Background: Rheumatoid factor (RF) and autoantibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP)
are markers that might help physicians diagnose rheumatoid arthritis. Purpose: To …

Objectives: To assess whether smoking is a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Design: Meta-analysis. Method: Data sources were observational studies that examined …

Objective To verify the effects of (−)‐epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate (EGCG) on osteoclast
differentiation and on experimental arthritis in mice. Methods Human osteoclasts were …

Background: Rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA), C-reactive
protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) have been studied extensively as …

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the existence of oxidative stress and the role of the antioxidant
thioredoxin (TRX) in Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS: Labial biopsy specimens from …

The aim of this study was to confirm the clinical significance of serum MMP-3 measurement
in the evalua-tion of disease activity and effectiveness of treatment in patients with …

Thioredoxin (TRX) is an oxidative stress-inducible biological antioxidant that is highly
expressed in the synoviocytes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. There is much evidence that …

We describe two cases of IgG4-related disease associated with skin manifestations with
IgG4-positive plasma cells. The first patient was a 52-year-old woman with a 3-year history of …

Objective. To clarify the role of platelet-derived microparticles (PDMP), which are small
vesicles with thrombotic and immunological properties, in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), …

We diagnosed our patient as having intralymphatic histiocytosis (ILH) based on the clinical
and histopathological findings. She was treated with weekly low-dose methotrexate and …