Management of interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue disease

SC Mathai, SK Danoff - Bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
The lung is a common site of complications of systemic connective tissue disease (CTD),
and lung involvement can present in several ways. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) and …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: on anti-synthetase syndrome and beyond

AS Galindo-Feria, A Notarnicola, IE Lundberg… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anti-synthetase syndrome (ASSD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence
of autoantibodies targeting one of several aminoacyl t-RNA synthetases (aaRSs) along with …

Common and distinct clinical features in adult patients with anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies: heterogeneity within the syndrome

Y Hamaguchi, M Fujimoto, T Matsushita, K Kaji… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective To identify similarities and differences in the clinical features of adult Japanese
patients with individual anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies (anti-ARS Abs). Methods …

The diagnosis and treatment of antisynthetase syndrome

LJ Witt, JJ Curran, ME Strek - Clinical pulmonary medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Antisynthetase syndrome is an autoimmune condition, characterized by antibodies directed
against an aminoacycl transfer RNA synthetase along with clinical features that can include …

Diagnosis and treatment of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease

R Vij, ME Strek - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most serious pulmonary complications associated
with connective tissue diseases (CTDs), resulting in significant morbidity and mortality …

Antisynthetase syndrome–much more than just a myopathy

AH Opinc, JS Makowska - Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to summarize current knowledge on antisynthetase syndrome
(ASS), including its epidemiology, pathogenesis, proposed so far diagnostic criteria …

Autoantibodies associated with connective tissue diseases: what meaning for clinicians?

K Didier, L Bolko, D Giusti, S Toquet… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) such as systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic
sclerosis, myositis, Sjögren's syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis are systemic diseases …

The EuroMyositis registry: an international collaborative tool to facilitate myositis research

JB Lilleker, J Vencovsky, G Wang… - Annals of the …, 2018 - ard.bmj.com
Aims The EuroMyositis Registry facilitates collaboration across the idiopathic inflammatory
myopathy (IIM) research community. This inaugural report examines pooled Registry data …

Hierarchical cluster and survival analyses of antisynthetase syndrome: phenotype and outcome are correlated with anti-tRNA synthetase antibody specificity

B Hervier, H Devilliers, R Stanciu, A Meyer… - Autoimmunity …, 2012 - Elsevier
The clinical phenotype and evolution of antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) are heterogeneous.
This study was therefore undertaken to identify subgroups of ASS patients with similar …

Identification of multiple cancer-associated myositis-specific autoantibodies in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a large longitudinal cohort study

H Yang, Q Peng, L Yin, S Li, J Shi, Y Zhang… - Arthritis research & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Cancer is a significant complication contributing to increased mortality in
idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), and the association between IIMs and cancer has …