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Gender, body mass index and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: Results from...
Jawaheer, Damini; Olsen, Jørn; Lahiff, Maureen; Forsberg, Sinikka; Lähteenmäki, Jukka; da Silveira, Ines Guimaraes; Rocha, Francisco AirtonMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:56:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-12-01; Objective: To investigate whether body mass index (BMI), as a proxy for body fat, influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity in a gender-specific manner. Methods: Consecutive patients with RA were enrolled from 25 countries into the QUEST-RA program between 2005 and 2008. Clinical and demogra...
The impact of COVID-19 on rare and complex connective tissue diseases : the exp...
Talarico, Rosaria; Aguilera, Silvia; Alexander, Tobias; Amoura, Zahir; Antunes, Ana M.; Arnaud, Laurent; Avcin, Tadej; Beretta, LorenzoDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to provide high-level care for a large number of patients with COVID-19 has affected resourcing for, and limited the routine care of, all other conditions. The impact of this health emergency is particularly relevant in the rare connective tissue diseases (rCTDs) communities, as discussed in this Perspective article by the multi-stakeholder European Reference Network on Ra...
Mixed connective tissue disease : state of the art on clinical practice guidelines
Chaigne, Benjamin; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Talarico, Rosaria; Alexander, Tobias; Amoura, Zahir; Avcin, Tadej; Beretta, Lorenzo; Doria, AndreaMixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex overlap disease with features of different autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs) namely systemic sclerosis, poly/dermatomyositis and systemic lupus erythematous in patients with antibodies targeting the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle. In this narrative review, we summarise the results of a systematic literature research which was performed ...
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease : state of the art on clinical pract...
Antunes, Margarida; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Talarico, Rosaria; Alexander, Tobias; Avcin, Tadej; Belocchi, Chiara; Doria, Andrea; Franceschini, FrancoThe term 'undifferentiated connective tissue disease' (UCTD) is generally used to describe clinical entities characterised by clinical and serological manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases but not fulfilling the criteria for defined connective tissue diseases (CTDs). In this narrative review, we summarise the results of a systematic literature research, which was performed as part of the ERN ReCONNET p...
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies : state of the art on clinical practice guid...
Meyer, Alain; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Talarico, Rosaria; Alexander, Tobias; Amoura, Zahir; Avcin, Tadej; Barsotti, Simone; Beretta, LorenzoIdiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) encompass a heterogeneous group of rare autoimmune diseases characterised by muscle weakness and inflammation, but in antisynthetase syndrome arthritis and interstitial lung disease are more frequent and often inaugurate the disease. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have been proposed for IIMs, but they are sparse and heterogeneous. This work aimed at identifying: i)...
Testing for the association of the KIAA1109/Tenr/IL2/IL21 gene region with rheu...
Teixeira, Vítor; Pierlot, Céline; Migliorini, Paola; Balsa, Alejandro; Westhovens, René; Barrera, Pilar; Alves, Helena; Vaz, Carlos; Fernandes, ManuelaIntroduction A candidate gene approach, in a large case–control association study in the Dutch population, has shown that a 480 kb block on chromosome 4q27 encompassing KIAA1109/Tenr/IL2/ IL21 genes is associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Compared with case–control association studies, family-based studies have the added advantage of controlling potential differences in population structure. Therefore, our aim...
The ITGAV rs3738919-C allele is associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the Eur...
Jacq, Laurent; Garnier, Sophie; Dieudé, Philippe; Michou, Laëtitia; Pierlot, Céline; Migliorini, Paola; Balsa, Alejandro; Westhovens, RenéThe integrin alpha(v)beta3, whose alpha(v) subunit is encoded by the ITGAV gene, plays a key role in angiogenesis. Hyperangiogenesis is involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the ITGAV gene is located in 2q31, one of the suggested RA susceptibility loci. Our aim was to test the ITGAV gene for association and linkage to RA in a family-based study from the European Caucasian population. Two single nucleotide p...