OBJECTIVES: To review the most recent information on the incidence, clinical course,
pathology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatoid vasculitis (RV), including …

Background Significant changes in the epidemiology and natural history of rheumatoid
vasculitis (RV) have occurred with the introduction of biological therapies such as TNF …

Reperfusion of ischemic tissue induces an acute inflammatory response that can result in
necrosis and irreversible cell injury to both local vascular endothelium and parenchyma. To …

Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury is dependent on complement. This study examines the
role of the alternative and classic pathways of complement and IgM in a murine model of …

Anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) are a heterogeneous class of antibodies whose role
in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases with vascular involvement has been …

Antiendothelial cell antibodies (AECA) are a heterogeneous family of antibodies reacting
with endothelial cell antigens. These antibodies are found in various diseases and …

Objectives Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of mortality in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis. This work studied the presence of impaired forearm haemodynamics …

Sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have been reported to contain IgM
and/or IgG binding to endothelial cells (EC), ie anti-EC antibodies (AECA). Similar …

OBJECTIVE:: To characterize the putative target antigens for antiendothelial cell antibodies
(AECA), the possible pathophysiological role of AECA, and the clinical value of these …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the levels of soluble CD154 (sCD154) in the plasma of patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and rheumatoid vasculitis (RV). and to examine the …