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A charter to improve care for systemic lupus erythematosus. 改善系统性红斑狼疮护理的宪章。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/my79eu
Marta Mosca, Jeanette Andersen, Patrick Wildman, Susan Manzi, Zahir Amoura, Irene Bultink, Odirlei Andre Monticielo, Sandra Navarra, Susanne Pettersson
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Reply: Red blood cell distribution in systemic lupus erythematosus and other inflammatory diseases. 答复:系统性红斑狼疮和其他炎症性疾病中的红细胞分布。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/4tez44
Iván Alejandro Ferraz-Amaro, Miguel Ángel González-Gay
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Comment on: Red blood cell distribution width as a surrogate biomarker of damage and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. 评论将红细胞分布宽度作为系统性红斑狼疮患者损伤和疾病活动的替代生物标志物。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/6ots69
Victor Moreno-Torres, Raquel Castejón Díaz
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Extensive bone infarcts in an asymptomatic patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. 一名无症状的系统性红斑狼疮患者出现大面积骨梗塞。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ccdggq
Georgios A Drosos, Theodora E Markatseli, Paraskevi V Voulgari, Alexandros A Drosos
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Ultrasound for day-to-day clinical use: construction of a simple discriminator between healthy skin and thickened systemic sclerosis skin. 日常临床使用的超声波:构建健康皮肤与增厚的系统性硬化症皮肤之间的简单鉴别器。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/1c8ikh
Vanessa Smith, Nathalie Berghen, Elvis Hysa, Amber Vanhaecke, Steven Wallaert, Emanuele Gotelli, Maurizio Cutolo
{"title":"Ultrasound for day-to-day clinical use: construction of a simple discriminator between healthy skin and thickened systemic sclerosis skin.","authors":"Vanessa Smith, Nathalie Berghen, Elvis Hysa, Amber Vanhaecke, Steven Wallaert, Emanuele Gotelli, Maurizio Cutolo","doi":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/1c8ikh","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55563/clinexprheumatol/1c8ikh","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Distinction of dermal thickening at fingers is paramount in recognition of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Evaluation of skin thickening by modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) might be challenging. Simple and practical tools are needed to help distinguishing (non-) thickened skin in daily practice. High frequency ultrasonography (HFUS) can reliably measure dermal thickness (DT). In this pilot study we search for a DT cut-off value (as a simple HFUS discriminator) to distinguish between healthy control (HC) and SSc skin at the left index finger (F2L).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>DT evaluated by HFUS (18MHz probe) in SSc patients (2013 ACR/EULAR criteria) was compared with HC in a cross-sectional study. A cut-off value was selected by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>63 consecutive SSc patients (mean age 52±14 SD, 78% female) and 48 HC (mean age 36±14 SD, 62% female) underwent HFUS. Mean DT at F2L was 1.44 mm (± 0.39 SD) in SSc patients and 1.06 mm (± 0.19 SD) in HC. Based on ROC-curve analysis, a DT cut-off of 1.5 mm is proposed as simple HFUS discriminator between HC and SSc, at a specificity of 1 and a sensitivity of 0.32. The final model had an area under the curve of 0.83 (95%CI 0.75-0.90).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A simple HFUS discriminator between skin thickness of HC versus SSc, i.e., DT as measured at F2L, at a cut-off of 1.5 mm, is proposed for daily use in rheumatology clinics. Further validation should be executed through prospective multicentric cohorts.</p>","PeriodicalId":10274,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142616031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The impact of community-based, common, non-pharmaceutical interventions on sleep in patients with fibromyalgia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. 基于社区的常见非药物干预措施对纤维肌痛患者睡眠的影响:系统综述和网络荟萃分析。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/53qrav
Rui Zhang, Hui Li, Tiantian Kong, Ligang Shan, Pengxiang Wang, Yimin Kang, Fan Wang
{"title":"The impact of community-based, common, non-pharmaceutical interventions on sleep in patients with fibromyalgia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.","authors":"Rui Zhang, Hui Li, Tiantian Kong, Ligang Shan, Pengxiang Wang, Yimin Kang, Fan Wang","doi":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/53qrav","DOIUrl":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/53qrav","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) often suffer from sleep disorders, adversely affecting their prognosis. Active non-pharmacological therapies are considered the mainstay of treatment for FM, but the optimal treatment choice remains contentious. We aimed to compare and rank community-based non-pharmacological interventions for FM with sleep disorder by quantifying information from randomised controlled trials (RCTs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two authors independently selected studies and extracted data. We searched Embase, MEDLINE, PubMed, CNKI, Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) from the database inception to June 2022. Network meta-analyses were conducted using a frequency-based method. The study protocol is registered with the Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO, CRD 42022373704). Eleven RCTs (n=729) were included in the analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) (SMD=-0.84 (95% CI: -1.49 to -0.20)) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) (SMD=-0.54 (95% CI: -1.04 to -0.04)) were associated with significantly improved sleep symptoms in a patient with FM compared with usual care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MBT exhibited the highest probability (91.14%) of being the most effective intervention in sleep improvement, followed by CBT (72.39%). MBT exhibited marked advantages over other interventions and is likely to have optimal efficacy in ameliorating sleep disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":10274,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"2248-2257"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141757404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Group 3 innate lymphoid cells promotes Th17 cells differentiation in rheumatoid arthritis. 第 3 组先天性淋巴细胞促进类风湿性关节炎中 Th17 细胞的分化。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-06 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ktbiqc
Xinhang Liu, Lisheng Wu, Shixian Chen, Xiao Liang, Xiaoyun Chen, Xiaoguang Chen, Juan Li, Junqing Zhu
{"title":"Group 3 innate lymphoid cells promotes Th17 cells differentiation in rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"Xinhang Liu, Lisheng Wu, Shixian Chen, Xiao Liang, Xiaoyun Chen, Xiaoguang Chen, Juan Li, Junqing Zhu","doi":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ktbiqc","DOIUrl":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ktbiqc","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the correlation between innate lymphoid cell (ILC) subsets with T-helper (Th) cells and to explore the effect of ILCs on T cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analysed the frequencies of ILC subsets in RA patients with varying disease activity and their correlation with Th cell subsets. We further investigated this correlation in various organs of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice. The effects of ILCs on CD4+ T cells were determined by in vitro cell co-culture experiments.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ILCs were less frequent in RA patients than in healthy controls, with higher levels of group 3 ILCs (ILC3s) in RA (p<0.05). ILC3s correlated positively with Th1 and Th17 cells in RA peripheral blood (p<0.05). In the peripheral blood, spleen, and lymph nodes of CIA, ILC3s decreased and then increased during arthritis progression. ILC3s correlated positively with Th1 and Th17 cells in the spleen and lymph nodes of CIA (p<0.05). NKp46+ ILC3s in the spleen positively correlated with Th1 and Th17 cells (p<0.05). Under Th17 cell differentiation conditions, co-culturing CIA-derived ILC3s directly with naive CD4+ T cells promoted Th17 differentiation and increased IL-17 secretion. However, co-culturing through a transwell insert impeded Th17 differentiation without affecting IL-17 secretion.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>ILC3s positively correlated with Th1 and Th17 cells in RA. In CIA, the frequencies of ILC3s changed with disease development and showed a positive correlation with Th1 and Th17 cells. ILC3s may facilitate the differentiation of Th17 cells through direct cell-cell contact.</p>","PeriodicalId":10274,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"2183-2193"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141295610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mechanism of neutrophil extracellular traps in the pathogenesis of gout. 中性粒细胞胞外捕获物在痛风发病机制中的作用机制
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ezzfbt
Tingting Chen, Jingguo Zhou, Wantai Dang
{"title":"Mechanism of neutrophil extracellular traps in the pathogenesis of gout.","authors":"Tingting Chen, Jingguo Zhou, Wantai Dang","doi":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ezzfbt","DOIUrl":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/ezzfbt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gout is a self-limited inflammatory disease caused by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in joints and surrounding tissues due to abnormal purine metabolism. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are formed by neutrophils in response to pathogen attack. During gout, NETs induced by MSU crystals exacerbate inflammation, and aggregated NETs (aggNETs) promote the resolution of gout-associated inflammation by encapsulating MSU crystals, degrading cytokines and chemokines, and blocking the recruitment and activation of neutrophils. With disease progression, NETs participate in the formation of tophi. Therefore, aggNETs are a possible mechanism of spontaneous gout regression. Studying the specific mechanism by which NETs affect inflammatory bursts and spontaneous regression in gout patients is important. This review summarises the role of NETs in different stages of gout and the specific pathogenesis of NETs in gout to provide new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of gout.</p>","PeriodicalId":10274,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"2272-2279"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141442182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ultrasound versus clinical remission in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: concordance and relationship with therapy discontinuation. 早期类风湿性关节炎患者的超声与临床缓解:一致性以及与停止治疗的关系。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/mf8sub
Raffaele La Ferrara, Federico Giuseppe Lazzaro, Gabriella Alonzi, Silvia Fiore, Giusy Peluso, Anna Laura Fedele, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Augusta Ortolan
{"title":"Ultrasound versus clinical remission in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: concordance and relationship with therapy discontinuation.","authors":"Raffaele La Ferrara, Federico Giuseppe Lazzaro, Gabriella Alonzi, Silvia Fiore, Giusy Peluso, Anna Laura Fedele, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Augusta Ortolan","doi":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/mf8sub","DOIUrl":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/mf8sub","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate prevalence of ultrasonographic remission (USR) and concordance with clinical remission in \"drug-free\" or \"on-treatment\" patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We carried out a cross-sectional study including consecutive early RA patients in SDAI remission ≥6 months in the period 06/2022 to 02/2023. CDAI, DAS28, DAS44 and Boolean remission were also evaluated. Patients underwent B-mode and Power Doppler (PD) assessments of 42 joints and 20 tendons. Synovitis, tenosynovitis and PD were graded semi-quantitatively (0-3) using standardised scores. Four definitions of USR were examined: USR1: absence of synovial hypertrophy (SH) and PD; USR2: SH≤1 and PD=0; USR3: SH≤1 and PD≤1; USR4: PD negative.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty patients were enrolled, of whom 12 drug-free. Overall remission rates were 100.0%, 83.7%, 91.2%, 96.2% and 80.0% for SDAI, CDIA, DAS28, DAS44 and ACR/EULAR Boolean criteria, respectively. 100% of drug-free patients were in remission according to all indices. The rate of USR in drug-free versus on-treatment remission was 58.3%, 66.7%, 66.7%, 83.3% versus 70.6%, 85.3%, 88.2%, 91.2% for USR1, USR2, USR3 and USR4, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While clinical remission seems more frequent in drug-free patients, USR is more often observed on-treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":10274,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"2159-2166"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142496186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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WNT16 as a promising biomarker for systemic lupus erythematosus and its role in regulating cell proliferation and apoptosis. WNT16作为系统性红斑狼疮的一种有希望的生物标志物及其在调节细胞增殖和凋亡中的作用。
IF 3.4 4区 医学
Clinical and experimental rheumatology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/mh1d4j
Kefen Wang, Yiheng Jiang, Jianzhao Zhai, Pin Zhang, Yuxiang Wu, Haidi Chen, Huapin Zheng, Yang He, Cheng Deng, Yongkang Wu
{"title":"WNT16 as a promising biomarker for systemic lupus erythematosus and its role in regulating cell proliferation and apoptosis.","authors":"Kefen Wang, Yiheng Jiang, Jianzhao Zhai, Pin Zhang, Yuxiang Wu, Haidi Chen, Huapin Zheng, Yang He, Cheng Deng, Yongkang Wu","doi":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/mh1d4j","DOIUrl":"10.55563/clinexprheumatol/mh1d4j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the expression and function of WNT16, a member of the WNT family protein, in the context of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>WNT16 expression was assessed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 35 SLE patients and 25 healthy individuals using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Additionally, serum WNT16 protein levels were quantified via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 162 SLE patients, 96 healthy controls (HC), and disease controls comprised 154 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Sjögren's syndrome (SS). We investigated the associations between WNT16 protein levels and clinical manifestations, laboratory indices, and disease activity in SLE patients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was employed to evaluate the diagnostic potential of serum WNT16 for SLE. Furthermore, we performed a knockdown assay on Jeko-1 cells and assessed cell proliferation and apoptosis using Cell Counting Kit-8 and flow cytometry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>WNT16 mRNA in SLE patients' PBMCs were significantly lower than those in HC. Furthermore, serum WNT16 in SLE patients were markedly reduced compared to HC, RA, and SS cohorts. ROC curve analysis indicated that plasma WNT16 levels could serve as a potential biomarker for SLE identification (AUC=0.809, SLE vs. HC; AUC=0.760, SLE vs. RA; AUC=0.710, SLE vs. SS). Notably, a weak positive correlation was observed between WNT16 protein and both alkaline phosphatase and lymphocyte percentages. Conversely, a weak negative correlation existed between WNT16 and low-density lipoprotein, neutrophil percentage, and the incidence of pleurisy and disease activity. Additionally, our study confirmed that WNT16 knockdown impairs cell proliferation and enhances apoptosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Serum WNT16 levels effectively differentiate SLE patients from healthy controls and individuals with other autoimmune disorders. WNT16 serves as a potential biomarker with high sensitivity. The diminished expression of WNT16 in SLE may have a significant role in its pathogenesis through the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":10274,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and experimental rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"2206-2214"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141442187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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