Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

• Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Guixiu Shi, Jianying Zhang, Zhixin (Jason) Zhang, and Xuan Zhang
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 728574, 2 pages
• Efficacy and Safety of Iguratimod for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Jiangtao Li, Hejuan Mao, Yan Liang, Yanrong Lu, Shuo Chen, Nanping Yang, and Guixiu Shi
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 310628, 16 pages
• Induction of Th17 Lymphocytes and Treg Cells by Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Lizbeth Estrada-Capetillo, Berenice Hernández-Castro, Adriana Monsiváis-Urenda, Crisol Alvarez-Quiroga, Esther Layseca-Espinosa, Carlos Abud-Mendoza, Lourdes Baranda, Ana Urzainqui, Francisco Sánchez-Madrid, and Roberto González-Amaro
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 584303, 9 pages
• Research of the Methylation Status of miR-124a Gene Promoter among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Qiao Zhou, Li Long, Guixiu Shi, Jing Zhang, Tong Wu, and Bin Zhou
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 524204, 4 pages
• Altered Sympathetic-to-Immune Cell Signaling via β₂-Adrenergic Receptors in Adjuvant Arthritis, Dianne Lorton, Denise L. Bellinger, Jill A. Schaller, Eric Shewmaker, Tracy Osredkar, and Cheri Lubahn
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 764395, 17 pages
• Detection of Antiphosphatidylserine/Prothrombin Antibodies and Their Potential Diagnostic Value, Polona Žigon, Saša Čučnik, Aleš Ambrožič, Tanja Kveder, Snežna Sodin Šemrl, Blaž Rozman, and Borut Božič
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 724592, 8 pages
• A Study on Clinical and Pathologic Features in Lupus Nephritis with Mainly IgA Deposits and a Literature Review, Liu Hongyan, Zheng Yi, Dong Bao, Lu Yuewu, and Meng Juan
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 289316, 5 pages
• Comparison of Characteristics of Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases, Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Diseases, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Chinese Han Population: A Retrospective Study, Lin Pan, Yuan Liu, Rongfei Sun, Mingyu Fan, and Guixiu Shi
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 121578, 7 pages
• Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Hair Loss Disease Alopecia Areata, Taisuke Ito
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 348546, 6 pages
• Upregulated MicroRNA-155 Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Li Long, Ping Yu, Yanying Liu, Shiyao Wang, Ru Li, Jinxia Shi, Xiaoping Zhang, Yanmei Li, Xiaolin Sun, Bin Zhou, Liufu Cui, and Zhanguo Li
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 296139, 10 pages
• p53/p21 Pathway Involved in Mediating Cellular Senescence of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients, Zhifeng Gu, Jinxia Jiang, Wei Tan, Yunfei Xia, Haixia Cao, Yan Meng, Zhanyun Da, Hong Liu, and Chun Cheng
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 134243, 13 pages
• The Role of IL-33 in Rheumatic Diseases, Lihua Duan, Jie Chen, Feili Gong, and Guixiu Shi
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 924363, 5 pages
• Increased IL-33 in Synovial Fluid and Paired Serum Is Associated with Disease Activity and Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sumei Tang, Heqing Huang, Fanlei Hu, Wei Zhou, Jianping Guo, Huirong Jiang, Rong Mu, and Zhanguo Li
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 985301, 6 pages
• A Clinical Analysis of Risk Factors for Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy, Xiaomin Cen, Chuan Zuo, Min Yang, Geng Yin, and Qibing Xie
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 648570, 4 pages
• Possible Implication of Fcγ Receptor-Mediated Trogocytosis in Susceptibility to Systemic Autoimmune Disease, Sakiko Masuda, Sari Iwasaki, Utano Tomaru, Tomohisa Baba, Kazuaki Katsumata, and Akihiro Ishizu
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 345745, 6 pages
• A Possible Role of HMGB1 in DNA Demethylation in CD4⁺ T Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Yaping Li, Chenghui Huang, Ming Zhao, Gongping Liang, Rong Xiao, Susan Yung, Tak Mao Chan, and Qianjin Lu
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 206298, 5 pages
• Replication of British Rheumatoid Arthritis Susceptibility Loci in Two Unrelated Chinese Population Groups, Hua Li, Yonghe Hu, Tao Zhang, Yang Liu, Yantang Wang, Tai Yang, Minhui Li, Qiaoli Luo, Yu Cheng, and Qiang Zou
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 891306, 6 pages
• Serum Interleukin-6 Expression Level and Its Clinical Significance in Patients with Dermatomyositis, Min Yang, Xiaomin Cen, Qibing Xie, Chuan Zuo, Guixiu Shi, and Geng Yin
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 717808, 4 pages
• Rapamycin Ameliorates Proteinuria and Restores Nephrin and Podocin Expression in Experimental Membranous Nephropathy, Stavros Stratakis, Kostas Stylianou, Ioannis Petrakis, Vasiliki Mavroeidi, Rafaela Poulidaki, Christina Petra, Demitrios Moisiadis, Spyros Stratigis, Eleftheria Vardaki, Lydia Nakopoulou, and Eugene Daphnis
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 941893, 8 pages
• Decreased PERP Expression on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis Negatively Correlates with Disease Activity, Yanchun Du, Lin Deng, Yan Li, Lu Gan, Yantang Wang, and Guixiu Shi
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 256462, 8 pages
• Elevated Apoptosis and Impaired Proliferation Contribute to Downregulated Peripheral γδ T Cells in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Zhimin Lu, Dinglei Su, Dandan Wang, Xia Li, Xuebing Feng, and Lingyun Sun
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 405395, 9 pages
• Epstein-Barr Virus in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Anette Holck Draborg, Karen Duus, and Gunnar Houen
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 535738, 9 pages
• The Use of F-FDG-PET/CT for Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases, Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans, Erik F. J. de Vries, Filippo Galli, Rudi A. J. O. Dierckx, Riemer H. J. A. Slart, and Alberto Signore
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 623036, 14 pages
• Determinants of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity in Chinese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ping Li, Cheng-xun Han, Cui-li Ma, Jia-long Guo, Bo Liu, Juan Du, and Li-qi Bi
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 342869, 6 pages
• Asymptomatic Preclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, Juan Chen, YongHong Shi, XiaoPing Wang, Heqing Huang, and Dana Ascherman
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 406927, 5 pages
• Obstetrical Antiphospholipid Syndrome: From the Pathogenesis to the Clinical and Therapeutic Implications, T. Marchetti, M. Cohen, and P. de Moerloose
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 159124, 9 pages
• Costimulatory Pathways: Physiology and Potential Therapeutic Manipulation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Nien Yee Kow and Anselm Mak
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 245928, 12 pages
• The Immune Factors Involved in the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Sjogren's Syndrome, Yi-fan Huang, Qian Cheng, Chun-miao Jiang, Shu An, Lan Xiao, Yong-chao Gou, Wen-jing Yu, Lei Lei, Qian-ming Chen, Yating Wang, and Jun Wang
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 160491, 6 pages
• Correlation of Increased Blood Levels of GITR and GITRL with Disease Severity in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome, Xiaoxia Gan, Xiaoke Feng, Lei Gu, Wenfeng Tan, Xiaoxuan Sun, Chengyin Lv, and Miaojia Zhang
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 340751, 9 pages
• The Correlations of Disease Activity, Socioeconomic Status, Quality of Life, and Depression/Anxiety in Chinese Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Biyu Shen, Wei Tan, Guijuan Feng, Yan He, Jinwei Liu, Weijun Chen, Xiaoqin Huang, Zhanyun Da, Xujuan Xu, Hong Liu, and Zhifeng Gu
  Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 270878, 6 pages