ASAS-EULAR recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis: 2022 update

…, FM Pimentel-Santos, D Poddubnyy, F Proft… - Annals of the …, 2023 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To update the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)-EULAR
recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods …

Decreased expression of miR-146a and miR-155 contributes to an abnormal Treg phenotype in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

…, S Haupt, JT Kreuzer, A Hammitzsch, F Proft… - Annals of the …, 2015 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune
diseases, not least for their critical role in the regulation of regulatory T cell (Treg) function. …

Ankylosing spondylitis and axial spondyloarthritis: recent insights and impact of new classification criteria

F Proft, D Poddubnyy - Therapeutic advances in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Development of the Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) classification
criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) was one of the major breakthroughs in the field …

[HTML][HTML] B Cell Numbers Predict Humoral and Cellular Response Upon SARS–CoV‐2 Vaccination Among Patients Treated With Rituximab

…, Y Chen, A Claußnitzer, H Haibel, F Proft… - Arthritis & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases receiving rituximab (RTX)
therapy are at higher risk of poor COVID‐19 outcomes and show substantially impaired …

Relevance of grade 1 gray‐scale ultrasound findings in wrists and small joints to the assessment of subclinical synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis

…, A Nigg, C Reindl, J Leipe, F Proft… - Arthritis & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the clinical relevance of grade 1 findings on gray‐scale ultrasound (GSUS)
of the joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods We examined the …

Deep learning detects changes indicative of axial spondyloarthritis at MRI of sacroiliac joints

KK Bressem, LC Adams, F Proft, KGA Hermann… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background MRI is frequently used for early diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).
However, evaluation is time-consuming and requires profound expertise because …

Clinical and imaging characteristics of osteitis condensans ilii as compared with axial spondyloarthritis

…, N Gobejishvili, M Llop, VR Rodriguez, F Proft… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Osteitis condensans ilii (OCI) has become an important differential diagnosis for
axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The objective of this matched case–control study was to …

Clinical outcomes and safety of rituximab treatment for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)–results from a nationwide cohort in Germany (GRAID)

M Witt, M Grunke, F Proft, M Baeuerle, M Aringer… - Lupus, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The objective of this article is to evaluate the safety and clinical outcome of rituximab
treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients refractory to standard of care …

Axial Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis cohort (AXIS): the protocol of a joint project of the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) and the Group …

…, P Mease, P Nash, F Proft… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Involvement of the axial skeleton (sacroiliac joints and spine) is a relatively
frequent manifestation associated with psoriatic skin disease, mostly along with involvement of …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning for detection of radiographic sacroiliitis: achieving expert-level performance

…, M Torgutalp, M Protopopov, F Proft… - Arthritis Research & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Radiographs of the sacroiliac joints are commonly used for the diagnosis and
classification of axial spondyloarthritis. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an …