Search Results - "Danning, Carol"
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Combination therapy with pulse cyclophosphamide plus pulse methylprednisolone improves long-term renal outcome without adding toxicity in patients with lupus nephritis
Published in Annals of internal medicine (21-08-2001)“…Controlled trials in lupus nephritis have demonstrated that cyclophosphamide therapy is superior to corticosteroid therapy alone. The long-term effectiveness…”
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Conditional up-Regulation of MHC Class I in Skeletal Muscle Leads to Self-Sustaining Autoimmune Myositis and Myositis-Specific Autoantibodies
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-08-2000)“…In the human inflammatory myopathies (polymyositis and dermatomyositis), the early, widespread appearance of MHC class I on the surface of muscle cells and the…”
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Stat4 Is Expressed in Activated Peripheral Blood Monocytes, Dendritic Cells, and Macrophages at Sites of Th1-Mediated Inflammation
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-05-2000)“…Stat4 is a key transcription factor involved in promoting cell-mediated immunity, whose expression in mature cells has been reported to be restricted to T and…”
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IL-10 Improves Skin Disease and Modulates Endothelial Activation and Leukocyte Effector Function in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-10-2001)“…Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) provides an ideal disease model in which to investigate the bioactivities of potentially therapeutic cytokines at multiple sites of…”
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The Inhibition of Apoptosis in Myositis and in Normal Muscle Cells
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-05-2000)“…The mechanism of injury and death of muscle cells in the inflammatory myopathies (dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis) remains obscure…”
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Vasculitis associated with primary rheumatologic diseases
Published in Current opinion in rheumatology (01-01-1998)“…Vasculitis is an uncommon but important manifestation of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Although the blood vessels of any organ can be involved, cutaneous…”
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Gelatinase expression and activity in the synovium and skin of patients with erosive psoriatic arthritis
Published in Journal of rheumatology (01-01-2002)“…OBJECTIVE: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), especially the gelatinases (MMP2, MMP9), have been implicated in several features of inflammatory arthritis…”
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CD40 Ligand-Activated Human Monocytes Amplify Glomerular Inflammatory Responses Through Soluble and Cell-to-Cell Contact-Dependent Mechanisims
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-08-1999)“…Abstract Monocytes/macrophages play a critical role in the initiation and progression of a variety of glomerulonephritides. We sought to define the…”
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The effects of delta wave sleep interruption on pain thresholds and fibromyalgia-like symptoms in healthy subjects; correlations with insulin-like growth factor I
Published in Journal of rheumatology (01-06-1998)“…To assess the effects of delta wave sleep interruption (DWSI) on pain thresholds and fibromyalgia-like symptoms. To examine the potential correlations between…”
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Costimulatory Markers in Muscle of Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies and in Cultured Muscle Cells
Published in Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) (01-08-1999)“…In an attempt to understand the mechanisms of cell injury in the inflammatory myopathies, we analyzed the expression of costimulatory molecules, CTLA4, CD28,…”
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CD40 ligand-activated human monocytes amplify glomerular inflammatory responses through soluble and cell-to-cell contact-dependent mechanisms
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-08-1999)“…Monocytes/macrophages play a critical role in the initiation and progression of a variety of glomerulonephritides. We sought to define the interactions between…”
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Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis: Case report with immunohistochemical analysis and literature review
Published in Arthritis and rheumatism (01-04-2000)“…This report describes the case of a patient with multicentric reticulohistiocytosis. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed prominent markers of…”
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