The effect of alignment on knee osteoarthritis initiation and progression differs based on anterior cruciate ligament status: data from the Osteoarthritis InitiativeAbstractIntroduction/objective
Knee alignment and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury are risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (OA). The objective was to examine interactions between knee alignment and ACL status on cartilage volume loss in participants with or at risk of knee OA.
Method
Participants were from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, a longitudinal cohort study. Data were from baseline and 24- and 72-month follow-up visits. Participants with knee OA (progression subcohort) or at risk of knee OA (incidence subcohort) that had partial or full ACL tears (OA-ACL group; n=66) or an intact ACL (OA-only group, n=367) were selected. Femur-tibia angles from radiographs quantified knee alignment. Changes in tibial and femoral cartilage volumes were measured using magnetic resonance imaging. Hierarchical linear models examined if knee alignment, presence of ACL, and their interaction were related to cartilage volume loss after accounting for other variables.
Results
Interactions between alignment and ACL status were significantly related to cartilage volume loss in the lateral plateau (β=−20.19, 95% confidence interval [CI]=−34.65 to −5.73) and lateral condyle (β=−23.64, 95%CI=−43.06 to −4.23). Valgus alignment was related to lateral compartment cartilage loss in the OA-ACL group, but not in the OA-only group. Varus alignment was related to cartilage loss in the medial plateau (β=7.49, 95%CI=0.17 to 14.80) and medial condyle (β=19.70, 95%CI=5.96 to 33.44) in both groups.
Conclusion
The impact of knee alignment on knee OA initiation and progression varies based on ACL status. Initial lateral compartment damage or changes in joint kinematics after ACL rupture might account for these findings.
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Correction to: Differing X-ray patterns in seronegative and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis
The first and family names of the authors were interchanged and are now presented correctly. The original article has been corrected.
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Correction to: Behçet’s disease in Egypt: a multicenter nationwide study on 1526 adult patients and review of the literature
The author wishes to correct the record and clarify that in the original version of this article in the Discussion section under “Prevalence over the country governorates” inadvertently presented incorrect data cited in the reference [30].
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Expanding the spectrum of spondyloarthritis (SpA): post-streptococcal reactive arthritis (PSRA)-related psoriatic spondyloarthritis (PSpA) | |
Correction to: Gout and healthcare utilization and complications after hip arthroplasty: a cohort study using the US National Inpatient Sample (NIS)
The above article originally published with an error present in Table 1. The data “Home” on the first column of the Table 1 should be interchange with the previous data “Inpatient facility†”. This is presented correctly in this article.
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Efficacy of rituximab in resistant palindromic rheumatism: first report in literatureAbstractBackground
Rituximab (RTX) provides significant clinical benefits in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with inadequate response to DMARDs and anti-TNF. There is no data regarding efficacy of RTX in seropositive Palindromic Rheumatism (PR), a forerunner of RA.
Aim
To determine the efficacy and safety of RTX treatment in active PR patients exhibiting inadequate response to conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs).
Methods
The retrospective study, over a period of 3 years, included seropositive (RF ± antiCCP) PR patients with inadequate control of PR (> 4 attacks per months) despite combination csDMARDs and were treated with RTX. All the patients were treated with an initial dose of 500 mg RTX and later with a second infusion after 2 weeks’ period in those who did not achieve adequate/ complete disease control. Patients were continued on csDMARDS and retreated with RTX on relapse of symptoms.
Results
Thirty-three seropositive PR patients with a mean age of 48.15 ± 14.2 years, mean disease duration of 68.4 ± 68.2 months, mean follow up period of 24.3 ± 10.8 months, were treated with RTX. 88% patients were on combination DMARDS and 79% patients were females. All patient achieved rapid and complete control of palindromic attacks with RTX. Fifteen patients had a relapse after a mean duration of 10.4 ± 5.5 months and needed repeat RTX infusions following which remission was achieved. None of the patients progressed to RA till the end of the follow-up. No serious adverse effects were recorded.
Conclusion
RTX treatment could be effective in achieving disease control in active palindromic rheumatism not responding to csDMARDs.
Key Points
• PR is thought to be a forerunner of RA and rituximab (RTX) has been found to be effective in RA.
• Our study supports the hypothesis that B cells play an important role in the pathophysiology of PR and that the combination (RTX+ conventional drugs) can prevent the disease evolution into RA.
• This 3-year retrospective study showed that rituximab was found to be effective in those who responded poorly to conventional drugs and remission was achieved in all patients.
• Although it is a rare disease, we see palindromic rheumatism patients in India more often. As the symptoms are very debilitating in these patients, in those patients, not controlled on conventional drugs, rituximab offers newer promise in controlling the attacks and prevents further progression to RA.
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Capillaroscopic features of microangiopathy in rheumatoid arthritis patients with peripheral vascular syndrome | |
Clinical characteristics of Polish patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides—retrospective analysis of POLVAS registryAbstractObjective
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare small to medium-size vessel systemic diseases. As their clinical picture, organ involvement, and factors influencing outcome may differ between countries and geographical areas, we decided to describe a large cohort of Polish AAV patients coming from several referral centers—members of the Scientific Consortium of the Polish Vasculitis Registry (POLVAS).
Methods
We conducted a systematic multicenter retrospective study of adult patients diagnosed with AAV between Jan 1990 and Dec 2016 to analyze their clinical picture, organ involvement, and factors influencing outcome. Patients were enrolled to the study by nine centers (14 clinical wards) from seven Voivodeships populated by 22.3 mln inhabitants (58.2% of the Polish population).
Results
Participating centers included 625 AAV patients into the registry. Their distribution was as follows: 417 patients (66.7%) with GPA, 106 (17.0%) with MPA, and 102 (16.3%) with EGPA. Male-to-female ratios were almost 1:1 for GPA (210/207) and MPA (54/52), but EGPA was twice more frequent among women (34/68). Clinical manifestations and organ involvement were analyzed by clinical phenotype. Their clinical manifestations seem very similar to other European countries, but interestingly, men with GPA appeared to follow a more severe course than the women. Fifty five patients died. In GPA, two variables were significantly associated with death: permanent renal replacement therapy (PRRT) and respiratory involvement (univariate analysis). In multivariate analysis, PRRT (OR = 5.3; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.3–12.2), respiratory involvement (OR = 3.2; 95% CI = 1.06–9.7), and, in addition, age > 65 (OR = 2.6; 95% CI = 1.05–6.6) were independently associated with death. In MPA, also three variables were observed to be independent predictors of death: PRRT (OR = 5.7; 95% CI = 1.3–25.5), skin involvement (OR = 4.4; 95% CI = 1.02–19.6), and age > 65 (OR = 6.3; 95% CI = 1.18–33.7).
Conclusions
In this first multicenter retrospective study of the Polish AAV patients, we have shown that their demographic characteristics, disease manifestations, and predictors of fatal outcome follow the same pattern as those from other European countries, with men possibly suffering from more severe course of the disease.
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Influence of different supplementation on platelet aggregation in patients with rheumatoid arthritisAbstractIntroduction
Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs; eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) have been reported to reduce platelet aggregation. Our aim was to prospectively assess the potential influence of different supplementation omega-3 PUFA on the antiplatelet effects in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
Methods
The study included 60 patients with RA at the Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Center Kragujevac. Patients were divided into three groups depending on who used concentrated fish oil only or concentrated fish oil in combination with evening primrose oil or control group without supplementation in a period of 3 months. Platelet aggregation was measured using the multiplate analyzer and expressed through the value of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) test, aranchidonic acid–induced aggregation (ASPI) test, thrombin receptor–activating peptide (TRAP) test (to assess baseline platelet aggregation), and the ratio of ADP/TRAP and ASPI/TRAP representing the degree of inhibition of platelet aggregation compared to the basal value. The platelet function analysis in whole blood was performed 18–24 h before starting supplementation and after 90 days. Considerations were taken in the representation of demographic, clinical characteristics, and laboratory parameters between the groups.
Results
Patients who used concentrated fish oil only had a significantly lower value of the ratio of ADP/TRAP (0.68 ± 0.20) compared to patients without supplementation (0.83 ± 0.12; p = 0.008), while there was no statistically significant difference in values of other laboratory parameters of platelet function between other groups.
Conclusions
Co-administration of supplementation-concentrated fish oil may reduce platelet aggregation in adults with RA.
Key Points
• Omega-3 PUFAs are essential for health and are known to possess anti-inflammatory properties, improving cardiovascular health as well as benefiting inflammatory diseases..
• In this paper, we report on anti-aggregation effects n-3 PUFAs and ɤ-linolenic acid in RA.
• The risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality is increased in RA, and dietary supplementation of n-3 PUFA may have preventive potential for the cardiovascular management in rheumatoid arthritis.
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A preliminary analysis of microRNA profiles in the subchondral bone between Kashin-Beck disease and primary knee osteoarthritisAbstractIntroduction
Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a chronic osteochondral disorder primarily associated with cartilage degeneration. The bone texture structure in KBD was also changed but it was not identical to primary knee osteoarthritis (OA). This study investigates the differences in microRNA (miRNA) profiles of subchondral bone collected from patients suffering from KBD in comparison with those with primary knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Methods
Subchondral bone tissues were taken from four patients with KBD and four patients with primary knee OA undergoing total knee replacement. The miRNA array profiling was performed using an Affymetrix miRNA 4.0 Array, and then the target gene predictions and function annotations of the predicted targets were performed.
Results
Our results showed that 124 miRNAs had lower expression levels in the subchondral bone sampled from KBD patients in comparison with OA patients. Gene ontology (GO) and KEGG pathway analyses of the predicted targets demonstrated numerous significantly enriched GO terms and signal pathways essential for bone development and integrity, such as metabolic processes, PI3K-Akt, and MAPK signaling pathways.
Conclusions
Our study confirms that a large set of miRNAs are differentially expressed in the subchondral bone of patients with KBD and OA and contributes new insights into potential pathological changes in the subchondral bone of KBD patients.
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Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Anapafseos 5 Agios Nikolaos 72100 Crete Greece,00302841026182,00306932607174,alsfakia@gmail.com,
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