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    Anti-CENP-B and anti-TOPO-1-containing sera from systemic sclerosis-related diseases with Raynaud’s phenomenon induce vascular endothelial cell senescence not via classical p53-p21 pathway

    Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is the earliest and most common clinical manifestation in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and its related diseases containing anti-TOPO-1 and/or anti-CENP-B autoantibodies in t...

    Chieh-Yu Shen, Ko-Jen Li, Pei-Hsuan Lai, Chia-Li Yu in Clinical Rheumatology (2018)

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    Intermediate Molecular Mass Hyaluronan and CD44 Receptor Interactions Enhance Neutrophil Phagocytosis and IL-8 Production via p38- and ERK1/2-MAPK Signalling Pathways

    CD44 is a common leukocyte adhesion molecule expressed on the surface of various cells. Hyaluronan (HA), the natural ligand of CD44, is a simple repeated disaccharide with variable molecular mass that is widel...

    Cheng-Hsun Lu, Chia-Huei Lin, Ko-Jen Li, Chieh-Yu Shen, Cheng-Han Wu in Inflammation (2017)

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    Better short-term clinical response to etanercept in Chinese than Caucasian patients with active ankylosing spondylitis

    Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors including etanercept have been demonstrated to be very effective in severe ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Caucasian patients. However, clinical efficacy of etaner...

    Chung-Tei Chou, Chang-Youh Tsai, Tung-Hua Liang, Te-Ming Chang in Modern Rheumatology (2010)

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    Anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody in ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis

    Anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody (anti-Gal(0) IgG) has been regarded as a useful serological marker for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown whether it is also elevated in serum and implicated in the pathogen...

    Chen-Liang Chou, Min-Jung Wu, Chia-Li Yu, Ming-Chi Lu in Clinical Rheumatology (2010)

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    Hypernatremic myopathy caused by a hypothalamic mixed germ cell tumor mimicking polymyositis

    Hypernatremic myopathy was rarely reported in the literature and its clinical features have never been well-described. We present a 22-year-old man who had adipsic hypernatremia manifested with progressive pro...

    Min-Nung Huang, Jien-Jiun Chen, Kuang-Lun Lee, Fen-Yu Tseng in Clinical Rheumatology (2007)