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    Arthritis & Rheumatism: Volume 48, Issue 8

    2085-2392, bmi-bmii
    August 2003
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Editorial

Tuberculosis in the cytokine era: What rheumatologists need to know

Carol Dukes Hamilton MD, 
  • Pages: 2085-2091
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

The JAK/STAT pathway in rheumatoid arthritis: Pathogenic or protective?

Lionel B. Ivashkiv,  Xiaoyu Hu, 
  • Pages: 2092-2096
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

What is “resistance” in Paget's disease of bone?

Kenneth W. Lyles MD, 
  • Pages: 2097-2099
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Review

Sex hormones and systemic lupus erythematosus: Review and meta-analysis

Robert W. McMurray,  Warren May, 
  • Pages: 2100-2110
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

How do antiphospholipid antibodies bind β2-glycoprotein I?

Ian P. Giles,  David A. Isenberg,  David S. Latchman,  Anisur Rahman, 
  • Pages: 2111-2121
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors may predispose to significant increase in tuberculosis risk: A multicenter active-surveillance report

Juan J. Gómez-Reino,  Loreto Carmona,  Vicente Rodríguez Valverde,  Emilio Martín Mola,  Maria Dolores Montero, 
  • Pages: 2122-2127
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

New radiographic bone erosions in the wrists of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are detectable with magnetic resonance imaging a median of two years earlier

Mikkel Østergaard,  Michael Hansen,  Michael Stoltenberg,  Karl Erik Jensen,  Marcin Szkudlarek,  Brigitta Pedersen-Zbinden,  Ib Lorenzen, 
  • Pages: 2128-2131
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Rheumatoid arthritis is a heterogeneous disease: Evidence for differences in the activation of the STAT-1 pathway between rheumatoid tissues

Tineke C. T. M. van der Pouw Kraan,  Floris A. van Gaalen,  Pia V. Kasperkovitz,  Nicolette L. Verbeet,  Tom J. M. Smeets,  Maarten C. Kraan,  Mike Fero,  Paul-Peter Tak,  Tom W. J. Huizinga,  Elsbet Pieterman,  Ferdinand C. Breedveld,  Ash A. Alizadeh,  Cornelis L. Verweij, 
  • Pages: 2132-2145
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Serologic changes following B lymphocyte depletion therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

Geraldine Cambridge PhD,  Maria J. Leandro MD,  Jonathan C. W. Edwards MD,  Michael R. Ehrenstein MD, PhD,  Martin Salden PhD,  Mark Bodman-Smith PhD,  Anthony D. B. Webster MD, 
  • Pages: 2146-2154
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Tumor necrosis factor α blockade reduces the synovial cell infiltrate early after initiation of treatment, but apparently not by induction of apoptosis in synovial tissue

Tom J. M. Smeets,  Maarten C. Kraan,  Marieke E. van Loon,  Paul-Peter Tak, 
  • Pages: 2155-2162
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

Synovial fluid exoglycosidases are predictors of rheumatoid arthritis and are effective in cartilage glycosaminoglycan depletion

Zsuzsanna Ortutay,  Anna Polgár,  Béla Gömör,  Pál Géher,  Tamás Lakatos,  Tibor T. Glant,  Renate E. Gay,  Steffen Gay,  Éva Pállinger,  Csaba Farkas,  Éva Farkas,  László Tóthfalusi,  Katalin Kocsis,  András Falus,  Edit I. Buzás, 
  • Pages: 2163-2172
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Inflammation and angiogenesis in osteoarthritis

L. Haywood,  D. F. McWilliams,  C. I. Pearson,  S. E. Gill,  A. Ganesan,  D. Wilson,  D. A. Walsh, 
  • Pages: 2173-2177
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Impact of type of meniscal tear on radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A sixteen-year followup of meniscectomy with matched controls

M. Englund,  E. M. Roos,  L. S. Lohmander, 
  • Pages: 2178-2187
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

The combination of insulin-like growth factor 1 and osteogenic protein 1 promotes increased survival of and matrix synthesis by normal and osteoarthritic human articular chondrocytes

Richard F. Loeser,  Carol A. Pacione,  Susan Chubinskaya, 
  • Pages: 2188-2196
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

High binding capacity of cyclophilin B to chondrocyte heparan sulfate proteoglycans and its release from the cell surface by matrix metalloproteinases: Possible role as a proinflammatory mediator in arthritis

Frédéric De Ceuninck,  Fabrice Allain,  Audrey Caliez,  Geneviève Spik,  Paul M. Vanhoutte, 
  • Pages: 2197-2206
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Arthritis self-management education programs: A meta-analysis of the effect on pain and disability

Asra Warsi,  Michael P. LaValley,  Philip S. Wang,  Jerry Avorn,  Daniel H. Solomon, 
  • Pages: 2207-2213
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

Frequency of osteopenia in adolescents with early-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A long-term outcome study of one hundred five patients

Gunhild Lien,  Berit Flatø,  Margaretha Haugen,  Odd Vinje,  Dag Sørskaar,  Knut Dale,  Virginia Johnston,  Thore Egeland,  Øystein Førre, 
  • Pages: 2214-2223
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Long-term efficacy and safety of infliximab in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis: An open, observational, extension study of a three-month, randomized, placebo-controlled trial†

J. Braun,  J. Brandt,  J. Listing,  A. Zink,  R. Alten,  G. Burmester,  W. Golder,  E. Gromnica-Ihle,  H. Kellner,  M. Schneider,  H. Sörensen,  H. Zeidler,  J. Reddig,  J. Sieper, 
  • Pages: 2224-2233
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Identification of major loci controlling clinical manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis

Matthew A. Brown,  Sinead Brophy,  Linda Bradbury,  Jasmin Hamersma,  Andrew Timms,  Steven Laval,  Lon Cardon,  Andrei Calin,  B. Paul Wordsworth, 
  • Pages: 2234-2239
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

In primary Sjögren's syndrome, HLA class II is associated exclusively with autoantibody production and spreading of the autoimmune response

Jacques-Eric Gottenberg,  Marc Busson,  Pascale Loiseau,  Julien Cohen-Solal,  Virginia Lepage,  Dominique Charron,  Jean Sibilia,  Xavier Mariette, 
  • Pages: 2240-2245
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Prevalence, incidence, survival, and disease characteristics of systemic sclerosis in a large US population

Maureen D. Mayes,  James V. Lacey Jr.,  Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer,  Brenda W. Gillespie,  Brenda Cooper,  Timothy J. Laing,  David Schottenfeld, 
  • Pages: 2246-2255
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

Effects of oral cyclophosphamide and prednisolone therapy on the endothelial functions and clinical findings in patients with early diffuse systemic sclerosis

Sule Apras,  Ihsan Ertenli,  Zeynep Ozbalkan,  Sedat Kiraz,  M. Akif Ozturk,  Ibrahim C. Haznedaroglu,  Veli Çobankara,  Salih Pay,  Meral Calguneri, 
  • Pages: 2256-2261
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Occurrence of an activated, profibrotic pattern of gene expression in lung CD8+ T cells from scleroderma patients

Irina G. Luzina,  Sergei P. Atamas,  Robert Wise,  Fredrick M. Wigley,  Jung Choi,  Hui Qing Xiao,  Barbara White, 
  • Pages: 2262-2274
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Molecular mechanisms of interleukin-4–induced up-regulation of type I collagen gene expression in murine fibroblasts

Tracy L. McGaha,  Maithao Le,  Takao Kodera,  Cristina Stoica,  Jinfang Zhu,  William E. Paul,  Constantin A. Bona, 
  • Pages: 2275-2284
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

Global surface ultraviolet radiation intensity may modulate the clinical and immunologic expression of autoimmune muscle disease

Satoshi Okada,  Elizabeth Weatherhead,  Ira N. Targoff,  Robert Wesley,  Frederick W. Miller, 
  • Pages: 2285-2293
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Bone mineral density in juvenile dermatomyositis: Assessment using dual x-ray absorptiometry

W. A. Stewart,  P. D. Acott,  S. R. Salisbury,  B. A. Lang, 
  • Pages: 2294-2298
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Limited versus severe Wegener's granulomatosis: Baseline data on patients in the Wegener's granulomatosis etanercept trial

John H. Stone MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 2299-2309
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Role of S100A8 and S100A9 in neutrophil recruitment in response to monosodium urate monohydrate crystals in the air-pouch model of acute gouty arthritis

Carle Ryckman,  Shaun R. McColl,  Karen Vandal,  Rinaldo de Médicis,  André Lussier,  Patrice E. Poubelle,  Philippe A. Tessier, 
  • Pages: 2310-2320
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

Bisphosphonate resistance in Paget's disease of bone

Fred Joshua,  Martin Epstein,  Gabor Major, 
  • Pages: 2321-2323
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Familial Mediterranean fever among patients from Karabakh and the diagnostic value of MEFV gene analysis in all classically affected populations

Cécile Cazeneuve,  Zaruhi Hovannesyan,  David Geneviève,  Hasmik Hayrapetyan,  Stéphanie Papin,  Emmanuelle Girodon-Boulandet,  Brigitte Boissier,  Josué Feingold,  Karine Atayan,  Tamara Sarkisian,  Serge Amselem, 
  • Pages: 2324-2331
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

A comparative genetic analysis between collagen-induced arthritis and pristane-induced arthritis

Peter Olofsson,  Shemin Lu,  Jens Holmberg,  Tusheng Song,  Patrik Wernhoff,  Ulf Pettersson,  Rikard Holmdahl, 
  • Pages: 2332-2342
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Article

Use of a novel elution regimen reveals the dominance of polyreactive antinuclear autoantibodies in lupus kidneys

Chun Xie,  Zhiyan Liang,  Sooghee Chang,  Chandra Mohan, 
  • Pages: 2343-2352
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Defects in the regulation of B cell apoptosis are required for the production of citrullinated peptide autoantibodies in mice

Marcos López-Hoyos,  Regina Marquina,  Esther Tamayo,  Jovanna González-Rojas,  Shozo Izui,  Ramón Merino,  Jesús Merino, 
  • Pages: 2353-2361
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Research Articles

Dendritic cell uptake of human apoptotic and necrotic neutrophils inhibits CD40, CD80, and CD86 expression and reduces allogeneic T cell responses: Relevance to systemic vasculitis

Abigail R. Clayton,  Rebecca L. Prue,  Lorraine Harper,  Mark T. Drayson,  Caroline O. S. Savage, 
  • Pages: 2362-2374
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Cytokines elicited by T cell epitopes from a synovial autoantigen: Altered peptide ligands can reduce interferon-γ and interleukin-10 production

Frances C. Hall,  Kevin C. Visconti,  Regina-Celeste Ahmad,  Sarah L. Parry,  André M. M. Miltenburg,  Harden M. McConnell,  Elizabeth D. Mellins,  Grete Sønderstrup, 
  • Pages: 2375-2385
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Concise Communications

Tumor necrosis factor receptor–associated periodic syndrome characterized by a mutation affecting the cleavage site of the receptor: Implications for pathogenesis

Martin A. Kriegel MD,  Ulrike Hüffmeier MD,  Elisabeth Scherb,  Christina Scheidig,  Thomas Geiler MD,  Joachim R. Kalden MD,  André Reis MD,  Hanns-Martin Lorenz MD, 
  • Pages: 2386-2388
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Letters

Availability of drugs should be disclosed by manufacturers

Bruce Rothschild MD, 
  • Page: 2389
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Lymphomas after tumor necrosis factor antagonist therapy: Comment on the article by Brown et al

Hasan Yazici MD, 
  • Page: 2389
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Expression of the interferon-γ–inducible 10-kd protein and CXC receptor 3 in the salivary gland lesions of patients with Sjögren's syndrome: Comment on the article by Ogawa et al

P. Sfriso MD, PhD,  F. Calabrese MD,  C. Grava MD,  C. Agostini MD,  L. Punzi MD,  F. Oliviero PhD,  C. Botsios MD, PhD,  P. A. Ostuni MD,  S. Todesco MD, 
  • Pages: 2390-2391
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Reply

Noriyoshi Ogawa MD, PhD,  Li Ping MD,  Susumu Sugai MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 2391-2392
  • First Published: 01 August 2003

Announcement

ACR announcements

  • Pages: bmi-bmii
  • First Published: 01 August 2003