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A Trial of Etanercept, a Recombinant Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor:Fc Fusion Protein, in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Methotrexate by Weinblatt, Michael E, Kremer, Joel M, Bankhurst, Arthur D, Bulpitt, Ken J, Fleischmann, Roy M, Fox, Robert I, Jackson, Christopher G, Lange, Mary, Burge, Daniel J

“…Among the disease-modifying drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, methotrexate is increasingly regarded as the agent of first choice, because of its early…”
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Does ultrasound guidance improve the outcomes of arthrocentesis and corticosteroid injection of the knee? by Sibbitt, WL, Kettwich, LG, Band, PA, Chavez-Chiang, NR, DeLea, SL, Haseler, LJ, Bankhurst, AD

“…Objective: The present randomized controlled trial compared arthrocentesis of the effusive knee followed by corticosteroid injection performed by the…”
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Pressure generated by syringes: implications for hydrodissection and injection of dense connective tissue lesions by Hayward, WAP, Haseler, LJ, Kettwich, LG, Michael, AA, Sibbitt, WL, Bankhurst, AD

“…Objective: Hydrodissection and high-pressure injection are important for the treatment of dense connective tissue lesions including rheumatoid nodules,…”
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Etanercept and methotrexate combination therapy by Bankhurst, A D

“…Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a major proinflammatory cytokine in the rheumatoid joint. TNF activity can be neutralized by administration of a recombinant…”
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Antibacterial activity of human natural killer cells by GARCIA-PENARRUBIA, P, KOSTER, F. T, KELLEY, R. O, MCDOWELL, T. D, BANKHURST, A. D

“…The in vitro effects of human NK cells on viability of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria was investigated. PBLs depleted of glass-adherent cells showed…”
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Magnetic resonance and computed tomographic imaging in the evaluation of acute neuropsychiatric disease in systemic lupus erythematosus by Sibbitt, W L, Sibbitt, R R, Griffey, R H, Eckel, C, Bankhurst, A D

“…Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT) are useful for the evaluation of central nervous system (CNS) lupus. This report describes the use…”
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A randomised controlled trial of the reciprocating syringe in arthrocentesis by Draeger, H T, Twining, J M, Johnson, C R, Kettwich, S C, Kettwich, L G, Bankhurst, A D

“…Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of arthrocentesis with the new highly controllable, one handed reciprocating procedure syringe compared with a conventional…”
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Effects of β-adrenergic receptor activation, cholera toxin and forskolin on human natural killer cell function by WHALEN, M. M, BANDHURST, A. D

“…Membranes from highly purified natural killer (NK) cells were ADP-ribosylated by treatment with cholera toxin (CTX). CTX resulted in a single band of specific…”
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The prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies in a healthy elderly population and its association with antinuclear antibodies by Fields, R A, Toubbeh, H, Searles, R P, Bankhurst, A D

“…The presence of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) has been associated with arterial and venous thrombotic events in connective tissue diseases. Previous…”
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Neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus, cerebral infarctions, and anticardiolipin antibodies by Fields, R A, Sibbitt, W L, Toubbeh, H, Bankhurst, A D

“…Anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) has been associated with thromboembolic phenomena, including stroke, in certain patients with systemic lupus erythematosus…”
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Reversal of lovastatin-mediated inhibition of natural killer cell cytotoxicity by interleukin 2 by Cutts, J L, Bankhurst, A D

“…The activation of human natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity by interleukin 2 (IL-2) is well established, although the biochemical mechanisms of this…”
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Effects of pertussis toxin treatment on human natural killer cell function by WHALEN, M. M, DOSHI, R. N, BANKHURST, A. D

“…Membranes from highly purified natural killer (NK) cells were ADP ribosylated by treatment with pertussis toxin (PTX). PTX treatment resulted in a single band…”
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Enhancement of natural cytotoxicity by beta-endorphin by Mathews, PM, Froelich, CJ, Sibbitt, WL, Jr, Bankhurst, AD

“…The role of enkephalins, beta-endorphin, or other neuropeptides produced by the nervous system in the alteration of immune responsiveness is generally unknown…”
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Phospholipase C activation in the cytotoxic response of human natural killer cells requires protein-tyrosine kinase activity by WHALEN, M. M, DOSHI, R. N, HOMMA, Y, BANKHURST, A. D

“…Treatment of highly purified natural killer (NK) cells with the protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors, genistein and herbimycin A, diminished their ability…”
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Role of mevalonic acid in the regulation of natural killer cell cytotoxicity by Cutts, J L, Scallen, T J, Watson, J, Bankhurst, A D

“…Considerable evidence has accumulated for a role of a nonsteroidal mevalonate product in the regulation of DNA replication and cell division. We report here a…”
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413 RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE RECIPROCATING PROCEDURE DEVICE IN DEEP SYRINGE PROCEDURES by Michael, A. A., Sibbitt, W. L., Bankhurst, A. D.

“…PurposeThe reciprocating procedure device (RPD) has been demonstrated to be clinically superior to the conventional syringe in deep needle and syringe…”
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Interferons and systemic lupus erythematosus by Bankhurst, A D

“…An array of data exists in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus which strong supports a role for interferon (IFN) in the disease process. The…”
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The incidence of serologic evidence of antecedent autoimmune thyroiditis in asymptomatic patients referred to an outpatient rheumatology consultation clinic for a positive antinuclear antibody test by Twining, J M, Sibbitt, W, Torres-Draeger, H, Colleran, K, Bankhurst, A D

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Prostaglandins from human T suppressor/cytotoxic cells modulate natural killer antibacterial activity by Garcia-Peñarrubia, P, Bankhurst, A D, Koster, F T

“…We have recently described potent antibacterial activity of purified human NK cells. Here we show that this function is regulated by T cytotoxic/suppressor…”
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Suppression of lymphoid cell function in vitro by inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase by lovastatin by Cutts, J L, Bankhurst, A D

“…A 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase inhibitor, lovastatin, has recently been approved for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia…”
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