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Clinical Profiles and Prognosis of Patients with Distinct Antisynthetase Autoantibodies.

J Rheumatol

July 2017

From the Peking University China-Japan Friendship School of Clinical Medicine; Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.

Objective: To compare the clinical characteristics and identify the longterm outcomes of Chinese patients with different antisynthetase antibodies.

Methods: We investigated retrospectively 124 consecutive patients with antisynthetase syndrome. Medical records, laboratory results, and computed tomography images were obtained.

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Elevated Serum Levels of Soluble CD163 in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: Associated with Macrophage Infiltration in Muscle Tissue.

J Rheumatol

June 2015

From the Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.Q.L. Peng, MS; Y.L. Zhang, MD; X.M. Shu, MD; H.B. Yang, MS; L. Zhang, MD; F. Chen, MD; X. Lu, MD; G.C. Wang, MD, Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital.

Objective: To investigate serum levels of soluble CD163 (sCD163) in patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM), and to correlate these to clinical manifestations and laboratory data.

Methods: Serum levels of sCD163 were detected in 24 patients with PM, 84 patients with DM, and 46 healthy controls by using the ELISA method. Immunohistochemistry staining of macrophage infiltration in muscle tissue using anti-CD163 monoclonal antibody was conducted on muscle biopsy specimens from 13 patients with PM and 17 with DM.

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