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1. Facts and controversies in mixed connective tissue disease

Author: Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Valor, Lara, and López-Longo, F. Javier
Published: 2018
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2. Hechos y controversias en la enfermedad mixta del tejido conectivo

Author: Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Valor, Lara, and López-Longo, F. Javier
Published: 2018
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3. A Large-Scale Genetic Analysis Reveals a Strong Contribution of the HLA Class II Region to Giant Cell Arteritis Susceptibility

Author: Martínez-Berriochoa, Agustín, Unzurrunzaga, Ainhoa, Hidalgo-Conde, Ana, Madroñero-Vuelta, Ana B., Fernández-Nebro, Antonio, Ordóñez-Cañizares, M. Carmen, Escalante, Begoña, Marí-Alfonso, Begoña, Sopeña, Bernardo, Magro, César, Raya, Enrique, Grau, Elena, Román, José A., de Miguel, Eugenio, López-Longo, F. Javier, Martínez, Lina, Gómez-Vaquero, Carmen, Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis, Díaz-López, J. Bernardino, Caminal-Montero, Luis, Martínez-Zapico, Aleida, Monfort, Jordi, Tío, Laura, Sánchez-Martín, Julio, Alegre-Sancho, Juan J., Sáez-Comet, Luis, Pérez-Conesa, Mercedes, Corbera-Bellalta, Marc, García-Villanueva, M. Jesús, Fernández-Contreras, M. Encarnación, Sanchez-Pernaute, Olga, Blanco, Ricardo, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Ríos-Fernández, Raquel, Callejas, José L., Fanlo-Mateo, Patricia, Martínez-Taboada, Víctor M., Carmona, F. David, Mackie, Sarah L., Martín, Jose-Ezequiel, Taylor, John C., Vaglio, Augusto, Eyre, Stephen, Bossini-Castillo, Lara, Castañeda, Santos, Cid, Maria C., Hernández-Rodríguez, José, Prieto-González, Sergio, Solans, Roser, Ramentol-Sintas, Marc, González-Escribano, M. Francisca, Ortiz-Fernández, Lourdes, Morado, Inmaculada C., Narváez, Javier, Miranda-Filloy, José A., Beretta, Lorenzo, Lunardi, Claudio, Cimmino, Marco A., Gianfreda, Davide, Santilli, Daniele, Ramirez, Giuseppe A., Soriano, Alessandra, Muratore, Francesco, Pazzola, Giulia, Addimanda, Olga, Wijmenga, Cisca, Witte, Torsten, Schirmer, Jan H., Moosig, Frank, Schönau, Verena, Franke, Andre, Palm, Øyvind, Molberg, Øyvind, Diamantopoulos, Andreas P., Carette, Simon, Cuthbertson, David, Forbess, Lindsy J., Hoffman, Gary S., Khalidi, Nader A., Koening, Curry L., Langford, Carol A., McAlear, Carol A., Moreland, Larry, Monach, Paul A., Pagnoux, Christian, Seo, Philip, Spiera, Robert, Sreih, Antoine G., Warrington, Kenneth J., Ytterberg, Steven R., Gregersen, Peter K., Pease, Colin T., Gough, Andrew, Green, Michael, Hordon, Lesley, Jarrett, Stephen, Watts, Richard, Levy, Sarah, Patel, Yusuf, Kamath, Sanjeet, Dasgupta, Bhaskar, Worthington, Jane, Koeleman, Bobby P.C., de Bakker, Paul I.W., Barrett, Jennifer H., Salvarani, Carlo, Merkel, Peter A., González-Gay, Miguel A., Morgan, Ann W., and Martín, Javier
Published: 2015
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4. Variability in the prescription of biological drugs in rheumatoid arthritis in Spain: a multilevel analysis

Author: López-Longo, Francisco Javier, Seoane-Mato, Daniel, Martín-Martínez, María A., Sánchez-Alonso, Fernando, Escudero, C., Chozas, N., Maries, I., Fernandez, A., Medina, F., Ureña, I., Irigoyen, V., Lopez, M., Espiño, P., Manrique, S., Collantes, E., Font, P., Ruiz, D., Granados, M., Pozuelo, M. J., Moreno, I., Garcia Lopez, A., Pina, J. M., Rosello, R., Vazquez, C., Beltrán, J., Pecondón, A., Giménez, E., Jimenez, F., Marzo, J., Medrano, M., Babio, J., Tinture, T., Gonzalez, S., Ordas, C., Garcia, M. E., Ballina y Alonso S, J., Espadaler, L., Fernandez, J., Fiter, J., Bustabad, S., Rodríguez, C., Naranjo, A., Ojeda, S., Tornero, J., Piqueras, J. A., Judez, E., Sanchez, G., Pantoja, L., Lopez, C., Medina, J., Iglesias, G., Alvarez, M., Alegre, J., Colazo, M. R., Alonso, J. L., Alvarez, B., Perez Sandoval, T., Del Pino, J., Montilla, C., Gomez, S., Lopez, R., Sanchez, M., Arasa, F. X., Castro, S., Ordoñez, S., Boquet, D., Calvet, J., de la Fuente, D., Rios, V., Nolla, M., Martinez, A., Belmonte Serrano, M. A., Negueroles, R., Garcia, J., Gamero y E del Rincon, F., Veroz, R., Perez-Pampin, E., Fernandez, L., Miguelez, R., Godo, J., Ortíz, A. M., Vicente, E., Tomero, E., Casado, A., Aria, M. J, Cuende, E., Bohorquez, C., Rodriguez, J. M., Aragon, A., Garcia, J., Zubieta, J., Martinez, C., Mateo, I., de Juanes y E Enriquez, A, Lopez-Longo, F. J., Maese, J., Pagan, E., Rubira, M. J., Mesa, P., Rivera, N., Rodriguez, C., Gonzalez Alvarez, B., Zea, A., Diaz-Miguel, C., Cifuentes, A., and emAR II Group
Published: 2018
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5. Efficacy and safety of atacicept for prevention of flares in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): 52-week data (APRIL-SLE randomised trial)

Author: Isenberg, David, Gordon, Caroline, Licu, Daiana, Copt, Samuel, Rossi, Claudia Pena, Wofsy, David, Babini, A, Lazaro, M, Lucero, E, Merono, C, Rillo, O, Spindler, A, Tate, G, Velasco Zamora, B, Bossingham, D, Littlejohn, G, Nicholls, D, Reeves, G, Rischmueller, M, Zamani, O, Sato, E, Scheinberg, M, Zerbini, C, Rashkov, R, Glasnovic, M, Martinovic-Kaliterna, D, Morovic-Vergles, J, Novak, S, Tegzova, D, Vavrincova, P, Amoura, Z, Carle, P, Hachulla, E, Jorgensen, C, Sibilia, J, Viallard, J, Braun, J, Hiepe, F, Kuhn, A, Lorenz, H, Schmidt, R, Schulze-Koops, H, Wacker, J, Settas, L, Mouli Veeravalli, S, Balbir-Gurman, A, Langevitz, P, Mevorach, D, Molad, Y, Bae, S, Cho, CS, Kim, HY, Suh, C, Andersone, D, Ziade, N, Baranauskaite, A, Stropuviene, S, Gun, S, Kong, N, Sulaiman, W, Ramos Remus, C, Saldate Alonso, C, Huizinga, T, Tak, P, van Paassen, P, Arroyo, C, Gomez, H, Perez, E, Ramiterre, E, Salido, E, Brzosko, M, Chudzik, D, Dyczek, A, Jeka, S, Sierakowski, S, Zdrojewski, Z, Barbarash, O, Ershova, O, Gordienko, A, Lomareva, N, Shvarts, Y, Sorotskaya, V, Vezikova, N, Yakushin, S, Bogic, M, Dimic, A, Damjanov, N, Petrovic, R, Stojanovic, L, Kalla, A, Louw, I, Nayiager, S, Reuter, H, Spargo, C, Whitelaw, D, Carbonell Abello, J, Fernandez Nebro, A, Gomez Reino, J, Lopez Longo, F, von Kempis, J, Huang, CM, Lan, JL, Lin, HY, Liou, LB, Bruce, I, Tahir, H, Abrahamovych, O, Dyadyk, O, Nikirenkov, Y, Rudyk, Y, Smiyan, S, Stanislavchuk, M, Ter-Vartanyan, S, Aranow, C, Askanase, A, Chakravarty, E, Chatham, W, Clark, M, Dhar, P, Dikranian, A, Fiechtner, J, Ginzler, E, Harmon, C, Knibbe, W, Lee, E, Lockshin, M, Luggen, M, Massarotti, E, Mitri, G, Peng, S, and Singer, N
Published: 2015
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6. Nailfold capillaroscopy characteristics of antisynthetase syndrome and possible clinical associations: Results of a multicenter international study

Author: Sebastiani, M, Triantafyllias, K, Manfredi, A, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Palmou-Fontana, N, Cassone, G, Drott, U, Delbruck, C, Rojas-Serrano, J, Bertolazzi, C, Nuno, L, Giannini, M, Iannone, F, Vicente, E, Castaneda, S, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Araguas, E, Emmi, G, Iuliano, A, Bauhammer, J, Miehle, N, Parisi, S, Cavagna, L, Codullo, V, Montecucco, C, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Nieto-Gonzalez, J, Vichi, S, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Bergner, R, Sulli, A, Bonella, F, Furini, F, Scire, C, Bortoluzzi, A, Specker, C, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Mosca, M, Caproni, M, Weinmann-Menke, J, Schwarting, A, Smith, V, Cutolo, M, Sebastiani M., Triantafyllias K., Manfredi A., Gonzalez-Gay M. A., Palmou-Fontana N., Cassone G., Drott U., Delbruck C., Rojas-Serrano J., Bertolazzi C., Nuno L., Giannini M., Iannone F., Vicente E. F., Castaneda S., Selva-O'Callaghan A., Araguas E. T., Emmi G., Iuliano A., Bauhammer J., Miehle N., Parisi S., Cavagna L., Codullo V., Montecucco C., Lopez-Longo F. J., Martinez-Barrio J., Nieto-Gonzalez J. C., Vichi S., Confalonieri M., Tomietto P., Bergner R., Sulli A., Bonella F., Furini F., Scire C. A., Bortoluzzi A., Specker C., Barsotti S., Neri R., Mosca M., Caproni M., Weinmann-Menke J., Schwarting A., Smith V., Cutolo M., Sebastiani, M, Triantafyllias, K, Manfredi, A, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Palmou-Fontana, N, Cassone, G, Drott, U, Delbruck, C, Rojas-Serrano, J, Bertolazzi, C, Nuno, L, Giannini, M, Iannone, F, Vicente, E, Castaneda, S, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Araguas, E, Emmi, G, Iuliano, A, Bauhammer, J, Miehle, N, Parisi, S, Cavagna, L, Codullo, V, Montecucco, C, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Nieto-Gonzalez, J, Vichi, S, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Bergner, R, Sulli, A, Bonella, F, Furini, F, Scire, C, Bortoluzzi, A, Specker, C, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Mosca, M, Caproni, M, Weinmann-Menke, J, Schwarting, A, Smith, V, Cutolo, M, Sebastiani M., Triantafyllias K., Manfredi A., Gonzalez-Gay M. A., Palmou-Fontana N., Cassone G., Drott U., Delbruck C., Rojas-Serrano J., Bertolazzi C., Nuno L., Giannini M., Iannone F., Vicente E. F., Castaneda S., Selva-O'Callaghan A., Araguas E. T., Emmi G., Iuliano A., Bauhammer J., Miehle N., Parisi S., Cavagna L., Codullo V., Montecucco C., Lopez-Longo F. J., Martinez-Barrio J., Nieto-Gonzalez J. C., Vichi S., Confalonieri M., Tomietto P., Bergner R., Sulli A., Bonella F., Furini F., Scire C. A., Bortoluzzi A., Specker C., Barsotti S., Neri R., Mosca M., Caproni M., Weinmann-Menke J., Schwarting A., Smith V., and Cutolo M.
Abstract: Objective. To describe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) features of patients with antisynthetase syndrome (AS) and to investigate possible correlations with clinical and serological features of the disease. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed NVC images of 190 patients with AS [females/males 3.63, mean age 49.7 ± 12.8 yrs, median disease duration 53.7 mos (interquartile range 82), 133 anti-Jo1 and 57 non-anti-Jo1-positive patients]. For each patient, we examined number of capillaries, giant capillaries, microhemorrhages, avascular areas, ramified capillaries, and the presence of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-like pattern. Finally, we correlated NVC features with clinical and serological findings of patients with AS. Concomitantly, a historical cohort of 75 patients with antinuclear antibody-negative primary Raynaud phenomenon (RP) and longterm followup was used as a control group (female/male ratio 4.13/1, mean age 53.9 ± 17.6 yrs) for NVC measures. Results. NVC abnormalities were observed in 62.1% of AS patients compared with 29.3% of primary RP group (p < 0.001). An SSc-like pattern was detected in 67 patients (35.3%) and it was associated with anti-Jo1 antibodies (p = 0.002) and also with a longer disease duration (p = 0.004). Interestingly, there was no significant correlation between the presence of SSc-like pattern and RP, and only 47% of patients with SSc-like pattern had RP. Conclusion. NVC abnormalities are commonly observed in AS, independently from the occurrence of RP. The presence of an SSc-like pattern could allow identification of a more defined AS subtype, and prospective studies could confirm the association with clinical and serological features of AS.
Published: 2019

7. EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF TOCILIZUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: A PROPENSITY SCORE CONTROL MATCHED OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE EUSTAR COHORT

Author: Kuster S, Jordan S, Elhai M, Held U, Steigmiller K, Bruni C, Iannone F, Vettori S, Siegert E, Rednic S, Codullo V, Airo P, Braun-Moscovici Y, Hunzelmann N, Salvador M, Riccieri V, Gheorghiu A, Sancho J, Romanowska-Prochnicka K, Castellvi I, Koetter I, Truchetet M, Lopez-Longo F, Novikov P, Giollo A, Shirai Y, Belloli L, Zanatta E, Hachulla E, Smith V, Denton C, Ionescu R, Schmeiser T, Distler J, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold A, Kuwana M, Allanore Y, Distler O, and EUSTAR
Published: 2021

8. Food groups associated with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a Mendelian randomization and disease severity study

Author: Julia A, Martinez-Mateu S, Domenech E, Canete J, Ferrandiz C, Tornero J, Gisbert J, Fernandez-Nebro A, Dauden E, Barreiro-de Acosta M, Perez C, Queiro R, Lopez-Longo F, Carazo J, Mendoza J, Alperi M, Montilla C, Venegas J, Munoz F, Castaneda S, Lasanta M, Marsal S, Fonseca E, Rodriguez J, Carreira P, Garcia V, Pinto-Tasende J, Puig L, Ricart E, Blanco F, Gratacos J, Blanco R, Taboada V, Fernandez E, Unamuno P, Gonzalez I, Garcia F, Sanmarti R, Gutierrez A, Olive A, Estebaranz J, Garcia-Planella E, Torre-Alonso J, Andreu J, Ramirez D, Fernandez B, Zamorano M, de la Cueva P, Mateu P, Vela P, Vanaclocha F, Coromines H, Munoz S, Nolla J, Herrera E, Gonzalez C, de la Fuente J, Vera M, Erra A, Roig D, Zea A, Comas M, Tomas C, Zarco P, Pego J, Saro C, Gonzalez A, Freire M, Garcia A, Diez E, Salvador G, Diaz C, Sanchez S, Dominguez A, Mosquera J, Ramirez J, Almaraz E, Palau N, Tortosa R, Lopez M, Pluma A, Aterido A, and IMID Consortium
Abstract: Background/Objectives Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are prevalent diseases. There is, however, a lack of understanding of the link between diet and IMIDs, how much dietary patterns vary between them and if there are food groups associated with a worsening of the disease. Subjects/Methods To answer these questions we analyzed a nation-wide cohort of n = 11,308 patients from six prevalent IMIDs and 2050 healthy controls. We compared their weekly intake of the major food categories, and used a Mendelian randomization approach to determine which dietary changes are caused by disease. Within each IMID, we analyzed the association between food frequency and disease severity. Results After quality control, n = 11,230 recruited individuals were used in this study. We found that diet is profoundly altered in all IMIDs: at least three food categories are significantly altered in each disease (P < 0.05). Inflammatory bowel diseases showed the largest differences compared to controls (n >= 8 categories, P < 0.05). Mendelian randomization analysis supported that some of these dietary changes, like vegetable reduction in Crohn's Disease (P = 2.5 x 10(-10), OR(95% CI) = 0.73(0.65, 0.80)), are caused by the disease. Except for Psoriatic Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, we have found >= 2 food groups significantly associated with disease severity in the other IMIDs (P < 0.05). Conclusions This cross-disease study demonstrates that prevalent IMIDs are associated to a significant change in the normal dietary patterns. This variation is highly disease-specific and, in some cases, it is caused by the disease itself. Severity in IMIDs is also associated with specific food groups. The results of this study underscore the importance of studying diet in IMIDs.
Published: 2021

9. EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF TOCILIZUMAB IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: A PROPENSITY SCORE CONTROL MATCHED OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE EUSTAR COHORT

Author: Kuster, S., Jordan, S., Elhai, M. D., Held, U., Steigmiller, K., Bruni, C., Iannone, F., Vettori, S., Siegert, E., Rednic, S., Codullo, V., Airo, P., Braun-Moscovici, Y., Hunzelmann, N., Salvador, M. J., Riccieri, V., Gheorghiu, A. M., Alegre Sancho, J. J., Romanowska-Prochnicka, K., Castellvi, I., Koetter, I., Truchetet, M. E., Lopez-Longo, F. J., Novikov, P., Giollo, A., Shirai, Y., Belloli, L., Zanatta, E., Hachulla, E., Smith, V., Denton, C., Ionescu, R., Schmeiser, T., Distler, J. H. W., Gabrielli, A., Hoffmann-Vold, A. M., Kuwana, M., Allanore, Y., Distler, O., Kuster, S., Jordan, S., Elhai, M. D., Held, U., Steigmiller, K., Bruni, C., Iannone, F., Vettori, S., Siegert, E., Rednic, S., Codullo, V., Airo, P., Braun-Moscovici, Y., Hunzelmann, N., Salvador, M. J., Riccieri, V., Gheorghiu, A. M., Alegre Sancho, J. J., Romanowska-Prochnicka, K., Castellvi, I., Koetter, I., Truchetet, M. E., Lopez-Longo, F. J., Novikov, P., Giollo, A., Shirai, Y., Belloli, L., Zanatta, E., Hachulla, E., Smith, V., Denton, C., Ionescu, R., Schmeiser, T., Distler, J. H. W., Gabrielli, A., Hoffmann-Vold, A. M., Kuwana, M., Allanore, Y., and Distler, O.
Published: 2021

10. Associated factors to serious infections in a large cohort of juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus from Lupus Registry (RELESSER)

Author: Torrente-Segarra, V, Salman-Monte, T, Rua-Figueroa, I, del Campo, V, Lopez-Longo, F, Galindo-Izquierdo, M, Calvo-Alen, J, Olive-Marques, A, Mourino-Rodriguez, C, Horcada, L, Bohorquez, C, Montilla, C, Salgado, E, Diez-Alvarez, E, Blanco, R, Andreu, J, Fernandez-Berrizbeitia, O, Exposito, L, Gantes, M, Hernandez-Cruz, B, Pecondon-Espanol, A, Lozano-Rivas, N, Bonilla, G, Iglesias, A, Rubio-Munoz, P, Ovalles, J, Tomero, E, Boteanu, A, Narvaez, J, Freire, M, Vela, P, Quevedo-Vila, V, Mas, A, Munoz-Fernandez, S, Raya, E, Moreno, M, Velloso-Feijoo, M, Soler, G, Vazquez-Rodriguez, T, Pego-Reigosa, J, RELESSER Study Grp Spanish Soc Rhe, and Study Grp Syst Autoimmune Dis SER
Subjects: RELESSER, Juvenile-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Serious Infections
Abstract: Objective: To assess the incidence of serious infection (SI) and associated factors in a large juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) retrospective cohort. Methods: All patients in the Spanish Rheumatology Society Lupus Registry (RELESSER) who meet >= 4 ACR-97 SLE criteria and disease onset = 6, 5.8%). Incidence rate was 3.7 (95%CI: 3.2-4.2) SI per 100 patient years. Respiratory location and bacterial infections were the most frequent. Higher number of SLE classification criteria, SLICC/ACR DI score and immunosuppressants use were associated to the presence of SI. Associated factors to shorter time to first infection were higher number of SLE criteria, splenectomy and immunosuppressants use. Conclusions: The risk of SI in jSLE patients is significant and higher than aSLE. It is associated to higher number of SLE criteria, damage accrual, some immunosuppressants and splenectomy. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Published: 2020

11. Differences in clinical manifestations and increased severity of systemic lupus erythematosus between two groups of Hispanics: European Caucasians versus Latin American mestizos (data from the RELESSER registry)

Author: Cruz, B, Alonso, F, Alen, J, Pego-Reigosa, J, Lopez-Longo, F, Galindo-Izquierdo, M, Olive, A, Tomero, E, Horcada, L, Uriarte, E, Erausquin, C, Sanchez-Atrio, A, Montilla, C, Soler, G, Fernandez-Nebro, A, Blanco, R, Rodriguez-Gomez, M, Vela C, Freire, M, Diez-Alvarez, E, Boteanu, A, Narvaez, J, Taboada, V, Ruiz-Lucea, E, Andreu, J, Fernandez-Berrizbeitia, O, Hernandez-Beriain, J, Gantes, M, Perez-Venegas, J, Ibanez-Barcelo, M, Pecondon-Espanol, A, Marras, C, Bonilla, G, Castellvi, I, Moreno, M, Raya, E, Vila, V, Vazquez, T, Ruan, J, Munoz, S, Rua-Figueroa, I, and RELESSER Spanish Soc Rheumatology
Subjects: Male, severity index, medicine.medical_specialty, Latin Americans, Hispanics, Ethnic group, Severity of Illness Index, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Rheumatology, immune system diseases, medicine, Humans, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Registries, 030212 general & internal medicine, Retrospective Studies, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Autoimmune disease, Lupus erythematosus, business.industry, medicine.disease, Dermatology, Latin America, Spain, Disease Progression, ethnicity, Female, business
Abstract: Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is regarded as a prototype autoimmune disease because it can serve as a means for studying differences between ethnic minorities and sex. Traditionally, all Hispanics have been bracketed within the same ethnic group, but there are differences between Hispanics from Spain and those from Latin America, not to mention other Spanish-speaking populations. Objectives This study aimed to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics, severity, activity, damage, mortality and co-morbidity of SLE in Hispanics belonging to the two ethnic groups resident in Spain, and to identify any differences. Methods This was an observational, multi-centre, retrospective study. The demographic and clinical variables of patients with SLE from 45 rheumatology units were collected. The study was conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Hispanic patients from the registry were divided into two groups: Spaniards or European Caucasians (EC) and Latin American mestizos (LAM). Comparative univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were carried out. Results A total of 3490 SLE patients were included, 90% of whom were female; 3305 (92%) EC and 185 (5%) LAM. LAM patients experienced their first lupus symptoms four years earlier than EC patients and were diagnosed and included in the registry younger, and their SLE was of a shorter duration. The time in months from the first SLE symptoms to diagnosis was longer in EC patients, as were the follow-up periods. LAM patients exhibited higher prevalence rates of myositis, haemolytic anaemia and nephritis, but there were no differences in histological type or serositis. Anti-Sm, anti-Ro and anti-RNP antibodies were more frequently found in LAM patients. LAM patients also had higher levels of disease activity, severity and hospital admissions. However, there were no differences in damage index, mortality or co-morbidity index. In the multivariate analysis, after adjusting for confounders, in several models the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for a Katz severity index >3 in LAM patients was 1.45 (1.038–2.026; p = 0.02). This difference did not extend to activity levels (i.e. SLEDAI >3; 0.98 (0.30–1.66)). Conclusion SLE in Hispanic EC patients showed clinical differences compared to Hispanic LAM patients. The latter more frequently suffered nephritis and higher severity indices. This study shows that where lupus is concerned, not all Hispanics are equal.
Published: 2020

12. FACTORS AFFECTING MORTALITY OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS PATIENTS IN SPAIN IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DATA FROM THE RELESSER REGISTRY

Author: Moriano C, Calvo-Alen J, Rua-Figueroa I, Alvarez E, Bermudez C, Lopez-Longo F, Galindo-Izquierdo M, Olive-Marques A, Muriel E, Fernandez-Nebro A, Freire-Gonzalez M, Fernandez-Berrizbeitia O, Gomez A, Uriarte M, Fernandez-Cid C, Morales C, Soler G, Blanco R, Rodriguez-Gomez M, Vela P, Boteanu A, Narvaez F, Taboada V, Cruz B, Sanchez J, Hernandez-Beriain J, Exposito L, Almagro R, Ibanez-Barcelo M, Castellvi I, Galisteo C, Raya E, Quevedo-Vila V, Vazquez T, Ibanez-Ruan J, and Pego-Reigosa J
Published: 2020

13. The comparative responsiveness of Hospital Universitario Princesa Index and other composite indices for assessing rheumatoid arthritis activity

Author: Gonzalez-Alvaro, Isidoro, Castrejon, Isabel, Carmona, Loreto, Dougados, M., Huizinga, T., Abu Shakra, M., Alberts, A., Alperi Lopez, M., Amital, H., Aringer, M., Aslanidis, S., Berenbaum, F., Bijlsma, H., Blanco Garcia, F. J., Bliddal, H., Borofsky, M., Brocq, O., Buldakov, S., Cantini, F., Carreno Perez, L., Chahade, W., Ciconelli, R., Codreanu, C., Dahlqvist, S. R., Damjanov, N., Diamantopoulos, A., Dimdina, L., Dimic, A., Dorokhov, A., Dubikov, A., Fadienko, G., Fano, N., Ferreira, G., Gabrielli, A., Gaffney, K., Gaudin, P., Gerlag, D. M., Gerli, R., Goncalves, C. R., Hansen, M. S., Hanvivadhanakul, P., Hoili, C., Hou, A., Hunter, J., Ilic, T., Ionescu, R., Kaine, J., Kakurina, N., Kamalova, R., Kelly, T., Knyazeva, L., Krumina, L., Kurthen, R., Lagrone, R. P., Lapadula, G., Lavrentjevs, V, Lawson, J. G., Lazic, Z., Lejnieks, A., Levy, Y., Lexberg, A., Mader, R., Mariette, X., Markovits, D., Mola, Martin E., Maugars, Y., Guarch, Maymo J., Mazurov, V., I, Mikkelsen, K., Vergles, Morovic J., Nabizadeh, S., Nanagara, R., Nasonov, E. L., Sarabia, Navarro F., Neumann, T., Novak, S., Olech, E., Oza, M., Paran, D., Parsik, E., Pegram, S., Suarez, Pombo M., Popova, T., Puechal, X., Raja, N., Ridley, D., Rosner, I, Rubbert-Roth, A., Rudin, A., Saraux, A., Saulite-Kandevica, D., Settas, L., Sfikakis, P., Sheeran, T., Sizikov, A., Stamenkovic, D., Stefanovic, D., Stolow, J. B., Tan, A. L., Tebib, J., Tishler, M., Tony, H. P., Troum, O. M., Uaratanawong, S., Ucar Angulo, E., Valenzuela, G., van der Laken, K., Van Laar, J., van Riel, P. L. C. M., Vasilopoulos, D., Veldi, T., Vinogradova, I, Vosse, D., Wassenberg, S., Weidmann, C., Weitz, M., Wollenhaupt, J., Xavier, R., Yakupova, S., Zagar, I, Zavgorodnaja, T., Zemerova, E., Zisman, D., Zonova, E., Camona, Loreto, Abasolo Alcazar, L., Alegre de Miguel, C., Andreu Sanchez, J. L., Aragon Diez, A., Balsa Criado, A., Batlle Gualda, E., Belmonte Serrano, M. A., Beltran Audera, J., Beltran Fabregat, J., Bonilla Hernan, G., Caro Fernandez, N., Casado, E., Cebrian Mendez, L., Corteguera Coro, M., Cuadra Diaz, J. L., Cuesta, E., Fiter Areste, J., Freire Gonzalez, M., Galindo Izquierdo, M., Garcia Meijide, J. A., Garcia Gomez, M. C., Gimenez Ubeda, E., Gomez Centeno, E., Gomez Vaquero, C., Gonzalez Fernandez, M. J., Gonzalez Gomez, M. L., Gonzalez Hernandez, T., Gonzalez-Alvaro, I, Gonzalez-Montagut Gomez, C., Grandal Delgado, Y., Gratacos Masmitja, J., Hernandez del Rio, A., Instxaurbe, A. R., Irigoyen Oyarzabal, M., V, Jimenez Palop, M., Juan Mas, A., Judez Navarro, E., Larrosa Padro, M., Lopez Longo, F. J., Loza Santamaria, E., Maese Manzano, J., Manero Ruiz, F. J., Mateo Bernardo, I, Mayordomo Gonzalez, L., Mazzucheli, R., Medrano San Idelfonso, M., Naranjo Hernandez, A., Pecondon Espanol, A., Peiro Callizo, E., Quiros Donate, J., Ramos Lopez, P., Rivera Redondo, J., Rodriguez Gomez, M., Rodriguez Lopez, M., Rosello Pardo, R., Sampedro Alvarez, J., Sanmarti Sala, R., Rey Rey, Santos J., Tena Marsa, X., Tenorio Martin, M., Torres Martin, M. C., Urena Garnica, I, Valdazo de Diego, J. P., Valls, M., Villaverde Garcia, V., Zarco Montejo, P., Zubieta Tabernero, J., Balsa, Alejandro, Sanmarti, Raimon, Cabezas, J. A., Cantalejo, M., Chamizo, E., Ciruelo, E., Corrales, A., Cruz, A., Diaz, C., Fiter, J., Freire, M. M., Galindo, M., Garcia de Vicuna, M. R., Gelman, S. M., Gonzalez Crespo, R., Gonzalez Fernandez, C., Gracia, A., Granados, J., Guzman, M. A., Irigoyen, M., V, Juan, A., Juanola, X., Laiz, A., Manero, F. J., Martinez, A., Martinez, F., Mata, C., Maymo, J., Navarro, F. J., Peiro, E., Perez, F., Perez, G., Perez, M., Pujol, M., Quiros, J., Ribas, B., Riera, M., Rivera, J., Rodriguez, J. M., Rosello, R., Tenorio, M., Toyos, F. J., ACT-RAY Study Grp, PROAR Study Grp, EMECAR Study Grp, Interne Geneeskunde, MUMC+: MA Reumatologie (9), and RS: CAPHRI - R3 - Functioning, Participating and Rehabilitation
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Science, humanos, Severity of Illness Index, RECOMMENDATIONS, VALIDATION, VARIABLES, ensayos clínicos como asunto, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Cohort Studies, Internal medicine, Linear regression, Severity of illness, medicine, Humans, índice de gravedad de la enfermedad, estudios de cohortes, mediana edad, Clinical Trials as Topic, DISEASE-ACTIVITY MEASURES, Multidisciplinary, SCORES, business.industry, Arthritis, resultado del tratamiento, modelos lineales, Secondary data, Gold standard (test), Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Clinical trial, Treatment Outcome, Rheumatoid arthritis, Antirheumatic Agents, Cohort, Linear Models, Medicine, Female, GENDER, business, antirreumáticos, artritis, Cohort study
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the responsiveness in terms of correlation of the Hospital Universitario La Princesa Index (HUPI) comparatively to the traditional composite indices used to assess disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to compare the performance of HUPI-based response criteria with that of the EULAR response criteria. Methods Secondary data analysis from the following studies: ACT-RAY (clinical trial), PROAR (early RA cohort) and EMECAR (pre-biologic era long term RA cohort). Responsiveness was evaluated by: 1) comparing change from baseline (Delta) of HUPI with Delta in other scores by calculating correlation coefficients; 2) calculating standardised effect sizes. The accuracy of response by HUPI and by EULAR criteria was analyzed using linear regressions in which the dependent variable was change in global assessment by physician (Delta GDA-Phy). Results Delta HUPI correlation with change in all other indices ranged from 0.387 to 0.791); HUPI's standardized effect size was larger than those from the other indices in each database used. In ACT-RAY, depending on visit, between 65 and 80% of patients were equally classified by HUPI and EULAR response criteria. However, HUPI criteria were slightly more stringent, with higher percentage of patients classified as non-responder, especially at early visits. HUPI response criteria showed a slightly higher accuracy than EULAR response criteria when using Delta GDA-Phy as gold standard. Conclusion HUPI shows good responsiveness in terms of correlation in each studied scenario (clinical trial, early RA cohort, and established RA cohort). Response criteria by HUPI seem more stringent than EULAR's., Our study was supported by grants RD16/0012/0011 and PI14/00442 from the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (Instituto de Salud Carlos III; Spain) and cofunded by the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER). Data from ACT-RAY clinical trial were kindly provided by Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. No financial support was received from Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd Data from EMECAR and PROAR cohorts were provided by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology. No financial support was received from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology. None of these institutions played any role in the analysis or interpretation of data, nor were they involved in the writing of the manuscript. Roche and Sociedad Espanola de Reumatologia were involved in the collection of data from ACT-RAY, and EMECAR and PROAR, respectively. However, these funders had no role in study design, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Published: 2019

14. Abdominal scintigraphy using99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes in patients with seronegative spondylarthropathies without clinical evidence of inflammatory bowel disease

Author: Alonso, J. C., Lopez-Longo, F. J., Lampreave, J. L., González, C. M., Vegazo, O., Carreño, L., and Almoguera, I.
Published: 1996
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15. Clinical follow-up predictors of disease pattern change in anti-Jo1 positive anti-synthetase syndrome: Results from a multicenter, international and retrospective study

Author: Bartoloni, E, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Scire, C, Castaneda, S, Gerli, R, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Pina, T, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Nuno, L, Quartuccio, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Alunno, A, Specker, C, Montecucco, C, Triantafyllias, K, Balduzzi, S, Sifuentes-Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Bravi, E, Schwarting, A, Pellerito, R, Russo, A, Selmi, C, Saketkoo, L, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Pipitone, N, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Codullo, V, Cavagna, L, Bartoloni E., Gonzalez-Gay M. A., Scire CA., Castaneda S., Gerli R., Lopez-Longo F. J., Martinez-Barrio J., Govoni M., Furini F., Pina T., Iannone F., Giannini M., Nuno L., Quartuccio L., Ortego-Centeno N., Alunno A., Specker C., Montecucco C., Triantafyllias K., Balduzzi S., Sifuentes-Giraldo W. A., Paolazzi G., Bravi E., Schwarting A., Pellerito R., Russo A., Selmi C., Saketkoo L. -A., Fusaro E., Parisi S., Pipitone N., Franceschini F., Cavazzana I., Neri R., Barsotti S., Codullo V., Cavagna L., Bartoloni, E, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Scire, C, Castaneda, S, Gerli, R, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Pina, T, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Nuno, L, Quartuccio, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Alunno, A, Specker, C, Montecucco, C, Triantafyllias, K, Balduzzi, S, Sifuentes-Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Bravi, E, Schwarting, A, Pellerito, R, Russo, A, Selmi, C, Saketkoo, L, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Pipitone, N, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Codullo, V, Cavagna, L, Bartoloni E., Gonzalez-Gay M. A., Scire CA., Castaneda S., Gerli R., Lopez-Longo F. J., Martinez-Barrio J., Govoni M., Furini F., Pina T., Iannone F., Giannini M., Nuno L., Quartuccio L., Ortego-Centeno N., Alunno A., Specker C., Montecucco C., Triantafyllias K., Balduzzi S., Sifuentes-Giraldo W. A., Paolazzi G., Bravi E., Schwarting A., Pellerito R., Russo A., Selmi C., Saketkoo L. -A., Fusaro E., Parisi S., Pipitone N., Franceschini F., Cavazzana I., Neri R., Barsotti S., Codullo V., and Cavagna L.
Abstract: Objective Arthritis, myositis and interstitial lung disease (ILD) constitute the classic clinical triad of anti-synthetase syndrome (ASSD). These patients experience other accompanying features, such as Raynaud's phenomenon, fever or mechanic's hands. Most ASSD patients develop the complete triad during the follow-up. In the present study we aimed to determine whether the subsequent appearance of accompanying features may suggest the development of triad findings lacking at the onset in anti-Jo1 positive ASSD patients. Methods Anti-Jo1 positive patients presenting with incomplete ASSD (no > 2 classic triad features) were assessed. Clinical characteristics and clusters of disease manifestations were retrospectively collected and analyzed in a large international multicenter cohort of ASSD patients. Results 165 patients (123 women) with incomplete ASSD were identified. Ninety-five patients (57.5%) developed new classic triad manifestations after 15 months median (IQR 9–51) and 40 (24%) developed new accompanying features after 19 months median (IQR 6–56) from disease onset. During the follow-up, the ex-novo occurrence of triad features was observed in 32 out of 40 patients (80%) with new accompanying findings and in 63 out of 125 patients (50.5%) without new accompanying findings (p = 0.002). In patients with at least one new accompanying feature the odds ratio for the occurrence of new triad manifestations was 3.94 with respect to patients not developing ex-novo accompanying findings (95% CI 1.68–9.21, p = 0.002). Conclusion Anti-Jo1 ASSD patients with incomplete forms at disease onset are at high risk for the subsequent occurrence of lacking classic triad findings. Although all ASSD patients should be carefully assessed for the occurrence of new triad features, a closer follow-up should be considered in the subgroup of patients developing ex novo accompanying findings. These patients, indeed, have near four-fold increased risk f
Published: 2017

16. Hyperlipoproteinaemia(a) in patients with spondyloarthritis: results of the Cardiovascular in Rheumatology (CARMA) project

Author: Garcia-Gomez, C, Martin-Martinez, M, Fernandez C, Castaneda, S, Gonzalez-Juanatey, C, Sanchez-Alonso, F, Gonzalez-Fernandez, M, Sanmarti, R, Garcia-Vadillo, J, Fernandez-Gutierrez, B, Garcia-Arias, M, Manero, F, Senabre, J, Rueda-Cid, A, Ros-Exposito, S, Pina-Salvador, J, Erra-Duran, A, Moller-Parera, I, Llorca, J, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Gonzalez de Rabago, E, Blanco Morales, E, Fernandez Lopez, J, Oreiro Villar, N, Atanes Sandoval, A, Blanco Garcia, F, Alegre De Miquel, C, Gonzalez Fernandez, M, Huguet Codina, R, Yoldi, B, Ramentol, M, Avila, G, Marsal Barril, S, Steiner, M, Munoz, S, Gamero, F, Garcia Toron, J, Moreno Gil, M, Mas, A, Espino, P, Ros, I, Ibanez, M, Murillo, C, Piqueras, J, Berman, H, Cabrera, S, Ruiz, V, Fontsere Paton, O, Fernandez Gutierrez, B, Abasolo, L, Fabregas, M, Romera Baures, M, Nolla, J, Gonzalez-Alvaro, I, Tomero Muriel, E, Garcia de Vicuna, R, Fernandez Nebro, A, Belmonte Lopez, M, Urena, I, Irigoyen, M, Coret Cagigal, V, Lopez Gonzalez, R, Pielfort Garrido, D, Sampedro Alvarez, J, Garcia Aparicio, A, Belmonte Gomez, R, Granados Bautista, P, Hernandez Sanz, A, Sanchez Gonzalez, C, Bachiller, J, Zea, A, Jimenez Zorzo, F, Gimenez Ubeda, E, Marzo Gracia, J, Beltran Audera, C, Medrano, M, Pecondon, A, Erausquin, C, Ojeda, S, Carlos Quevedo, J, Francisco, F, Rodriguez Lozano, C, Babio Herraez, J, Lopez Longo, F, Gerona, D, Gonzalez Fernandez, C, Carreno, L, Monteagudo, I, del Pino, J, Sanchez Gonzalez, M, Corrales, A, Enriqueta Peiro, M, Rosas, J, Rotes, I, Moreno, E, Erra, A, Grado, D, Calvo, J, Rueda, A, Moller, I, Rodriguez, I, Barbadillo, C, Raya, E, Morales, P, Nieto, A, Jimenez, I, Magro, C, Ruibal Escribano, A, Ros Exposito, S, Sanchez Nievas, G, Judez Navarro, E, Sianes Fernandez, M, Garcia Morales, M, Labiano Bastero, I, Consuegra, G, Palmou, N, Martinez Pardo, S, Pujol, M, Riera Alonso, E, Salvador, G, Gonzalez Alvarez, B, Cantabrana, A, Bustabad, S, Delgado, E, Munoz, A, Rodriguez Montero, S, Maria Jimenez, L, Rivera Redondo, J, Gonzalez Hernandez, T, Gonzalez Polo, F, Menor Almagro, R, Moreno, J, Giner Serret, E, Lannuzzelli Barroso, C, Cebrian Mendez, L, Teresa Navio, M, Fernandez Carballido, C, Pagan, E, Mesa del Castillo, P, Naredo, E, Cruz, A, Turrion, A, Mateo, I, Sanchez, J, Galindo, M, Garcia Gonzalez, J, Collantes, E, Ruiz, D, Font, P, Bonilla, G, Lopez Meseguer, A, Moreno, M, Moreno Martinez, M, Beteta Fernandez, M, Linares, L, Morcillo, M, Gonzalez Gomez, M, Aramburu, J, Rivera, N, Fernandez Berrizbeitia, O, Garcia Vivar, M, Riera, M, Maria Leon, Y, Maymo, J, Amirall, M, Iniesta Escolano, S, Sanchez Serrano, S, Lis Bona, M, Fiter, J, Fernandez Melon, J, Espadaler, L, Maiz, O, Belzunegui, J, Banegil, I, Diaz, C, Valls, R, Castellvi, I, Bonet, M, Moreno Ruzafa, E, Calvo Alen, J, Perez Sandoval, T, Revuelta Evrard, E, Godo, J, Fernandez Espartero, C, Navarro Blasco, F, Antonio Gonzalez, J, Miranda-Filloy, J, and CARMA Project Collaborative Grp
Subjects: musculoskeletal diseases, psoriatic arthritis, lipids, stomatognathic diseases, cardiovascular disease, lipoprotein(a), ankylosing spondylitis, spondyloarthritis
Abstract: Objective Cardiovascular (CV) disease is one of the main causes of morbi-mortality in spondyloarthritis (SpA), partially explained by traditional CV risk factors. Information on lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], a non-conventional risk factor, in SpA is scarce. In this study we assessed the prevalence of hyperlipoproteinaemia(a) in SpA patients and analysed the possible related factors. Methods A baseline analysis was made of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients and controls included in the CARMA project (CARdiovascular in RheuMAtology), a 10-year prospective study evaluating the risk of CV events in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases. A multivariate logistic regression model was performed using hyperlipoproteinaemia( a) (Lp(a) >50 mg/dl) as a dependent variable and adjusting for confounding factors. Results 19.2% (95% CI: 16.80-22.05) of the SpA patients [20.7% (95% CI: 16.91-24.82) of those with AS and 17.7% (95% CI: 14.15-21.75) of those with PsA] and 16.7% (95% CI: 13.23-20.86) of the controls had hyperlipoproteinaemia(a) (p=0.326). Adjusting for age and sex, SpA patients were more likely to have hyperlipoproteinaemia(a) than controls (OR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.00-2.04; p=0.05), especially those with AS (OR: 1.81, 95% CI: 1.18-2.77; p=0.007). In the adjusted model, apolipoprotein B in all patients, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in AS, and female sex in PsA, were associated with hyperlipoproteinaemia(a). No disease-specific factors associated with hyperlipoproteinaemia(a) were identified. Conclusion SpA patients show a moderately increased risk of hyperlipoproteinaemia(a) compared to controls, especially those with AS. Lp(a) determination may be of interest to improve the CV risk assessment in SpA patients.
Published: 2019

17. Influence of Antisynthetase Antibodies Specificities on Antisynthetase Syndrome Clinical Spectrum Time Course

Author: Cavagna, L, Trallero-Araguás, E, Meloni, F, Cavazzana, I, Rojas-Serrano, J, Feist, E, Zanframundo, G, Morandi, V, Meyer, A, Pereira da Silva, J, Matos Costa, C, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Codullo, V, Mosca, M, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Scirè, C, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Schneider, U, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Ortego-Centeno, N, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Pipitone, N, Rodriguez Cambron, A, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Voll, R, Wendel, S, Scarpato, S, Maurier, F, Limonta, M, Colombelli, P, Giannini, M, Geny, B, Arrigoni, E, Bravi, E, Migliorini, P, Mathieu, A, Piga, M, Drott, U, Delbrueck, C, Bauhammer, J, Cagnotto, G, Vancheri, C, Sambataro, G, De Langhe, E, Sainaghi, P, Monti, C, Gigli Berzolari, F, Romano, M, Bonella, F, Specker, C, Schwarting, A, Villa Blanco, I, Selmi, C, Ceribelli, A, Nuno, L, Mera-Varela, A, Perez Gomez, N, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Sinigaglia, L, Del Papa, N, Benucci, M, Cimmino, M, Riccieri, V, Conti, F, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Cammelli, D, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Saketkoo, L, Giorgi, R, Salaffi, F, Cifrian, J, Caporali, R, Locatelli, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Pozzi, M, Claudia, L, Distler, J, Knitza, J, Schett, G, Iannone, F, Fornaro, M, Franceschini, F, Quartuccio, L, Gerli, R, Bartoloni, E, Bellando Randone, S, Zampogna, G, Gonzalez Perez, M, Mejia, M, Vicente, E, Triantafyllias, K, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matucci-Cerinic, M, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Castañeda, S, Montecucco, C, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Cavagna, Lorenzo, Trallero-Araguás, Ernesto, Meloni, Federica, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Feist, Eugen, Zanframundo, Giovanni, Morandi, Valentina, Meyer, Alain, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Molberg, Oyvind, Andersson, Helena, Codullo, Veronica, Mosca, Marta, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Scirè, Carlo, Govoni, Marcello, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Barrio, Julia, Schneider, Udo, Lorenz, Hanns-Martin, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Pipitone, Nicolò, Rodriguez Cambron, Ana Belen, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Voll, Reinhard Edmund, Wendel, Sarah, Scarpato, Salvatore, Maurier, Francois, Limonta, Massimiliano, Colombelli, Paolo, Giannini, Margherita, Geny, Bernard, Arrigoni, Eugenio, Bravi, Elena, Migliorini, Paola, Mathieu, Alessandro, Piga, Matteo, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrueck, Christiane, Bauhammer, Jutta, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Vancheri, Carlo, Sambataro, Gianluca, De Langhe, Ellen, Sainaghi, Pier Paolo, Monti, Cristina, Gigli Berzolari, Francesca, Romano, Mariaeva, Bonella, Francesco, Specker, Christof, Schwarting, Andreas, Villa Blanco, Ignacio, Selmi, Carlo, Ceribelli, Angela, Nuno, Laura, Mera-Varela, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Fusaro, Enrico, Parisi, Simone, Sinigaglia, Luigi, Del Papa, Nicoletta, Benucci, Maurizio, Cimmino, Marco Amedeo, Riccieri, Valeria, Conti, Fabrizio, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Cammelli, Daniele, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Giorgi, Roberto, Salaffi, Fausto, Cifrian, Jose, Caporali, Roberto, Locatelli, Francesco, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Pozzi, Maria Rosa, Claudia, Lomater, Distler, Jorg, Knitza, Johannes, Schett, George, Iannone, Florenzo, Fornaro, Marco, Franceschini, Franco, Quartuccio, Luca, Gerli, Roberto, Bartoloni, Elena, Bellando Randone, Silvia, Zampogna, Giuseppe, Gonzalez Perez, Montserrat I, Mejia, Mayra, Vicente, Esther, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Castañeda, Santos, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Gonzalez-Gay, Miguel Angel, Cavagna, L, Trallero-Araguás, E, Meloni, F, Cavazzana, I, Rojas-Serrano, J, Feist, E, Zanframundo, G, Morandi, V, Meyer, A, Pereira da Silva, J, Matos Costa, C, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Codullo, V, Mosca, M, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Scirè, C, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Schneider, U, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Ortego-Centeno, N, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Pipitone, N, Rodriguez Cambron, A, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Voll, R, Wendel, S, Scarpato, S, Maurier, F, Limonta, M, Colombelli, P, Giannini, M, Geny, B, Arrigoni, E, Bravi, E, Migliorini, P, Mathieu, A, Piga, M, Drott, U, Delbrueck, C, Bauhammer, J, Cagnotto, G, Vancheri, C, Sambataro, G, De Langhe, E, Sainaghi, P, Monti, C, Gigli Berzolari, F, Romano, M, Bonella, F, Specker, C, Schwarting, A, Villa Blanco, I, Selmi, C, Ceribelli, A, Nuno, L, Mera-Varela, A, Perez Gomez, N, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Sinigaglia, L, Del Papa, N, Benucci, M, Cimmino, M, Riccieri, V, Conti, F, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Cammelli, D, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Saketkoo, L, Giorgi, R, Salaffi, F, Cifrian, J, Caporali, R, Locatelli, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Pozzi, M, Claudia, L, Distler, J, Knitza, J, Schett, G, Iannone, F, Fornaro, M, Franceschini, F, Quartuccio, L, Gerli, R, Bartoloni, E, Bellando Randone, S, Zampogna, G, Gonzalez Perez, M, Mejia, M, Vicente, E, Triantafyllias, K, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matucci-Cerinic, M, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Castañeda, S, Montecucco, C, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Cavagna, Lorenzo, Trallero-Araguás, Ernesto, Meloni, Federica, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Feist, Eugen, Zanframundo, Giovanni, Morandi, Valentina, Meyer, Alain, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Molberg, Oyvind, Andersson, Helena, Codullo, Veronica, Mosca, Marta, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Scirè, Carlo, Govoni, Marcello, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Barrio, Julia, Schneider, Udo, Lorenz, Hanns-Martin, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Pipitone, Nicolò, Rodriguez Cambron, Ana Belen, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Voll, Reinhard Edmund, Wendel, Sarah, Scarpato, Salvatore, Maurier, Francois, Limonta, Massimiliano, Colombelli, Paolo, Giannini, Margherita, Geny, Bernard, Arrigoni, Eugenio, Bravi, Elena, Migliorini, Paola, Mathieu, Alessandro, Piga, Matteo, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrueck, Christiane, Bauhammer, Jutta, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Vancheri, Carlo, Sambataro, Gianluca, De Langhe, Ellen, Sainaghi, Pier Paolo, Monti, Cristina, Gigli Berzolari, Francesca, Romano, Mariaeva, Bonella, Francesco, Specker, Christof, Schwarting, Andreas, Villa Blanco, Ignacio, Selmi, Carlo, Ceribelli, Angela, Nuno, Laura, Mera-Varela, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Fusaro, Enrico, Parisi, Simone, Sinigaglia, Luigi, Del Papa, Nicoletta, Benucci, Maurizio, Cimmino, Marco Amedeo, Riccieri, Valeria, Conti, Fabrizio, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Cammelli, Daniele, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Giorgi, Roberto, Salaffi, Fausto, Cifrian, Jose, Caporali, Roberto, Locatelli, Francesco, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Pozzi, Maria Rosa, Claudia, Lomater, Distler, Jorg, Knitza, Johannes, Schett, George, Iannone, Florenzo, Fornaro, Marco, Franceschini, Franco, Quartuccio, Luca, Gerli, Roberto, Bartoloni, Elena, Bellando Randone, Silvia, Zampogna, Giuseppe, Gonzalez Perez, Montserrat I, Mejia, Mayra, Vicente, Esther, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Castañeda, Santos, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, and Gonzalez-Gay, Miguel Angel
Abstract: Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung disease (ILD), along with specific autoantibodies that are addressed to different aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ARS). Until now, it has been unknown whether the presence of a different ARS might affect the clinical presentation, evolution, and outcome of ASSD. In this study, we retrospectively recorded the time of onset, characteristics, clustering of triad findings, and survival of 828 ASSD patients (593 anti-Jo1, 95 anti-PL7, 84 anti-PL12, 38 anti-EJ, and 18 anti-OJ), referring to AENEAS (American and European NEtwork of Antisynthetase Syndrome) collaborative group's cohort. Comparisons were performed first between all ARS cases and then, in the case of significance, while using anti-Jo1 positive patients as the reference group. The characteristics of triad findings were similar and the onset mainly began with a single triad finding in all groups despite some differences in overall prevalence. The "ex-novo" occurrence of triad findings was only reduced in the anti-PL12-positive cohort, however, it occurred in a clinically relevant percentage of patients (30%). Moreover, survival was not influenced by the underlying anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibodies' positivity, which confirmed that antisynthetase syndrome is a heterogeneous condition and that antibody specificity only partially influences the clinical presentation and evolution of this condition.
Published: 2019

18. Outcomes of patients with systemic sclerosis treated with rituximab in contemporary practice: a prospective cohort study

Author: Elhai, Muriel, Boubaya, Marouane, Distler, Oliver, Smith, Vanessa, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Alegre Sancho, Juan Jose, Truchetet, Marie-Elise, Braun-Moscovici, Yolanda, Iannone, Florenzo, Novikov, Pavel I., Lescoat, Alain, Siegert, Elise, Castellvi, Ivan, Airo, Paolo, Vettori, Serena, De Langhe, Ellen, Hachulla, Eric, Erler, Anne, Ananieva, Lidia, Krusche, Martin, Lopez-Longo, F. J., Distler, Joerg H. W., Hunzelmann, Nicolas, Hoffmann-Vold, Anna-Maria, Riccieri, Valeria, Hsu, Vivien M., Pozzi, Maria R., Ancuta, Codrina, Rosato, Edoardo, Mihai, Carina, Kuwana, Masataka, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Chizzolini, Carlo, Hesselstrand, Roger, Ullman, Susanne, Yavuz, Sule, Rednic, Simona, Caimmi, Cristian, Bloch-Queyrat, Coralie, Allanore, Yannick, Guiducci, Serena, Walker, Ulrich A., Kyburz, Diego, Lapadula, Giovanni, Maurer, Britta, Jordan, Suzana, Dobrota, Rucsandra, Becvar, Radim, Sierakowsky, Stanislaw, Bielecka, Otylia Kowal, Sulli, Alberto, Cutolo, Maurizio, Cuomo, Giovanna, Nicoara, Ileana, Kahan, Andre, Vlachoyiannopoulos, Panayiotis G., Montecucco, Carlo Maurizio, Caporali, Roberto, Stork, Jiri, Inanc, Murat, Carreira, Patricia E., Novak, Srdan, Czirjak, Laszlo, Varju, Cecilia, Kucharz, Eugene J., Kotulska, Anna, Kopec-Medrek, Magdalena, Widuchowska, Malgorzata, Cozzi, Franco, Rozman, Blaz, Mallia, Carmel, Coleiro, Bernard, Gabrielli, Armando, Farge, Dominique, Wu, Chen, Marjanovic, Zora, Faivre, Helene, Hij, Darin, Dhamadi, Roza, Wollheim, Frank, Scheja, Agneta, Wuttge, Dirk M., Andreasson, Kristofer, Martinovic, Duska, Balbir-Gurman, Alexandra, Trotta, F., Lo Monaco, Andrea, Pellerito, Raffaele, Mauriziano, Ospedale, Caramaschi, Paola, Morovic-Vergles, Jadranka, Black, Carol, Denton, Christopher, Damjanov, Nemanja, Henes, Jorg, Santamaria, Vera Ortiz, Heitmann, Stefan, Krasowska, Dorota, Hasler, Paul, Burkhardt, Harald, Himsel, Andrea, Bajocchi, Gianluigi, Da Silva, Jose Antonio Pereira, Salvador, Maria Joao, Stamenkovic, Bojana, Stankovic, Aleksandra, Selmi, Carlo Francesco, De Santis, Maria, Tikly, Mohammed, Denisov, Lev N., Herrick, Ariane, Mueller-Ladner, Ulf, Frerix, Marc, Tarner, Ingo, Scorza, Raffaella, Puppo, Francesco, Engelhart, Merete, Strauss, Gitte, Nielsen, Henrik, Damgaard, Kirsten, Szucs, Gabriela, Mendoza, Antonio Zea, de la Puente, Carlos, Giraldo, Sifuentes W. A., Midtvedt, Oyvind, Reiseter, Silje, Garen, Torhild, Launay, David, Valesini, Guido, Ionescu, Ruxandra Maria, Groseanu, Laura, Opris, Daniela, Cornateanu, Roxana Sfrent, Ionitescu, Razvan, Gherghe, Ana Maria, Soare, Alina, Gorga, Marilena, Bojinca, Mihai, Milicescu, Mihaela, Sunderkotter, Cord, Kuhn, Annegret, Sandorfi, Nora, Schett, Georg, Beyer, Christian, Meroni, Pierluigi, Ingegnoli, Francesca, Mouthon, Luc, De Keyser, Filip, Melsens, Karin, Cantatore, Francesco P., Corrado, Ada, Iversen, Line, von Muhlen, Carlos Alberto, Bohn, Jussara Marilu, Lonzetti, Lilian Scussel, Eyerich, Kilian, Hein, Rudiger, Knott, Elisabeth, Wiland, Piotr, Szmyrka-Kaczmarek, Magdalena, Sokolik, Renata, Morgiel, Ewa, Madej, Marta, Houssiau, Frederic A., Krummel-Lorenz, Brigitte, Saar, Petra, Aringer, Martin, Gunther, Claudia, Westhovens, Rene, Lenaerts, Jan, Anic, Branimir, Baresic, Marko, Mayer, Miroslav, Uprus, Maria, Otsa, Kati, Granel, Brigitte, Muller, Carolina de Souza, Radominski, Sebastiao C., Azevedo, Valderilio F., Jimenez, Sergio, Busquets, Joanna, Agachi, Svetlana, Groppa, Liliana, Chiaburu, Lealea, Russu, Eugen, Popa, Sergei, Zenone, Thierry, Pileckyte, Margarita, Mathieu, Alessandro, Vacca, Alessandra, Sampaio-Barros, Percival D., Yoshinari, Natalino H., Marangoni, Roberta G., Martin, Patricia, Fuocco, Luiza, Stebbings, Simon, Highton, John, Chapman, Peter, O'Donnell, John, Stamp, Lisa, Doube, Alan, Solanki, Kamal, Veale, Douglas, O'Rourke, Marie, Loyo, Esthela, Li, Mengtao, Mohamed, Walid Ahmed Abdel Atty, Amoroso, Antonio, Gigante, Antonietta, Oksel, Fahrettin, Yargucu, Figen, Tanaseanu, Cristina-Mihaela, Popescu, Monica, Dumitrascu, Alina, Tiglea, Isabela, Foti, Rosario, Chirieac, Rodica, Furst, Daniel, Villiger, Peter, Adler, Sabine, van Laar, Jacob, Kayser, Cristiane, Fathi, Nihal, Hassanien, Manal, Lefebvre, Paloma Garcia de la Pena, Rubio, Silvia Rodriguez, Exposito, Marta Valero, Chatelus, Emmanuel, Sibilia, Jean, Gottenberg, Jacques Eric, Chifflot, Helene, Litinsky, Ira, Emery, Paul, Buch, Maya, Del Galdo, Francesco, Venalis, Algirdas, Butrimiene, Irena, Venalis, Paulius, Rugiene, Rita, Karpec, Diana, Lasky, Joseph A., Cosentino, Vanesa, Kerzberg, Eduardo, Montoya, Fabiana, Bianchi, Washington, Carneiro, Sueli, Maretti, Giselle Baptista, Bianchi, Dante Valdetaro, Limonta, Massimiliano, Brucato, Antonio Luca, Lupi, Elide, Rosner, Itzhak, Rozenbaum, Michael, Slobodin, Gleb, Boulman, Nina, Rimar, Doron, Couto, Maura, Kahl, Sarah, Chen, Fei, McCloskey, Deborah, Malveaux, Halina, Spertini, Francois, Ribi, Camillo, Buss, Guillaume, Martin, Thierry, Guffroy, Aurelien, Poindron, Vincent, Chotchaeva, Fatima, Mukhin, Nikolay A., Moiseev, Sergey, Elhai, Muriel, Boubaya, Marouane, Distler, Oliver, Smith, Vanessa, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Alegre Sancho, Juan Jose, Truchetet, Marie-Elise, Braun-Moscovici, Yolanda, Iannone, Florenzo, Novikov, Pavel I., Lescoat, Alain, Siegert, Elise, Castellvi, Ivan, Airo, Paolo, Vettori, Serena, De Langhe, Ellen, Hachulla, Eric, Erler, Anne, Ananieva, Lidia, Krusche, Martin, Lopez-Longo, F. J., Distler, Joerg H. W., Hunzelmann, Nicolas, Hoffmann-Vold, Anna-Maria, Riccieri, Valeria, Hsu, Vivien M., Pozzi, Maria R., Ancuta, Codrina, Rosato, Edoardo, Mihai, Carina, Kuwana, Masataka, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Chizzolini, Carlo, Hesselstrand, Roger, Ullman, Susanne, Yavuz, Sule, Rednic, Simona, Caimmi, Cristian, Bloch-Queyrat, Coralie, Allanore, Yannick, Guiducci, Serena, Walker, Ulrich A., Kyburz, Diego, Lapadula, Giovanni, Maurer, Britta, Jordan, Suzana, Dobrota, Rucsandra, Becvar, Radim, Sierakowsky, Stanislaw, Bielecka, Otylia Kowal, Sulli, Alberto, Cutolo, Maurizio, Cuomo, Giovanna, Nicoara, Ileana, Kahan, Andre, Vlachoyiannopoulos, Panayiotis G., Montecucco, Carlo Maurizio, Caporali, Roberto, Stork, Jiri, Inanc, Murat, Carreira, Patricia E., Novak, Srdan, Czirjak, Laszlo, Varju, Cecilia, Kucharz, Eugene J., Kotulska, Anna, Kopec-Medrek, Magdalena, Widuchowska, Malgorzata, Cozzi, Franco, Rozman, Blaz, Mallia, Carmel, Coleiro, Bernard, Gabrielli, Armando, Farge, Dominique, Wu, Chen, Marjanovic, Zora, Faivre, Helene, Hij, Darin, Dhamadi, Roza, Wollheim, Frank, Scheja, Agneta, Wuttge, Dirk M., Andreasson, Kristofer, Martinovic, Duska, Balbir-Gurman, Alexandra, Trotta, F., Lo Monaco, Andrea, Pellerito, Raffaele, Mauriziano, Ospedale, Caramaschi, Paola, Morovic-Vergles, Jadranka, Black, Carol, Denton, Christopher, Damjanov, Nemanja, Henes, Jorg, Santamaria, Vera Ortiz, Heitmann, Stefan, Krasowska, Dorota, Hasler, Paul, Burkhardt, Harald, Himsel, Andrea, Bajocchi, Gianluigi, Da Silva, Jose Antonio Pereira, Salvador, Maria Joao, Stamenkovic, Bojana, Stankovic, Aleksandra, Selmi, Carlo Francesco, De Santis, Maria, Tikly, Mohammed, Denisov, Lev N., Herrick, Ariane, Mueller-Ladner, Ulf, Frerix, Marc, Tarner, Ingo, Scorza, Raffaella, Puppo, Francesco, Engelhart, Merete, Strauss, Gitte, Nielsen, Henrik, Damgaard, Kirsten, Szucs, Gabriela, Mendoza, Antonio Zea, de la Puente, Carlos, Giraldo, Sifuentes W. A., Midtvedt, Oyvind, Reiseter, Silje, Garen, Torhild, Launay, David, Valesini, Guido, Ionescu, Ruxandra Maria, Groseanu, Laura, Opris, Daniela, Cornateanu, Roxana Sfrent, Ionitescu, Razvan, Gherghe, Ana Maria, Soare, Alina, Gorga, Marilena, Bojinca, Mihai, Milicescu, Mihaela, Sunderkotter, Cord, Kuhn, Annegret, Sandorfi, Nora, Schett, Georg, Beyer, Christian, Meroni, Pierluigi, Ingegnoli, Francesca, Mouthon, Luc, De Keyser, Filip, Melsens, Karin, Cantatore, Francesco P., Corrado, Ada, Iversen, Line, von Muhlen, Carlos Alberto, Bohn, Jussara Marilu, Lonzetti, Lilian Scussel, Eyerich, Kilian, Hein, Rudiger, Knott, Elisabeth, Wiland, Piotr, Szmyrka-Kaczmarek, Magdalena, Sokolik, Renata, Morgiel, Ewa, Madej, Marta, Houssiau, Frederic A., Krummel-Lorenz, Brigitte, Saar, Petra, Aringer, Martin, Gunther, Claudia, Westhovens, Rene, Lenaerts, Jan, Anic, Branimir, Baresic, Marko, Mayer, Miroslav, Uprus, Maria, Otsa, Kati, Granel, Brigitte, Muller, Carolina de Souza, Radominski, Sebastiao C., Azevedo, Valderilio F., Jimenez, Sergio, Busquets, Joanna, Agachi, Svetlana, Groppa, Liliana, Chiaburu, Lealea, Russu, Eugen, Popa, Sergei, Zenone, Thierry, Pileckyte, Margarita, Mathieu, Alessandro, Vacca, Alessandra, Sampaio-Barros, Percival D., Yoshinari, Natalino H., Marangoni, Roberta G., Martin, Patricia, Fuocco, Luiza, Stebbings, Simon, Highton, John, Chapman, Peter, O'Donnell, John, Stamp, Lisa, Doube, Alan, Solanki, Kamal, Veale, Douglas, O'Rourke, Marie, Loyo, Esthela, Li, Mengtao, Mohamed, Walid Ahmed Abdel Atty, Amoroso, Antonio, Gigante, Antonietta, Oksel, Fahrettin, Yargucu, Figen, Tanaseanu, Cristina-Mihaela, Popescu, Monica, Dumitrascu, Alina, Tiglea, Isabela, Foti, Rosario, Chirieac, Rodica, Furst, Daniel, Villiger, Peter, Adler, Sabine, van Laar, Jacob, Kayser, Cristiane, Fathi, Nihal, Hassanien, Manal, Lefebvre, Paloma Garcia de la Pena, Rubio, Silvia Rodriguez, Exposito, Marta Valero, Chatelus, Emmanuel, Sibilia, Jean, Gottenberg, Jacques Eric, Chifflot, Helene, Litinsky, Ira, Emery, Paul, Buch, Maya, Del Galdo, Francesco, Venalis, Algirdas, Butrimiene, Irena, Venalis, Paulius, Rugiene, Rita, Karpec, Diana, Lasky, Joseph A., Cosentino, Vanesa, Kerzberg, Eduardo, Montoya, Fabiana, Bianchi, Washington, Carneiro, Sueli, Maretti, Giselle Baptista, Bianchi, Dante Valdetaro, Limonta, Massimiliano, Brucato, Antonio Luca, Lupi, Elide, Rosner, Itzhak, Rozenbaum, Michael, Slobodin, Gleb, Boulman, Nina, Rimar, Doron, Couto, Maura, Kahl, Sarah, Chen, Fei, McCloskey, Deborah, Malveaux, Halina, Spertini, Francois, Ribi, Camillo, Buss, Guillaume, Martin, Thierry, Guffroy, Aurelien, Poindron, Vincent, Chotchaeva, Fatima, Mukhin, Nikolay A., and Moiseev, Sergey
Abstract: Objective To assess the safety and efficacy of rituximab in systemic sclerosis (SSc) in clinical practice. Methods We performed a prospective study including patients with SSc from the European Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) network treated with rituximab and matched with untreated patients with SSc. The main outcomes measures were adverse events, skin fibrosis improvement, lung fibrosis worsening and steroids use among propensity score-matched patients treated or not with rituximab. Results 254 patients were treated with rituximab, in 58% for lung and in 32% for skin involvement. After a median follow-up of 2 years, about 70% of the patients had no side effect. Comparison of treated patients with 9575 propensity-score matched patients showed that patients treated with rituximab were more likely to have skin fibrosis improvement (22.7 vs 14.03 events per 100 person-years; OR: 2.79 [1.47-5.32]; p=0.002). Treated patients did not have significantly different rates of decrease in forced vital capacity (FVC)>10% (OR: 1.03 [0.55-1.94]; p=0.93) nor in carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) decrease. Patients having received rituximab were more prone to stop or decrease steroids (OR: 2.34 [1.56-3.53], p<0.0001). Patients treated concomitantly with mycophenolate mofetil had a trend for better outcomes as compared with patients receiving rituximab alone (delta FVC: 5.22 [0.83-9.62]; p=0.019 as compared with controls vs 3 [0.66-5.35]; p=0.012). Conclusion Rituximab use was associated with a good safety profile in this large SSc-cohort. Significant change was observed on skin fibrosis, but not on lung. However, the limitation is the observational design. The potential stabilisation of lung fibrosis by rituximab has to be addressed by a randomised trial.
Published: 2019

19. GWAS for systemic sclerosis identifies multiple risk loci and highlights fibrotic and vasculopathy pathways

Author: Lopez-Isac, Elena, Acosta-Herrera, Marialbert, Kerick, Martin, Assassi, Shervin, Satpathy, Ansuman T., Granja, Jeffrey, Mumbach, Maxwell R., Beretta, Lorenzo, Simeon, Carmen P., Carreira, Patricia, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Castellvi, Ivan, Bossini-Castillo, Lara, David Carmona, F., Orozco, Gisela, Hunzelmann, Nicolas, Distler, Joerg H. W., Franke, Andre, Lunardi, Claudio, Moroncini, Gianluca, Gabrielli, Armando, de Vries-Bouwstra, Jeska, Wijmenga, Cisca, Koeleman, Bobby P. C., Nordin, Annika, Padyukov, Leonid, Hoffmann-Vold, Anna-Maria, Lie, Benedicte, Rios, R., Callejas, J. L., Vargas-Hitos, J. A., Garcia-Portales, R., Camps, M. T., Fernandez-Nebro, A., Gonzalez-Escribano, M. F., Garcia-Hernandez, F. J., Castillo, M. J., Aguirre, M. A., Gomez-Gracia, I., Fernandez-Gutierrez, B., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, L., Garcia de la Pena, P., Vicente, E., Andreu, J. L., Fernandez de Castro, M., Lopez-Longo, F. J., Martinez, L., Fonollosa, V, Guillen, A., Espinosa, G., Tolosa, C., Pros, A., Rodriguez-Carballeira, M., Narvaez, F. J., Rubio-Rivas, M., Ortiz-Santamaria, V, Madronero, A. B., Gonzalez-Gay, M. A., Diaz, B., Trapiella, L., Sousa, A., Egurbide, M. V., Fanlo-Mateo, P., Saez-Comet, L., Diaz, F., Hernandez, V, Beltran, E., Roman-Ivorra, J. A., Grau, E., Alegre-Sancho, J. J., Freire, M., Blanco-Garcia, F. J., Oreiro, N., Witte, T., Kreuter, A., Riemekasten, G., Airo, P., Magro, C., Voskuyl, A. E., Vonk, M. C., Hesselstrand, R., Proudman, Susanna, Stevens, Wendy, Nikpour, Mandana, Zochling, J., Sahhar, J., Roddy, J., Nash, P., Tymms, K., Rischmueller, M., Lester, S., Vyse, Timothy, Herrick, Ariane L., Worthington, Jane, Denton, Christopher P., Allanore, Yannick, Brown, Matthew A., Radstake, Timothy R. D. J., Fonseca, Carmen, Chang, Howard Y., Mayes, Maureen D., Martin, Javier, Lopez-Isac, Elena, Acosta-Herrera, Marialbert, Kerick, Martin, Assassi, Shervin, Satpathy, Ansuman T., Granja, Jeffrey, Mumbach, Maxwell R., Beretta, Lorenzo, Simeon, Carmen P., Carreira, Patricia, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Castellvi, Ivan, Bossini-Castillo, Lara, David Carmona, F., Orozco, Gisela, Hunzelmann, Nicolas, Distler, Joerg H. W., Franke, Andre, Lunardi, Claudio, Moroncini, Gianluca, Gabrielli, Armando, de Vries-Bouwstra, Jeska, Wijmenga, Cisca, Koeleman, Bobby P. C., Nordin, Annika, Padyukov, Leonid, Hoffmann-Vold, Anna-Maria, Lie, Benedicte, Rios, R., Callejas, J. L., Vargas-Hitos, J. A., Garcia-Portales, R., Camps, M. T., Fernandez-Nebro, A., Gonzalez-Escribano, M. F., Garcia-Hernandez, F. J., Castillo, M. J., Aguirre, M. A., Gomez-Gracia, I., Fernandez-Gutierrez, B., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, L., Garcia de la Pena, P., Vicente, E., Andreu, J. L., Fernandez de Castro, M., Lopez-Longo, F. J., Martinez, L., Fonollosa, V, Guillen, A., Espinosa, G., Tolosa, C., Pros, A., Rodriguez-Carballeira, M., Narvaez, F. J., Rubio-Rivas, M., Ortiz-Santamaria, V, Madronero, A. B., Gonzalez-Gay, M. A., Diaz, B., Trapiella, L., Sousa, A., Egurbide, M. V., Fanlo-Mateo, P., Saez-Comet, L., Diaz, F., Hernandez, V, Beltran, E., Roman-Ivorra, J. A., Grau, E., Alegre-Sancho, J. J., Freire, M., Blanco-Garcia, F. J., Oreiro, N., Witte, T., Kreuter, A., Riemekasten, G., Airo, P., Magro, C., Voskuyl, A. E., Vonk, M. C., Hesselstrand, R., Proudman, Susanna, Stevens, Wendy, Nikpour, Mandana, Zochling, J., Sahhar, J., Roddy, J., Nash, P., Tymms, K., Rischmueller, M., Lester, S., Vyse, Timothy, Herrick, Ariane L., Worthington, Jane, Denton, Christopher P., Allanore, Yannick, Brown, Matthew A., Radstake, Timothy R. D. J., Fonseca, Carmen, Chang, Howard Y., Mayes, Maureen D., and Martin, Javier
Abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease that shows one of the highest mortality rates among rheumatic diseases. We perform a large genome-wide association study (GWAS), and meta-analysis with previous GWASs, in 26,679 individuals and identify 27 independent genome-wide associated signals, including 13 new risk loci. The novel associations nearly double the number of genome-wide hits reported for SSc thus far. We define 95% credible sets of less than 5 likely causal variants in 12 loci. Additionally, we identify specific SSc subtype-associated signals. Functional analysis of high-priority variants shows the potential function of SSc signals, with the identification of 43 robust target genes through HiChIP. Our results point towards molecular pathways potentially involved in vasculopathy and fibrosis, two main hallmarks in SSc, and highlight the spectrum of critical cell types for the disease. This work supports a better understanding of the genetic basis of SSc and provides directions for future functional experiments.
Published: 2019

20. Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies five new loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

Author: Julia A, Lopez-Longo F, Venegas J, Bonas-Guarch S, Olive A, Andreu J, Aguirre-Zamorano M, Vela P, Nolla J, de la Fuente J, Zea A, Pego-Reigosa J, Freire M, Diez E, Rodriguez-Almaraz E, Carreira P, Blanco R, Taboada V, Lopez-Lasanta M, Corbeto M, Mercader J, Torrents D, Absher D, Marsal S, and Fernandez-Nebro A
Subjects: Genome-wide association study, Meta-analysis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Biological pathway analysis, Genetic susceptibility
Abstract: Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a common systemic autoimmune disease with a complex genetic inheritance. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have significantly increased the number of significant loci associated with SLE risk. To date, however, established loci account for less than 30% of the disease heritability and additional risk variants have yet to be identified. Here we performed a GWAS followed by a meta-analysis to identify new genome-wide significant loci for SLE. Methods: We genotyped a cohort of 907 patients with SLE (cases) and 1524 healthy controls from Spain and performed imputation using the 1000 Genomes reference data. We tested for association using logistic regression with correction for the principal components of variation. Meta-analysis of the association results was subsequently performed on 7,110,321 variants using genetic data from a large cohort of 4036 patients with SLE and 6959 controls of Northern European ancestry. Genetic association was also tested at the pathway level after removing the effect of known risk loci using PASCAL software. Results: We identified five new loci associated with SLE at the genome-wide level of significance (p < 5 x 10(-8)): GRB2, SMYD3, ST8SIA4, LAT2 and ARHGAP27. Pathway analysis revealed several biological processes significantly associated with SLE risk: B cell receptor signaling (p = 5.28 x 10(-6)), CTLA4 co-stimulation during T cell activation (p = 3.06 x 10(-5)), interleukin-4 signaling (p = 3.97 x 10(-5)) and cell surface interactions at the vascular wall (p = 4.63 x 10(-5)). Conclusions: Our results identify five novel loci for SLE susceptibility, and biologic pathways associated via multiple low-effect-size loci.
Published: 2018

21. RITUXIMAB IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS : SAFETY AND EFFICACY DATA FROM THE EUSTAR NETWORK

Author: Elhai, M., Distler, O., Smith, V., Matucci-Cerinic, M., Alegre-Sancho, J. J., Truchetet, M. -E., Braun-Moscovici, Y., Iannone, F., Chotchaeva, F., Lescoat, A., Siegert, E., Castellvi, I., Airo, P., Vettori, S., Hachulla, E., Erler, A., Ananieva, L., Krusche, M., Lopez-Longo, F., Distler, J., Hunzelmann, N., Hoffmann-Vold, A. -M., Riccieri, V., Hsu, V., Pozzi, M., Ancuta, C., Rosato, E., Mihai, C., Kuwana, M., Allanore, Y., Elhai, M., Distler, O., Smith, V., Matucci-Cerinic, M., Alegre-Sancho, J. J., Truchetet, M. -E., Braun-Moscovici, Y., Iannone, F., Chotchaeva, F., Lescoat, A., Siegert, E., Castellvi, I., Airo, P., Vettori, S., Hachulla, E., Erler, A., Ananieva, L., Krusche, M., Lopez-Longo, F., Distler, J., Hunzelmann, N., Hoffmann-Vold, A. -M., Riccieri, V., Hsu, V., Pozzi, M., Ancuta, C., Rosato, E., Mihai, C., Kuwana, M., and Allanore, Y.
Published: 2018

22. Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisyntethase syndrome

Author: González-Gay, M, Montecucco, C, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Trallero-Araguas, E, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Rojas-Serrano, J, Perez-Roman, D, Bauhammer, J, Fiehn, C, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Triantafyllias, K, Benucci, M, Infantino, M, Manfredi, M, Conti, F, Schwarting, A, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Silvestri, E, Govoni, M, Scirè, C, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martínez-Barrio, J, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Cimmino, M, Cosso, C, Belotti Masserini, A, Cagnotto, G, Codullo, V, Romano, M, Paolazzi, G, Pellerito, R, Saketkoo, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Quartuccio, L, Batticciotto, A, Bartoloni Bocci, E, Gerli, R, Specker, C, Bravi, E, Selmi, C, Parisi, S, Salaffi, F, Meloni, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Nuno, L, Bonella, F, Pipitone, N, Mera-Valera, A, Perez-Gomez, N, Gerzeli, S, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matos-Costa, C, Pereira da Silva, J, Cifrian, J, Alpini, C, Olivieri, I, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Rodriguez Cambrón, A, Castañeda, S, Cavagna, L, González-Gay, Miguel A, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Trallero-Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Perez-Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andreas, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A, Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera-Valera, Antonio, Perez-Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matos-Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santos, Cavagna, Lorenzo, González-Gay, M, Montecucco, C, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Trallero-Araguas, E, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Rojas-Serrano, J, Perez-Roman, D, Bauhammer, J, Fiehn, C, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Triantafyllias, K, Benucci, M, Infantino, M, Manfredi, M, Conti, F, Schwarting, A, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Silvestri, E, Govoni, M, Scirè, C, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martínez-Barrio, J, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Cimmino, M, Cosso, C, Belotti Masserini, A, Cagnotto, G, Codullo, V, Romano, M, Paolazzi, G, Pellerito, R, Saketkoo, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Quartuccio, L, Batticciotto, A, Bartoloni Bocci, E, Gerli, R, Specker, C, Bravi, E, Selmi, C, Parisi, S, Salaffi, F, Meloni, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Nuno, L, Bonella, F, Pipitone, N, Mera-Valera, A, Perez-Gomez, N, Gerzeli, S, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matos-Costa, C, Pereira da Silva, J, Cifrian, J, Alpini, C, Olivieri, I, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Rodriguez Cambrón, A, Castañeda, S, Cavagna, L, González-Gay, Miguel A, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Trallero-Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Perez-Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andreas, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A, Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera-Valera, Antonio, Perez-Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matos-Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santos, and Cavagna, Lorenzo
Abstract: Objective To evaluate if the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset may influence the arthritis presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD). Methods The patients were selected from a retrospective large international cohort of ASSD patients regularly followed-up in centres referring to AENEAS collaborative group. Patients were eligible if they had an antisynthetase antibody testing positive in at least two determinations along with arthritis occurring either at ASSD onset (Group 1) or during the course of the disease (Group 2). Results 445 (70%; 334 females, 110 males, 1 transsexual) out of the 636 ASSD we collected had arthritis, in the majority of cases (367, 83%) from disease onset (Group 1). Patients belonging to Group 1 with respect to Group 2 had an arthritis more commonly polyarticular and symmetrical (p=0.015), IgM-Rheumatoid factor positive (p=0.035), erosions at hands and feet plain x-rays (p=0.036) and more commonly satisfying the 1987 revised classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (p=0.004). Features such as Raynaud's phenomenon, mechanic's hands and fever (e.g. accompanying findings) were more frequently reported in Group 2 (p=0.005). Conclusion In ASSD, the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset influences arthritis characteristics. In particular, RA features are more common when arthritis occurs from ASSD onset, suggesting an overlap between RA and ASSD in these patients. When arthritis appears during the follow-up, it is very close to a connective tissue disease-related arthritis. Also, the different prevalence of accompanying features between these two groups is in line with this possibility
Published: 2018

23. MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS. DATA FROM THE REGISTRY OF PATIENTS WITH SLE OF THE SPANISH SOCIETY OF RHEUMATOLOGY (RELESSER)

Author: Pego-Reigosa, J, Campo, V, Lois-Iglesias, A, Mourino, C, Lopez-Longo, F, Galindo, M, Calvo, J, Ibanez, J, Olive, A, Melero, R, FdezNebro, A, Bernal, J, Erausquin, C, Tomero, E, Horcada, L, Uriarte, E, Freire, M, and Rua-Figueroa, I
Published: 2017

24. AB0625 Autoantibody profile in patients diagnosed with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: multicenter registry on inflammatory myositis from the rheumatology society in madrid, spain

Author: Hernández Flόrez, DC, primary, Valor, L, additional, Martinez, J, additional, Joven, B, additional, Nuno, L, additional, Larena, C, additional, Llorente, I, additional, Barbadillo, C, additional, Pena, P Garcia de la, additional, Ruiz, L, additional, Moruno, H, additional, Cobo, T, additional, Almodovar, R, additional, Lojo, L, additional, Garcia, M, additional, and Lopez-Longo, F, additional
Published: 2017
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25. FRI0385 Joint manifestations in patients diagnosed with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: multicenter registry

Author: Hernández Flόrez, DC, primary, Valor, L, additional, Martinez, J, additional, Joven, B, additional, Nuno, L, additional, Larena, C, additional, Llorente, I, additional, Barbadillo, C, additional, Pena, P Garcia de la, additional, Ruiz, L, additional, Moruno, H, additional, Cobo, T, additional, Almodovar, R, additional, Lojo, L, additional, Garcia, M, additional, and Lopez-Longo, F, additional
Published: 2017
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26. Erratum to: Clinical significance of abdominal scintigraphy using 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes in patients with seronegative spondyloarthropathies

Author: Alonso Farto, J., Almoguera Arias, I., Lopez Longo, F., Gonzalez Fernandez, C., Monteagudo Saez, I., Ortega Valle, A., Bascones, M., Peréz Vázquez, J., and Carreño Perez, L.
Published: 2001
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27. Changes in the pattern of DNA methylation associate with twin discordance in systemic lupus erythematosus

Author: Javierre, Biola M., Fernandez, Agustin F., Richter, Julia, Al-Shahrour, Fatima, Martin-Subero, Ignacio, Rodriguez-Ubreva, Javier, Berdasco, Maria, Fraga, Mario F., O'Hanlon, Terrance P., Rider, Lisa G., Jacinto, Filipe V., Lopez-Longo, F. Javier, Dopazo, Joaquin, Forn, Marta, Peinado, Miguel A., Carreno, Luis, Sawalha, Amr H., Harley, John B., Siebert, Reiner, Esteller, Manel, Miller, Frederick W., and Ballestar, Esteban
Subjects: Gene expression -- Analysis, Methylation -- Analysis, Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Genetic aspects, Twins -- Genetic aspects, Twins -- Health aspects, Health
Published: 2010

28. IX Eular Workshop for Rheumatology Research: Molecular biology of autoantigens, autoantibodies and immunopeptides. Vienna, Austria, March 9–12, 1989

Author: Fournier, C., Texier, B., Chiocchia, G., Boissier, M. C., Herbage, D., Brown, C. M. S., Zyberk, C. Plater, Maini, R. N., Palacios, A., Sieper, J., Heinegard, D., Panayi, G. S., Gentric, A., Mackenzie, L., Lydyard, P. M., Youinou, P., Menzel, E. J., Kaik, B., Sykulev, Yu. K., Guschin, A. Je., Vasiljev, V. I., Ostreiko, K. K., Yeronina, T. V., Tumanova, I. A., Moynier, M., Abderrazik, M., Combe, B., Rucheton, M., Brochier, J., Tuomi, T., Palosuo, T., Heliövaara, M., Aho, K., McHugh, N. J., James, I. E., Kallenberg, C. G. M., Tervaert, J. W. Cohen, Goldschmeding, R., Von Dem Borne, A. E. G. K. R., Bouanani, M., Piechaczyk, M., Pau, B., Bastide, M., Le Page, S., Williams, W., Parkhouse, D., Cambridge, G., Isenberg, D. A., Nimmegeers, J., De Keyser, F., Verbruggen, G., Veys, E. M., Walravens M. J. F., Verdeyen I., Vandepol B., Cortens W., Schatteman, L., Goethals, K., Wu, D. -H., Tavoni, A., Neri, R., Garzelli, C., Vitali, C., Bombardieri, S., Logar, D., Kveder, T., Dobovisek, J., Rozman, B., Menard, H. A., Boire, G., Lopez-Longo, F. J., Masson, Ch., Lapointe, S., Clair, E. W. St., Zerva, L., Moutsopoulos, H. M., Keene, J. D., Pisetsky, D. S., Van Dam, A. P., Cuypers, H. T. M., Winkel, I., Smeenk, R. J. T., Taylor, D., Valente, E., Foster, J. P., Williams, D. G., Stocks, M. R., Caporali, R., De Gennaro, F., Cerino, A., Cobianchi, F., Astaldi-Ricotti, G. C. B., Montecucco, C., Habets, W., Sillekens, P. T. G., Hoet, M. H., McAllister, G., Lerner, M. R., Van Venrooij, W. J., Habets, W. J., Van Der Kemp, A., De Jong, B., Scarpa, R., Pucino, A., Di Girolamo, C., della Valle, G., Larizza, G., Casiere, D., Oriente, P., Paimela, L., Palvimo, J., Kurki, P., Hassfeld, W., Steiner, G., Graninger, W., Smolen, J. S., Lopez-Longo, E. J., Larose, A., Hoet, R., Zewald, R., Smeenk, R., Brinkman, K., Van Den Brink, H., Westgeest, A., Huss, R., Krapf, E. F., Herrmann, M., Leitmann, W., Kalden, J. R., Merétey, K., Cebecauer, L., Böhm, U., Kozakova, D., Brózik, M., Temesvári, P., Nagy, L., Bozic, B., Stegnar, M., Vene, N., Peternel, P., Giuggioli, C., Monti, P., Rossi, G., Ferri, C., Chiellini, S., Baboonian, C., Venables, P. J. W., Roffe, L., Booth, J., Krapf, F., Abuljadayel, I., Ebringer, A., Cox, N. L., Brand, S. R., McIntosh, D. P., Bernstein, R. M., Van Den Broek, M. F., Van Bruggen, M. C. J., Smetsers, T., Kuyer, P., Van De Putte, L., Van Den Berg, W. B., Toivanen, A., Jalkanen, S., Lahesmaa-Rantala, R., Isomäki, O., Pekkola-Heino, K., Merilahti-Palo Saario, R., Von Essen, R., Isomäki, H., Granfors, K., Gaston, J. S. H., Life, P. F., Bailey, L., Bacon, P. A., Khalafpour, S., Wilson, C., Awad, J., Toivanen, P., Saario, R., Skurnik, M., Van Der Straeten, C., Mielants, H., Gazic, M., Hartung, K., Riedel, T., Stannat, S., Specker, Ch., Röther, E., Pirner, K., Schendel, D., Baur, M., Corvetta, A., Peter, H. H., Lakomek, H. J., Deicher, H., Andonopoulos, A. P., Papasteriades, C. A., Drosos, A. A., Dimou, G. S., Shattles, W., Venables, P., Charles, P. J., Markwick, J. R., Venables, P. J., Galeazzi, M., Lulli, P., Tuzi, T., Cappellacci, S., Morellini, M., Trabace, S., Cutrupi, F., Sorrentino, R., Botti, S., Iannicola, C., Costanzi, S., Tosi, R., Gospodinoff, A., Eliaou, J. F., Humbert, H., Balaguer, P., Nicolas, J. C., Sany, J., Clot, J., Sakkas, L. I., Bird, H., Welsh, K. I., Pitzalis, C., Kingsley, G., Haskard, D., Vischer, T. L., Bas, S., Werner-Favre, C., Wohlwend, D., Zubler, R. H., Afeltra, A., De Pita, O., Basso, P., Pietrucci, A., Ferri, G. M., Bonomo, L., Gerli, R., Cernetti, C., Bertotto, A., Agea, E., Arcangeli, C., Lanfrancone, L., Rambotti, P., Crupi, S., Baglioni, A., Spinozzi, F., Papazoglou, S., Skoumi, D., Athanasiou, P., Iliopoulos, A., Stavropoulou, A., Kontomerkos, T., Hendrich, G., Kuipers, J. G., Hammer, M., Schmidt, R. E., Manoussakis, M. N., Germandis, G., Zerva, L. V., Siouna-Fatourou, H. J., Katsikis, P. D., Mavridis, A., Toubert, A., Sadouk, M., de la Tour, B., Vaquero, C., Amor, B., Miossec, P., Naviliat, M., Cretien, I., Banchereau, J., Graninger, P., Aschauer, B., Sinski, A., Smolen, J., Krutmann, J., Kirnbauer, R., Köck, A., Schwarz, T., May, L. T., Sehgal, P. B., Luger, T. A., Field, M., Chu, C. Q., Feldmann, M., Wilbrink, B., Nietfeld, J. J., Helle, M., Boeije, L. C. M., Van Roy, J. L. A. M., Den Otter, W., Aarden, L. A., Huber-Bruning, O., Malejczyk, J., Urbanski, A., Malejczyk, M., Karbowski, A., Völker, W., Feige, U., Otter, W. Den, Malfait, A. M., Wieme, N., Gyselbrecht, L., Van de Loo, A. A. J., Van Lent, P. L. E. M., Haskard, D. O., Wellicome, S., Lanchbury, J., Thornhill, M., Krutmann, K., Gschnait, F., Yaron, M., Yaron, I., Dayer, J. -M., Bleiberg, I., Meyer, F. -A., Maury, C. P. J., Teppo, A. -M., Salo, E., Pelkonen, P., Malfait, A., Cochez, Ph., Gruschwitz, M., Müller, P. U., Wick, G., Madhok, R., Wilson, R., Frame, M., Thompson, J., Sturrock, R. D., Partsch, G., Matucci-Cerinic, M., Marabini, S., Jantsch, S., Neumüller, J., Eberl, R., van Beuningen, H. M., Arntz, O. J., Zlabinger, G. J., Steffen, C., Brand, H. S., Van Kampen, G. P. J., De Koning, M. H. M. T., Kiljan, E., Van Der Korst, J. K., Gemmell, C. G., Swaak, A. J. G., Van Rooyen, A., Hall, N. D., Woolf, A. D., Kantharia, B., Maymo, J., Blake, D. R., Goulding, N. J., Maddison, P. J., Munthe, E., Berntzen, H. B., Fagerhol, M., Mathieu, A., Pala, R., Contu, L., Cirillo, R., Garau, P., Nurchis, P., Viberti, G. C., Meyer, O., Zenklusen, C., Le Thi Huong Du, Z., Gaudouen, C., Mery, J. Ph., Ronco, P., Kahn, M. F., Rasmussen, N., Szpirt, W., Thomsen, B., Humbel, R. L., Ter Borg, E. J., Horst, G., Hummel, E., Limburg, P. C., Aeschilmann, A., Bourgeois, P., De Rooij, D. J., Van de Putte, L. B. A., Verbeek, L., Farinaro, C., Infranzi, E., Couret, M., Ackerman, C., De Vlam, K., Carapic, V., Carapic, D., Annefeld, M., Erne, B., Rosenwasser, L. J., Pazoles, C. J., Otterness, I. G., Hanson, D. C., McDonald, B., Loose, L. D., Dougados, M., Machold, K. P., Wiesenberg-Böttcher, I., Wanner, K., Pignat, W., Altmann, H., Tuschl, H., Bröll, H., Balestrieri, G., Tincani, A., Cattaneo, R., Bertoli, M. T., Martinelli, M., Allegro, F., Meroni, P. L., Balesini, G., Aichinger, G., Schlögl, E., Huber, Ch., Shoenfeld, Y., Fleishmaker, E., Mendlovic, S., Mozes, E., Blank, M., Talal, N., Hogervorst, E. J. M., Van Eden, W., Van Der Zee, R., Psychos, D., Dimou, G., Stefanaki-Nikou, S., Papadimitriou, C. S., Settas, L., Alexiou, P., Dimitriadis, G., Mataftsi, E., Soliou, E., Tourkantonis, A., Babic, M., Jeurissen, M. E. C., and Boerbooms, A. MTh
Published: 1989
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29. THU0011 The SLICC 2012 Classification Criteria Have Higher Sensitivity for SLE than the ACR 1997 Criteria: A Study of 2055 Patients from A Real-Life, Multicenter, International SLE Cohort

Author: Inês, L., primary, Silva, C., additional, Galindo, M., additional, Lopez-Longo, F., additional, Terroso, G., additional, Romão, V., additional, Rúa-Figueroa, I., additional, Santos, M.J., additional, Pego-Reigosa, J., additional, Nero, P., additional, Cerqueira, M., additional, Duarte, C., additional, Miranda, L., additional, Almaraz, E.R., additional, Bernardes, M., additional, Gonçalves, M.J., additional, Raposo, A., additional, Mouriño-Rodriguez, C., additional, Araújo, F., additional, Barcelos, A., additional, Sequeira, G., additional, Nόvoa, T., additional, Couto, M., additional, Abreu, P., additional, Otόn-Sanchez, T., additional, Macieira, C., additional, Ramos, F., additional, Branco, J., additional, Da Silva, J.A.P., additional, and Canhão, H., additional
Published: 2014
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30. SAT0198 Relation of Doppler Ultrasound Synovitis versus Clinical Synovitis with Changes in Native Complement Component Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs

Author: Montoro Alvarez, M., primary, Yew Chong, O., additional, Janta, I., additional, Serrano, B., additional, Mata, C., additional, Martinez, L., additional, Martinez-Barrio, J., additional, Hinojosa, M., additional, Bello, N., additional, Ovalles, J., additional, Nieto, J., additional, Valor, L., additional, Lopez-Longo, F., additional, Monteagudo, I., additional, Gonzalez, C., additional, Garrido, J., additional, Rosman, A., additional, Ing Soo, L., additional, Naredo, E., additional, and Carreño, L., additional
Published: 2014
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31. THU0001 Replication of Interactions Between Polymorphisms in Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility

Author: Ferreiro-Iglesias, A., primary, Calaza, M., additional, Perez-Pampin, E., additional, Lopez-Longo, F. J., additional, Marenco, J. L., additional, Blanco, F. J., additional, Narvaez, J., additional, Navarro, F., additional, Cañete, J. D., additional, Rodriguez-de-la-Serna, A., additional, Gonzalez-Alvaro, I., additional, Herrero-Beaumont, G., additional, Pablos, J. L., additional, Balsa, A., additional, Fernandez-Gutierrez, B., additional, Caliz, R., additional, Gomez-Reino, J. J., additional, and Gonzalez, A., additional
Published: 2013
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32. Changes in the pattern of DNA methylation associate with twin discordance in systemic lupus erythematosus

Author: Javierre, Biola M., primary, Fernandez, Agustin F., additional, Richter, Julia, additional, Al-Shahrour, Fatima, additional, Martin-Subero, J. Ignacio, additional, Rodriguez-Ubreva, Javier, additional, Berdasco, Maria, additional, Fraga, Mario F., additional, O'Hanlon, Terrance P., additional, Rider, Lisa G., additional, Jacinto, Filipe V., additional, Lopez-Longo, F. Javier, additional, Dopazo, Joaquin, additional, Forn, Marta, additional, Peinado, Miguel A., additional, Carreño, Luis, additional, Sawalha, Amr H., additional, Harley, John B., additional, Siebert, Reiner, additional, Esteller, Manel, additional, Miller, Frederick W., additional, and Ballestar, Esteban, additional
Published: 2009
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33. Autosomal chronic granulomatous disease and systemic lupus erythematosus with fatal outcome

Author: Cobeta-Garcia, J. C., primary, Domingo-Morera, J. A., additional, Monteagudo-Saez, I., additional, and Lopez-Longo, F. J., additional
Published: 1998
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34. Abdominal scintigraphy using99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes in patients with seronegative spondylarthropathies without clinical evidence of inflammatory bowel disease

Author: Alonso, J. C., Lopez-Longo, F. J., Lampreave, J. L., González, C. M., Vegazo, O., Carreño, L., and Almoguera, I.
Abstract: Abdominal scintigraphy with technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO)-labelled leucocytes is an excellent tool for evaluating disease extent and activity of intestinal lesions in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In some cases of seronegative spondylarthropathies (SSp), IBD may remain subclinical. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of positive abdominal scintigraphy in patients with SSp and without clinical symptoms or signs of IBD. To this end we studied 32 patients with active SSp (European Spondylarthropathy Study Group 1991 criteria) without clinical evidence of IBD (eight had ankylosing spondylitis, four psoriatic arthritis, three reactive arthritis an 17 undifferentiated SSp) and 11 controls without SSp. All SSp and control patients received similar doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Abdominal scintigraphic images were obtained at 30 and 120 min after re-injection of99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes. The99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocyte scan was positive in 17 patients with SSp (53.1%) (six with ankylosing spondylitis, three with psoriatic arthritis, two with reactive arthritis and six with undifferentiated SSp). Fourteen patients scored from 2 to 4 on the intensity of uptake scale. The colon and terminal ileum were predominantly involved. Axial involvement was more frequent in patients with a positive scan than in patients with negative results (P<0.05) (64.7% vs 26.6%; odds ratio: 5). No control patient showed a positive scan. It is concluded that99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocyte scan shows increased uptake among patients with SSp without evidence of IBD. These findings provide new evidence linking SSp with intestinal inflammation and suggest that in some cases a bowel-related process could contribute to the development of SSp. Longterm follow-up studies with more patients are necessary to evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of these results.
Published: 1996
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35. Characterization of Patients With Lupus Nephritis Included in a Large Cohort From the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Registry of Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RELESSER)

Author: Galindo-Izquierdo, M, Rodriguez-Almaraz, E, Pego-Reigosa, J, Lopez-Longo, F, Calvo-Alen, J, Olive, A, Fernandez-Nebro, A, Martinez-Taboada, V, Vela C, Freire, M, Narvaez, F, Rosas, J, Ibanez-Barcelo, M, Uriarte, E, Tomero, E, Zea, A, Horcada, L, Torrente, V, Castellvi, I, Calvet, J, Menor-Almagro, R, Aguirre Zamorano, M, Raya, E, Diez-Alvarez, E, Vazquez-Rodriguez, T, Garcia de la Pena, P, Movasat, A, Andreu, J, Richi, P, Marras, C, Montilla-Morales, C, Hernandez-Cruz, B, Marenco de la Fuente, J, Gantes, M, Ucar, E, Alegre-Sancho, J, Manero, J, Ibanez-Ruan, J, Rodriguez-Gomez, M, Quevedo, V, Hernandez-Beriain, J, Silva-Fernandez, L, Alonso, F, Perez, S, Rua-Figueroa, I, RELESSER Grp, Spanish Soc Rheumatology Systemic, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad de Cantabria, The RELESSER Group, from the Spanish Society of Rheumatology Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Study Group (EASSER), [Galindo-Izquierdo,M, Rodriguez-Almaraz,E] Rheumatology Department, Hospital 12 Octubre, Madrid. [Pego-Reigosa,JM] Rheumatology, University Hospital Complex, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica, Vigo, Spain. [López-Longo,FJ] Rheumatology Department, Gregorio Marañón University Hospital, Madrid. [Calvo-Alén,J] Rheumatology Department, Sierrallana Hospital, Torrelavega. [Olivé,A] Rheumatology Department, Germans Trías i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona. [Fernández-Nebro,A] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga. [Martinez-Taboada,V] Rheumatology Department, Marques de Valdecilla Hospital, Santander. [Vela-Casasempere,P] Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de Alicante, Alicante. [Freire,M] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, Coruña. [Narvaez,FJ] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona. [Rosas,J] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Marina Baixa, Villajoyosa. [Ibáñez-Barceló,M] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca. [Uriarte,E] Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Donosti, San Sebastián. [Tomero,E] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. [Zea,A] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid. [Horcada,L] Rheumatology Department, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona. [Torrente,V] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Moisés Broggi. [Castellvi,I] Rheumatology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona. [Calvet,J] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Parc Taulí. Sabadell. [Menor-Almagro,R] Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera. [Aguirre Zamorano,MA] Rheumatology Department, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba. [Raya,E] Rheumatology Department, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada. [Díez-Álvarez,E] Rheumatology Department, Leon Hospital, Leon. [Vázquez-Rodríguez,T] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo. [García de la Peña,P] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Norte Sanchinarro, Madrid. [Movasat,A] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares. [Andreu,JL] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, [Richi,P] Rheumatology Department , Hospital Infanta Sofía, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid. [Marras,C] Rheumatology Department , Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. [Montilla-Morales,C] Rheumatology Department , Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca. [Hernández-Cruz,B] Rheumatology Department , University Hospital Virgen Macarena. [Marengo de la Fuente,JL] Rheumatology Department , Hospital de Valme, Sevilla. [Gantes,M] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife. [Úcar,E] Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao. [Alegre-Sancho,JJ] Rheumatology Department , Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia. [Manero,J] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Miguel Servet Zaragoza. [Ibáñez-Ruán,J] Rheumatology Department , Clínica POVISA, Vigo. [Rodríguez-Gómez,M] Rheumatology Department , Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense, Ourense. [Quevedo,V] Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Monforte, Lugo. [Hernández-Beriaín,J] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [Silva-Fernández,L] Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara. [Alonso,F, Pérez,S] Statistical Department, Research Unit, Spanish Society of Rheumatology (SER), Madrid. [Rúa-Figueroa,I] Rheumatology Department, Doctor Negrín University Hospital, Gran Canaria, Spain., and This work was supported by the Spanish Society of Rheumatology, FIS/ISCIII (grant number PI11/02857), GSK, Roche, Novartis, and UCB.
Subjects: Diseases::Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms::Pathologic Processes::Disease Attributes::Recurrence [Medical Subject Headings], Male, reumatología, sistema de registros, Diseases::Immune System Diseases::Autoimmune Diseases::Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic::Lupus Nephritis [Medical Subject Headings], humanos, España, Lupus nephritis, adolescente, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans [Medical Subject Headings], 0302 clinical medicine, Recurrence, Nefritis lúpica, Medicine, Registries, Geographicals::Geographic Locations::Europe::Spain [Medical Subject Headings], Systemic lupus erythematosus, nefritis lúpica, Reumatologia, General Medicine, adulto, Reumatología, Lupus Nephritis, 3. Good health, adulto joven, Nephrology, Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adolescent [Medical Subject Headings], Cohort, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Female, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Quality of Health Care::Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies::Retrospective Studies [Medical Subject Headings], Adolescent, Sistema de registro, Recurrencia, Observational Study, Check Tags::Male [Medical Subject Headings], Lupus, Lower risk, Nefrologia, 03 medical and health sciences, Estudios retrospectivos, Young Adult, Rheumatology, Internal medicine, Named Groups::Persons::Age Groups::Adult [Medical Subject Headings], Humans, Risk factor, Espanya, Retrospective Studies, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, business.industry, estudios retrospectivos, Retrospective cohort study, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Surgery, Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Quality of Health Care::Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms::Data Collection::Records as Topic::Registries [Medical Subject Headings], Transplantation, Check Tags::Female [Medical Subject Headings], Spain, Disciplines and Occupations::Health Occupations::Medicine::Internal Medicine::Rheumatology [Medical Subject Headings], business, recurrencia
Abstract: Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text, The aim of the study was to profile those patients included in the RELESSER registry with histologically proven renal involvement in order to better understand the current state of lupus nephritis (LN) in Spain. RELESSER-TRANS is a multicenter cross-sectional registry with an analytical component. Information was collected from the medical records of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who were followed at participating rheumatology units. A total of 359 variables including demographic data, clinical manifestations, disease activity, severity, comorbidities, LN outcome, treatments, and mortality were recorded. Only patients with a histological confirmation of LN were included. We performed a descriptive analysis, chi-square or Student's t tests according to the type of variable and its relationship with LN. Odds ratio and confidence intervals were calculated by using simple logistic regression. LN was histologically confirmed in 1092/3575 patients (30.5%). Most patients were female (85.7%), Caucasian (90.2%), and the mean age at LN diagnosis was 28.4 ± 12.7 years. The risk for LN development was higher in men (M/F:47.85/30.91%, P

36. Clinical follow-up predictors of disease pattern change in anti-Jo1 positive anti-synthetase syndrome: Results from a multicenter, international and retrospective study

Author: Walter Alberto Sifuentes-Giraldo, Simone Parisi, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Norberto Ortego-Centeno, Alessandra Russo, Marcello Govoni, Andreas Schwarting, Carlo Alberto Scirè, L.A. Saketkoo, Francisco Javier López-Longo, Raffaele Pellerito, Alessia Alunno, Santos Castañeda, Miguel A. González-Gay, Rossella Neri, Nicolò Pipitone, Veronica Codullo, Lorenzo Cavagna, Trinitario Pina, Franco Franceschini, E. Bravi, Simone Barsotti, Giuseppe Paolazzi, Roberto Gerli, Florenzo Iannone, Carlo Selmi, Silvia Balduzzi, Konstantinos Triantafyllias, Federica Furini, Elena Bartoloni, Margherita Giannini, Julia Martínez-Barrio, Laura Nuño, Enrico Fusaro, Luca Quartuccio, Christopher Specker, Ilaria Cavazzana, Bartoloni, E, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Scire, C, Castaneda, S, Gerli, R, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Pina, T, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Nuno, L, Quartuccio, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Alunno, A, Specker, C, Montecucco, C, Triantafyllias, K, Balduzzi, S, Sifuentes-Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Bravi, E, Schwarting, A, Pellerito, R, Russo, A, Selmi, C, Saketkoo, L, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Pipitone, N, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Codullo, V, and Cavagna, L
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Prognosi, Immunology, Medizin, Arthritis, Interstitial lung disease, Disease, NO, Ligases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Anti-synthetase syndrome, mechanic's hand, Myositis, Prognosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Autoantibodies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Middle Aged, Raynaud Disease, Retrospective Studies, Syndrome, Immunology and Allergy, Internal medicine, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myositi, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, business.industry, Autoantibody, Retrospective cohort study, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Surgery, Cohort, business
Abstract: Objective Arthritis, myositis and interstitial lung disease (ILD) constitute the classic clinical triad of anti-synthetase syndrome (ASSD). These patients experience other accompanying features, such as Raynaud's phenomenon, fever or mechanic's hands. Most ASSD patients develop the complete triad during the follow-up. In the present study we aimed to determine whether the subsequent appearance of accompanying features may suggest the development of triad findings lacking at the onset in anti-Jo1 positive ASSD patients. Methods Anti-Jo1 positive patients presenting with incomplete ASSD (no >2 classic triad features) were assessed. Clinical characteristics and clusters of disease manifestations were retrospectively collected and analyzed in a large international multicenter cohort of ASSD patients. Results 165 patients (123 women) with incomplete ASSD were identified. Ninety-five patients (57.5%) developed new classic triad manifestations after 15months median (IQR 9–51) and 40 (24%) developed new accompanying features after 19months median (IQR 6–56) from disease onset. During the follow-up, the ex-novo occurrence of triad features was observed in 32 out of 40 patients (80%) with new accompanying findings and in 63 out of 125 patients (50.5%) without new accompanying findings (p=0.002). In patients with at least one new accompanying feature the odds ratio for the occurrence of new triad manifestations was 3.94 with respect to patients not developing ex-novo accompanying findings (95% CI 1.68–9.21, p=0.002). Conclusion Anti-Jo1 ASSD patients with incomplete forms at disease onset are at high risk for the subsequent occurrence of lacking classic triad findings. Although all ASSD patients should be carefully assessed for the occurrence of new triad features, a closer follow-up should be considered in the subgroup of patients developing ex novo accompanying findings. These patients, indeed, have near four-fold increased risk for new classic triad manifestation occurrence with respect to patients not presenting ex novo accompanying findings.
Published: 2017
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37. Nailfold capillaroscopy characteristics of antisynthetase syndrome and possible clinical associations : Results of a multicenter international study

Author: Sebastiani, Marco, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Manfredi, Andreina, González-Gay, Miguel Angel, Palmou-Fontana, Natalia, Cassone, Giulia, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrück, Christiane, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Bertolazzi, Chiara, Nuño, Laura, Giannini, Margherita, Iannone, Florenzo, Vicente, Esther F., Castañeda, Santos, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Araguas, Ernesto Trallero, Emmi, Giacomo, Iuliano, Annamaria, Bauhammer, Jutta, Miehle, Nikolaus, Parisi, Simone, Cavagna, Lorenzo, Codullo, Veronica, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Nieto-González, Juan Carlos, Vichi, Silvia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Bergner, Raoul, Sulli, Alberto, Bonella, Francesco, Furini, Federica, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Bortoluzzi, Alessandra, Specker, Christof, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Mosca, Marta, Caproni, Marzia, Weinmann-Menke, Julia, Schwarting, Andreas, Smith, Vanessa, Cutolo, Maurizio, Selva-O’Callaghan, Albert, Sebastiani, M, Triantafyllias, K, Manfredi, A, Gonzalez-Gay, M, Palmou-Fontana, N, Cassone, G, Drott, U, Delbruck, C, Rojas-Serrano, J, Bertolazzi, C, Nuno, L, Giannini, M, Iannone, F, Vicente, E, Castaneda, S, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Araguas, E, Emmi, G, Iuliano, A, Bauhammer, J, Miehle, N, Parisi, S, Cavagna, L, Codullo, V, Montecucco, C, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Nieto-Gonzalez, J, Vichi, S, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Bergner, R, Sulli, A, Bonella, F, Furini, F, Scire, C, Bortoluzzi, A, Specker, C, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Mosca, M, Caproni, M, Weinmann-Menke, J, Schwarting, A, Smith, V, Cutolo, M, Sebastiani, Marco, Triantafyllias, Konstantino, Manfredi, Andreina, Angel González-Gay, Miguel, Palmou-Fontana, Natalia, Cassone, Giulia, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrück, Christiane, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Bertolazzi, Chiara, Nuño, Laura, Giannini, Margherita, Iannone, Florenzo, Vicente, Esther F., Castañeda, Santo, Selva-O’Callaghan, Albert, Trallero Araguas, Ernesto, Emmi, Giacomo, Iuliano, Annamaria, Bauhammer, Jutta, Miehle, Nikolau, Parisi, Simone, Cavagna, Lorenzo, Codullo, Veronica, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Javier Lopez-Longo, Francisco, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Carlos Nieto-González, Juan, Vichi, Silvia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Bergner, Raoul, Sulli, Alberto, Bonella, Francesco, Furini, Federica, Alberto Scirè, Carlo, Bortoluzzi, Alessandra, Specker, Christof, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Mosca, Marta, Caproni, Marzia, Weinmann-Menke, Julia, Schwarting, Andrea, Smith, Vanessa, and Cutolo, Maurizio
Subjects: Male, Medizin, Antisynthetase syndrome, ANTISYNTHETASE ANTIBODIES, Disease, Serology, Microscopic Angioscopy, 0302 clinical medicine, Interquartile range, Capillaroscopy, Anti-synthetase syndrome, Immunology and Allergy, 030212 general & internal medicine, Raynaud phenomenon, Prospective cohort study, Myositis, Nailfold Capillaroscopy, Middle Aged, ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME, NAILFOLD VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY, RAYNAUD PHENOMENON, SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS PATTERN, Antibodies, Antinuclear, Female, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Nailfold capillaroscopy, anti-synthetase syndrome, myositis, Immunology, Systemic sclerosis pattern, NO, Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases, 03 medical and health sciences, Rheumatology, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Aged, Retrospective Studies, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Antisynthetase antibodie, business.industry, Nailfold videocapillaroscopy, Raynaud Disease, Antisynthetase antibodies, Antisynthetase syndrome, Nailfold videocapillaroscopy, Raynaud phenomenon, Systemic sclerosis pattern, medicine.disease, Capillaries, Nails, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Objective.To describe nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) features of patients with antisynthetase syndrome (AS) and to investigate possible correlations with clinical and serological features of the disease.Methods.We retrospectively analyzed NVC images of 190 patients with AS [females/males 3.63, mean age 49.7 ± 12.8 yrs, median disease duration 53.7 mos (interquartile range 82), 133 anti-Jo1 and 57 non–anti-Jo1-positive patients]. For each patient, we examined number of capillaries, giant capillaries, microhemorrhages, avascular areas, ramified capillaries, and the presence of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-like pattern. Finally, we correlated NVC features with clinical and serological findings of patients with AS. Concomitantly, a historical cohort of 75 patients with antinuclear antibody–negative primary Raynaud phenomenon (RP) and longterm followup was used as a control group (female/male ratio 4.13/1, mean age 53.9 ± 17.6 yrs) for NVC measures.Results.NVC abnormalities were observed in 62.1% of AS patients compared with 29.3% of primary RP group (p < 0.001). An SSc-like pattern was detected in 67 patients (35.3%) and it was associated with anti-Jo1 antibodies (p = 0.002) and also with a longer disease duration (p = 0.004). Interestingly, there was no significant correlation between the presence of SSc-like pattern and RP, and only 47% of patients with SSc-like pattern had RP.Conclusion.NVC abnormalities are commonly observed in AS, independently from the occurrence of RP. The presence of an SSc-like pattern could allow identification of a more defined AS subtype, and prospective studies could confirm the association with clinical and serological features of AS.
Published: 2019

38. Influence of Antisynthetase Antibodies Specificities on Antisynthetase Syndrome Clinical Spectrum Time Course

Author: Cavagna, Lorenzo, Trallero-Araguás, Ernesto, Meloni, Federica, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Feist, Eugen, Zanframundo, Giovanni, Morandi, Valentina, Meyer, Alain, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Molberg, Oyvind, Andersson, Helena, Codullo, Veronica, Mosca, Marta, Barsotti, Simone, Neri, Rossella, Scirè, Carlo, Govoni, Marcello, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martinez-Barrio, Julia, Schneider, Udo, Lorenz, Hanns-Martin, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Pipitone, Nicolò, Rodriguez Cambron, Ana Belen, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Voll, Reinhard Edmund, Wendel, Sarah, Scarpato, Salvatore, Maurier, Francois, Limonta, Massimiliano, Colombelli, Paolo, Giannini, Margherita, Geny, Bernard, Arrigoni, Eugenio, Bravi, Elena, Migliorini, Paola, Mathieu, Alessandro, Piga, Matteo, Drott, Ulrich, Delbrueck, Christiane, Bauhammer, Jutta, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Vancheri, Carlo, Sambataro, Gianluca, De Langhe, Ellen, Sainaghi, Pier Paolo, Monti, Cristina, Gigli Berzolari, Francesca, Romano, Mariaeva, Bonella, Francesco, Specker, Christof, Schwarting, Andreas, Villa Blanco, Ignacio, Selmi, Carlo, Ceribelli, Angela, Nuno, Laura, Mera-Varela, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Fusaro, Enrico, Parisi, Simone, Sinigaglia, Luigi, Del Papa, Nicoletta, Benucci, Maurizio, Cimmino, Marco Amedeo, Riccieri, Valeria, Conti, Fabrizio, Sebastiani, Gian Domenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Cammelli, Daniele, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Giorgi, Roberto, Salaffi, Fausto, Cifrián, José Manuel, Caporali, Roberto, Locatelli, Francesco, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Pozzi, Maria Rosa, Claudia, Lomater, Distler, Jorg, Knitza, Johannes, Schett, George, Iannone, Florenzo, Fornaro, Marco, Franceschini, Franco, Quartuccio, Luca, Gerli, Roberto, Bartoloni, Elena, Bellando Randone, Silvia, Zampogna, Giuseppe, Gonzalez Perez, Montserrat I., Mejia, Mayra, Vicente, Esther, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Castañeda, Santos, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, González-Gay, Miguel A., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Cantabria, Cavagna, L, Trallero-Araguás, E, Meloni, F, Cavazzana, I, Rojas-Serrano, J, Feist, E, Zanframundo, G, Morandi, V, Meyer, A, Pereira da Silva, J, Matos Costa, C, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Codullo, V, Mosca, M, Barsotti, S, Neri, R, Scirè, C, Govoni, M, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martinez-Barrio, J, Schneider, U, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Ortego-Centeno, N, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Pipitone, N, Rodriguez Cambron, A, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Voll, R, Wendel, S, Scarpato, S, Maurier, F, Limonta, M, Colombelli, P, Giannini, M, Geny, B, Arrigoni, E, Bravi, E, Migliorini, P, Mathieu, A, Piga, M, Drott, U, Delbrueck, C, Bauhammer, J, Cagnotto, G, Vancheri, C, Sambataro, G, De Langhe, E, Sainaghi, P, Monti, C, Gigli Berzolari, F, Romano, M, Bonella, F, Specker, C, Schwarting, A, Villa Blanco, I, Selmi, C, Ceribelli, A, Nuno, L, Mera-Varela, A, Perez Gomez, N, Fusaro, E, Parisi, S, Sinigaglia, L, Del Papa, N, Benucci, M, Cimmino, M, Riccieri, V, Conti, F, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Cammelli, D, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Paolazzi, G, Saketkoo, L, Giorgi, R, Salaffi, F, Cifrian, J, Caporali, R, Locatelli, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Pozzi, M, Claudia, L, Distler, J, Knitza, J, Schett, G, Iannone, F, Fornaro, M, Franceschini, F, Quartuccio, L, Gerli, R, Bartoloni, E, Bellando Randone, S, Zampogna, G, Gonzalez Perez, M, Mejia, M, Vicente, E, Triantafyllias, K, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matucci-Cerinic, M, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Castañeda, S, Montecucco, C, and Gonzalez-Gay, M
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, antisynthetase antibodies, antisynthetase syndrome, arthritis, interstitial lung disease, myositis, Medizin, Arthritis, lcsh:Medicine, Antisynthetase syndrome, Interstitial lung disease, Article, NO, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, antisynthetase antibodies, antisynthetase syndrome, arthritis, interstitial lung disease, myositis, ddc:610, Myositis, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Antisynthetase antibodies, biology, business.industry, lcsh:R, Autoantibody, General Medicine, medicine.disease, arthriti, 030228 respiratory system, Time course, Cohort, biology.protein, Antibody, business, antisynthetase antibodie
Abstract: Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by the occurrence of a classic clinical triad, encompassing myositis, arthritis, and interstitial lung disease (ILD), along with specific autoantibodies that are addressed to different aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (ARS). Until now, it has been unknown whether the presence of a different ARS might affect the clinical presentation, evolution, and outcome of ASSD. In this study, we retrospectively recorded the time of onset, characteristics, clustering of triad findings, and survival of 828 ASSD patients (593 anti-Jo1, 95 anti-PL7, 84 anti-PL12, 38 anti-EJ, and 18 anti-OJ), referring to AENEAS (American and European NEtwork of Antisynthetase Syndrome) collaborative group's cohort. Comparisons were performed first between all ARS cases and then, in the case of significance, while using anti-Jo1 positive patients as the reference group. The characteristics of triad findings were similar and the onset mainly began with a single triad finding in all groups despite some differences in overall prevalence. The "ex-novo" occurrence of triad findings was only reduced in the anti-PL12-positive cohort, however, it occurred in a clinically relevant percentage of patients (30%). Moreover, survival was not influenced by the underlying anti-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase antibodies' positivity, which confirmed that antisynthetase syndrome is a heterogeneous condition and that antibody specificity only partially influences the clinical presentation and evolution of this condition. ispartof: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE vol:8 issue:11 ispartof: location:Switzerland status: published
Published: 2019

39. Timing of onset affects arthritis presentation pattern in antisyntethase syndrome

Author: González Gay, Miguel A., Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva O Callaghan, Albert, Trallero Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas Serrano, Jorge, Perez Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M., Andrea Doria, anna ghirardello, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantinos, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andreas, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A., Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera Valera, Antonio, Perez Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez Mejias, Raquel, Matos Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira Da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángeles, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santos, Cavagna, Lorenzo, González-Gay, M, Montecucco, C, Selva-O'Callaghan, A, Trallero-Araguas, E, Molberg, O, Andersson, H, Rojas-Serrano, J, Perez-Roman, D, Bauhammer, J, Fiehn, C, Neri, R, Barsotti, S, Lorenz, H, Doria, A, Ghirardello, A, Iannone, F, Giannini, M, Franceschini, F, Cavazzana, I, Triantafyllias, K, Benucci, M, Infantino, M, Manfredi, M, Conti, F, Schwarting, A, Sebastiani, G, Iuliano, A, Emmi, G, Silvestri, E, Govoni, M, Scirè, C, Furini, F, Lopez-Longo, F, Martínez-Barrio, J, Sebastiani, M, Manfredi, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Sifuentes Giraldo, W, Cimmino, M, Cosso, C, Belotti Masserini, A, Cagnotto, G, Codullo, V, Romano, M, Paolazzi, G, Pellerito, R, Saketkoo, L, Ortego-Centeno, N, Quartuccio, L, Batticciotto, A, Bartoloni Bocci, E, Gerli, R, Specker, C, Bravi, E, Selmi, C, Parisi, S, Salaffi, F, Meloni, F, Marchioni, E, Pesci, A, Dei, G, Confalonieri, M, Tomietto, P, Nuno, L, Bonella, F, Pipitone, N, Mera-Valera, A, Perez-Gomez, N, Gerzeli, S, Lopez-Mejias, R, Matos-Costa, C, Pereira da Silva, J, Cifrian, J, Alpini, C, Olivieri, I, Blázquez Cañamero, M, Rodriguez Cambrón, A, Castañeda, S, Cavagna, L, González-Gay, Miguel A, Montecucco, Carlomaurizio, Selva-O'Callaghan, Albert, Trallero-Araguas, Ernesto, Molberg, Ovynd, Andersson, Helena, Rojas-Serrano, Jorge, Perez-Roman, Diana Isabel, Bauhammer, Jutta, Fiehn, Christoph, Neri, Rossella, Barsotti, Simone, Lorenz, Hannes M, Doria, Andrea, Ghirardello, Anna, Iannone, Florenzo, Giannini, Margherita, Franceschini, Franco, Cavazzana, Ilaria, Triantafyllias, Konstantino, Benucci, Maurizio, Infantino, Maria, Manfredi, Mariangela, Conti, Fabrizio, Schwarting, Andrea, Sebastiani, Giandomenico, Iuliano, Annamaria, Emmi, Giacomo, Silvestri, Elena, Govoni, Marcello, Scirè, Carlo Alberto, Furini, Federica, Lopez-Longo, Francisco Javier, Martínez-Barrio, Julia, Sebastiani, Marco, Manfredi, Andreina, Bachiller-Corral, Javier, Sifuentes Giraldo, Walter Alberto, Cimmino, Marco A, Cosso, Claudio, Belotti Masserini, Alessandro, Cagnotto, Giovanni, Codullo, Veronica, Romano, Mariaeva, Paolazzi, Giuseppe, Pellerito, Raffaele, Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Ortego-Centeno, Norberto, Quartuccio, Luca, Batticciotto, Alberto, Bartoloni Bocci, Elena, Gerli, Roberto, Specker, Christof, Bravi, Elena, Selmi, Carlo, Parisi, Simone, Salaffi, Fausto, Meloni, Federica, Marchioni, Enrico, Pesci, Alberto, Dei, Giulia, Confalonieri, Marco, Tomietto, Paola, Nuno, Laura, Bonella, Francesco, Pipitone, Nicolò, Mera-Valera, Antonio, Perez-Gomez, Nair, Gerzeli, Simone, Lopez-Mejias, Raquel, Matos-Costa, Carlo Jorge, Pereira da Silva, Jose Antonio, Cifrian, José, Alpini, Claudia, Olivieri, Ignazio, Blázquez Cañamero, María Ángele, Rodriguez Cambrón, Ana Belén, Castañeda, Santo, and Cavagna, Lorenzo
Subjects: Adult, Male, Time Factors, phenotype, autoantibodies, prevalence, Medizin, Antisynthetase syndrome, Arthritis pattern, Timing of onset, Arthritis, Autoantibodies, Biomarkers, Europe, Female, Humans, Mexico, Middle Aged, Myositis, Phenotype, Prevalence, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, NO, antisynthetase syndrome, arthritis, pulmonary disease, male, middle aged, risk factors, humans, adult, biomarkers, timefFactors, arthriti, retrospective studies, female, arthritis, antisyntethase syndrome, prognosis, myositis
Abstract: Objective To evaluate if the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset may influence the arthritis presentation pattern in antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD). Methods The patients were selected from a retrospective large international cohort of ASSD patients regularly followed-up in centres referring to AENEAS collaborative group. Patients were eligible if they had an antisynthetase antibody testing positive in at least two determinations along with arthritis occurring either at ASSD onset (Group 1) or during the course of the disease (Group 2). Results 445 (70%; 334 females, 110 males, 1 transsexual) out of the 636 ASSD we collected had arthritis, in the majority of cases (367, 83%) from disease onset (Group 1). Patients belonging to Group 1 with respect to Group 2 had an arthritis more commonly polyarticular and symmetrical (p=0.015), IgM-Rheumatoid factor positive (p=0.035), erosions at hands and feet plain x-rays (p=0.036) and more commonly satisfying the 1987 revised classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (p=0.004). Features such as Raynaud's phenomenon, mechanic's hands and fever (e.g. accompanying findings) were more frequently reported in Group 2 (p=0.005). Conclusion In ASSD, the timing of appearance with respect to disease onset influences arthritis characteristics. In particular, RA features are more common when arthritis occurs from ASSD onset, suggesting an overlap between RA and ASSD in these patients. When arthritis appears during the follow-up, it is very close to a connective tissue disease-related arthritis. Also, the different prevalence of accompanying features between these two groups is in line with this possibility
Published: 2018

40. Clinical significance of abdominal scintigraphy using 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes in patients with seronegative spondyloarthropathies.

Author: Alonso Farto JC, Arias IA, Lopez Longo FJ, Gonzalez Fernandez CM, Monteagudo Saez I, Ortega Valle A, Bascones M, Peréz Vázquez JM, and Carreño Peréz L
Subjects: Adult, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal therapeutic use, Female, HLA-B27 Antigen analysis, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Male, Middle Aged, Radionuclide Imaging, Spondylitis drug therapy, Spondylitis immunology, Abdomen diagnostic imaging, Leukocytes diagnostic imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals, Spondylitis diagnostic imaging, Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
Abstract: Abdominal scintigraphy shows silent gut inflammation in patients with spondyloarthropathies (Sp) without clinical evidence of gut inflammation. Abdominal scintigraphy images are different than those obtained in patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease and are not related to the anti-inflammatory drugs administered. The aim of this study was to examine the clinical associations of findings on abdominal scintigraphy in patients with Sp. A total of 204 Sp patients (European Spondylarthropathy Study Group 1991 criteria) and 54 non-Sp controls receiving non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were studied. Abdominal scintigraphy images were obtained at 30 and 120 min after injection of technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO)-labelled leucocytes. 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocyte scans were positive in 104 Sp patients (50.9%) and in six non-Sp controls (2.9%) (P<0.001; OR=8.32; 95% CI=3.23-22.67). Silent gut inflammation was not associated with any of the following: age of onset, duration of evolution, sex, family history of Sp or psoriasis, articular manifestations, extra-articular manifestations, radiological findings or HLA-B27 positivity. Positive abdominal scintigraphy was associated with active disease (P < 0.0001; OR=52.7; 95% CI=19-145.6) and an increase in the C-reactive protein (P < 0.005; OR = 3.4; 95% CI = 1.5-7.4). It is concluded that (a) abdominal scintigraphy using 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes is of value in detecting the silent gut inflammation in Sp patients, and (b) silent gut inflammation is related to the clinical activity, but is not associated with any particular type of illness or with HLA-B27.
Published: 2000

41. The Sa system: a novel antigen-antibody system specific for rheumatoid arthritis.

Author: Després N, Boire G, Lopez-Longo FJ, and Ménard HA
Subjects: Antibody Specificity, Arthritis, Rheumatoid diagnosis, Autoantibodies immunology, Autoantigens chemistry, Humans, Immunoblotting, Molecular Weight, Predictive Value of Tests, Spleen immunology, Arthritis, Rheumatoid immunology, Autoantibodies analysis, Autoantigens analysis, Autoimmunity
Abstract: Objective: To describe a novel autoimmune system (Sa/anti-Sa) specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)., Methods: Antibodies were detected in immunoblots using human spleen and placenta extracts as antigens. Sera from 482 patients with various rheumatic diseases as well as from healthy controls were evaluated to define the disease associations of anti-Sa antibodies., Results: Sera from 88 of 206 (42.7%) unselected patients with RA recognized specific protein bands (the Sa antigen) in immunoblots of spleen or placenta extracts, including 9 of 31 (29%) patients seen in the first few months after disease onset. Anti-Sa antibodies were found both in rheumatoid factor (RF) negative (17/63 or 27%) and in RF positive patients with RA (71/143 or 50%). They were nevertheless absent in RF positive patients with other connective tissue diseases (0/39). Antibodies to Sa were essentially found in sera from patients with RA (specificity 98.9%) being found only in 3 patients whose arthritides did not fulfill the ACR criteria. The positive predictive value of anti-Sa antibodies for RA was 96.7%, while its negative predictive value was 69.8%. Anti-Sa antibodies were predominantly of the IgG isotype, with titers varying from 1/50 to > 1/1000. The Sa antigen was characterized as a poorly soluble protein that is present in normal human tissues and that is distinct from all previously described RA associated autoimmune systems., Conclusion: Anti-Sa antibodies are a novel serological marker highly specific for RA. Since anti-Sa antibodies occur independently of RF, they can be used as an additional diagnostic tool. The molecular nature of the Sa antigen as well as its potential pathogenic role in a significant proportion of patients with chronic articular inflammation of the rheumatoid variety merit further definition.
Published: 1994

42. Sera from patients with autoimmune disease recognize conformational determinants on the 60-kd Ro/SS-A protein.

Author: Boire G, Lopez-Longo FJ, Lapointe S, and Ménard HA
Subjects: Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Humans, Immunoblotting, Antibodies, Antinuclear analysis, Autoimmune Diseases immunology, Epitopes analysis, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic immunology, Sjogren's Syndrome immunology
Abstract: Anti-Ro antibodies are found in a large proportion of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and primary Sjögren's syndrome. These antibodies also characterize neonatal lupus, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, and vasculitis associated with Sjögren's syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. Anti-Ro-positive sera may contain either or both of 2 sets of antibodies, recognizing either a 60-kd or a 52-kd polypeptide component of the Ro particle. We found in this study that the immune response to the 60-kd Ro antigen is heterogeneous. Some sera specifically recognize the native Ro antigen but fail to bind the corresponding denatured polypeptides. In addition, after immunodepletion using the denatured 60-kd Ro polypeptide, all anti-Ro-positive sera tested still contained high titers of antibodies recognizing conformational determinants on the Ro antigen. The frequent immunodominance of anti-Ro antibodies targeted to conformational determinants suggests that native autoantigens may directly drive the autoimmune response.
Published: 1991
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43. Primary septic arthritis in heroin users: early diagnosis by radioisotopic imaging and geographic variations in the causative agents.

Author: Lopez-Longo FJ, Ménard HA, Carreño L, Cosin J, Ballesteros R, and Monteagudo I
Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Candidiasis diagnostic imaging, Female, Gallium Radioisotopes, Humans, Joints diagnostic imaging, Male, Radionuclide Imaging, Staphylococcal Infections diagnostic imaging, Streptococcal Infections diagnostic imaging, Technetium Tc 99m Medronate, Arthritis, Infectious diagnostic imaging, Heroin Dependence complications
Abstract: We reviewed 37 cases of septic arthritis in heroin users. Our data confirm the predominance of the fibrocartilaginous joint infections in this group (sacroiliac joint 39%, chondrosternocostal unions 37%). In Spain, Staphylococcus aureus is the most commonly isolated organism (73%). This emphasizes the geographic variations in the causative germs since, in contrast to other reports, we have not identified any gram negative bacillary arthritis in our population of heroin users. Our data show that the 67gallium citrate scintigraphy is positive earlier than the 99mTc-MDP bone scan in the poorly vascularized joints (p less than 0.0005). The early localization of the infectious focus by 67gallium citrate scintigraphy followed by a prompt bacteriologic diagnosis (blood, synovial fluid or tissue cultures) allowed good therapeutic results.
Published: 1987

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