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January 2010, Volume 69, Issue 01

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  1. Editorial
  2. Viewpoint
  3. Review
  4. Recommendation
  5. Clinical and epidemiological research
  6. Correction
  7. Basic and translational research
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Editorial

  • Clinical trials: how to cope with medical needs, ethics and timelines

    • Andrea Rubbert-Roth,
    • Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 1-3 doi:10.1136/ard.2009.120733

Viewpoint

  • A new design for registration trials in rheumatoid arthritis allowing secondary head-to-head comparisons with standard of care treatment including biologicals

    • Maarten Boers
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 4-6 doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110007

Review

  • Magnetic resonance imaging for low back pain: indications and limitations

    • N J Sheehan
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 7-11 doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110973

Recommendation

  • EULAR/EFORT recommendations for the diagnosis and initial management of patients with acute or recent onset swelling of the knee

    • R B M Landewé,
    • K P Günther,
    • C Lukas,
    • J Braun,
    • B Combe,
    • P G Conaghan,
    • K Dreinhöfer,
    • D Fritschy,
    • J Getty,
    • H J L van der Heide,
    • T K Kvien,
    • K Machold,
    • C Mihai,
    • M Mosconi,
    • R Nelissen,
    • E Pascual,
    • K Pavelka,
    • M Pileckyte,
    • W Puhl,
    • L Punzi,
    • W Rüther,
    • M San-Julian,
    • C Tudisco,
    • R Westhovens,
    • E Witso,
    • D M F M van der Heijde
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 12-19 Published Online First: 15 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104406

Clinical and epidemiological research

  • Extended report: Clinical efficacy and side effects of antimalarials in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review

    • G Ruiz-Irastorza,
    • M Ramos-Casals,
    • P Brito-Zeron,
    • M A Khamashta
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 20-28 Published Online First: 22 December 2008 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101766

  • Extended report: Lupus-specific health outcome measure for US patients: the LupusQoL-US version

    • M Jolly,
    • A S Pickard,
    • C Wilke,
    • R A Mikolaitis,
    • L-S Teh,
    • K McElhone,
    • L Fogg,
    • J Block
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 29-33 Published Online First: 6 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.094763

  • Extended report: Periodontal disease in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    • N Pischon,
    • T Pischon,
    • E Gülmez,
    • J Kröger,
    • P Purucker,
    • B-M Kleber,
    • H Landau,
    • P-G Jost-Brinkmann,
    • P Schlattmann,
    • J Zernicke,
    • G-R Burmester,
    • J-P Bernimoulin,
    • F Buttgereit,
    • J Detert
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 34-38 Published Online First: 6 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097212

  • Extended report: The metabolic syndrome is amplified in hypothyroid rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study

    • H G Raterman,
    • I C van Eijk,
    • A E Voskuyl,
    • M J L Peters,
    • B A C Dijkmans,
    • V P van Halm,
    • S Simsek,
    • W F Lems,
    • M T Nurmohamed
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 39-42 Published Online First: 22 December 2008 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100776

  • Extended report: Elevated liver enzyme tests among patients with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis treated with methotrexate and/or leflunomide

    • J R Curtis,
    • T Beukelman,
    • A Onofrei,
    • S Cassell,
    • J D Greenberg,
    • A Kavanaugh,
    • G Reed,
    • V Strand,
    • J M Kremer
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 43-47 Published Online First: 15 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101378

  • Extended report: Defining minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis: a proposed objective target for treatment

    • L C Coates,
    • J Fransen,
    • P S Helliwell
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 48-53 Published Online First: 15 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102053

  • Extended report: Gene–environment interaction between HLA-DRB1 shared epitope and heavy cigarette smoking in predicting incident rheumatoid arthritis

    • E W Karlson,
    • S-C Chang,
    • J Cui,
    • L B Chibnik,
    • P A Fraser,
    • I De Vivo,
    • K H Costenbader
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 54-60 Published Online First: 16 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102962

  • Extended report: The 10-year follow-up data of the Euro-Lupus Nephritis Trial comparing low-dose and high-dose intravenous cyclophosphamide

    • F A Houssiau,
    • C Vasconcelos,
    • D D’Cruz,
    • G D Sebastiani,
    • E de Ramon Garrido,
    • M G Danieli,
    • D Abramovicz,
    • D Blockmans,
    • A Cauli,
    • H Direskeneli,
    • M Galeazzi,
    • A Gül,
    • Y Levy,
    • P Petera,
    • R Popovic,
    • R Petrovic,
    • R A Sinico,
    • R Cattaneo,
    • J Font,
    • G Depresseux,
    • J-P Cosyns,
    • R Cervera
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 61-64 Published Online First: 20 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102533

  • Extended report: DAS-driven therapy versus routine care in patients with recent-onset active rheumatoid arthritis

    • Y P M Goekoop-Ruiterman,
    • J K de Vries-Bouwstra,
    • P J S M Kerstens,
    • M M J Nielen,
    • K Vos,
    • D van Schaardenburg,
    • I Speyer,
    • P E H Seys,
    • F C Breedveld,
    • C F Allaart,
    • B A C Dijkmans
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 65-69 Published Online First: 20 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097683

  • Extended report: Impact of smoking as a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis of observational studies

    • D Sugiyama,
    • K Nishimura,
    • K Tamaki,
    • G Tsuji,
    • T Nakazawa,
    • A Morinobu,
    • S Kumagai
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 70-81 Published Online First: 27 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096487

  • Extended report: Does removal of aids/devices and help make a difference in the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index?

    • C Saad-Magalhães,
    • A Pistorio,
    • A Ravelli,
    • G Filocamo,
    • S Viola,
    • R Brik,
    • D Mihaylova,
    • R ten Cate,
    • B Andersson-Gare,
    • V Ferriani,
    • K Minden,
    • P Hashkes,
    • M Rygg,
    • M-J Sauvain,
    • H Venning,
    • A Martini,
    • N Ruperto
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 82-87 Published Online First: 16 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097592

  • Extended report: Comparison of tocilizumab monotherapy versus methotrexate monotherapy in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis: the AMBITION study

    • G Jones,
    • A Sebba,
    • J Gu,
    • M B Lowenstein,
    • A Calvo,
    • J J Gomez-Reino,
    • D A Siri,
    • M Tomšič,
    • E Alecock,
    • T Woodworth,
    • M C Genovese
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 88-96 Published Online First: 17 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105197

  • Extended report: Measure of function in rheumatoid arthritis: individualised or classical scales?

    • R Seror,
    • F Tubach,
    • G Baron,
    • F Guillemin,
    • P Ravaud
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 97-101 Published Online First: 2 April 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102137

  • Extended report: ASAS/WHO ICF Core Sets for ankylosing spondylitis (AS): how to classify the impact of AS on functioning and health

    • A Boonen,
    • J Braun,
    • I E van der Horst Bruinsma,
    • F Huang,
    • W Maksymowych,
    • N Kostanjsek,
    • A Cieza,
    • G Stucki,
    • D van der Heijde
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 102-107 Published Online First: 11 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104117

  • Extended report: Role of contextual factors in health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis

    • V S Gordeev,
    • W P Maksymowych,
    • S M A A Evers,
    • A Ament,
    • L Schachna,
    • A Boonen
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 108-112 Published Online First: 11 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100164

  • Extended report: Single, intra-articular treatment with 6 ml hylan G-F 20 in patients with symptomatic primary osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo controlled trial

    • X Chevalier,
    • J Jerosch,
    • P Goupille,
    • N van Dijk,
    • F P Luyten,
    • D L Scott,
    • F Bailleul,
    • K Pavelka
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 113-119 Published Online First: 19 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.094623
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  • Extended report: Short-term changes in magnetic resonance imaging and disease activity in response to infliximab

    • H M Bonel,
    • C Boller,
    • B Saar,
    • S Tanner,
    • S Srivastav,
    • P M Villiger
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 120-125 Published Online First: 26 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103200

  • Extended report: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tumour necrosis factor antagonists increase their participation in the workforce: potential for significant long-term indirect cost gains (data from a population-based registry)

    • J Augustsson,
    • M Neovius,
    • C Cullinane-Carli,
    • S Eksborg,
    • R F van Vollenhoven
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 126-131 Published Online First: 25 May 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108035

  • Extended report: Cognitive function and 99mTc-ECD brain SPECT are significantly correlated in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome: a case–control study

    • V Le Guern,
    • C Belin,
    • C Henegar,
    • C Moroni,
    • D Maillet,
    • C Lacau,
    • J L Dumas,
    • N Vigneron,
    • L Guillevin
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 132-137 Published Online First: 21 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.090811

  • Extended report: Major improvements in health-related quality of life during the use of etanercept in patients with previously refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis

    • F H M Prince,
    • L M Geerdink,
    • G J J M Borsboom,
    • M Twilt,
    • M A J van Rossum,
    • E P A H Hoppenreijs,
    • R ten Cate,
    • Y Koopman-Keemink,
    • M van Santen-Hoeufft,
    • H Raat,
    • L W A van Suijlekom-Smit
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 138-142 Published Online First: 5 July 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111260

  • Extended report: Does cartilage volume or thickness distinguish knees with and without mild radiographic osteoarthritis? The Framingham Study

    • S Reichenbach,
    • M Yang,
    • F Eckstein,
    • J Niu,
    • D J Hunter,
    • C E McLennan,
    • A Guermazi,
    • F Roemer,
    • M Hudelmaier,
    • P Aliabadi,
    • D T Felson
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 143-149 Published Online First: 4 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099200

  • Extended report: Calprotectin (a major S100 leucocyte protein) predicts 10-year radiographic progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    • H Berner Hammer,
    • S Ødegård,
    • S W Syversen,
    • R Landewé,
    • D van der Heijde,
    • T Uhlig,
    • P Mowinckel,
    • T K Kvien
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 150-154 Published Online First: 18 December 2008 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103739

  • Extended report: Change in regional cartilage morphology and joint space width in osteoarthritis participants versus healthy controls: a multicentre study using 3.0 Tesla MRI and Lyon–Schuss radiography

    • M-P Hellio Le Graverand,
    • R J Buck,
    • B T Wyman,
    • E Vignon,
    • S A Mazzuca,
    • K D Brandt,
    • M Piperno,
    • H C Charles,
    • M Hudelmaier,
    • D J Hunter,
    • C Jackson,
    • V Byers Kraus,
    • T M Link,
    • S Majumdar,
    • P V Prasad,
    • T J Schnitzer,
    • A Vaz,
    • W Wirth,
    • F Eckstein
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 155-162 Published Online First: 22 December 2008 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099762

  • Extended report: High systemic bone mineral density increases the risk of incident knee OA and joint space narrowing, but not radiographic progression of existing knee OA: the MOST study

    • M C Nevitt,
    • Y Zhang,
    • M K Javaid,
    • T Neogi,
    • J R Curtis,
    • J Niu,
    • C E McCulloch,
    • N A Segal,
    • D T Felson
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 163-168 Published Online First: 15 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099531

  • Extended report: Autoantibody profiling in patients with very early rheumatoid arthritis: a follow-up study

    • V Nell-Duxneuner,
    • K Machold,
    • T Stamm,
    • G Eberl,
    • H Heinzl,
    • E Hoefler,
    • J S Smolen,
    • G Steiner
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 169-174 Published Online First: 19 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100677

  • Extended report: Increased ERK and JNK activities correlate with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    • Y Molad,
    • M Amit-Vasina,
    • O Bloch,
    • E Yona,
    • M J Rapoport
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 175-180 Published Online First: 21 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102780

  • Extended report: Comparison of interferon γ release assays and conventional screening tests before tumour necrosis factor α blockade in patients with inflammatory arthritis

    • J Martin,
    • C Walsh,
    • A Gibbs,
    • T McDonnell,
    • U Fearon,
    • J Keane,
    • M B Codd,
    • J Dodd,
    • D Veale,
    • O FitzGerald,
    • B Bresnihan
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 181-185 Published Online First: 28 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101857

  • Concise report: The time has come to limit the placebo period in rheumatoid arthritis trials to 3 months: a systematic comparison of 3- and 6-month response rates in trials of biological agents

    • M Boers
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 186-192 Published Online First: 22 September 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115832

  • Concise report: Rituximab in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: an open-label clinical and histopathological study

    • V Smith,
    • J T Van Praet,
    • B Vandooren,
    • B Van der Cruyssen,
    • J-M Naeyaert,
    • S Decuman,
    • D Elewaut,
    • F De Keyser
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 193-197 Published Online First: 22 December 2008 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.095463

  • Concise report: Distribution of joint involvement in women with hand osteoarthritis and associations between joint counts and patient-reported outcome measures

    • B Slatkowsky-Christensen,
    • I Haugen,
    • T K Kvien
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 198-201 Published Online First: 15 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096792

  • Concise report: Overlap of coronary disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis

    • A Komócsi,
    • T Pintér,
    • R Faludi,
    • B Magyari,
    • J Bozó,
    • G Kumánovics,
    • T Minier,
    • J Radics,
    • L Czirják
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 202-205 Published Online First: 21 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096255

  • Concise report: Effect of adalimumab on joint disease: features of patients with psoriatic arthritis detected by magnetic resonance imaging

    • A P Anandarajah,
    • P Ory,
    • D Salonen,
    • C Feng,
    • R L Wong,
    • C T Ritchlin
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 206-209 Published Online First: 9 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100149

  • Concise report: Role of European mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in the prevalence of hip osteoarthritis in Galicia, Northern Spain

    • I Rego,
    • M Fernández-Moreno,
    • C Fernández-López,
    • J J Gómez-Reino,
    • A González,
    • J Arenas,
    • F J Blanco
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 210-213 Published Online First: 17 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105254

  • Concise report: Impact of digital ulcers on disability and health-related quality of life in systemic sclerosis

    • L Mouthon,
    • C Mestre-Stanislas,
    • A Bérezné,
    • F Rannou,
    • P Guilpain,
    • M Revel,
    • C Pagnoux,
    • L Guillevin,
    • J Fermanian,
    • S Poiraudeau
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 214-217 Published Online First: 16 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.094193

  • Concise report: Prevalence and factors associated with left ventricular dysfunction in the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group (EUSTAR) database of patients with systemic sclerosis

    • Y Allanore,
    • C Meune,
    • M C Vonk,
    • P Airo,
    • E Hachulla,
    • P Caramaschi,
    • G Riemekasten,
    • F Cozzi,
    • L Beretta,
    • C T Derk,
    • A Komócsi,
    • D Farge,
    • A Balbir,
    • V Riccieri,
    • O Distler,
    • A Chialà,
    • N Del Papa,
    • K Pasalic Simic,
    • M Ghio,
    • B Stamenkovic,
    • S Rednic,
    • N Host,
    • R Pellerito,
    • E Zegers,
    • A Kahan,
    • U A Walker,
    • M Matucci-Cerinic
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 218-221 Published Online First: 10 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103382

  • Concise report: Patient-reported outcomes improve with etanercept plus methotrexate in active early rheumatoid arthritis and the improvement is strongly associated with remission: the COMET trial

    • J Kekow,
    • R J Moots,
    • P Emery,
    • P Durez,
    • A Koenig,
    • A Singh,
    • R Pedersen,
    • D Robertson,
    • B Freundlich,
    • R Sato
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 222-225 Published Online First: 16 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102509

  • Concise report: Analysis of uveitis rates across all etanercept ankylosing spondylitis clinical trials

    • J Sieper,
    • A Koenig,
    • S Baumgartner,
    • C Wishneski,
    • J Foehl,
    • B Vlahos,
    • B Freundlich
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 226-229 Published Online First: 21 May 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103192

  • Concise report: Influence of gender on assessments of disease activity and function in early rheumatoid arthritis in relation to radiographic joint damage

    • M Ahlmén,
    • B Svensson,
    • K Albertsson,
    • K Forslind,
    • I Hafström
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 230-233 Published Online First: 21 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102244

  • Concise report: TWEAK and its receptor Fn14 in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared to psoriatic arthritis and its response to tumour necrosis factor blockade

    • A W R van Kuijk,
    • C A Wijbrandts,
    • M Vinkenoog,
    • T S Zheng,
    • K A Reedquist,
    • P P Tak
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 301-304 Published Online First: 15 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.090548
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Correction

  • Correction

    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 28 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105833corr1

Basic and translational research

  • Extended report: Gene expression in human chondrocytes in late osteoarthritis is changed in both fibrillated and intact cartilage without evidence of generalised chondrocyte hypertrophy

    • C J Brew,
    • P D Clegg,
    • R P Boot-Handford,
    • J G Andrew,
    • T Hardingham
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 234-240 Published Online First: 22 December 2008 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097139

  • Extended report: Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells reduce inflammatory and T cell responses and induce regulatory T cells in vitro in rheumatoid arthritis

    • E Gonzalez-Rey,
    • M A Gonzalez,
    • N Varela,
    • F O’Valle,
    • P Hernandez-Cortes,
    • L Rico,
    • D Büscher,
    • M Delgado
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 241-248 Published Online First: 5 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101881

  • Extended report: Junctional adhesion molecule-A is abnormally expressed in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis skin and mediates myeloid cell adhesion

    • Y Hou,
    • B J Rabquer,
    • M L Gerber,
    • F Del Galdo,
    • S A Jimenez,
    • G K Haines III,
    • W G Barr,
    • M C Massa,
    • J R Seibold,
    • A E Koch
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 249-254 Published Online First: 19 January 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102624

  • Extended report: Cartilage proteoglycan aggrecan epitopes induce proinflammatory autoreactive T-cell responses in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

    • H de Jong,
    • S E Berlo,
    • P Hombrink,
    • H G Otten,
    • W van Eden,
    • F P Lafeber,
    • A H M Heurkens,
    • J W J Bijlsma,
    • T T Glant,
    • B J Prakken
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 255-262 Published Online First: 12 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103978

  • Extended report: Circulating cytokines in active polymyalgia rheumatica

    • L Alvarez-Rodríguez,
    • M Lopez-Hoyos,
    • C Mata,
    • M Jose Marin,
    • J Calvo-Alen,
    • R Blanco,
    • E Aurrecoechea,
    • M Ruiz-Soto,
    • V M Martínez-Taboada
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 263-269 Published Online First: 1 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103663

  • Extended report: Transforming growth factor β1 and laminin-111 cooperate in the induction of interleukin-16 expression in synovial fibroblasts from patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    • K Warstat,
    • M Hoberg,
    • M Rudert,
    • S Tsui,
    • T Pap,
    • B Angres,
    • M Essl,
    • T J Smith,
    • W W Cruikshank,
    • G Klein,
    • S Gay,
    • W K Aicher
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 270-275 Published Online First: 10 March 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.091116

  • Extended report: The natural soluble form of IL-18 receptor β exacerbates collagen-induced arthritis via modulation of T-cell immune responses

    • S Veenbergen,
    • R L Smeets,
    • M B Bennink,
    • O J Arntz,
    • L A B Joosten,
    • W B van den Berg,
    • F A J van de Loo
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 276-283 Published Online First: 2 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100867

  • Extended report: Interleukin-1 is essential for systemic inflammatory bone loss

    • K Polzer,
    • L Joosten,
    • J Gasser,
    • J H Distler,
    • G Ruiz,
    • W Baum,
    • K Redlich,
    • K Bobacz,
    • J S Smolen,
    • W van den Berg,
    • G Schett,
    • J Zwerina
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 284-290 Published Online First: 5 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104786

  • Extended report: A plant-derived glucocorticoid receptor modulator attenuates inflammation without provoking ligand-induced resistance

    • V Gossye,
    • D Elewaut,
    • K Van Beneden,
    • P Dewint,
    • G Haegeman,
    • K De Bosscher
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 291-296 Published Online First: 9 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102871

  • Extended report: From gene expression to serum proteins: biomarker discovery in ankylosing spondylitis

    • N Haroon,
    • F W L Tsui,
    • F D O’Shea,
    • B Chiu,
    • H W Tsui,
    • H Zhang,
    • K W Marshall,
    • R D Inman
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 297-300 Published Online First: 22 December 2008 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102277

  • Concise report: HLA-DRhigh/CD27high plasmablasts indicate active disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    • A M Jacobi,
    • H Mei,
    • B F Hoyer,
    • I M Mumtaz,
    • K Thiele,
    • A Radbruch,
    • G-R Burmester,
    • F Hiepe,
    • T Dörner
    Ann Rheum Dis 2010;69:01 305-308 Published Online First: 5 February 2009 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096495

  • Concise report: Chromosomal region 16p13: further evidence of increased predisposition to immune diseases

    • A Martínez,
    • N Perdigones,
    • M C Cénit,
    • L Espino,
    • J Varadé,
    • J R Lamas,
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    • T Iwamoto,
    • M Hara,
    • A Taniguchi,
    • H Yamanaka
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    • C T Ng,
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    • W Kievit,
    • J Fransen,
    • P L C M van Riel,
    • O FitzGerald,
    • D J Veale,
    • B Bresnihan
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    • S Guiducci,
    • V Rogai,
    • T Colasanti,
    • F Delunardo,
    • P Margutti,
    • E Ortona,
    • M Matucci Cerinic,
    • G Valesini
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    • F Paparo,
    • M A Cimmino
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