Objective: Although glucocorticoids are effective for patients with IgG4-related disease, the
treatment has not yet been standardized. Therefore, the treatment strategy should be …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical manifestations and prevalence
of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Japanese patients with unexplained fever and …

To elucidate the characterization of peripheral natural killer (NK) cells in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we investigated the NK cell activity, the expression of NK cell activating …

The aim of this study was to compare the number of peripheral blood natural killer (NK) cells,
NK cell activity, expression of NK cell activating receptors, and serum cytokine levels in …

Introduction Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with abatacept (ABT) are at
increased risk for vaccine-preventable infections. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the …

Objective: We investigated clinical outcomes in patients with remitting seronegative
symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome. Methods: This is a retrospective …

Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of a variety of inflammatory
mediators. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the role of miRNAs in the rheumatoid …

Background/Aims Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute phase reactant with significant
immunological activities, including effects on cytokine synthesis and neutrophil chemotaxis. …

Background/Aims The Japanese National Hospital Organization evidence-based medicine (EBM)
Study group for Adverse effects of Corticosteroid therapy (J-NHOSAC) is a Japanese …

Activation‐induced natural killer (NK) cell death is very rapid compared to activation‐induced
T or B cell death. Here we show that NK cell activation is accompanied by the leakage of …