Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Rheumatoid Arthritis, including details on treatment, symptoms, causes, medication.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 12 (December)

1. New therapies for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
   Lancet, 370(9602): 1861-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Circulating surfactant protein D is decreased in early rheumatoid arthritis: a 1-year prospective study.
   Scand J Immunol, 67(1): 71-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
   Handb Exp Pharmacol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Humanized antihuman IL-6 receptor antibody, tocilizumab.
   Handb Exp Pharmacol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Chronic stress and regulation of cellular markers of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis: implications for fatigue.
   Brain Behav Immun, 22(1): 24-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Long-term exposure to medium-dose glucocorticoid therapy associates with hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
   Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 72-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Effect of matrix metalloproteinase-3 functional SNP on serum matrix metalloproteinase-3 level and outcome measures in Japanese RA patients.
   Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 41-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Lower density of synovial nerve fibres positive for calcitonin gene-related peptide relative to substance P in rheumatoid arthritis but not in osteoarthritis.
   Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 36-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell and mesenchymal stem cell-differentiated chondrocyte suppress the responses of type II collagen-reactive T cells in rheumatoid arthritis.
   Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 22-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Protective effect of noninherited maternal HLA-DR antigens on rheumatoid arthritis development.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 104(50): 19966-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. MRI of rheumatoid arthritis image quantitation for the assessment of disease activity, progression and response to therapy.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 13-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Daily practice effectiveness of a step-down treatment in comparison with a tight step-up for early rheumatoid arthritis.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 59-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Inter-observer agreement of standard joint counts in early rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with grey scale ultrasonography--a preliminary study.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 54-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Leflunomide and methotrexate reduce levels of activated matrix metalloproteinases in complexes with alpha2 macroglobulin in serum of rheumatoid arthritis patients.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 67(1): 128-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Cytokines in arthritis--the 'big numbers' move centre stage.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 8-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene: no contribution to disease susceptibility, but to autoantibody formation against citrullinated peptides in early rheumatoid arthritis.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 67(1): 131-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Systemic inflammation as a risk factor for atherothrombosis.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 47(1): 3-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone administration on fatigue, well-being, and functioning in women with primary Sjögren syndrome: a randomised controlled trial.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 67(1): 91-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Do cardiovascular risk factors confer the same risk for cardiovascular outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis patients as in non-rheumatoid arthritis patients?
    Ann Rheum Dis, 67(1): 64-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Monitoring rheumatoid arthritis synovitis with 99mTc-anti-CD3.
    Br J Radiol, 81(961): 25-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Maculopathy in uveitis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an optical coherence tomography study.
    Br J Ophthalmol, 92(1): 64-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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