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 Welcome to Arthritis Research & Therapy
  Translating research into clinical practice
  Editors-in-Chief: Peter E Lipsky, Bethesda, USA and Ravinder N Maini, London, UK

 
 
 
 
Research highlight: Antibodies for arthritis diagnosis identified    Open Access
Antibodies to mutated citrullinated vimentin complement the use of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptides antibodies in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, and may be useful for monitoring infliximab therapy.
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R142

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MRI bone oedema scores are higher in the arthritis mutilans form of psoriatic arthritis and correlate with high radiographic scores for joint damage
Yu M Tan, Mikkel Ostergaard, Anthony Doyle, Nicola Dalbeth, Maria Lobo, Quentin Reeves, Elizabeth Robinson, William J Taylor, Peter B Jones, Karen Pui, Jamie Lee, Fiona M McQueen
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R2 (6 January 2009)
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Research article    
Interactions among type I and II interferon, tumor necrosis factor, and beta-estradiol in the regulation of immune response-related gene expressions in systemic lupus erythematosus
Hooi-Ming Lee, Toru Mima, Hidehiko Sugino, Chieko Aoki, Yasuo Adachi, Naoko Yoshio-Hoshino, Kenichi Matsubara, Norihiro Nishimoto
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R1 (3 January 2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]




Research article    
Monocytes are essential for inhibition of synovial T cell glucocorticoid mediated apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis
Dimitrios Makrygiannakis, Shankar Revu, Petra Neregard, Erik af Klint, Omri Snir, Cecilia Grundtman, Anca Irinel Catrina
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R147 (19 December 2008)
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Research article    
Increased expression of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D2 synthase in osteoarthritic cartilage
Nadia Zayed, Xinfang Li, Nadir Chabane, Mohamed Benderdour, Johanne Martel-Pelletier, Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Nicolas Duval, Hassan Fahmi
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R146 (18 December 2008)
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Editorial    
Interferon-induced versus chemokine transcripts as lupus biomarkers
Mary K Crow, Kyriakos A Kirou
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:126 (18 December 2008)
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Research article    
Lack of association between glucocorticoid use and presence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross sectional study
Tracey E Toms, Vasileios F Panoulas, Karen MJ Douglas, Helen R Griffiths, George D Kitas
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R145 (17 December 2008)
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The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress

To mark its 10th anniversary, Arthritis Research & Therapy is publishing a four-part collection of new review articles.
This special issue provides an in depth overview of the current status of basic and clinical research in rheumatology.

Part 1 now published


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The Clinical Conundrum: Use of COX-2 Inhibitors, nsNSAIDs and ASA in Patients with Cardiovascular Risk
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November 2008





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Review 
The need for prognosticators in rheumatoid arthritis. Biological and clinical markers: where are we now?
Josef S Smolen, Daniel Aletaha, Johannes Grisar, Kurt Redlich, Günter Steiner, Oswald Wagner
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:208 (29 May 2008)
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Review 
Metabolic syndrome in rheumatic diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical implications
Prodromos I Sidiropoulos, Stylianos A Karvounaris, Dimitrios T Boumpas
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:207 (8 May 2008)
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