Publications Authored by Paolo Airo

Revised European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group Activity Index is the best predictor of short-term severity accrual.

Ann Rheum Dis 2019 Dec 17;78(12):1681-1685. Epub 2019 Aug 17.

Department of Precision Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215787	DOI Listing

December 2019

Italian consensus recommendations for the management of hepatitis C infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Mod Rheumatol 2019 Nov 22;29(6):895-902. Epub 2019 Jan 22.

Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14397595.2018.1	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14397595.2018.1558918	DOI Listing

November 2019

Racial differences in systemic sclerosis disease presentation: a European Scleroderma Trials and Research group study.

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2019 Nov 4. Epub 2019 Nov 4.

Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez486	DOI Listing

November 2019

Phenotypes Determined by Cluster Analysis and Their Survival in the Prospective European Scleroderma Trials and Research Cohort of Patients With Systemic Sclerosis.

Authors:

Vincent Sobanski Jonathan Giovannelli Yannick Allanore Gabriela Riemekasten Paolo Airò Serena Vettori Franco Cozzi Oliver Distler Marco Matucci-Cerinic Christopher Denton David Launay Eric Hachulla

Arthritis Rheumatol 2019 Sep 12;71(9):1553-1570. Epub 2019 Aug 12.

Université Lille, INSERM U995 LIRIC, CHU Lille, and Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases North and North-West of France, Lille, France.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/art.40906	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.40906	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6771590	PMC

September 2019

Anti-interleukin-1 treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes (TRACK): A multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial.

PLoS Med 2019 Sep 12;16(9):e1002901. Epub 2019 Sep 12.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002901	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6742232	PMC

September 2019

Italian recommendations for influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in adult patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2019 Aug 27. Epub 2019 Aug 27.

Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, University of Milano, Italy.

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August 2019

Outcomes of patients with systemic sclerosis treated with rituximab in contemporary practice: a prospective cohort study.

Ann Rheum Dis 2019 Jul 9;78(7):979-987. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

Rheumatology A Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214816	DOI Listing

July 2019

Association Between Changes in BLyS Levels and the Composition of B and T Cell Compartments in Patients With Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated With Belimumab.

Authors:

Francesca Regola Silvia Piantoni Torsten Lowin Silvia Archetti Rossella Reggia Rajesh Kumar Franco Franceschini Paolo Airò Angela Tincani Laura Andreoli Georg Pongratz

Front Pharmacol 2019 25;10:433. Epub 2019 Apr 25.

Department of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Centre for Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2019.00433	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6494924	PMC

April 2019

Gender differences in early systemic sclerosis patients: a report from the EULAR scleroderma trials and research group (EUSTAR) database.

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2018 Jul-Aug;36 Suppl 113(4):68-75. Epub 2018 Sep 29.

Rheumatology A Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.

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January 2019

Microvascular Density and Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Before and After Treatment with Incretin Mimetics in Diabetic Patients.

Authors:

Carolina De Ciuceis Claudia Agabiti-Rosei Claudia Rossini Stefano Caletti Maria Antonietta Coschignano Giulia Ferrari-Toninelli Giorgio Ragni Carlo Cappelli Bruno Cerudelli Paolo Airò Mirko Scarsi Angela Tincani Enzo Porteri Damiano Rizzoni

High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 2018 Dec 10;25(4):369-378. Epub 2018 Sep 10.

Clinica Medica, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, c/o 2ª Medicina, Spedali Civili, 25100, Brescia, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40292-018-0279-7	DOI Listing

December 2018

Brief Report: Smoking in Systemic Sclerosis: A Longitudinal European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group Study.

Arthritis Rheumatol 2018 11 24;70(11):1829-1834. Epub 2018 Sep 24.

University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.40557	DOI Listing

November 2018

Systemic sclerosis: state of the art on clinical practice guidelines.

RMD Open 2018 18;4(Suppl 1):e000782. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://rmdopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/rmdopen-2018-00078	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000782	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6203100	PMC

October 2018

Circulating follicular helper T cells (CD4+CXCR5+ICOS+) decrease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with abatacept.

Authors:

Silvia Piantoni Francesca Regola Mirko Scarsi Angela Tincani Paolo Airò

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2018 Jul-Aug;36(4):685. Epub 2018 Apr 13.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Italy.

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September 2018

Prevalence and Disease-Specific Risk Factors for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Systemic Sclerosis: An International Multicenter Study.

Authors:

Gregor John Jérôme Avouac Silvia Piantoni Pamela Polito Micaela Fredi Franco Cozzi Paolo Airò Marie-Elise Truchetet Franco Franceschini Yannick Allanore Carlo Chizzolini

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2018 08 19;70(8):1218-1227. Epub 2018 Jun 19.

University Hospital and School of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/acr.23454	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr.23454	DOI Listing

August 2018

Decreased circulating T regulatory lymphocytes in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

PLoS One 2018 14;13(5):e0197178. Epub 2018 May 14.

Clinica Medica, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197178	PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5951588	PMC

July 2018

Recommendations for the management of pulmonary fungal infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2017 Nov-Dec;35(6):1018-1028. Epub 2017 Nov 28.

Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.

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March 2018

Clinical determinants of elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure measured by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in early systemic sclerosis.

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2017 Sep-Oct;35 Suppl 106(4):114-121. Epub 2017 Jun 20.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Italy.

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December 2017

Mapping and predicting mortality from systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Muriel Elhai Christophe Meune Marouane Boubaya Jérôme Avouac Eric Hachulla Alexandra Balbir-Gurman Gabriela Riemekasten Paolo Airò Beatriz Joven Serena Vettori Franco Cozzi Susanne Ullman László Czirják Mohammed Tikly Ulf Müller-Ladner Paola Caramaschi Oliver Distler Florenzo Iannone Lidia P Ananieva Roger Hesselstrand Radim Becvar Armando Gabrielli Nemanja Damjanov Maria J Salvador Valeria Riccieri Carina Mihai Gabriella Szücs Ulrich A Walker Nicolas Hunzelmann Duska Martinovic Vanessa Smith Carolina de Souza Müller Carlo Maurizio Montecucco Daniela Opris Francesca Ingegnoli Panayiotis G Vlachoyiannopoulos Bojana Stamenkovic Edoardo Rosato Stefan Heitmann Jörg H W Distler Thierry Zenone Matthias Seidel Alessandra Vacca Ellen De Langhe Srdan Novak Maurizio Cutolo Luc Mouthon Jörg Henes Carlo Chizzolini Carlos Alberto von Mühlen Kamal Solanki Simona Rednic Lisa Stamp Branimir Anic Vera Ortiz Santamaria Maria De Santis Sule Yavuz Walter Alberto Sifuentes-Giraldo Emmanuel Chatelus Jiri Stork Jacob van Laar Esthela Loyo Paloma García de la Peña Lefebvre Kilian Eyerich Vanesa Cosentino Juan Jose Alegre-Sancho Otylia Kowal-Bielecka Grégoire Rey Marco Matucci-Cerinic Yannick Allanore

Ann Rheum Dis 2017 11 23;76(11):1897-1905. Epub 2017 Aug 23.

Rheumatology A department, Paris Descartes University, INSERM U1016, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211448	DOI Listing

November 2017

The limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis is associated with urinary incontinence: an international multicentre study.

Authors:

Gregor John Yannick Allanore Pamela Polito Silvia Piantoni Micaela Fredi Jérôme Avouac Franco Franceschini Marie-Elise Truchetet Franco Cozzi Paolo Airo Carlo Chizzolini

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017 11;56(11):1874-1883

Immunology and Allergy, University Hospitals and School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex230	DOI Listing

November 2017

Italian consensus Guidelines for the management of hepatitis B virus infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Joint Bone Spine 2017 Oct 18;84(5):525-530. Epub 2017 May 18.

Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Milano, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbspin.2017.05.013	DOI Listing

October 2017

An MIF Promoter Polymorphism Is Associated with Susceptibility to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis.

J Rheumatol 2017 Oct 1;44(10):1453-1457. Epub 2017 Jul 1.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.161369	DOI Listing

October 2017

Relationship between different subpopulations of circulating CD4+ T lymphocytes and microvascular or systemic oxidative stress in humans.

Authors:

Carolina De Ciuceis Claudia Agabiti-Rosei Claudia Rossini Paolo Airò Mirko Scarsi Angela Tincani Guido Alberto Massimo Tiberio Silvia Piantoni Enzo Porteri Leonardo Solaini Sarah Duse Francesco Semeraro Beatrice Petroboni Luigi Mori Maurizio Castellano Alice Gavazzi Enrico Agabiti-Rosei Damiano Rizzoni

Blood Press 2017 Aug 15;26(4):237-245. Epub 2017 Feb 15.

a Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Clinica Medica, University of Brescia , Brescia , Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2017.1292395	DOI Listing

August 2017

Incidences and Risk Factors of Organ Manifestations in the Early Course of Systemic Sclerosis: A Longitudinal EUSTAR Study.

Authors:

Veronika K Jaeger Elina G Wirz Yannick Allanore Philipp Rossbach Gabriela Riemekasten Eric Hachulla Oliver Distler Paolo Airò Patricia E Carreira Alexandra Balbir Gurman Mohammed Tikly Serena Vettori Nemanja Damjanov Ulf Müller-Ladner Jörg H W Distler Mangtao Li Ulrich A Walker

PLoS One 2016 5;11(10):e0163894. Epub 2016 Oct 5.

Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0163894	PLOS
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051961	PMC

June 2017

Transethnic meta-analysis identifies and as susceptibility genes to systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Chikashi Terao Takahisa Kawaguchi Philippe Dieude John Varga Masataka Kuwana Marie Hudson Yasushi Kawaguchi Marco Matucci-Cerinic Koichiro Ohmura Gabriela Riemekasten Aya Kawasaki Paolo Airo Tetsuya Horita Akira Oka Eric Hachulla Hajime Yoshifuji Paola Caramaschi Nicolas Hunzelmann Murray Baron Tatsuya Atsumi Paul Hassoun Takeshi Torii Meiko Takahashi Yasuharu Tabara Masakazu Shimizu Akiko Tochimoto Naho Ayuzawa Hidetoshi Yanagida Hiroshi Furukawa Shigeto Tohma Minoru Hasegawa Manabu Fujimoto Osamu Ishikawa Toshiyuki Yamamoto Daisuke Goto Yoshihide Asano Masatoshi Jinnin Hirahito Endo Hiroki Takahashi Kazuhiko Takehara Shinichi Sato Hironobu Ihn Soumya Raychaudhuri Katherine Liao Peter Gregersen Naoyuki Tsuchiya Valeria Riccieri Inga Melchers Gabriele Valentini Anne Cauvet Maria Martinez Tsuneyo Mimori Fumihiko Matsuda Yannick Allanore

Ann Rheum Dis 2017 Jun 17;76(6):1150-1158. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

Rheumatology A Department, INSERM U1016/UMR 8104, Cochin Institute, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210645	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733404	PMC

June 2017

Malignancies in Patients with Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodies and Systemic Sclerosis: Analysis of the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Cohort and Possible Recommendations for Screening.

J Rheumatol 2017 05 15;44(5):639-647. Epub 2017 Jan 15.

From the Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Brescia and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia; Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona; Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy; Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical Center, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary; Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine, University Lille Nord-de-France, Lille; Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg; Department of Rheumatology, University Paris Descartes and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France; B. Shine Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw and Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, Institute of Rheumatology, Warsaw, Poland; Unidade de Doenças Auto-Imunes, Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.160817	DOI Listing

May 2017

Systemic sclerosis with anti-RNA polymerase III positivity following silicone breast implant rupture: possible role of B-cell depletion and implant removal in the treatment.

Authors:

Francesca Dall'Ara Maria-Grazia Lazzaroni Chiara M Antonioli Paolo Airò

Rheumatol Int 2017 May 3;37(5):847-851. Epub 2017 Feb 3.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00296-017-3654-0	DOI Listing

May 2017

Serum Jo-1 Autoantibody and Isolated Arthritis in the Antisynthetase Syndrome: Review of the Literature and Report of the Experience of AENEAS Collaborative Group.

Authors:

Lorenzo Cavagna Laura Nuño Carlo Alberto Scirè Marcello Govoni Francisco Javier Lopez Longo Franco Franceschini Rossella Neri Santos Castañeda Walter Alberto Sifuentes Giraldo Roberto Caporali Florenzo Iannone Enrico Fusaro Giuseppe Paolazzi Raffaele Pellerito Andreas Schwarting Lesley Ann Saketkoo Norberto Ortego-Centeno Luca Quartuccio Elena Bartoloni Christof Specker Trinitario Pina Murcia Renato La Corte Federica Furini Valentina Foschi Javier Bachiller Corral Paolo Airò Ilaria Cavazzana Julia Martínez-Barrio Michelle Hinojosa Margherita Giannini Simone Barsotti Julia Menke Kostantinos Triantafyllias Rosetta Vitetta Alessandra Russo Laura Bogliolo Gianluigi Bajocchi Elena Bravi Giovanni Barausse Roberto Bortolotti Carlo Selmi Simone Parisi Fausto Salaffi Carlomaurizio Montecucco Miguel Angel González-Gay

Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2017 Feb;52(1):71-80

Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.

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http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12016-016-85	Web Search
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12016-016-8528-9	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12016-016-8528-9	DOI Listing

February 2017

Relationship Between Different Subpopulations of Circulating CD4+ T-lymphocytes and Microvascular Structural Alterations in Humans.

Authors:

Carolina De Ciuceis Claudia Rossini Paolo Airò Mirko Scarsi Angela Tincani Guido Alberto Massimo Tiberio Silvia Piantoni Enzo Porteri Leonardo Solaini Sarah Duse Francesco Semeraro Beatrice Petroboni Luigi Mori Maurizio Castellano Alice Gavazzi Claudia Agabiti Rosei Enrico Agabiti Rosei Damiano Rizzoni

Am J Hypertens 2017 Jan 21;30(1):51-60. Epub 2016 Sep 21.

Clinica Medica, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpw102	DOI Listing

January 2017

A candidate gene study identifies a haplotype of CD2 as novel susceptibility factor for systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Eugenie Koumakis Matthieu Bouaziz Philippe Dieudé Anne Cauvet Barbara Ruiz Paolo Airò Daniele Cusi Marco Matucci-Cerinic Erika Salvi Giovanna Cuomo Eric Hachulla Elisabeth Diot Paola Caramaschi Valeria Riccieri Jerome Avouac Yannick Allanore

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2016 Sep-Oct;34 Suppl 100(5):43-48. Epub 2016 Jul 1.

INSERM, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, Sorbonne Paris Cité, and Paris Descartes University, Paris; and Paris Descartes University, Rheumatology A Department, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.

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January 2017

Effects of rituximab in connective tissue disorders related interstitial lung disease.

Authors:

Gemma Lepri Jerome Avouac Paolo Airò Francisco Anguita Santos Silvia Bellando-Randone Jelena Blagojevic Francisco Garcia Hernàndez Jose Antonio Gonzalez Nieto Serena Guiducci Suzana Jordan Vidya Limaye Britta Maurer Albert Selva-O'Callaghan Valeria Riccieri Oliver Distler Marco Matucci-Cerinic Yannick Allanore

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2016 Sep-Oct;34 Suppl 100(5):181-185. Epub 2016 Oct 14.

Paris Descartes University, Rheumatology A Department, APHP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.

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January 2017

Effect of antihypertensive treatment with lercanidipine on endothelial progenitor cells and inflammation in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension.

Authors:

Carolina De Ciuceis Claudia Rossini Angela Tincani Paolo Airò Mirco Scarsi Claudia Agabiti-Rosei Giuseppina Ruggeri Luigi Caimi Doris Ricotta Enrico Agabiti-Rosei Damiano Rizzoni

Blood Press 2016 12 19;25(6):337-343. Epub 2016 May 19.

a Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences , University of Brescia , Brescia , Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2016.1184495	DOI Listing

December 2016

A retrospective study of patients with adult-onset Still's disease: is pericarditis a possible predictor for biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs need?

Authors:

Francesca Dall'Ara Micol Frassi Angela Tincani Paolo Airò

Clin Rheumatol 2016 Aug 12;35(8):2117-2123. Epub 2016 Jan 12.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili of Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-015-3164-y	DOI Listing

August 2016

Incidence and predictors of cutaneous manifestations during the early course of systemic sclerosis: a 10-year longitudinal study from the EUSTAR database.

Authors:

Elina G Wirz Veronika K Jaeger Yannick Allanore Gabriela Riemekasten Eric Hachulla Oliver Distler Paolo Airò Patricia E Carreira Mohammed Tikly Serena Vettori Alexandra Balbir Gurman Nemanja Damjanov Ulf Müller-Ladner Jörg Distler Mangtao Li Peter Häusermann Ulrich A Walker

Ann Rheum Dis 2016 07 31;75(7):1285-92. Epub 2015 Jul 31.

Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207271	DOI Listing

July 2016

Digital ulcers predict a worse disease course in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Carina Mihai Robert Landewé Désirée van der Heijde Ulrich A Walker Paul I Constantin Ana Maria Gherghe Ruxandra Ionescu Simona Rednic Yannick Allanore Jérôme Avouac László Czirják Eric Hachulla Gabriela Riemekasten Franco Cozzi Paolo Airò Maurizio Cutolo Ulf Mueller-Ladner Marco Matucci-Cerinic

Ann Rheum Dis 2016 Apr 16;75(4):681-6. Epub 2015 Feb 16.

Division of Rheumatology AOUC & Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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http://ard.bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205897	Publisher Site
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205897	DOI Listing

April 2016

Serum levels of granzyme B decrease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis responding to abatacept.

Authors:

Enrico Colombo Mirko Scarsi Silvia Piantoni Angela Tincani Paolo Airò

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2016 Jan-Feb;34(1):37-41. Epub 2015 Dec 1.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Italy.

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April 2016

Predictive factors of abatacept therapy discontinuation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Authors:

Silvia Piantoni Enrico Colombo Angela Tincani Paolo Airò Mirko Scarsi

Clin Rheumatol 2016 Apr 26;35(4):1065-9. Epub 2016 Jan 26.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili of Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-016-3185-1	DOI Listing

April 2016

A gender gap in primary and secondary heart dysfunctions in systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR prospective study.

Ann Rheum Dis 2016 Jan 23;75(1):163-9. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

Department of Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206386	DOI Listing

January 2016

The prevalence and incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus in children and adults: a population-based study in a mountain community in northern Italy.

Authors:

Vasiliki Tsioni Laura Andreoli Antonella Meini Micol Frassi Elena Raffetti Paolo Airò Flavio Allegri Francesco Donato Angela Tincani

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2015 Sep-Oct;33(5):681-7. Epub 2015 Jun 19.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy.

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December 2015

Circulating CD4+ T-cell number decreases in rheumatoid patients with clinical response to rituximab.

Authors:

Silvia Piantoni Mirko Scarsi Angela Tincani Paolo Airò

Rheumatol Int 2015 Sep 30;35(9):1571-3. Epub 2015 May 30.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy,

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00296-015-3295-0	DOI Listing

September 2015

Clinical Spectrum Time Course in Anti Jo-1 Positive Antisynthetase Syndrome: Results From an International Retrospective Multicenter Study.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2015 Aug;94(32):e1144

From the Division of Rheumatology, University and IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foudation, Pavia, Italy (LC, RC, CM); Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain (LN); Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy (CAS); UOC Reumatologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria S. Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy (M Govoni, RLC, F Furini, VF); Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain (FJLL, JM-B, MH); Rheumatology Unit, University and AO Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy (F Franceschini, PA, IC); Division of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (RN, SB); Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, IIS Princesa, Madrid, Spain (SC); Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain (WASG, JBC); Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine (DIM), Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy (FI, M Giannini); Department of Rheumatology, Città Della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy (EF, SP); Rheumatology Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy (GP, G Barausse, RB); Division of Rheumatology, Mauriziano Hospital, Turin, Italy (RP, RV, AR); Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Johannes-Gutenberg, Mainz, Germany (AS, JM); Tulane University Lung Center Tulane/UMC Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA (LAS); Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain (NO-C); Clinic of Rheumatology, Department of Medical and Biological Sciences (DSMB), Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy (LQ); Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy (E Bartoloni); Department for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, St. Josef Krankenhaus, University Clinic, Essen, Germany (C Specker); Division of Rheum

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000001144	DOI Listing
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4616698	PMC

August 2015

Value of systolic pulmonary arterial pressure as a prognostic factor of death in the systemic sclerosis EUSTAR population.

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2015 Jul 17;54(7):1262-9. Epub 2015 Jan 17.

National Scleroderma Reference Centre, Department of Internal Medicine, Lille Nord University, Lille, Orgamétrie biostatistiques, Roubaix, France, UO Reumatologia e Immunologia Clinica, Spedali Civili Brescia, Dipartimento Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale F-Magrassi II Policlinico U.O., Reumatologia, Napoli, Italy, Rheumatology A dpt, Paris 5 University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Centro per la Sclerosi Sistemica - Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Università La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy, Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Divisione di Reumatologia, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia medica applicata, Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Ospedale Mauriziano, Centro di Reumatologia, Torino, Italy, Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, UK, Department of Rheumatology, Charité University Hospital, German Rheumatism Research Centre, a Leibniz institute, Berlin, Germany, Dipartimento di Medicina, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Dipartimento e Cattedra di Reumatologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, Milano, Italy, Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Clinic, Ion Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Department of Dermatology D-40, HS-Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Clinica Reumatologie, University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Iuliu Hatieganu Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Gent, Belgium, Rheumatologische Universitätsklinik, Felix Platter Spital, Basel, Switzerland, University of Florence, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Florence, Italy and Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie der

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July 2015

CD8+ T cell profiles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-the effects of costimulation blockade: comment on the article by Carvalheiro et al.

Authors:

Paolo Airò Enrico Colombo Silvia Piantoni Mirko Scarsi

Arthritis Rheumatol 2015 May;67(8):2273-4

Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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May 2015

Treatment and functional outcome of patients with cystoid macular edema: a single-center experience.

Authors:

Mara Taraborelli Ilaria Cavazzana Micaela Fredi Paolo Airò Giuseppe Nascimbeni Angela Tincani Franco Franceschini

Clin Rheumatol 2015 Apr 11;34(4):791-4. Epub 2014 Jun 11.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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April 2015

Identification of NF-κB and PLCL2 as new susceptibility genes and highlights on a potential role of IRF8 through interferon signature modulation in systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Maria Arismendi Matthieu Giraud Nadira Ruzehaji Philippe Dieudé Eugenie Koumakis Barbara Ruiz Paolo Airo Daniele Cusi Marco Matucci-Cerinic Erika Salvi Giovanna Cuomo Eric Hachulla Elisabeth Diot Paola Caramaschi Valeria Riccieri Jérôme Avouac Cristiane Kayser Yannick Allanore

Arthritis Res Ther 2015 Mar 21;17:71. Epub 2015 Mar 21.

Paris Descartes University, INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4422604	PMC

March 2015

Reduced T-cell repertoire restrictions in abatacept-treated rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Authors:

Luisa Imberti Mirko Scarsi Cinzia Zanotti Marco Chiarini Diego Bertoli Angela Tincani Paolo Airò

J Transl Med 2015 Jan 16;13:12. Epub 2015 Jan 16.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4310138	PMC

January 2015

Prevalence of Behçet's disease in the province of Brescia in northern Italy.

Authors:

Stefania Cartella Matteo Filippini Angela Tincani Paolo Airo

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2014 Jul-Aug;32(4 Suppl 84):S176. Epub 2014 Sep 30.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Italy.

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December 2014

Flow cytometry test to screen for HLA-B*58:01-associated allopurinol hypersensitivity.

Authors:

Mirko Scarsi Carla Bosio Silvia Coccoli Amilcare Barucco Giovanna Tavelli Paolo Airò

Clin Rheumatol 2014 Jun 13;33(6):873-5. Epub 2014 Apr 13.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, piazzale Spedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10067-014-2605-3	DOI Listing

June 2014

Nailfold capillary abnormalities in erectile dysfunction of systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR group analysis.

Authors:

Andrea D Keck Chingching Foocharoen Edoardo Rosato Vanessa Smith Yannick Allanore Oliver Distler Bojana Stamenkovic José Antonio Pereira Da Silva Sondess Hadj Khelifa Lev N Denisov Eric Hachulla Paloma García de la Peña Lefebvre Jean Sibilia Paolo Airò Paola Caramaschi Ulf Müller-Ladner Piotr Wiland Ulrich A Walker

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2014 Apr 5;53(4):639-43. Epub 2013 Dec 5.

Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Burgfelderstrasse 101, CH 4012 Basel, Switzerland.

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April 2014

Abatacept reduces levels of switched memory B cells, autoantibodies, and immunoglobulins in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Authors:

Mirko Scarsi Lucia Paolini Doris Ricotta Antonio Pedrini Silvia Piantoni Luigi Caimi Angela Tincani Paolo Airò

J Rheumatol 2014 Apr 1;41(4):666-72. Epub 2014 Mar 1.

From the Rheumatology Unit and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili, Brescia; and Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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April 2014

The MUC5B variant is associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis but not with systemic sclerosis interstitial lung disease in the European Caucasian population.

Authors:

Raphael Borie Bruno Crestani Philippe Dieude Hilario Nunes Yannick Allanore Caroline Kannengiesser Paolo Airo Marco Matucci-Cerinic Benoit Wallaert Dominique Israel-Biet Jacques Cadranel Vincent Cottin Steven Gazal Anna L Peljto John Varga David A Schwartz Dominique Valeyre Bernard Grandchamp

PLoS One 2013 5;8(8):e70621. Epub 2013 Aug 5.

Service de Pneumologie A, APHP, Hopital Bichat, Paris, France.

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March 2014

Prevalence, correlates and outcomes of gastric antral vascular ectasia in systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR case-control study.

J Rheumatol 2014 Jan 1;41(1):99-105. Epub 2013 Dec 1.

From the Department of Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France; University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland; Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria V. Emanuele, Ferrarotto, S. Bambino, Catania, Italy; Service de Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Nord, Marseille, France; Service de Médecine Interne, University Hospital Centre (CHU) Cochin; Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Saint-Antoine, Paris, France; Division of Rheumatology, Istituto Gaetano Pini, University of Milan, Italy; Department of Clinical Medicine, Clinical Immunology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italia; Department of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Basel, Switzerland; Sección de Reumatología, Hospital Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain; Médecine interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France; Internal Medicine, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France; Rheumatologic Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; and Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.

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January 2014

Immunochip analysis identifies multiple susceptibility loci for systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Maureen D Mayes Lara Bossini-Castillo Olga Gorlova José Ezequiel Martin Xiaodong Zhou Wei V Chen Shervin Assassi Jun Ying Filemon K Tan Frank C Arnett John D Reveille Sandra Guerra María Teruel Francisco David Carmona Peter K Gregersen Annette T Lee Elena López-Isac Eguzkine Ochoa Patricia Carreira Carmen Pilar Simeón Iván Castellví Miguel Ángel González-Gay Alexandra Zhernakova Leonid Padyukov Marta Alarcón-Riquelme Cisca Wijmenga Matthew Brown Lorenzo Beretta Gabriela Riemekasten Torsten Witte Nicolas Hunzelmann Alexander Kreuter Jörg H W Distler Alexandre E Voskuyl Annemie J Schuerwegh Roger Hesselstrand Annika Nordin Paolo Airó Claudio Lunardi Paul Shiels Jacob M van Laar Ariane Herrick Jane Worthington Christopher Denton Fredrick M Wigley Laura K Hummers John Varga Monique E Hinchcliff Murray Baron Marie Hudson Janet E Pope Daniel E Furst Dinesh Khanna Kristin Phillips Elena Schiopu Barbara M Segal Jerry A Molitor Richard M Silver Virginia D Steen Robert W Simms Robert A Lafyatis Barri J Fessler Tracy M Frech Firas Alkassab Peter Docherty Elzbieta Kaminska Nader Khalidi Henry Niall Jones Janet Markland David Robinson Jasper Broen Timothy R D J Radstake Carmen Fonseca Bobby P Koeleman Javier Martin

Am J Hum Genet 2014 Jan;94(1):47-61

Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada 18016, Spain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3882906	PMC

January 2014

A genome-wide association study follow-up suggests a possible role for PPARG in systemic sclerosis susceptibility.

Arthritis Res Ther 2014 Jan 9;16(1):R6. Epub 2014 Jan 9.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978735	PMC

January 2014

A regulatory variant in CCR6 is associated with susceptibility to antitopoisomerase-positive systemic sclerosis.

Arthritis Rheum 2013 Dec;65(12):3202-8

INSERM, Institut Cochin, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, INSERM U1016, Sorbonne Paris Cité, and Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.

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December 2013

A systemic sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus pan-meta-GWAS reveals new shared susceptibility loci.

Hum Mol Genet 2013 Oct 4;22(19):4021-9. Epub 2013 Jun 4.

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766185	PMC

October 2013

Implication of IL-2/IL-21 region in systemic sclerosis genetic susceptibility.

Ann Rheum Dis 2013 Jul 21;72(7):1233-8. Epub 2012 Nov 21.

Cellular Biology and Immunology Department, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Granada, Spain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3887514	PMC

July 2013

Outcomes of patients with systemic sclerosis-associated polyarthritis and myopathy treated with tocilizumab or abatacept: a EUSTAR observational study.

Ann Rheum Dis 2013 Jul 19;72(7):1217-20. Epub 2012 Dec 19.

Rheumatology A Department, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.

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July 2013

The systemic lupus erythematosus IRF5 risk haplotype is associated with systemic sclerosis.

PLoS One 2013 23;8(1):e54419. Epub 2013 Jan 23.

Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3553151	PMC

July 2013

Targeting CD4+CD28- T cells by blocking CD28 co-stimulation.

Authors:

Paolo Airò Mirko Scarsi

Trends Mol Med 2013 Jan 23;19(1):1-2. Epub 2012 Nov 23.

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January 2013

TGFβ receptor gene variants in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from a multicentre EUSTAR study of European Caucasian patients.

Ann Rheum Dis 2012 Nov 15;71(11):1900-3. Epub 2012 Aug 15.

Paris Descartes University, INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.

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November 2012

Brief report: candidate gene study in systemic sclerosis identifies a rare and functional variant of the TNFAIP3 locus as a risk factor for polyautoimmunity.

Arthritis Rheum 2012 Aug;64(8):2746-52

Paris Descartes University, INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, and Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.

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August 2012

Brief report: successful pregnancies but a higher risk of preterm births in patients with systemic sclerosis: an Italian multicenter study.

Authors:

Mara Taraborelli Véronique Ramoni Antonio Brucato Paolo Airò Gianluigi Bajocchi Francesca Bellisai Domenico Biasi Jelena Blagojevic Valentina Canti Roberto Caporali Paola Caramaschi Ilaria Chiarolanza Veronica Codullo Franco Cozzi Giovanna Cuomo Maurizio Cutolo Maria De Santis Salvatore De Vita Emma Di Poi Andrea Doria Paola Faggioli Maria Favaro Gianfranco Ferraccioli Clodoveo Ferri Rosario Foti Alessandro Gerosa Maria Gerosa Sarah Giacuzzo Leopoldo Giani Dilia Giuggioli Massimo Imazio Michele Iudici Annamaria Iuliano Roberto Leonardi Massimiliano Limonta Andrea Lojacono Chiara Lubatti Marco Matucci-Cerinic Antonino Mazzone Marianna Meroni Pier Luigi Meroni Marta Mosca Mario Motta Marina Muscarà Simona Nava Melissa Padovan Giorgio Pagani Giuseppe Paolazzi Susanna Peccatori Viviana Ravagnani Valeria Riccieri Edoardo Rosato Patrizia Rovere-Querini Felice Salsano Alessandro Santaniello Raffaella Scorza Chiara Tani Gabriele Valentini Guido Valesini Massimo Vanoli Barbara Vigone Silvana Zeni Angela Tincani

Arthritis Rheum 2012 Jun 28;64(6):1970-7. Epub 2011 Dec 28.

Spedali Civili and Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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June 2012

Evidence for caveolin-1 as a new susceptibility gene regulating tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis.

Ann Rheum Dis 2012 Jun 8;71(6):1034-41. Epub 2012 Mar 8.

Department of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

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June 2012

Identification of CSK as a systemic sclerosis genetic risk factor through Genome Wide Association Study follow-up.

Hum Mol Genet 2012 Jun 9;21(12):2825-35. Epub 2012 Mar 9.

Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina Lopez-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368627	PMC

June 2012

Analysis of the association between CD40 and CD40 ligand polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis.

Arthritis Res Ther 2012 Jun 25;14(3):R154. Epub 2012 Jun 25.

Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Avda, del Conocimiento s/n, 18010, Granada, SpainArmilla (Granada), Spain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446540	PMC

June 2012

A GWAS follow-up study reveals the association of the IL12RB2 gene with systemic sclerosis in Caucasian populations.

Hum Mol Genet 2012 Feb 10;21(4):926-33. Epub 2011 Nov 10.

Instituto de ParasitologÍa y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Granada 18100, Spain.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298110	PMC

February 2012

Erectile dysfunction is frequent in systemic sclerosis and associated with severe disease: a study of the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group.

Arthritis Res Ther 2012 Feb 20;14(1):R37. Epub 2012 Feb 20.

Department of Rheumatology, Basel University, Burgfelderstrasse 101, Basel 4012, Switzerland.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392836	PMC

February 2012

Polymorphisms in the interleukin 4, interleukin 13, and corresponding receptor genes are not associated with systemic sclerosis and do not influence gene expression.

J Rheumatol 2012 Jan 1;39(1):112-8. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 8, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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January 2012

Association of a non-synonymous functional variant of the ITGAM gene with systemic sclerosis.

Ann Rheum Dis 2011 Nov 13;70(11):2050-2. Epub 2011 May 13.

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November 2011

Confirmation of association of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene with systemic sclerosis in a large European population.

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2011 Nov 28;50(11):1976-81. Epub 2011 Aug 28.

Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain.

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November 2011

Baseline numbers of circulating CD28-negative T cells may predict clinical response to abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Authors:

Mirko Scarsi Tamara Ziglioli Paolo Airo'

J Rheumatol 2011 Oct 1;38(10):2105-11. Epub 2011 Aug 1.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Service, Spedali Civili di Brescia, piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

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October 2011

Prediction of pulmonary hypertension related to systemic sclerosis by an index based on simple clinical observations.

Authors:

Christophe Meune Jérôme Avouac Paolo Airò Lorenzo Beretta Philippe Dieudé Karim Wahbi Paola Caramaschi Kiet Tiev Susanna Cappelli Elisabeth Diot Alessandra Vacca Jean-Luc Cracowski Jean Sibilia André Kahan Marco Matucci-Cerinic Yannick Allanore

Arthritis Rheum 2011 Sep;63(9):2790-6

Paris Descartes University and Department of Rheumatology A, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.

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September 2011

Is there a role for TNFα antagonists in the treatment of SSc? EUSTAR expert consensus development using the Delphi technique.

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2011 Mar-Apr;29(2 Suppl 65):S40-5. Epub 2011 May 12.

Department of Rheumatology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

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September 2011

Thymic and bone marrow output in patients with common variable immunodeficiency.

Authors:

Federico Serana Paolo Airò Marco Chiarini Cinzia Zanotti Mirko Scarsi Micol Frassi Vassilios Lougaris Alessandro Plebani Luigi Caimi Luisa Imberti

J Clin Immunol 2011 Aug 14;31(4):540-9. Epub 2011 Apr 14.

Department of Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10875-011-9526-6	DOI Listing

August 2011

Role of guanylate binding protein-1 in vascular defects associated with chronic inflammatory diseases.

Authors:

Matthias Hammon Martin Herrmann Oliver Bleiziffer Galyna Pryymachuk Laura Andreoli Luis E Munoz Kerstin U Amann Michele Mondini Marisa Gariglio Paolo Airó Vera S Schellerer Antonis K Hatzopoulos Raymund E Horch Ulrich Kneser Michael Stürzl Elisabeth Naschberger

J Cell Mol Med 2011 Jul;15(7):1582-92

Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center Erlangen, Schwabachanlage 10, Erlangen, Germany.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823202	PMC

July 2011

Malignancies in Italian patients with systemic sclerosis positive for anti-RNA polymerase III antibodies.

Authors:

Paolo Airo' Angela Ceribelli Ilaria Cavazzana Mara Taraborelli Stefania Zingarelli Franco Franceschini

J Rheumatol 2011 Jul 1;38(7):1329-34. Epub 2011 Apr 1.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Service, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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July 2011

Genome-wide scan identifies TNIP1, PSORS1C1, and RHOB as novel risk loci for systemic sclerosis.

PLoS Genet 2011 Jul 7;7(7):e1002091. Epub 2011 Jul 7.

Université Paris Descartes, Rhumatologie A, INSERM, U1016, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3131285	PMC

July 2011

Identification of novel genetic markers associated with clinical phenotypes of systemic sclerosis through a genome-wide association strategy.

Authors:

Olga Gorlova Jose-Ezequiel Martin Blanca Rueda Bobby P C Koeleman Jun Ying Maria Teruel Lina-Marcela Diaz-Gallo Jasper C Broen Madelon C Vonk Carmen P Simeon Behrooz Z Alizadeh Marieke J H Coenen Alexandre E Voskuyl Annemie J Schuerwegh Piet L C M van Riel Marie Vanthuyne Ruben van 't Slot Annet Italiaander Roel A Ophoff Nicolas Hunzelmann Vicente Fonollosa Norberto Ortego-Centeno Miguel A González-Gay Francisco J García-Hernández María F González-Escribano Paolo Airo Jacob van Laar Jane Worthington Roger Hesselstrand Vanessa Smith Filip de Keyser Fredric Houssiau Meng May Chee Rajan Madhok Paul G Shiels Rene Westhovens Alexander Kreuter Elfride de Baere Torsten Witte Leonid Padyukov Annika Nordin Raffaella Scorza Claudio Lunardi Benedicte A Lie Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold Oyvind Palm Paloma García de la Peña Patricia Carreira John Varga Monique Hinchcliff Annette T Lee Pravitt Gourh Christopher I Amos Frederick M Wigley Laura K Hummers J Lee Nelson Gabriella Riemekasten Ariane Herrick Lorenzo Beretta Carmen Fonseca Christopher P Denton Peter K Gregersen Sandeep Agarwal Shervin Assassi Filemon K Tan Frank C Arnett Timothy R D J Radstake Maureen D Mayes Javier Martin

PLoS Genet 2011 Jul 14;7(7):e1002178. Epub 2011 Jul 14.

Department of Epidemiology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

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July 2011

Detection of anti-IFI16 antibodies by ELISA: clinical and serological associations in systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Silvia Costa Michele Mondini Valeria Caneparo Antonella Afeltra Paolo Airò Francesca Bellisai Paola Faggioli Roberto Gerli Milvia Lotzniker Pier L Meroni Gabriella Morozzi Antonella Radice Valeria Riccieri Mirko Scarsi Gian D Sebastiani Renato A Sinico Angela Tincani Marisa Gariglio Santo Landolfo

Rheumatology (Oxford) 2011 Apr 6;50(4):674-81. Epub 2010 Dec 6.

Department of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Turin,Turin, Italy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keq372	DOI Listing

April 2011

A replication study confirms the association of TNFSF4 (OX40L) polymorphisms with systemic sclerosis in a large European cohort.

Authors:

Lara Bossini-Castillo Jasper C A Broen Carmen P Simeon Lorenzo Beretta Madelon C Vonk Norberto Ortego-Centeno Gerard Espinosa Patricia Carreira María Teresa Camps Nuria Navarrete María F González-Escribano Esther Vicente-Rabaneda Luis Rodríguez Carlos Tolosa José A Román-Ivorra Inmaculada Gómez-Gracia Francisco J García-Hernández Iván Castellví María Gallego Antonio Fernández-Nebro Rosa García-Portales María Victoria Egurbide Vicente Fonollosa Paloma García de la Peña Ana Pros Miguel A González-Gay Roger Hesselstrand Gabriela Riemekasten Torsten Witte Marieke J H Coenen Bobby P Koeleman Frederic Houssiau Vanessa Smith Filip de Keyser Rene Westhovens Ellen De Langhe Alexandre E Voskuyl Annemie J Schuerwegh Meng May Chee Rajan Madhok Paul Shiels Carmen Fonseca Christopher Denton Kathleen Claes Leonid Padykov Annika Nordin Oyvind Palm Benedicte A Lie Paolo Airó Raffaella Scorza Jacob M van Laar Nicolas Hunzelmann Alexander Kreuter Ariane Herrick Jane Worthington Timothy R D J Radstake Javier Martín Blanca Rueda

Ann Rheum Dis 2011 Apr 27;70(4):638-41. Epub 2010 Dec 27.

Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan. [corrected]

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April 2011

Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis in European Caucasians and metaanalysis of 5 studies.

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Jérôme Avouac Paolo Airò Christophe Meune Lorenzo Beretta Philippe Dieude Paola Caramaschi Kiet Tiev Susanna Cappelli Elisabeth Diot Alessandra Vacca Jean-Luc Cracowski Jean Sibilia André Kahan Marco Matucci-Cerinic Yannick Allanore

J Rheumatol 2010 Nov 1;37(11):2290-8. Epub 2010 Sep 1.

Department of Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.100245	DOI Listing

November 2010

Causes and risk factors for death in systemic sclerosis: a study from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database.

Ann Rheum Dis 2010 Oct 15;69(10):1809-15. Epub 2010 Jun 15.

Department of Rheumatology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2009.114264	DOI Listing

October 2010

Anti-Th/To are common antinucleolar autoantibodies in Italian patients with scleroderma.

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Angela Ceribelli Ilaria Cavazzana Franco Franceschini Paolo Airò Angela Tincani Roberto Cattaneo Brad A Pauley Edward K L Chan Minoru Satoh

J Rheumatol 2010 Oct 3;37(10):2071-5. Epub 2010 Aug 3.

Rheumatology Unit, A.O. Spedali Civili, Università degli Studi, Brescia, Italy.

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October 2010

The number of circulating recent thymic emigrants is severely reduced 1 year after a single dose of alemtuzumab in renal transplant recipients.

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Mirko Scarsi Nicola Bossini Fabio Malacarne Francesca Valerio Silvio Sandrini Paolo Airò

Transpl Int 2010 Aug 3;23(8):786-95. Epub 2010 Feb 3.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, and Nephrology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.

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August 2010

Functional variants of Fc gamma receptor (FCGR2A) and FCGR3A are not associated with susceptibility to systemic sclerosis in a large European Study (EUSTAR).

J Rheumatol 2010 Aug 15;37(8):1673-9. Epub 2010 Jun 15.

Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.091259	DOI Listing

August 2010

Anti-RNA polymerase III antibodies as a risk marker for early gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) in systemic sclerosis.

Authors:

Angela Ceribelli Ilaria Cavazzana Paolo Airò Franco Franceschini

J Rheumatol 2010 Jul;37(7):1544

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July 2010

Decreased circulating CD28-negative T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with abatacept are correlated with clinical response.

Authors:

Mirko Scarsi Tamara Ziglioli Paolo Airò

J Rheumatol 2010 May 15;37(5):911-6. Epub 2010 Mar 15.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Service, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

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May 2010

Genome-wide association study of systemic sclerosis identifies CD247 as a new susceptibility locus.

Authors:

Timothy R D J Radstake Olga Gorlova Blanca Rueda Jose-Ezequiel Martin Behrooz Z Alizadeh Rogelio Palomino-Morales Marieke J Coenen Madelon C Vonk Alexandre E Voskuyl Annemie J Schuerwegh Jasper C Broen Piet L C M van Riel Ruben van 't Slot Annet Italiaander Roel A Ophoff Gabriela Riemekasten Nico Hunzelmann Carmen P Simeon Norberto Ortego-Centeno Miguel A González-Gay María F González-Escribano Paolo Airo Jaap van Laar Ariane Herrick Jane Worthington Roger Hesselstrand Vanessa Smith Filip de Keyser Fredric Houssiau Meng May Chee Rajan Madhok Paul Shiels Rene Westhovens Alexander Kreuter Hans Kiener Elfride de Baere Torsten Witte Leonid Padykov Lars Klareskog Lorenzo Beretta Rafaella Scorza Benedicte A Lie Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold Patricia Carreira John Varga Monique Hinchcliff Peter K Gregersen Annette T Lee Jun Ying Younghun Han Shih-Feng Weng Christopher I Amos Fredrick M Wigley Laura Hummers J Lee Nelson Sandeep K Agarwal Shervin Assassi Pravitt Gourh Filemon K Tan Bobby P C Koeleman Frank C Arnett Javier Martin Maureen D Mayes

Nat Genet 2010 May 11;42(5):426-9. Epub 2010 Apr 11.

Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.565	DOI Listing
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May 2010

Associated autoimmune diseases in systemic sclerosis define a subset of patients with milder disease: results from 2 large cohorts of European Caucasian patients.

Authors:

Jérôme Avouac Paolo Airò Philippe Dieude Paola Caramaschi Kiet Tiev Elisabeth Diot Jean Sibilia Susanna Cappelli Brigitte Granel Alessandra Vacca Julien Wipff Olivier Meyer André Kahan Marco Matucci-Cerinic Yannick Allanore

J Rheumatol 2010 Mar 28;37(3):608-14. Epub 2010 Jan 28.

Rheumatology A Department, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.

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March 2010

Single-center analysis of long-term outcome after hematopoietic cell transplantation in children with congenital severe T cell immunodeficiency.

Authors:

Evelina Mazzolari Donatella de Martiis Concetta Forino Arnalda Lanfranchi Silvia Giliani Roberto Marzollo Paolo Airò Luisa Imberti Fulvio Porta Luigi D Notarangelo

Immunol Res 2009 ;44(1-3):4-17

Divisione di Emato-Oncologia Pediatrica, Ospedale dei Bambini, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.

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