 43, Issue 1

    1-238
    January 2000
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Special Articles

Arthritis & Rheumatism in 2000

William P. Arend, 
  • Pages: 1-3
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Basic biology and clinical application of specific cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors

Leslie J. Crofford,  Peter E. Lipsky,  Peter Brooks,  Steven B. Abramson,  Lee S. Simon,  Leo B. A. Van De Putte, 
  • Pages: 4-13
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Clinical Science

Response to methotrexate treatment is associated with reduced mortality in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis

Dietmar Krause,  Barbara Schleusser,  Gertraud Herborn,  Rolf Rau, 
  • Pages: 14-21
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Factors predicting response to treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: The importance of disease duration

Jennifer J. Anderson,  George Wells,  Arco C. Verhoeven,  David T. Felson, 
  • Pages: 22-29
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Characterizing the quantitative genetic contribution to rheumatoid arthritis using data from twins

Alexander J. MacGregor,  Harold Snieder,  Alan S. Rigby,  Markku Koskenvuo,  Jaakko Kaprio,  Kimmo Aho,  Alan J. Silman, 
  • Pages: 30-37
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Reduction of chemokine levels and leukocyte traffic to joints by tumor necrosis factor α blockade in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Peter C. Taylor,  A. Michael Peters,  Ewa Paleolog,  Peter T. Chapman,  Michael J. Elliott,  Richard McCloskey,  Marc Feldmann,  Ravinder N. Maini, 
  • Pages: 38-47
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Evidence of central nervous system damage in patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus, demonstrated by magnetization transfer imaging

G. P. Th. Bosma,  M. J. Rood,  A. H. Zwinderman,  T. W. J. Huizinga,  M. A. Van Buchem, 
  • Pages: 48-54
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Increased soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 concentrations in patients with primary or systemic lupus erythematosus–related antiphospholipid syndrome: Correlations with the severity of thrombosis

Gilles Kaplanski,  Patrice Cacoub,  Catherine Farnarier,  Valérie Marin,  Regine Grégoire,  Anne Gatel,  Jean-Marc Durand,  Jean-Robert Harlé,  Pierre Bongrand,  Jean-Charles Piette, 
  • Pages: 55-64
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

T cells that are autoreactive to β2-glycoprotein I in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome and healthy individuals

Noriko Hattori,  Masataka Kuwana,  Junichi Kaburaki,  Tsuneyo Mimori,  Yasuo Ikeda,  Yutaka Kawakami, 
  • Pages: 65-75
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Presence of antinucleosome autoantibodies in a restricted set of connective tissue diseases: Antinucleosome antibodies of the IgG3 subclass are markers of renal pathogenicity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Zahir Amoura,  Sophie Koutouzov,  Henri Chabre,  Patrice Cacoub,  Isabelle Amoura,  Lucile Musset,  Jean-François Bach,  Jean-Charles Piette, 
  • Pages: 76-84
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Autoantibodies to DEK oncoprotein in human inflammatory disease

Xingwen Dong,  Jingsong Wang,  Fathima N. Kabir,  Melody Shaw,  Ann M. Reed,  Leonard Stein,  Luis E. C. Andrade,  Virginia F. M. Trevisani,  Michael L. Miller,  Takao Fujii,  Masashi Akizuki,  Lauren M. Pachman,  Minoru Satoh,  Westley H. Reeves, 
  • Pages: 85-93
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Oligoclonal non-neoplastic B cell expansion is the key feature of type II mixed cryoglobulinemia: Clinical and molecular findings do not support a bone marrow pathologic diagnosis of indolent B cell lymphoma

Salvatore De Vita,  Valli De Re,  Daniela Gasparotto,  Marco Ballarè,  Barbara Pivetta,  Gianfranco Ferraccioli,  Stefano Pileri,  Mauro Boiocchi,  Angelo Monteverde, 
  • Pages: 94-102
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

The effect of mini-dose aspirin on renal function and uric acid handling in elderly patients

D. Caspi,  E. Lubart,  E. Graff,  B. Habot,  M. Yaron,  R. Segal, 
  • Pages: 103-108
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Evolution of chronic recurrent multifocal osteitis toward spondylarthropathy over the long term

Olivier Vittecoq,  Lamia Ait Said,  Chantal Michot,  Othmane Mejjad,  Jean-Michel Thomine,  Paul Mitrofanoff,  Joël Lechevallier,  Patrick Ledosseur,  Alain Gayet,  Philippe Lauret,  Xavier Le Loët, 
  • Pages: 109-119
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Basic Science

Systemic lupus erythematosus candidate genes in the Italian population: Evidence for a significant association with interleukin-10

Sandra D'Alfonso,  Marco Rampi,  Daniela Bocchio,  Gualtiero Colombo,  Raffaella Scorza-Smeraldi,  Patricia Momigliano-Richiardi, 
  • Pages: 120-128
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

TNF-308A and HLA–DR3 alleles contribute independently to susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus

M. J. Rood,  M. V. Van Krugten,  E. Zanelli,  M. W. Van Der Linden,  V. Keijsers,  G. M. T. Schreuder,  W. Verduyn,  R. G. J. Westendorp,  R. R. P. De Vries,  F. C. Breedveld,  C. L. Verweij,  T. W. J. Huizinga, 
  • Pages: 129-134
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Analysis of Fas ligand gene mutation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Takeshi Kojima,  Takahiko Horiuchi,  Hiroaki Nishizaka,  Takuya Sawabe,  Masanori Higuchi,  Shin-Ichi Harashima,  Shigeru Yoshizawa,  Hiroshi Tsukamoto,  Kohei Nagasawa,  Yoshiyuki Niho, 
  • Pages: 135-139
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Antiphospholipid antibodies affect trophoblast gonadotropin secretion and invasiveness by binding directly and through adhered β2-glycoprotein I

N. Di Simone,  P. L. Meroni,  N. Del Papa,  E. Raschi,  D. Caliandro,  S. De Carolis,  M. A. Khamashta,  T. Atsumi,  G. R. V. Hughes,  G. Balestrieri,  A. Tincani,  P. Casali,  A. Caruso, 
  • Pages: 140-150
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Lack of evidence for an involvement of Epstein-Barr virus infection of synovial membranes in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

Gerald Niedobitek,  Renate Lisner,  Bernd Swoboda,  Nick Rooney,  Hans Georg Fassbender,  Thomas Kirchner,  Thomas Aigner,  Hermann Herbst, 
  • Pages: 151-154
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

The diagnostic properties of rheumatoid arthritis antibodies recognizing a cyclic citrullinated peptide

Gerard A. Schellekens,  Hendrik Visser,  Ben A. W. De Jong,  Frank H. J. Van Den Hoogen,  Johanna M. W. Hazes,  Ferdinand C. Breedveld,  Walther J. Van Venrooij, 
  • Pages: 155-163
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Tumor necrosis factor α promotes the expression of stem cell factor in synovial fibroblasts and their capacity to induce mast cell chemotaxis

Hans P. Kiener,  Roland Hofbauer,  Makiyeh Tohidast-Akrad,  Sabine Walchshofer,  Kurt Redlich,  Peter Bitzan,  Stylianos Kapiotis,  Günter Steiner,  Josef S. Smolen,  Peter Valent, 
  • Pages: 164-174
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Disease-modifying activity of SB 242235, a selective inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, in rat adjuvant-induced arthritis

Alison M. Badger,  Don E. Griswold,  Rasesh Kapadia,  Simon Blake,  Barbara A. Swift,  Sandy J. Hoffman,  George B. Stroup,  Edward Webb,  David J. Rieman,  Maxine Gowen,  Jeffrey C. Boehm,  Jerry L. Adams,  John C. Lee, 
  • Pages: 175-183
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Cell adhesion molecules in the development of inflammatory infiltrates in giant cell arteritis: Inflammation-induced angiogenesis as the preferential site of leukocyte–endothelial cell interactions

Maria C. Cid,  Mireia Cebrián,  Carme Font,  Blanca Coll-Vinent,  José Hernández-Rodríguez,  Jordi Esparza,  Alvaro Urbano-Márquez,  Josep M. Grau, 
  • Pages: 184-194
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Autocrine regulation of collagenase 3 (matrix metalloproteinase 13) during osteoarthritis

Boris V. Shlopov,  Marina L. Gumanovskaya,  Karen A. Hasty, 
  • Pages: 195-205
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Osteogenic protein 1 stimulates cell-associated matrix assembly by normal human articular chondrocytes: Up-regulation of hyaluronan synthase, CD44, and aggrecan

Yoshihiro Nishida,  Cheryl B. Knudson,  Wolfgang Eger,  Klaus E. Kuettner,  Warren Knudson, 
  • Pages: 206-214
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

The reactions of articular cartilage to experimental wounding: Role of apoptosis

Simon R. Tew,  Alvin P. L. Kwan,  Anthony Hann,  Brian M. Thomson,  Charles W. Archer, 
  • Pages: 215-225
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Case Reports

Subacute bacterial endocarditis with positive cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and anti–proteinase 3 antibodies

Hyon K. Choi,  Peter Lamprecht,  John L. Niles,  Wolfgang L. Gross,  Peter A. Merkel, 
  • Pages: 226-231
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Concise Communications

Chronic seropositive polyarthritis associated with hepatitis B virus–induced chronic liver disease: A sequel of virus persistence

Antal Csepregi MD,  Bernadette Rojkovich MD,  Elemér Nemesánszky MD, PhD,  Gyula Poór MD, PhD,  Mária Héjjas MD,  Margit Horányi PhD, 
  • Pages: 232-238
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Letters

Rheumatoid arthritis remission/relapse and the Health Assessment Questionnaire: Comment on the article by Barrett et al

J. Lee Nelson MD, 
  • Page: 234
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Reply

Alan J. Silman MD,  Jennifer H. Barrett PhD, 
  • Page: 234
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Acute-phase response and the risk of developing ischemic complications in giant cell arteritis: Comment on the article by Cid et al

D. Schmidt MD,  P. Vaith MD, 
  • Pages: 234-235
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Reply

Maria C. Cid MD,  Carme Font MD,  Alejandro De La Sierra MD,  Blanca Coll-Vinent MD,  Alfons López-Soto MD,  Alvaro Urbano-Márquez MD,  Josep M. Grau MD, 
  • Pages: 235-236
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Th2-type cytokines and the Fas way to pulmonary fibrosis: Comment on the article by Atamas et al

Fabrizio Spinozzi MD,  Elisabetta Agea MD,  Anna Russano BSc,  Onelia Bistoni BSc,  Gabrio Bassotti MD, PhD,  Fernando M. DeBenedictis MD,  Alberto Bertotto MD, 
  • Pages: 236-237
  • First Published: 02 April 2001

Reply

Sergei P. Atamas MD, PhD,  Barbara White MD, 
  • Pages: 237-238
  • First Published: 02 April 2001