Annals ofAutoimmunity

Volume: 3 - Number: 30 - December 15, 2004

Outstanding

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have abnormally elevated Epstein–Barr virus load in blood

Quantitative biomarker analysis of synovial gene expression by real-time PCR

Rheumatoid arthritis specific anti-Sa antibodies target citrullinated vimentin

Role of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in discriminating patients with rheumatoid arthritis from patients with chronic hepatitis C infection-associated polyarticular involvement

Investigational Article

Ovariectomized rats as a model of postmenopausal osteoarthritis: validation and application

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have abnormally elevated Epstein–Barr virus load in blood

Prevalence, clinical relevance and characterization of circulating cytotoxic CD4+CD28- T cells in ankylosing spondylitis

Quantitative biomarker analysis of synovial gene expression by real-time PCR

Regulation and localization of endogenous human tristetraprolin

Relationship between radiographic grading of osteoarthritis and the biochemical markers for arthritis in knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis specific anti-Sa antibodies target citrullinated vimentin

Role of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in discriminating patients with rheumatoid arthritis from patients with chronic hepatitis C infection-associated polyarticular involvement

Serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) decreases in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with infliximab or etanercept

Smoking–gender interaction and risk for rheumatoid arthritis

Strong inhibition of TNF-? production and inhibition of IL-8 and COX-2 mRNA expression in monocyte-derived macrophages by RWJ 67657, a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor

Susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis is modulated by TGF? responsiveness of T cells

The active metabolite of leflunomide, A77 1726, increases the production of IL-1 receptor antagonist in human synovial fibroblasts and articular chondrocytes

The angiogenesis inhibitor protease-activated kringles 1–5 reduces the severity of murine collagen-induced arthritis

The expansion of CD4+CD28- T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

The relationship between predicted peptide–MHC class II affinity and T-cell activation in a HLA-DR?1*0401 transgenic mouse model

The synovial proteome: analysis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes

The triterpenoid CDDO inhibits expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1, matrix metalloproteinase-13 and Bcl-3 in primary human chondrocytes

The VH gene repertoire of splenic B cells and somatic hypermutation in systemic lupus erythematosus

Treatment with recombinant interferon-? reduces inflammation and slows cartilage destruction in the collagen-induced arthritis model of rheumatoid arthritis

Upregulated hypoxia inducible factor-1? and -2? pathway in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

Urokinase, a constitutive component of the inflamed synovial fluid, induces arthritis

V?9/V?2 T lymphocytes in Italian patients with Behçet's disease: evidence for expansion, and tumour necrosis factor receptor II and interleukin-12 receptor ?1 expression in active disease