Antiphospholipid syndrome: role of vascular endothelial cells and implications for risk stratification and targeted therapeutics

MT Corban, A Duarte-Garcia, RD McBane… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by venous
thromboembolism, arterial thrombosis, and obstetric morbidities in the setting of persistently …

Major involvement of bacterial components in rheumatoid arthritis and its accompanying oxidative stress, systemic inflammation and hypercoagulability

E Pretorius, OO Akeredolu, P Soma… - … biology and medicine, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We review the evidence that infectious agents, including those that become dormant within
the host, have a major role to play in much of the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis and the …

The role of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging in the assessment of cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: where we are and where we need to be

GJ Fent, JP Greenwood, S Plein… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
This review assesses the risk assessment of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) and how non-invasive imaging modalities may improve risk stratification in …

Evaluation of endothelial function by flow-mediated dilation: a comprehensive review in rheumatic disease

L Moroni, C Selmi, C Angelini, PL Meroni - Archivum immunologiae et …, 2017 - Springer
Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) represents a non-invasive marker of endothelial function to
evaluate vascular homeostasis, which reflects the effects of several mechanisms, including …

[HTML][HTML] Th17 and IL-17 cause acceleration of inflammation and fat loss by inducing α2-glycoprotein 1 (AZGP1) in rheumatoid arthritis with high-fat diet

HS Na, JE Kwon, SH Lee, JY Jhun, SM Kim… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects the joints. High-fat
diet (HFD) is a risk factor for RA and is related to inflammation but responds minimally to …

Altered glycan accessibility on native immunoglobulin G complexes in early rheumatoid arthritis and its changes during therapy

J Stümer, MHC Biermann, J Knopf… - Clinical & …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The goal of this study was to investigate the glycosylation profile of native immunoglobulin
(Ig) G present in serum immune complexes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To …

The impact of IL-17 in atherosclerosis

X Lu - Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic vascular disease in which atherosclerotic plaques develop in
the arterial wall. It is believed that inflammation plays a major role in atherosclerotic …

The risk factor of preoperative deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

H Wakabayashi, M Hasegawa, R Niimi… - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of this retrospective study was to investigate the prevalence of
asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and the risk of DVT in patients admitted to …

Repository corticotropin injection as adjunctive therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have failed previous therapies with at least three different modes of …

T Gillis, M Crane, C Hinkle, N Wei - Open access rheumatology …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Many types of treatment are available for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),
however, some patients fail to achieve remission. This report aims to determine the safety …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of intracranial vessels in association with carotid atherosclerosis and brain vascular lesions in rheumatoid arthritis

C Oláh, Z Kardos, M Sepsi, A Sas, L Kostyál… - Arthritis research & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Stroke has been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We assessed
patients with RA and healthy control subjects by transcranial Doppler (TCD), carotid …