The prognostic value of two antibodies targeting citrullinated antigens, anti-Sa and anti-cyclic
citrullinated peptide (CCP), present at inclusion, was evaluated prospectively in a cohort of …

Background In osteoarthritis (OA) treatment, although chondroitin sulfate (CS) was found in
a number of studies using radiography to have a structure-modifying effect, to date CS use is …

… Komarova, Manolson, Harrison, Dixon, Sims, Kurgan, Boire, and de Brum-Fernandes are
named inventors on a patent application for a diagnostic method and prognostic tool for …

Human osteoblasts produce PGD 2 , which acts on the DP receptor to decrease osteoprotegerin
production and on the CRTH2 receptor to decrease RANKL expression and to induce …

… Shafique Ahmad a , Muzamil Ahmad a , Artur Jose de Brum-Fernandes b , Sylvain Doré a c
… AJ de Brum-Fernandes, and the mouse IgG1 monoclonal βIII Tubulin was purchased from …

Objective. The presence of anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) in rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) indicates a breach in immune tolerance. Recent studies indicate that this breach …

Objective To determine the effects of interleukin 1alpha (IL-1alpha), tumor necrosis factor-alpha
(TNF-alpha), dexamethasone, and 17beta-estradiol on the expression of …

Background Age, C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and autoantibodies (Abs) are associated with
worse prognosis in patients with recent-onset inflammatory polyarthritis (EPA). Serum 14-3-3η …

Objective: Compare the antipyretic effects of dipyrone and indomethacin.¶Materials and
methods: Fever was induced in rats by iv LPS or icv interleukins (IL), prostaglandins (PG), …

Objectives To compare bone quality using the trabecular bone score (TBS) and bone
microarchitecture in the distal tibia using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed …