Annals ofAutoimmunity

Volume: 7 - Number: 69 - April 15, 2008

Outstanding

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Sjögren\'s syndrome is associated with and not secondary to systemic sclerosis

Development of type II mixed cryoglobulinaemic syndrome after effective and persistent hepatitis C virus eradication

Comment on: Parotid gland biopsy compared with labial biopsy in the diagnosis of patients with primary Sjogren\'s syndrome

Basic Sciences

Annexin A5 binding to giant phospholipid vesicles is differentially affected by anti-ß2-glycoprotein I and anti-annexin A5 antibodies

B-Lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) up-regulation in mixed cryoglobulinaemia syndrome and hepatitis-C virus infection

Expression of T-bet, a type 1 T-helper cell transcription factor, in the urinary sediment of lupus patients predicts disease flare

Hepatitis C virus-associated B-cell proliferation—the role of serum B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS/BAFF)

Identification of a novel autoantibody reactive with 155 and 140 kDa nuclear proteins in patients with dermatomyositis: an association with malignancy

MERTK polymorphisms associated with risk of haematological disorders among Korean SLE patients

p21 gene polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus

The PTPN22 C1858T functional polymorphism and autoimmune diseases—a meta-analysis

The systemic and SmD183–119–autoantigen-specific cytokine memory of Th cells in SLE patients

Case report

Development of type II mixed cryoglobulinaemic syndrome after effective and persistent hepatitis C virus eradication

Histoplasmosis in a child with JRA on low-dose methotrexate

Lack of efficacy of Rituximab in a patient with essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia

Clinic

Direct healthcare costs and predictors of costs in patients with primary Sjögren\'s syndrome

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Outcome of small-bowel motor impairment in systemic sclerosis—a prospective manometric 5-yr follow-up

Parotid gland biopsy compared with labial biopsy in the diagnosis of patients with primary Sjögren\'s syndrome

Sjögren\'s syndrome is associated with and not secondary to systemic sclerosis

Clinical vignetes

Interstitial granulomatous dermatitis (Ackerman\'s syndrome) in SLE presenting with the ‘rope sign’

Matters arising

Comment on: Parotid gland biopsy compared with labial biopsy in the diagnosis of patients with primary Sjogren\'s syndrome

Parotid gland biopsy compared with labial biopsy in the diagnosis of Sjögren\'s syndrome: reply

Review

Chimerism in systemic lupus erythematosus—three hypotheses