Biology of lymphedema

B Brix, O Sery, A Onorato, C Ure, A Roessler… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Lymphedema is a chronic, debilitating disease of the lymphatic
vasculature. Although several reviews focus on the anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic …

[HTML][HTML] Application of biomarkers in the development of drugs intended for the treatment of osteoarthritis

VB Kraus, B Burnett, J Coindreau, S Cottrell… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic and slowly progressive disease for which
biomarkers may be able to provide a more rapid indication of therapeutic responses to …

Biomarkers of hand osteoarthritis

T Lennerová, K Pavelka, L Šenolt - Rheumatology international, 2018 - Springer
Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disorder leading to substantial pain
and disability. The most severe subtype is erosive hand OA characterized by an abrupt …

[HTML][HTML] Knee osteoarthritis, knee joint pain and aging in relation to increasing serum hyaluronan level in the Japanese population

R Inoue, Y Ishibashi, E Tsuda, Y Yamamoto… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate relationship between serum hyaluronan (HA) level and the
presence and severity of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) as well as degree of knee …

Serum hyaluronic acid concentration predicts the progression of joint space narrowing in normal knees and established knee osteoarthritis–a five-year prospective …

E Sasaki, E Tsuda, Y Yamamoto, S Maeda… - Arthritis Research & …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Serum hyaluronic acid (sHA) is a serum biomarker for knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Although sHA concentration is elevated in patients with knee OA, the relationship between …

Longitudinal relationships between fluid status, inflammation, urine volume and plasma metabolites of icodextrin in patients randomized to glucose or icodextrin for the …

SJ Davies, EG Lopez, G Woodrow… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background. Randomized trials have shown that icodextrin reduces the volume of extra-
cellular fluid (ECFv) with variable effects on residual renal function. To explore this fluid shift …

Mechanisms by which food intake elevates circulating levels of hyaluronan in humans

JRE Fraser, PR Gibson - Journal of internal medicine, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. Plasma hyaluronan is a potentially useful clinical test, especially in liver disease.
It rises after eating, but mechanisms by which this occurs are not known. The study aimed at …

Serum hyaluronan levels increase with the total number of osteoarthritic joints and are strongly associated with the presence of knee and finger osteoarthritis

E Sasaki, E Tsuda, Y Yamamoto, K Iwasaki… - International …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Although serum hyaluronan (HA) levels increase in patients with osteoarthritis
(OA), the association between OA severity and elevation of serum HA levels is not clear. Our …

High biological variation of serum hyaluronic acid and Hepascore, a biochemical marker model for the prediction of liver fibrosis

E Rossi, LA Adams, HL Ching, M Bulsara… - Clinical Chemistry and …, 2013 - degruyter.com
Background: Serum hyaluronic acid and biochemical models which require hyaluronic acid
analysis are commonly used as predictors of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic liver …

Comparison of practical methods for urinary glycosaminoglycans and serum hyaluronan with clinical activity scores in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy

JRM Martins, RP Furlanetto, LM Oliveira… - Clinical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Summary objective Immunosuppressive treatment of Graves' opthalmopathy (GO) should be
restricted to patients with active eye disease, but assessing disease activity is difficult …