2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus

…, EM Vital, DJ Wallace, S Yavuz… - Arthritis & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop new classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE )
jointly supported by the European League Against Rheumatism ( EULAR ) and the American …

Skewed X chromosome inactivation in blood cells of women with scleroderma

…, S Kiraz, CB Akyerli, HTE Özer, Ş Yavuz… - Arthritis & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Scleroderma (SSc) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. The disease
is 3–8 times more frequent in women than in men. The role of X chromosome inactivation (XCI…

Stromal cell-derived factor-1-CXC chemokine receptor 4 interactions play a central role in CD4+ T cell accumulation in rheumatoid arthritis synovium

…, S Suson, K Shi, HJ Girschick, S Yavuz… - The Journal of …, 2000 - journals.aai.org
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the accumulation of CD4+ memory T cells in
the inflamed synovium. To address the mechanism, we analyzed chemokine receptor …

Mapping and predicting mortality from systemic sclerosis

…, VO Santamaria, M De Santis, S Yavuz… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To determine the causes of death and risk factors in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods Between 2000 and 2011, we examined the death certificates of all French patients …

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

…, R Hesselstrand, S Ullman, S Yavuz… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
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 …

Evidence for the involvement of a hematopoietic progenitor cell in systemic mastocytosis from single-cell analysis of mutations in the c-kit gene

AS Yavuz, PE Lipsky, S Yavuz… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2002 - ashpublications.org
Mast cells are derived from multipotential hematopoietic progenitors and are clonally increased
in systemic mastocytosis, a disease associated with point mutations of codon 816 (most …

The Psoriatic Arthritis Registry of Turkey: results of a multicentre registry on 1081 patients

…, G Kimyon, EF Tarhan, A Erden, Ş Yavuz… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective. The aim was to assess the characteristics of PsA, find out how well the disease is
controlled in real life, demonstrate the treatments and identify the unmet needs. Methods. …

[HTML][HTML] Synovial stromal cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients attract monocytes by producing MCP-1 and IL-8

K Hayashida, T Nanki, H Girschick, S Yavuz… - Arthritis Research & …, 2001 - Springer
Macrophages that accumulate in the synovium of rheumatoid arthritis patients play an
important role in the pathogenesis of this inflammatory disease. However, the mechanism by …

Long-term efficacy and safety of low-dose and dose-escalating interferon alfa-2a therapy in refractory Behçet uveitis

…, T Bavbek, H Direskeneli, S Yavuz - Archives of …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To investigate the long-term efficacy and safety of low-dose and dose-escalating
therapy of interferon alfa-2a in the treatment of Behçet uveitis. Methods This study included …

Tear osmolarity measurements in dry eye related to primary Sjögren's syndrome

CA Utine, M Bıçakçıgil, Ş Yavuz, F Çiftçi - Current eye research, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background: To evaluate the tear osmolarity in patients with dry eye syndrome related to
primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS). Materials and Methods: Twenty eyes of 10 patients with dry …