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RHEUMATOLOGY
ISSN 2056-6395 July 2014 • emjreviews.com
INSIDE
Review of
EULAR 2014
Paris, France
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL BOARD................................................................................................................................... 5
CONGRESS REVIEW................................................................................................................................. 10
• Review of the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology - The European League
Against Rheumatism (EULAR), held in Paris, France, 11th-14th June 2014
SYMPOSIUM REVIEW
• Osteoarthritis: The Challenge of Establishing a Personalised Treatment.......................... 33
INNATE IMMUNITY IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS - ROLE OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS,
INTERFERON, AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF VITAMIN D...........
RHEUMATOLOGY ISSN 2056-6395
CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................
RHEUMATOLOGY UPDATE ON GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY
ACHIEVE BALANCE FROM YOUR RA* BIOLOGIC THERAPY1,2
Editorial Board Rheumatology Editor-in-Chief:
A Swiss pharmaceutical company with a focus on re
Welcome It is with great anticipation that I unve
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Foreword Dr Ian Chikanza Consultant/Senior Lectur
ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGY 2014 LE
Welcome to the European Medical Journal review of
ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGY 2014 LE
with the Commission in Brussels,” said Prof
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Could Sjögren’s syndrome cause a heart attack? HE
ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGY 2014 LE
Exercise proved to trample rheumatic disease LOC
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First biomarkers indicative of osteoarthritis hav
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One-third of psoriatic arthritis patients miss ou
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Rheumatoid arthritis patients have a friend in va
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The costly burden of musculoskeletal conditions
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Giant cell arteritis, a pain in the head CRANIAL
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New drug shows significant increase in bone densit
ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGY 2014 LE
CT-P13 shows unparalleled efficacy for biosimilar
ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGY 2014 LE
OSTEOARTHRITIS: THE CHALLENGE OF ESTABLISHI
Metabolic Syndrome-Associated OA: A New Phenoty
Obesity conveys a variable risk of OA depending o
the age of 60. The main symptom is pain, with joi
meta-analyses that also noted a therapeutic carry
1994, there has been one documented case of acute
Epidemiol. 1992;45:187–95. 17. Rahme E et al.
INNATE IMMUNITY IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS - ROLE OF T
Table 1: Toll-like receptor localisation and liga
regulates DC differentiation, maturation,
of chemokines.25 Cathelicidins appear
healthy controls. CCL18 and IL-10 were secreted b
of DCs, to decrease important inflammato
development of dendritic cells. Immunol Rev. 2010
autoantibodies to topoisomerase I: associat
IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS *Jens Ivar Br
36% in dizygotic twins. Despite a number o
suggest that patients and their parents pre
Figure 2: Radiographs showing a right convex prim
Figure 3: Radiographs show juvenile idiopathic sc
Figure 4: Radiographs that show idiopathic scolio
scoliosis-specific HRQoL in scoliosis patients
Med. 2014;50(1):93-110. 35. Negrini S et al. Brac
OSTEOPOROSIS-RELATED MORTALITY: TIME-TRENDS
focused on potential risk factors associated with
pelvis, shoulder). Fractures at the forearm were
Table 1: Summary of studies addressing mortality
Table 1 continued. Year Population Follow-up
Table 2: Summary of studies addressing mortality
Table 3: Summary of studies addressing mortality
REFERENCES 1. Johnell O et al. The burden
48. Cooper C et al. Population-based study of sur
USE OF ULTRASOUND FOR DIAGNOSIS AND
American College of Rheumatology/European L
A B C p F
In patients with psoriatic onychopathy, US reveal
patients’ pain, and global assessment, as well as
We therefore need a new US composite score
resonance imaging in the assessment of metacarpop
on high-frequency ultrasound evaluation of the sk
UPDATE ON GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND PAT
regarding JIA subtypes.6-9 A study using the Utah
But in the past 5 years, with the use of genome-
In 2013, the results from the largest gene
This idea is also supported by the findings
Table 2 continued. Association Gene region
Table 3: Genetic variations associated with speci
To utilise future GWASs, investigating
trait. Arthritis Rheum. 1999;42(11):2261-8. 6. R
juvenile idiopathic arthritis susceptibility loci
efficacy of methotrexate in patients with juvenil
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MTOR REGULATORY NETW
Previous studies have demonstrated that the
Hypoxia Amino Growth Cell
decreased A Disintegrin, and Metalloproteinas
Table 1: Effects of mTOR signalling on chondrocyt
Table 1 continued. Condition or treatment mTO
However, proteomic studies in human OA
Glucosamine is an amino sugar widely used t
CONCLUSION The importance of mTOR regulation in
26. Marcu KB et al. NF-κB signaling: multip
anabolic and catabolic responses. Am
111. Gkretsi V et al. Lipid metabolism and
WHY BASIC CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CRYSTALS SHOULD BE T
the clinical and structural characteristics of OA
this method is difficult to interpret and also st
in advanced, but also in mild and moderate OA.21
of metalloproteinases (TIMP).31-33 BCP crystals
REFERENCES 1. Murphy LB et al. One in four peopl
mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade block
EXTRA-ARTICULAR MANIFESTATIONS OF RHEUM
studied in numerous RA cohorts. This partly justi
Table 1: Extra-articular manifestations in rheuma
This condition is often painless and can evolve t
or meningitis. Stroke also occurs with increased
associated with an increased risk of malign
Although there is some evidence that CV risk in R
Standard treatment for AA amyloidosis has been ba
2010;9:849–52. 29. Nicola PJ et al. The risk of c
by DMARDS and biologic agents in rheumatoid
ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME NOVEL THERAPIES
to phosphatidylserine surfaces; this shield inhib
SNAPS involve several other antigens th
MANAGEMENT The management of APS thrombosis cons
Patients with concomitant autoimmune diseases
aPL-mediated thrombosis in mice by restoring the
REFERENCES 1. Harris EN. Syndrome of the black s
recommendations for the prevention and long-term
1996;94(7):1746-51. 82. Asherson RA, Cervera R. M
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