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Carreira PE, Carmona L, Joven BE, Loza E, Andréu JL, Riemekasten G, Vettori S, Balbir-Gurman A, Airò P, Walker U, Damjanov N, Matucci-Cerinic M, Ananieva LP, Rednic S, Czirják L, Distler O, Farge D, Hesselstrand R, Corrado A, Caramaschi P, Tikly M, Allanore Y. Differences associated with age at onset in early systemic sclerosis patients: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) database. Scand J Rheumatol 2018; 48:42-51. [DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2018.1459830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- PE Carreira
- Rheumatology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Musculoskeletal Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- Rheumatology Department, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Musculoskeletal Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- Rheumatology Department, University Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Rheumatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine Clinical and Experimental ‘F Magrassi-A-Lanzara’, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- B Shine Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine-Technion, Haifa, Israel
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- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Civil Hospitali, Brescia, Italy
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- Rheumatology Department, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Russian Academy of Medical Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Rheumatology Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Iuliu Hatieganu’ Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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- Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Rheumatology Unit, University of Foggia, ‘Col. D’Avanzo’ Hospital, Foggia, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Rheumatology A Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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Ariani A, Silva M, Seletti V, Bravi E, Saracco M, Parisi S, De Gennaro F, Lumetti F, Idolazzi L, Caramaschi P, Benini C, Bodini F, Scirè C, Alfieri V, Bonati E, Lucchini G, Aiello M, Santilli D, Mozzani F, Imberti D, Arrigoni E, Delsante G, Michieletti E, Pellerito R, Fusaro E, Chetta A, Sverzellati N. AB0930 Quantitative Chest Ct in Ild-Ssc Patients with Divergent Risks of Mortality. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.2995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dobrota R, Maurer B, Graf N, Kowal-Bielecka O, Matucci-Cerinic M, Airò P, Caramaschi P, Carreira P, Riemekasten G, Rosato E, Allanore Y, Distler O. SAT0244 Active Skin Disease at Baseline Does Not Predict Progression of Skin Fibrosis at One Year Follow Up – A Eustar Analysis. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.5450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Betelli M, Ramoni V, Meroni M, Allanore Y, Baresic M, Beneventi F, Caramaschi P, Cutolo M, Favaro M, Govoni M, Hachulla E, Limonta M, Matucci Cerinic M, Riccieri V, Rosato E, Salsano F, Scolack M, Smith V, Taraborelli M, Tincani A, Valentini G, Vonk M, Brucato A. SAT0196 Impress 2 (International Multicentric Prospective Study on Pregnancy in Systemic Sclerosis). Prospective, Case-Control Study of Pregnancy in Systemic Sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.3875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ariani A, Bravi E, Saracco M, Parisi S, De Gennaro F, Idolazzi L, Silva M, Seletti V, Lumetti F, Caramaschi P, Benini C, Bodini F, Scirè C, Lucchini G, Santilli D, Imberti D, Arrigoni E, Michieletti E, Pellerito R, Fusaro E, Sverzellati N. FRI0260 Quantitative CT Indexes in ILD-SSC Patients with Different Autoantibodies: Table 1. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.3021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Lazzaroni M, Cavazzana I, Colombo E, Distler O, Dobrota R, Hernandez J, Hesselstrand R, Czirjak L, Varju C, Nagy G, Smith V, Caramaschi P, Riccieri V, Hachulla E, Romanowska-Prochnicka K, Balbir-Gurman A, Chatelus E, Araùjo A, Allanore Y, Airò P. OP0031 Risk Factors for Malignancies Synchronous To The Onset of Systemic Sclerosis in Patients Positive for Anti- RNA Polymerase III Antibodies: A Eustar Multicentre Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.3171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dal Forno I, Pieropan S, Facci M, Dosso G, Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Adami S. AB0981 Anxiety and Depression in JIA: Is There Any Difference in the Perception Among the Young Patients and Their Parents? Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.3982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Lazzaroni M, Colombo E, Cavazzana I, Distler O, Hesselstrand R, Smith V, Caramaschi P, Hachulla E, Balbir-Gurman A, Romanowska-Pròchnicka K, Riccieri V, Allanore Y, Airo' P. OP0055 Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodies in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: A Eustar Multicenter Collaborative Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.1728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Dal Forno I, Pieropan S, Facci M, Dosso G, Ravagnani V, Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Adami S. AB0982 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Parental Stress Reaction After Diagnosis of a Chronic Desease of their Sons. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.5500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Caimmi C, Caramaschi P, Barausse G, Orsolini G, Idolazzi L, Gatti D, Viapiana O, Rossini M, Adami S. AB0684 Bone Metabolism in a Large Cohort of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Table 1. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.2854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ariani A, Silva M, Parisi S, Saracco M, Bravi E, De Gennaro F, Benini C, Caramaschi P, Lumetti F, Seletti V, Idolazzi L, Bodini F, Scirè C, Lucchini G, Santilli D, Mozzani F, Delsante G, Imberti D, Arrigoni E, Pellerito R, Fusaro E, Sverzellati N. FRI0443 Can Quantitative Chest CT Predict Interstitial Lung Disease Worsening in Systemic Sclerosis? Results from a Multi-Centre Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.6409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Caimmi C, Vaccari R, Dal Forno I, Pieropan S, Adami S. Adherence to recommendations for cervical and breast cancer screening in systemic sclerosis. Reumatismo 2015; 66:264-9. [PMID: 25829186 DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2014.794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the adherence of systemic sclerosis (SSc) female patients to cervix and breast cancer screening procedures, as suggested by local guidelines. A cohort of 84 SSc women was asked if they had undergone mammography and Pap test during the previous 2- and 3-year intervals, as indicated according to the Italian recommendations. The results were compared with those collected in patients affected by other chronic rheumatic disorders and in the general population. More than 85% of SSc women declared to comply with an age-related cervix and breast cancer screening schedule. The data were similar to those collected in patients affected by other chronic rheumatic disorders, whereas the subjects belonging to the general population reported to undergo breast cancer screening more frequently. Among SSc women, neither the educational level, nor the lung and skin involvement influenced their cancer screening program compliance. Only a positive history of ischemic digital ulcers seemed to interfere with mammography. Our study reported a very high percentage of SSc female patients who adhered to programs for the early detection of cervical and breast cancer. The significant adherence to guidelines may be due to the schedule adopted by the local health public service, which regularly invites eligible subjects by mail to undergo cancer screening at no charge.
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- P Caramaschi
- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Verona.
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Lazzaroni M, Fredi M, Andreoli L, Brucato A, Caporali R, Caramaschi P, Doria A, Gerosa M, Guillevin L, Inverardi F, Lojacono A, Meroni P, Montecucco C, Mosca M, Motta M, Ramoni V, Sfriso P, Sinico R, Strigini F, Tani C, Tincani A. OP0230 Systemic Vasculitis and Pregnancy: A Multicenter Study on Maternal and Neonatal Outcome of 66 Prospectively Followed Pregnancies. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.2312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Keck AD, Foocharoen C, Rosato E, Smith V, Allanore Y, Distler O, Stamenkovic B, Pereira Da Silva JA, Hadj Khelifa S, Denisov LN, Hachulla E, Garcia de la Pena Lefebvre P, Sibilia J, Airo P, Caramaschi P, Muller-Ladner U, Wiland P, Walker UA. Nailfold capillary abnormalities in erectile dysfunction of systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR group analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2013; 53:639-43. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ghrenassia E, Avouac J, Derk C, Airo P, Khanna D, Berezne A, Tiev K, Ingegnoli F, Rosato E, Caramaschi P, Hesselstrand R, Riccieri V, Bae S, Steen V, Allanore Y. FRI0242 Watermelon stomach in systemic sclerosis: A EUSTAR case-control study. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ravagnani V, Pieropan S, Barausse G, Sidoti G, Boner A, Volpe A, Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Adami S. THU0339 Power doppler ultrasonograpic findings in healthy pediatric enthesises. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.2304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Manetti M, Allanore Y, Saad M, Fatini C, Cohignac V, Guiducci S, Romano E, Airό P, Caramaschi P, Riccieri V, della Rossa A, Caporali R, Cuomo G, Dieudé P, Chiocchia G, Martinez M, Ibba-Manneschi L, Matucci-Cerinic M. AB0242 Evidence for caveolin-1 (CAV1) as a new susceptibility gene regulating tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Bellavite P, Guarini P, Biasi D, Carletto A, Trevisan MT, Caramaschi P, Bambara LM, Corrocher R. Correlations between the intensity of fMLP-dependent respiratory burst and cellular fatty acid composition in human neutrophils. Br J Haematol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1995.tb08948.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ghrenassia E, Avouac J, Derk CT, Airo P, Khanna D, Ingegnoli F, Rosato E, Caramaschi P, Riccieri V, Bae S, Steen VD, Allanore Y, Irene A, De la Pena P, Sifuentes A, Marie I, Gourcerol G, Leroi AM, Menard JF, Ducrotte P. S.3.1 Watermelon stomach in SSc: a EUSTAR case-control study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Manetti M, Allanore Y, Saad M, Fatini C, Cohignac V, Guiducci S, Romano E, Airó P, Caramaschi P, Riccieri V, Rossa AD, Abbate R, Caporali R, Cuomo G, Valesini G, Dieudé P, Hachulla E, Cracowski JL, Tiev K, Letenneur L, Amouyel P, Lambert JC, Chiocchia G, Martinez M, Ibba-Manneschi L, Matucci-Cerinic M. Evidence for Caveolin-1 (CAV1)as a new susceptibility gene regulating tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201236.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Dieudé P, Bouaziz M, Guedj M, Riemekasten G, Airò P, Müller M, Cusi D, Matucci-Cerinic M, Melchers I, Koenig W, Salvi E, Wichmann HE, Cuomo G, Hachulla E, Diot E, Hunzelmann N, Caramaschi P, Mouthon L, Riccieri V, Distler J, Tarner I, Avouac J, Meyer O, Kahan A, Chiocchia G, Boileau C, Allanore Y. Evidence of the contribution of the X chromosome to systemic sclerosis susceptibility: association with the functional IRAK1 196Phe/532Ser haplotype. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 63:3979-87. [PMID: 21898345 DOI: 10.1002/art.30640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Several autoimmune disorders, including systemic sclerosis (SSc), are characterized by a strong sex bias. To date, it is not known whether genes on the sex chromosomes influence SSc susceptibility. Recently, an IRAK1 haplotype that contains the 196Phe functional variant (rs1059702), located on Xq28, was found to confer susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study was undertaken to test for an association between SSc and the IRAK1 SLE risk haplotype. METHODS We tested for an association with the IRAK1 SLE risk haplotype in a discovery set of 849 SSc patients and 625 controls. IRAK1 rs1059702 was further genotyped in a replication set, which included Caucasian women from Italy (493 SSc patients and 509 controls) and Germany (466 SSc patients and 1,083 controls). RESULTS An association between the IRAK1 haplotype and SSc was detected in the discovery set. In both the discovery and replication sets, the rs1059702 TT genotype was found to be associated with specific SSc subsets, highlighting a potential contribution to disease severity. A meta-analysis provided evidence of an association of both the T allele and TT genotype with the overall disease, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.20 and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of 1.06-1.35 for the T allele (P = 0.003) and an OR of 1.49 and 95% CI of 1.06-2.10 for the TT genotype (P = 0.023). However, the most notable associations were observed with the diffuse cutaneous, anti-topoisomerase I antibody positive, and SSc-related fibrosing alveolitis subsets (OR 2.35 [95% CI 1.51-3.66], P = 1.56 × 10(-4), OR 2.84 [95% CI 1.87-4.32], P = 1.07 × 10(-6), and OR 2.09 [95% CI 1.35-3.24], P = 9.05 × 10(-4), respectively). CONCLUSION Our study provides the first evidence of an association between IRAK1 and SSc, demonstrating that a sex chromosome gene directly influences SSc susceptibility and its phenotypic heterogeneity.
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- P Dieudé
- Paris Diderot University, AP-HP, INSERM U699, Paris, France.
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Caramaschi P, Pieropan S, Volpe A, Carletto A, Bambara L, Biasi D. Sustained response to infliximab treatment in two cases of early rheumatoid arthritis that has been maintained after drug withdrawal. Reumatismo 2011; 60:221-3. [DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2008.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Caramaschi P, Zamò A, Carletto A, Biasi D. Recurrence of severe low back pain due to myeloproliferative disorder in a patient affected by seronegative spondyloarthropathy. Rheumatol Int 2011; 32:1845-6. [PMID: 21761195 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1983-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bonella F, Volpe A, Caramaschi P, Nava C, Ferrari P, Schenk K, Ohshimo S, Costabel U, Ferrari M. Surfactant protein D and KL-6 serum levels in systemic sclerosis: correlation with lung and systemic involvement. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2011; 28:27-33. [PMID: 21796888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between SP-D and KL-6 serum concentrations and the extent of interstitial lung involvement, as measured by a quantitative HRCT score and the functional impairment, in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Moreover we analysed the association between these lung-specific biomarkers and skin involvement, anti-Scl-70 antibody titres and an index of disease activity. METHODS Serum SP-D, KL-6 and anti-Scl-70 concentrations were determined by ELISA in 25 SSc patients. Disease activity and lung function parameters were assessed, and the extent of ILD was measured by a HRCT score. RESULTS SP-D and KL-6 concentrations were higher in patients with SSc and lung fibrosis than in healthy controls. KL-6 correlated positively with the HRCT-fibrosis score (r=0.68, p<0.001), SP-D showed a weaker correlation (r=0.44, p=0.025). Increased KL-6 concentrations were associated with decreased DLCO and decreased FVC in SSc patients, SP-D showed no association. Furthermore KL-6, but not SP-D, showed a strong association with skin involvement as expressed by the modified Rodnan skin score (r=0.71, p<0.0001) and a disease activity index (r=0.73, p<0.0001). CONCLUSION KL-6 is more strongly associated than SP-D with the HRCT-fibrosis score, and, different from SP-D, it correlates with skin involvement and disease activity. We suggest that KL-6 may be a useful biomarker in the assessment of scleroderma patients.
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- Department of Biomedical and Surgical Sciences, Respiratory Physiopathology, University of Verona, Italy
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Gillespie J, Tinazzi I, Colato C, Benedetti F, Biasi D, Caramaschi P, Emery P, Galdo FD. Epithelial cells undergoing epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in systemic sclerosis lack caveolin-1 and modulate WNT signaling in the dermis by secreting SFRP4. Ann Rheum Dis 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.149104.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Dieudé P, Guedj M, Wipff J, Ruiz B, Riemekasten G, Airo P, Melchers I, Hachulla E, Cerinic MM, Diot E, Hunzelmann N, Caramaschi P, Sibilia J, Tiev K, Mouthon L, Riccieri V, Cracowski JL, Carpentier PH, Distler J, Amoura Z, Tarner I, Avouac J, Meyer O, Kahan A, Boileau C, Allanore Y. NLRP1 influences the systemic sclerosis phenotype: a new clue for the contribution of innate immunity in systemic sclerosis-related fibrosing alveolitis pathogenesis. Ann Rheum Dis 2010; 70:668-74. [PMID: 21149496 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.131243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence has highlighted a potential role of interleukin 1β (IL-1β) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). NLRP1 provides a scaffold for the assembly of the inflammasome that promotes the processing and maturation of pro-IL-1β. In addition, NLRP1 variants were found to confer susceptibility to autoimmune disorders. OBJECTIVE /st> To study a possible association of the NLRP1 rs6502867, rs2670660 and rs8182352, rs12150220 and rs4790797 with SSc in the European Caucasian population. METHODS NLRP1 single nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped in 3227 individuals comprising a discovery set (870 SSc patients and 962 controls) and a replication set including individuals from Germany (532 SSc patients and 324 controls) and Italy (527 SSc patients and 301 controls), all individuals being of European Caucasian origin. RESULTS Conditional analyses revealed a significant association for the NLRP1 rs8182352 variant with both anti-topoisomerase-positive and SSc-related fibrosing alveolitis (FA) subsets under an additive model: p=0.0042, OR 1.23 (95% CI 1.07 to 1.41) and p=0.0065 OR 1.19 (95% CI 1.05 to 1.36), respectively. Logistic regression analysis showed an additive effect of IRF5 rs2004640, STAT4 rs7574865 and NLRP1 rs8182352 risk alleles on SSc-related FA. CONCLUSIONS Our results establish NLRP1 as a new genetic susceptibility factor for SSc-related pulmonary fibrosis and anti-topoisomerase-positive SSc phenotypes. This provides new insights into the pathogenesis of SSc, underlining the potential role of innate immunity in particular in the FA-positive SSc subphenotype, which represents a severe subset of the disease.
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- P Dieudé
- Service de Rhumatologie, Paris Diderot University, INSERM U699, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
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Caramaschi P, Baglio I, Ravagnani V, Bambara LM, Biasi D. Extensive soft tissue calcifications in systemic sclerosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010; 28:798-799. [PMID: 20659412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Tyndall AJ, Bannert B, Vonk M, Airo P, Cozzi F, Carreira PE, Bancel DF, Allanore Y, Muller-Ladner U, Distler O, Iannone F, Pellerito R, Pileckyte M, Miniati I, Ananieva L, Gurman AB, Damjanov N, Mueller A, Valentini G, Riemekasten G, Tikly M, Hummers L, Henriques MJ, Caramaschi P, Scheja A, Rozman B, Ton E, Kumanovics G, Coleiro B, Feierl E, Szucs G, Von Muhlen CA, Riccieri V, Novak S, Chizzolini C, Kotulska A, Denton C, Coelho PC, Kotter I, Simsek I, de la Pena Lefebvre PG, Hachulla E, Seibold JR, Rednic S, Stork J, Morovic-Vergles J, Walker UA. Causes and risk factors for death in systemic sclerosis: a study from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database. Ann Rheum Dis 2010; 69:1809-15. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.114264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 795] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Wipff J, Dieudé P, Guedj M, Ruiz B, Riemekasten G, Cracowski JL, Matucci-Cerinic M, Melchers I, Humbert M, Hachulla E, Airo P, Diot E, Hunzelmann N, Caramaschi P, Sibilia J, Valentini G, Tiev K, Girerd B, Mouthon L, Riccieri V, Carpentier PH, Distler J, Amoura Z, Tarner I, Degano B, Avouac J, Meyer O, Kahan A, Boileau C, Allanore Y. Association of a KCNA5 gene polymorphism with systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension in the European Caucasian population. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 62:3093-100. [DOI: 10.1002/art.27607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Barausse G, Caramaschi P, Scambi C, Benedetti F, Sorio M, Tinelli M, Tinazzi I, Benini L, Bambara LM, Biasi D. Clinical, serologic and instrumental data of ten patients affected by sclerodermatous chronic graft versus host disease: similarities and differences in respect to systemic sclerosis. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2010; 23:373-7. [PMID: 20378027 DOI: 10.1177/039463201002300139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD), the most common late complication of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), may present with sclerodermatous lesions resembling in some cases the cutaneous involvement of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Certain pathogenetic findings connect the two diseases. In this report we describe ten subjects affected by cGVHD who underwent the examinations routinely carried out to stage SSc patients. Demographic, clinical, serologic and instrumental data were recorded. These patients showed differences in appearance, extent and progression of the sclerodermatous lesions with greater involvement of the trunk and proximal part of the limbs than the extremities. In seven subjects ANA test was positive; scleroderma-associated autoantibodies were not detected in any of the cases. Moreover, typical organ involvement of SSc was not found. Only one patient developed Raynauds phenomenon after HSCT and only one patient demonstrated a nailfold videocapillaroscopic scleroderma pattern. Except for cutaneous involvement of cGVHD, that may resemble SSc, the clinical features of the two diseases are quite different, suggesting that the fibrotic process characterizing cGVHD and SSc has different etiologies and different initial pathobiologic events.
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- G Barausse
- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università di Verona, Italy
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Allanore Y, Meune C, Vonk MC, Airo P, Hachulla E, Caramaschi P, Riemekasten G, Cozzi F, Beretta L, Derk CT, Komócsi A, Farge D, Balbir A, Riccieri V, Distler O, Chialà A, Del Papa N, Simic KP, Ghio M, Stamenkovic B, Rednic S, Host N, Pellerito R, Zegers E, Kahan A, Walker UA, Matucci-Cerinic M. Prevalence and factors associated with left ventricular dysfunction in the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group (EUSTAR) database of patients with systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 2010; 69:218-21. [PMID: 19279015 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.103382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To measure the prevalence of, and factors associated with, left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS The EUSTAR database was first searched. A case-control study of a patient subset was then performed to further identify independent factors associated with LV dysfunction by simple and multiple regression. RESULTS Of 7073 patients, 383 (5.4%) had an LV ejection fraction (EF) of <55%. By multiple regression analysis, age, sex, diffuse cutaneous disease, disease duration, digital ulcerations, renal and muscle involvement, disease activity score, pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension were associated with LV dysfunction. In the second phase, 129 patients with SSc with LVEF <55% were compared with 256 patients with SSc with normal LVEF. Male sex (OR 3.48; 95% CI 1.74 to 6.98), age (OR 1.03; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.06), digital ulcerations (OR 1.91; 95% CI 1.05 to 3.50), myositis (OR 2.88; 95% CI 1.15 to 7.19) and use of calcium channel blockers (OR 0.41; 95% CI 0.22 to 0.74) were independent factors associated with LV dysfunction. CONCLUSION The prevalence of LV dysfunction in SSc is 5.4%. Age, male gender, digital ulcerations, myositis and lung involvement are independently associated with an increased prevalence of LV dysfunction. Conversely, the use of calcium channel blockers may be protective.
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- Service de Rhumatologie A, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.
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Caramaschi P, Marocco S, Gobbo M, La Verde V, Volpe A, Bambara L, Biasi D. Systemic lupus erythematosus and strongyloidiasis: a multifaceted connection. Lupus 2009; 19:872-4. [PMID: 20026523 DOI: 10.1177/0961203309356290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We describe a case of systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by strongyloidiasis. The parasitic infection appeared with diarrhoea, weight loss and peripheral eosinophilia in association with recurrence of polyarthritis, probably due to a flare of systemic lupus erythematosus. The literature about the coexistence of systemic lupus erythematosus and strongyloidiasis has been reviewed.
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- P Caramaschi
- Sezione di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Sperimentale, Università di Verona, Italy.
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Volpe A, Pavoni M, Marchetta A, Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Zorzi C, Arcaro G, Grassi W. Ultrasound differentiation of two types of de Quervain's disease: the role of retinaculum. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 69:938-9. [PMID: 19900935 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.123026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Peterlana D, Puccetti A, Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Beri R, Simeoni S, Corrocher R, Lunardi C. Endothelin‐1 serum levels correlate with MCP‐1 but not with homocysteine plasma concentration in patients with systemic sclerosis. Scand J Rheumatol 2009; 35:133-7. [PMID: 16641048 DOI: 10.1080/03009740500385584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether homocysteine (Hcy) plasma levels are correlated with molecules indicative of endothelial cell and fibroblast activation, including endothelin-1 (ET-1) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and -3 (MCP-1, MCP-3), in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS Eighty-two patients were enrolled in this study; the control group included 75 age- and sex-matched subjects. Plasma Hcy was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography; folic acid, and vitamin B(12) plasma levels were determined by a chemiluminescence method. ET-1, MCP-1, and MCP-3 were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Analysis of the 677C-->T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and digestion with the enzyme HinfI. RESULTS Hcy levels were lower in patients whereas ET-1 was significantly higher in patients and correlated with MCP-1. Stratification of the patients on the basis of Hcy levels was not associated with any statistical difference in the concentration of ET-1, MCP-1, and MCP-3. Patients with diffuse disease presented the highest levels of ET-1 and MCP-1. The distribution of the MTHFR genotypes was not different in patients and controls. CONCLUSIONS In SSc, Hcy plasma concentration does not influence ET-1, MCP-1, or MCP-3 levels. On the contrary, ET-1, a marker of vascular activation, correlates with MCP-1, a chemokine involved in the fibrotic process of SSc.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Cantarini L, Tinazzi I, Caramaschi P, Bellisai F, Brogna A, Galeazzi M. Safety and efficacy of etanercept in children with juvenile-onset Behcets disease. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2009; 22:551-5. [PMID: 19505410 DOI: 10.1177/039463200902200235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Behcets disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, multi-system inflammatory disorder, clinically characterized by recurrent oral and genital ulcers, skin lesions, and uveitis. Other manifestations include arthritis, a positive pathergy test, thrombophlebitis, central nervous system disease and gastrointestinal ulcerations. The majority of affected individuals do not have life-threatening disease, although mortality can be associated with vascular-thrombotic and neurological manifestations. Currently, treatment of BD is symptomatic and empirical, and is tailored according to the severity of clinical features. In the past few years, isolated reports and case-series have been published on adult BD patients suggesting that inhibition of TNF-alpha is a promising therapeutic approach for severe ocular and various extra-ocular manifestations, including central nervous system involvement. In this study we present our promising experience with Etanercept therapy in juvenile-onset BD patients, characterized by refractory multiorgan involvement.
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Volpe A, Angheben A, Marchetta A, Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Carletto A, Marocco S, Monteiro G, Bambara LM, Arcaro G, Bisoffi Z. [Chikungunya arthritis: report of 6 cases]. Reumatismo 2008; 60:136-40. [PMID: 18651059 DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2008.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chikungunya is an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The disease typically consists of an acute illness characterised by fever, rash, and incapacitating arthralgia, that can persist for months. Chikungunya virus, a member of the genus Alphavirus, has recently caused a large outbreak on islands in the Indian Ocean and on the Indian subcontinent. The ongoing outbreak has involved more than 1.5 million patients, including travellers who have visited these areas. We describe our casistic of six travellers with Chikungunya arthropathy. All patients experienced fever and rash of short term during a travel in areas of epidemicity. All patients had peripheral poliarthralgias, which duration was >2 months in 4 cases (66%) and >6 months in 1 case (16%).
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- A Volpe
- Servizio di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Generale, Ospedale Sacro Cuore, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Ruffatti A, Del Ross T, Ciprian M, Nuzzo M, Rampudda M, Bertero MT, Bergia R, Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Capsoni F, Montaguti L, Ruffini R, Brucato A, Picillo U, Fanelli V, Riccieri V, Piccoli A, Valesini G, Doria A, Meroni PL, Tincani A. Risk factors for a first thrombotic event in antiphospholipid antibody carriers. A multicentre, retrospective follow-up study. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 68:397-9. [PMID: 18812393 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.096669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To asses risk factors for a first thrombotic event in antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positive carriers and evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic treatments. METHODS Recruitment criteria were age 18-65 years, no history of thrombosis, positivity for lupus anticoagulant and/or IgG/IgM anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) on > or =2 occasions at least 6 weeks apart. Demographic, laboratory and clinical parameters were collected at enrolment and at the time of the thrombotic event. RESULTS 370 patients/subjects (mean (SD) age 34 (9.9) years) were analysed retrospectively for a mean (SD) follow-up of 59.3 (45.5) months. Thirty patients (8.1%) developed a first thrombotic event during follow-up. Hypertension and medium/high levels of IgG aCL were identified by multivariate logistic regression analysis as independent risk factors for thrombosis. Thromboprophylaxis during high-risk and long-term periods was significantly protective. CONCLUSIONS Hypertension or medium/high titres of IgG aCL are risk factors for a first thrombotic event in asymptomatic aPL carriers and primary prophylaxis is protective.
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- A Ruffatti
- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
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Riolfi A, Princivalle A, Romeo L, Caramaschi P, Perbellini L. Interethnic differences at the thermometric response to cold test: functional disorders of blood circulation in hand fingers and exposure to hand–arm vibration. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2007; 81:473-8. [PMID: 17701199 DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0239-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To report some notable aspects regarding thermometric response to cold test in black African subjects compared with Caucasians: both groups comprised persons exposed to hand-arm vibration and controls. METHODS An overall sample of 48 workers was examined in order to study their blood circulation in hand fingers: a control group of 12 healthy Caucasian workers never exposed before to hand-arm vibration; 12 Caucasian workers exposed for several years to vibrating tools and affected by occupational Raynaud's phenomenon; 12 healthy black African workers exposed to hand-arm vibration for almost 3 years; and 12 healthy black African workers never exposed to hand-arm vibration. Computerized skin thermometry was performed and thermometric curves were analyzed according to thermometric interpretation criteria such as the area-over-curve (AOC), the fifth minute of recovery/baseline temperature ratio (5REC/BT) and the temperature at the tenth minute of recovery (10REC) after cold test. RESULTS Thermometric parameters in Caucasian subjects confirmed the basis of the existing literature in controls (basal finger temperature higher than 32 degrees C and complete recovery to the initial temperature after the cold test) and also in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (basal temperature often lower than control subjects and slow recovery of finger temperature after cold test). Statistically significant difference was found between healthy Caucasians and healthy black subjects in all the parameters tested: healthy black subjects showed values of AOC and 10REC suggesting almost constantly lower finger temperatures during the thermometry test. Black people, both exposed and non-exposed to hand-arm vibration showed thermometric parameters suggesting poor blood microcirculation, which seems even poorer than in Caucasian people complaining Raynaud's phenomenon. CONCLUSIONS Our chronothermometric tests suggest some significant interethnic differences in peripheral microcirculation, which seems rather poor in black African subjects in comparison with Caucasians.
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- Occupational Medicine: Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, Verona, Italy
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Caramaschi P, Canestrini S, Martinelli N, Volpe A, Pieropan S, Ferrari M, Bambara LM, Carletto A, Biasi D. Scleroderma patients nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns are associated with disease subset and disease severity. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2007; 46:1566-9. [PMID: 17693443 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate in a large group of scleroderma patients, the association of nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns with both demographic and clinical features. METHODS One hundred and three Italian patients (91 women and 12 men, mean age 54.3 years, median disease duration 7 yrs, 68 with limited and 35 with diffuse subset of disease), consecutively enrolled for the study, underwent nailfold videocapillaroscopy; the microvascular alterations were classified into three different patterns, early, active and late. The nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns were correlated with such numerous clinical features as sex, age, disease duration, disease subset, disease activity, haematochemical data, involvement of skin, heart, lung and peripheral vessels. RESULTS Nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns were significantly associated with disease subsets (P = 0.018). Severity of skin, lung, heart and peripheral vascular involvement progressively increased across nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns, from early to late pattern (P < 0.001 for cutaneous and peripheral vascular involvement; P = 0.003 and 0.002 for lung and heart involvement, respectively) as well as homocysteine plasma levels (P = 0.02). Patients with late pattern showed an increased risk to have an active disease [OR (odds ratio) 3.50; 95% CI (confidence interval) 1.31-9.39], to present digital ulcers (OR 5.74; 95% CI 2.08-15.89) and moderate to severe skin (OR 5.28; 95% CI 1.93-14.19), heart (OR 5.75; 95% CI 2.04-16.21) and lung involvement (OR 4.41; 95% CI 1.63-11.92). CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that scleroderma microangiopathy correlates with disease subset and severity of peripheral vascular, skin, heart and lung involvement; patients with late pattern showed an increased risk to have an active disease and to show a moderate/severe skin or visceral involvement compared to patients with early and active patterns. Therefore nailfold videocapillaroscopy, a simple, non-invasive and non-expensive investigation, is useful in staging scleroderma patients and also provides prognostic information.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Policlinico G.B. Rossi, P.le Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy.
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Volpe A, Caramaschi P, Thalheimer U, Fava C, Ravagnani V, Bambara LM, Biasi D. Familiar association of Gitelman's syndrome and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease a case report. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2007; 46:1506-8. [PMID: 17666441 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Volpe A, Caramaschi P, Angheben A, Marchetta A, Monteiro G, Bambara LM, Bisoffi Z. Chikungunya fever--reply. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2007. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Cecchi PC, Caramaschi P, Pinna G, Schwarz A, Bricolo A. Haemorrhagic stroke and vasculitic-like cerebral angiography in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis. Case report. J Neurosurg Sci 2006; 50:119-22. [PMID: 17285104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Cerebral vasculitis is an uncommon cause of haemorrhagic stroke. A case of intracerebral haemorrhage in a patient with eosinophilic fasciitis, a rare scleroderma-like connective tissue disease, with a possible inflammatory involvement of cerebral vessels is reported. Pathogenetic mechanism of such association and diagnostic controversies are reviewed.
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- Operative Unit of Neurosurgery, Hospital of Bolzano, Italy.
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Volpe A, Caramaschi P, Marchetta A, Desto E, Arcaro G. Pseudoseptic arthritis in a patient with Behçet's disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2006; 24:S123. [PMID: 17067443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Volpe A, Caramaschi P, Angheben A, Marchetta A, Monteiro G, Bambara LM, Bisoffi Z. Chikungunya outbreak--remember the arthropathy. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2006; 45:1449-50. [PMID: 16920753 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Allanore Y, Borderie D, Airo P, Guiducci S, Czirják L, Nasonov EL, Riemekasten G, Caramaschi P, Majdan M, Krasowska D, Friedl E, Lemarechal H, Ananieva LP, Nievskaya T, Ekindjian OG, Matucci-Cerinic M, Kahan A. Lack of association between three vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis: results from a multicenter EUSTAR study of European Caucasian patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 66:257-9. [PMID: 16740682 PMCID: PMC1798516 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.054346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterised by disturbed vessel morphology and an overproduction of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The VEGF gene located on chromosome 6p21.3 has several polymorphisms. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that disturbed angiogenesis may be related to the genetic background of the VEGF gene. MATERIALS AND METHODS EUSTAR centres included European Caucasian patients with SSc and matched controls with osteoarthritis. The VEGF gene was genotyped by polymerase chain reaction, followed by restriction enzyme analysis. The 634 C/T and 936 C/G mutations and an 18-base pair insertion/deletion at -2549 of the VEGF promoter region were tested. RESULTS 416 patients with SSc and 249 controls were included in the study population. Of the patients with SSc, 42% had a diffuse cutaneous subtype, 16% had increased pulmonary arterial pressure and 61% had decreased carbon monoxide diffusion capacity. The genotype frequencies in the patients with SSc and in controls were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The allele and genotype frequencies of the polymorphisms did not differ between patients with SSc and controls. No association was found between these polymorphisms and disease phenotypes. CONCLUSION This study shows that there is no association between the three selected functional VEGF polymorphisms and SSc.
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- Y Allanore
- Hôpital Cochin, Service de Rhumatologie A, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.
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Volpe A, Biasi D, Caramaschi P, Mantovani W, Bambara LM, Canestrini S, Ferrari M, Poli G, Degan M, Carletto A, Pieropan S, Minuz P. Levels of F2-isoprostanes in systemic sclerosis: correlation with clinical features. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2005; 45:314-20. [PMID: 16219641 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Oxidative stress may be one of the important complex pathogenetic mechanisms that lead to damage in scleroderma; free radicals may provoke endothelial injury, fibroblast proliferation and fragmentation of autoantigens favouring induction of autoantibodies. The present study investigates the oxidant status in scleroderma patients by measuring the urinary concentration of 8-isoprostaglandin-F2alpha, an F2-isoprostane, and a product of free radical-mediated peroxidation of arachidonic acid. METHODS Forty-three scleroderma patients (42 women and 1 man, mean age 54.1 yr, mean disease duration 9.0 yr) underwent clinical evaluation and instrumental investigations in order to assess skin, vascular, lung and heart involvement. Von Willebrand factor was evaluated as marker of vascular dysfunction in 36 out of the 43 cases. The urinary level of 8-isoprostaglandin-F2alpha was measured in all scleroderma patients and in the 43 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. RESULTS Urinary levels of 8-isoprostaglandin-F2alpha were higher in scleroderma patients than in the healthy control group (341.7 vs 147.6 pg/mg creatinine; P < 0.001). Values of 8-isoprostaglandin-F2alpha were strongly correlated with the nailfold videocapillaroscopy pattern and lung involvement (P = 0.002 and 0.003, respectively), showing increasing levels with the progression of pulmonary severity. Correlation between 8-isoprostaglandin-F2alpha level and von Willebrand factor narrowly failed to reach statistical significance (P = 0.05). There was no correlation between 8-isoprostaglandin-F2alpha concentration and disease activity, vascular, skin and heart involvement, disease pattern or autoantibody profile. CONCLUSIONS Our study further supports the role of oxidant stress in the pathogenesis of scleroderma, showing a strong correlation between a marker of free radical damage with both the severity of lung involvement and the videocapillaroscopic patterns.
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- A Volpe
- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Universita di Verona,Verona, Italy
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Caramaschi P, Biasi D, Volpe A, Carletto A, Bambara LM. A new case of dermatomyositis following the rupture of a silicone gel breast implant. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2005; 23:430-1; author reply 431. [PMID: 15971442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Squintani G, Ferrari S, Refatti N, Capra F, Caramaschi P, Rizzuto N, Tonin P. Multineuropathy in a patient with HBV infection, polyarteritis nodosa and celiac disease. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2004.009209f.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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McCloskey SM, McMullin MF, Morris TCM, Markey GM, Izraeli S, O‘Shaughnessy DF, Atterbury C, Bolton Maggs P, Murphy M, Thomas D, Yates S, Williamson LM, Ambrosetti A, Zanotti R, Pattaro C, Lenzi L, Chilosi M, Caramaschi P, Arcaini L, Pasini F, Biasi D, Orlandi E, D'Adda M, Lucioni M, Pizzolo G, Mitsui T, Maekawa I, Yamane A, Ishikawa T, Koiso H, Yokohama A, Handa H, Matsushima T, Tsukamoto N, Murakami H, Nojima Y, Karasawa M, Stewart JP, Thompson A, Santra M, Barlogie B, Lappin TRJ, Shaughnessy J, Henschler R, Fehervizyova Z, Bistrian R, Seifried E, Stanworth SJ, Brunskill SJ, Hyde CJ, McClelland DBL, Murphy MF, Strawn WB, Richmond RS, Tallant EA, Gallagher PE, Ferrario CM. Papers to be published in forthcoming issues. Bone marrow architecture in acute myeloid/erythroid leukaemia. Leukemia - a developmental perspective. Guidelines for the use of fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate and cryosupernatant. Most cases of primary. Br J Haematol 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.v125_i6_forth.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract
The authors present a peculiar case of a 53-year-old woman affected by ANCA-associated vasculitis with prevailing involvement of the central nervous system. Diagnosis was really difficult.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Caramaschi
- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale-Università di Verona, Policlinico G. B. Rossi, Piazzale Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy.
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