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- The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of polyarteritis nodosa. (2010) (969)
- Blood-derived nurse-like cells protect chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells from spontaneous apoptosis through stromal cell-derived factor-1. (2000) (774)
- Mesenchymal precursor cells in the blood of normal individuals (2000) (763)
- How important are T cells in chronic rheumatoid synovitis? (1990) (577)
- The immunopathology of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. (1973) (559)
- Apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis synovium. (1995) (400)
- Plasma-cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes: the POEMS syndrome. Distinctive radiographic abnormalities. (1980) (395)
- Somatic mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene in rheumatoid arthritis synovium. (1997) (379)
- Antiphospholipid antibodies are directed against epitopes of oxidized phospholipids. Recognition of cardiolipin by monoclonal antibodies to epitopes of oxidized low density lipoprotein. (1996) (367)
- Plasma Cell Dyscrasia with Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, M Protein, and Skin Changes: The POEMS Syndrome REPORT ON TWO CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (1980) (341)
- Nurselike cells express BAFF and APRIL, which can promote survival of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells via a paracrine pathway distinct from that of SDF-1alpha. (2005) (335)
- Rheumatoid arthritis and p53: how oxidative stress might alter the course of inflammatory diseases. (2000) (279)
- Distinctive features of "nurselike" cells that differentiate in the context of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. (2002) (265)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory arthritis. I. Failure to detect T cell lymphokines (interleukin 2 and interleukin 3) and presence of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1) and a novel mast cell growth factor in rheumatoid synovitis (1988) (254)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory arthritis. II. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in rheumatoid synovial effusions. (1989) (245)
- HEMOLYTIC COMPLEMENT IN SYNOVIAL FLUID. (1964) (232)
- Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes of Mesenchymal Origin Express Functional B Cell-Activating Factor of the TNF Family in Response to Proinflammatory Cytokines1 (2005) (224)
- How important are T cells in chronic rheumatoid synovitis?: II. T cell-independent mechanisms from beginning to end. (2002) (223)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory arthritis. V. Mutual antagonism between interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha on HLA-DR expression, proliferation, collagenase production, and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production by rheumatoid arthritis synoviocytes. (1990) (217)
- Synovial interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and interleukin-1 balance in rheumatoid arthritis. (1994) (216)
- Regional analysis of p53 mutations in rheumatoid arthritis synovium (2002) (215)
- Pannus and pannocytes (1994) (205)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory arthritis. VI. Analysis of the synovial cells involved in granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor production and gene expression in rheumatoid arthritis and its regulation by IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. (1991) (199)
- Brain-reactive lymphocytotoxic antibodies in the serum of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. (1976) (190)
- Apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis: p53 overexpression in rheumatoid arthritis synovium. (1996) (189)
- Alpha 4/beta 1 integrin (VLA-4) ligands in arthritis. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression in synovium and on fibroblast-like synoviocytes. (1992) (188)
- Peripheral blood and synovial fluid monocyte activation in inflammatory arthritis. II. Low levels of synovial fluid and synovial tissue interferon suggest that gamma-interferon is not the primary macrophage activating factor. (1987) (178)
- Fibroblast-like synoviocytes support B-cell pseudoemperipolesis via a stromal cell-derived factor-1- and CD106 (VCAM-1)-dependent mechanism. (2001) (176)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory arthritis. IV. Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor-mediated induction of class II MHC antigen on human monocytes: a possible role in rheumatoid arthritis (1989) (166)
- Complement-derived leukotactic factors in inflammatory synovial fluids of humans. (1971) (166)
- Regulation of joint destruction and inflammation by p53 in collagen-induced arthritis. (2002) (145)
- Inflammation is preceded by tumor necrosis factor-dependent infiltration of mesenchymal cells in experimental arthritis. (2002) (144)
- Regulation of synoviocyte proliferation, apoptosis, and invasion by the p53 tumor suppressor gene. (1998) (141)
- Analysis of the defects responsible for the impaired regulation of Epstein-Barr virus-induced B cell proliferation by rheumatoid arthritis lymphocytes. I. Diminished gamma interferon production in response to autologous stimulation (1983) (133)
- Mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage: MAGIC syndrome. Five patients with features of relapsing polychondritis and Behçet's disease. (1985) (129)
- Identification of immunostimulatory dendritic cells in the synovial effusions of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (1985) (127)
- Rheumatoid knee: role of gadopentetate-enhanced MR imaging. (1990) (127)
- IL-1 receptor antagonist protein production and gene expression in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis synovium. (1992) (121)
- Fcγ receptor type IIIA polymorphisms influence treatment outcomes in patients with inflammatory arthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor α–blocking agents (2005) (114)
- CYTOKINES IN CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS (104)
- Elevated salivary and synovial fluid beta2-microglobulin in Sjogren's syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. (1975) (104)
- Rheumatoid synovitis. An extravascular immune complex disease. (1974) (103)
- Pannus and pannocytes. Alternative models of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. (1994) (101)
- Analysis of the defects responsible for the impaired regulation of EBV-induced B cell proliferation by rheumatoid arthritis lymphocytes. II. Role of monocytes and the increased sensitivity of rheumatoid arthritis lymphocytes to prostaglandin E. (1983) (101)
- Mesenchymal cells expressing bone morphogenetic protein receptors are present in the rheumatoid arthritis joint. (2000) (101)
- Update in rheumatology—focus on hydroxychloroquine (1988) (100)
- The pathogenesis of central nervous system manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus. (1982) (99)
- Cryoimmunoglobulinemia in rheumatoid arthritis. Significance in serum of patients with rheumatoid vasculitis. (1975) (99)
- p53 overexpression in synovial tissue from patients with early and longstanding rheumatoid arthritis compared with patients with reactive arthritis and osteoarthritis. (1999) (97)
- Impaired regulation of Epstein-Barr virus-induced lymphocyte proliferation in rheumatoid arthritis is due to a T cell defect. (1981) (95)
- Breakdown products of C 3 in human synovial fluids. (1969) (88)
- Altered regulation of Epstein-Barr virus induced lymphoblast proliferation in rheumatoid arthritis lymphoid cells. (1980) (85)
- Anticytokine therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. (1997) (81)
- Decreased synthesis of the third component of complement (C3) in hypocomplementemic systemic lupus erythematosus. (1972) (79)
- Articular manifestations in primary hyperparathyroidism (1962) (78)
- Transforming growth factor-beta 1 selectively inhibits IL-3-dependent mast cell proliferation without affecting mast cell function or differentiation. (1989) (78)
- Lupus cystitis: primary bladder manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus. (1983) (76)
- Fcgamma receptor type IIIA polymorphisms influence treatment outcomes in patients with inflammatory arthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha-blocking agents. (2005) (76)
- Elevated autoantibody content in rheumatoid arthritis synovia with lymphoid aggregates and the effect of rituximab (2008) (72)
- Epstein‐barr virus (1981) (70)
- A SPECULATION ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF JOINT INFLAMMATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. (1965) (68)
- Antigen Induced Histamine Release from Platelets of Rabbits Producing Homologous PGA Antibody. (1966) (68)
- Reactions of aggregated mercaptoethanol treated gamma globulin with rheumatoid factor--precipitin and complement fixation studies. (1968) (64)
- Deficient Fas ligand expression by synovial lymphocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (1997) (64)
- RABBIT ANAPHYLACTIC ANTIBODY (1966) (60)
- Relevance of the stroma and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) for the rheumatic diseases (2006) (60)
- Pannocytes: distinctive cells found in rheumatoid arthritis articular cartilage erosions. (1997) (59)
- Studies of rheumatoid synovial fluid lymphocytes. II. A comparison of their behavior with blood mononuclear cells in the autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction and response to TCGF. (1983) (57)
- Down regulation of human monocyte differentiation antigens by interferon gamma. (1987) (56)
- LYMPHOCYTE ALTERATION BY PROCAINAMIDE: RELATION TO DRUG-INDUCED LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS SYNDROME (1979) (55)
- Characterization of the killer cell generated in the autologous mixed leukocyte reaction (1983) (52)
- Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac structure and function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (1977) (49)
- Peripheral blood and synovial fluid monocyte activation in inflammatory arthritis. I. A cytofluorographic study of monocyte differentiation antigens and class II antigens and their regulation by gamma-interferon. (1987) (49)
- Wrist arthropathy in calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. (1975) (47)
- Chronic Postrheumatic-Fever (Jaccoud's) Arthritis (1962) (45)
- Early synovitis--synoviocytes and mononuclear cells. (1994) (45)
- Synovial fluid findings in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (1970) (41)
- Quantitative phagocytosis by neutrophils. I. A new method with immune complexes. (1973) (40)
- Rabbit homocytotropic antibody. A unique rabbit immunoglobulin analogous to human IgE. (1969) (40)
- Studies of rheumatoid synovial fluid lymphocytes. I. Evidence for activated natural killer- (NK) like cells. (1982) (40)
- Unusual synovial fluid findings in Reiter's syndrome. (1967) (40)
- Idiopathic regional osteoporosis: a clinical spectrum. (1985) (39)
- Immunologic effects of cyclophosphamide treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. (1970) (37)
- Mesenchymal precursor cells (2002) (37)
- Native DNA binding in rheumatoid arthritis. (1974) (35)
- Pathogenesis of the joint disease of rheumatoid arthritis. (1983) (35)
- Hemarthrosis associated with sodium warfarin therapy. (1976) (33)
- Characterization of the natural killer-like lymphocytes in rheumatoid synovial fluid. (1985) (33)
- Spondylitis in chronic ulcerative colitis. (1960) (33)
- Hypocomplementemia in procainamide-associated systemic lupus erythematosus. (1976) (32)
- Quantitative phagocytosis by neutrophils. II. Release of the C5-cleaving enzyme and inhibition of phagocytosis by rheumatoid factor. (1973) (32)
- Cellular immunity in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of chronic synovitis. (1987) (32)
- Concurrent intrathoracic Hodgkin's disease and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. (1973) (32)
- Regulation of the growth of Epstein-Barr virus-infected B cells. I. Growth regression by E rosetting cells from VCA-positive donors is a combined effect of autologous mixed leukocyte reaction and activation of T8+ memory cells. (1985) (31)
- Epstein-Barr virus. Its relationship to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. (1981) (31)
- Interrelationship of rheumatoid arthritis, folic acid, and aspirin. (1971) (31)
- Procainamide-lymphocyte reactions. A possible explanation for drug-induced autoimmunity. (1981) (29)
- Significance of urate crystals in synovial fluids. (1963) (28)
- Immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. (1991) (28)
- Axial bone density in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison of dual-energy projection radiography and dual-photon absorptiometry. (1989) (28)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Etiology, Diagnosis, Management (1985) (27)
- New perspectives on the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (1988) (27)
- Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease without chondrocalcinosis. (1975) (27)
- Immunoreactants in rheumatoid synovial effusions. (1971) (26)
- Antibodies reactive with central nervous system antigens. (1983) (25)
- Granulomatous angiitis of the nervous system: case report and review of the literature. (1982) (25)
- Antimalarial treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. (1968) (25)
- Macrophages and the synovial lining. (1995) (25)
- Lymphocytotoxic antibody activity in cryoprecipitates from serum of patients with SLE. (1976) (25)
- High percentage of CD8+, Leu-7+ cells in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid. (1992) (24)
- An epidemiologic study of households exposed to canine systemic lupus erythematosus. (1980) (22)
- Dendritic cell-lymphocyte clusters that form spontaneously in rheumatoid arthritis synovial effusions differ from clusters formed in human mixed leukocyte reactions. (1988) (22)
- Cytology of synovial fluid in rheumatoid arthritis. (1967) (22)
- Rosuvastatin: an independent analysis of risks and benefits. (2006) (22)
- The removal of aggregated and nonaggregated autologous gamma globulin from rheumatoid joints. (1969) (22)
- The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. A critical assessment of the role of autologous stimulation in the perpetuation of rheumatoid synovitis. (1987) (21)
- Mutual antagonism between interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha on fibroblast-like synoviocytes: Paradoxical induction of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha receptor expression (1993) (20)
- Cryoimmunoglobulinemia in Felty's syndrome. (1976) (20)
- Cytokine-induced differentiation of cultured nonadherent macrophages. (1992) (19)
- Accelerated Cutaneous Nodulosis Associated with Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis (2009) (19)
- Antibodies to nonhistone nuclear antigens and antilymphocyte antibodies among children and adults with systemic lupus erythematosus and their relatives. (1984) (19)
- The association of antinuclear antibodies, antilymphocyte antibodies, and C4 activation among the relatives of children with systemic lupus erythematosus. (1982) (19)
- Demonstration of a homologous anaphylactic antibody in rabbits infected with Schistosoma mansoni. (1967) (18)
- Antinuclear factors and chronic articular inflammation. (1971) (18)
- Generation of human cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in a short-term culture. (1988) (17)
- In vivo synthesis of IgG by rheumatoid synovium. (1970) (17)
- RHEUMATOID FACTOR AND THE FIXATION OF COMPLEMENT * (1969) (17)
- Serologic studies in a family with heterozygous C2 deficiency. (1981) (16)
- Impaired killer cell generation in the autologous mixed leukocyte reaction by rheumatoid arthritis lymphocytes. (1985) (15)
- Fractionated total lymphoid irradiation: a promising new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis? Yes, no, maybe. (1987) (15)
- Further speculation on the pathogenesis of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. (1970) (14)
- The clinical significance of deoxyribonucleic acid particles in synovial fluid. (1966) (13)
- Antinuclear antibodies and nuclear antigens in rheumatoid synovial fluids. (1973) (13)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory synovitis. (1988) (12)
- Selective production of human antigen specific helper factor from normal volunteers: implications for human Ir genes. (1979) (12)
- C3 metabolism in a patient with deficiency of the second component of complement (C2) and discoid lupus erythematosus. (1976) (12)
- A review of the antiarthritic efficacy and safety of etodolac (1989) (11)
- Lymphocyte reactivity of antisera to cryoproteins in systemic lupus erythematosus. (1979) (11)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory arthritis. III. Rheumatoid arthritis monocytes are not unusually sensitive to γ‐interferon, but have defective γ‐interferon–mediated HLA–DQ and HLA–DR induction (1989) (11)
- Differences in responses of normal and rheumatoid arthritis peripheral blood T cells to synovial fluid and peripheral blood dendritic cells in allogeneic mixed leukocyte reactions. (1989) (11)
- Low prevalence of HIV-1 proviral DNA in peripheral blood monocytes and dendritic cells from HIV-1-infected individuals. (1995) (11)
- Cryoglobulins in rheumatoid arthritis. (1975) (10)
- Alteration of rabbit PCA reaction by drugs known to influence intracellular cyclic AMP. (1974) (10)
- Gold therapy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. (1983) (9)
- The role of T cells in rheumatoid arthritis. (1993) (9)
- Rheumatoid arthritis. The multiple pathways to chronic synovitis. (1995) (9)
- Vacuoles in synovial fluid leukocytes. (1966) (8)
- The role of xenoantigen in the human autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction: ability to respond in the absence of exposure to xenoantigen depends on the method of T-cell preparation. (1985) (8)
- Oropharyngeal Epstein-Barr virus excretion in rheumatoid arthritis. (1982) (7)
- Chromic Acid Poisoning resulting from Inhalation of Mist developed from Five per cent. Chromic Acid Solution. I. Medical Aspects of Chromic Acid Poisoning. (1944) (7)
- Complement-Derived Leukotactic Factors in Human Synovial Fluids (1971) (7)
- Cellular Immune Events in the Joints of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (1985) (7)
- Antibody-mediated suppression of antibody-dependent cytotoxic effector cell function. (1979) (7)
- Characterization of the precursors of the NK-like cytotoxic cells generated in the autologous mixed leukocyte reaction and by interleukin 2 activation. (1986) (7)
- The Demonstration of Anaphylactic Antibody in the Primary Response of Rabbits (1967) (7)
- Regulation of the growth of Epstein-Barr virus-infected B cells: temporal profile of the in vitro development of three distinct cytotoxic cells. (1986) (6)
- Deforming arthritis of the hands: an unusual manifestation of polymyositis. (1981) (6)
- HEMOLYTIC COMPLEMENT IN SYNOVIAL FLUID Materials and Methods (5)
- Factors influencing the production of early, heat labile, rabbit anaphylactic antibody. (1969) (5)
- Dendritic cells in health and disease. (1989) (5)
- Nuclear antigens and antinuclear antibodies-their role in joint inflammation. (1975) (5)
- Comparison of five assays for immune complexes in the rheumatic diseases. An Assessment of their validity for rheumatoid arthritis (1982) (5)
- Langerhans cells in connective tissue diseases. (1987) (4)
- An introduction to rheumatoid arthritis. (1989) (4)
- IgE immunoglobulin in the rabbit. The histopathology of the homologous passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction. (1972) (4)
- Characterization of a rabbit homocytotropic antibody responsible for passive cutaneous anaphylactic reactions with a short (4-hour) latent period. (1974) (3)
- In vivo synthesis of immuno globulin g by the rheumatoid synovium (1969) (3)
- CHAPTER 15 – Autoimmune Arthropathy: Rheumatoid Synovitis (1992) (3)
- Synovial dendritic cells and T cells in rheumatoid arthritis. (1988) (3)
- An office technique for identifying crystal in synovial fluid. (1975) (2)
- CHAPTER 13 – HUMAN ANTIGEN SPECIFIC HELPER T CELL FACTORS IN B CELL RESPONSES (1979) (2)
- Cytokines in chronic inflammatory arthritis. III. Rheumatoid arthritis monocytes are not unusually sensitive to gamma-interferon, but have defective gamma-interferon-mediated HLA-DQ and HLA-DR induction. (1989) (2)
- Quantitative Phagocytosis by Neutrophils (1973) (2)
- BAFF Support Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B Cells by a Pathway Independent of Stromal Derived Factor-1α. (2004) (1)
- Nurse-like cells that support survival of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells are derived from blood monocytes (2000) (1)
- Human and mouse specific T-cell helper factors assayed in vivo and in vitro: implications for human Ir genes. (1979) (1)
- From the editor: Memorable knee effusions (1982) (1)
- Rheumatoid arthritis: Editorial overview (1990) (1)
- Response to Proinflammatory Cytokines Cell-Activating Factor of the TNF Family in Mesenchymal Origin Express Functional B Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes of (2004) (0)
- What We Knew and What We Know : The Anticarcinogenic Action of Selenium (2004) (0)
- Jarvis Edwin Seegmiller, MD, 1920–2006 (2006) (0)
- 1122 THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY 1990 CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (2010) (0)
- RABBIT HOMOCYTOTROPIC ANTIBODY (1969) (0)
- Nurselike Cells in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Express Both BAFF and APRIL that Protect CLL B Cells from Spontaneous Apoptosis by Paracrine Manner. (2004) (0)
- Immunobiology of rheumatoid arthritis. (1976) (0)
- Nurse-like cells that support leukemic B cell survival are highly effective antigen presenting cells (2000) (0)
- A COMPARISON OF ANTIBODIES TO NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASMIC ANTIGENS AMONG CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SLE AND THEIR FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES (1984) (0)
- A retrospective analysis of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. (1996) (0)
- IMMUNOREACTANTS IN RHEUMATOID SYNOVIAL EFFUSIONS (1971) (0)
- New causes of disease. (2008) (0)
- Clinical Value of Systematic Examination of Synovial Fluid. (1967) (0)
- 184 IMPAIRED REGULATION OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS OUTGROWTH (2003) (0)
- Studies on hemolytic complement in synovial fluids. (1968) (0)
- Simultaneous occurrence of polyarteritis nodosa and leukocytoclastic vasculitis. (1984) (0)
- Nurselike Cells in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Have Gene Expression Profiles and Functional Characteristics That Are Distinct from Those of Monocytes or Dendritic Cells. (2005) (0)
- Possible Regulation of Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction by OKM1+ NK Cells (1988) (0)
- SP0087 Tissue engineering and stem cell biology: development of bones, joints and synovium (2001) (0)
- Proceedings: DNA binding in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). (1974) (0)
- Joint inflammation in experimental arthritis is preceded by TNFa-dependent infiltration of the synovium by mesenchymal cells. (2001) (0)
- ANTI‐LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODIES: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) (1978) (0)
- Quantitative Biomarker Analysis of Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid Factor (RF) and Immunoglobulin Levels in Synovial Biopsies Indicate Enrichment and Local Production in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) (2007) (0)
- Proceedings: DNA-binding in rheumatoid arthritis. (1974) (0)
- Reactive arthritis. (1987) (0)
- Rheumatology's other Nobel laureate. (2011) (0)
- Grand rounds: rheumatoid arthritis. (1962) (0)
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