Osteoclasts are essential for TNF-mediated joint destruction

DOI: 10.1186/ar434 Authors: K. Redlich, Silvia Hayer, Roméo Ricci, J-P David, M Tohidast-Akrad, Jochen Zwerina, George Kollias, G Steiner, JS Smolen, Erwin F. Wagner, Georg Schett Abstract: Vascular changes are consistent early findings in patients with SSc and often...

Epstein-Barr virus load in rheumatoid arthritis patients and normal controls: accurate quantification using real time PCR

DOI: 10.1186/ar470 Authors: N Pieri-Balandraud, D Reviron, Jean Roudier, C Roudier Abstract: Vascular changes are consistent early findings in patients with SSc and often precede the development of fibrosis. Despite a significant reduction in the capillary density,...

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in muscle tissue and the effect of corticosteroid therapy in patients with poly- and dermatomyositis

DOI: 10.1186/ar451 Authors: Ingrid E. Lundberg Abstract: Vascular changes are consistent early findings in patients with SSc and often precede the development of fibrosis. Despite a significant reduction in the capillary density, there is paradoxically no sufficient...

A feminist critique of ubuntu : implications for citizenship education in Zimbabwe

DOI: OA:W3168565094 Authors: Precious Simba Abstract: In 2015 the government of Zimbabwe announced the rollout of a new education policy that represented a curriculum overhaul at the primary and secondary school level.At the centre of this policy was the explicit...

Cryoglobulins induce temperature-dependent TNF-α production via Fcγ-receptor II

DOI: 10.1186/ar533 Authors: Johan Rönnelid, Linda Mathsson, K Carlsson, Martin Höglund, Bo Nilsson, Kristina Nilsson‐Ekdahl, U Lycken Abstract: Vascular changes are consistent early findings in patients with SSc and often precede the development of fibrosis. Despite a...