Milman N, Boonen A, Merkel PA, Tugwell P. Mapping of the outcome measures in rheumatology core set for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis to the International Classification of Function, Disability and Health. Arthritis Care Res. 2015;67:255-63. PMID: 25048363.
F. David Carmona, Sarah L. Mackie, Jose-Ezequiel Martín, John C. Taylor, Augusto Vaglio, Stephen Eyre, Lara Bossini-Castillo, Santos Castañeda, María C. Cid, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Sergio Prieto-Gonzalez, Roser Solans, Marc Ramentol-Sintas, M. Francisca González-Escribano, Lourdes Ortiz-Fernández, Inmaculada C. Morado, Javier Narvaez, Jose A. Miranda-Filloy, Spanish GCA Group, Lorenzo Beretta, Claudio Lunardi, Marco A. Cimmino, Davide Gianfreda, Daniele Santilli, Giuseppe A. Ramirez, Alessandra Soriano, Francesco Muratore, Giulia Pazzola, Olga Addimanda, Cisca Wijmenga, Torsten Witte, Jan Schirmer, Frank Moosig, Verena Schönau, Andre Franke, Øyvind Palm, Øyvind Molberg, Andreas P. Diamantopoulos, Simon Carette, Christian Pagnoux, David Cuthbertson, Gary S. Hoffman, Carol A. Langford, Nader A. Khalidi, Curry L. Koening, Carol A. McAlear, Larry Moreland, Paul A. Monach, Philip Seo, Antoine Sreih, Kenneth J. Warrington, Steven R. Ytterberg, Peter K. Gregersen, Colin T. Pease, Andrew Gough, Michael Green, Lesley Hordon, Stephen Jarrett, Richard Watts, Sarah Levy, Yusuf Patel, Sanjeet Kamath, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Jane Worthington, Bobby P.C. Koeleman, Paul I.W. de Bakker, Jennifer H. Barrett, Carlo Salvarani, Peter A. Merkel, Miguel A. González-Gay, Ann W. Morgan, Javier Martín. A large-scale genetic analysis reveals a strong contribution of HLA class II molecules to giant cell arteritis susceptibility. Am J Hum Genet. 2015 Apr 2;96(4):565-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.02.009. Epub 2015 Mar 26. PMID: 25817017.
Alice Sy, Nader Khalidi, Natasha Dehghan, Lillian Barra, Simon Carette, David Cuthbertson, Gary S. Hoffman, Curry L. Koening, Carol A. Langford, Carol McAlear, Larry Moreland, Paul A. Monach, Philip Seo, Ulrich Specks, Antoine Sreih, Steven R. Ytterberg, Gert Van Assche, Peter A. Merkel, Christian Pagnoux, for the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC) and the Canadian Vasculitis Network (CanVasc). Vasculitis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Study of 32 Patients and Systematic Review of the Literature. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2015 Jul 26. pii: S0049-0172(15)00194-8. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.07.006. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26315859.
Robson JC, Milman N, Tomasson G, Dawson J, Cronholm PF, Kellom K, Shea J, Ashdown S, Boers M, Boonen A, Casey GC, Farrar JT, Gebhart D, Krischer J, Lanier G, McAlear CA, Peck J, Sreih AG, Tugwell PS, Luqmani RA, Merkel PA. Exploration, Development, and Validation of Patient-reported Outcomes in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis Using the OMERACT Process.
J Rheumatol. 2015 Nov;42(11):2204-9. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.141143. Epub 2015 Sep 1. PMID: 26329344.
Merkel PA, Aydin SZ, Boers M, Cornell C, Direskeneli H, Gebhart D, Hatemi G, Luqmani R, Matteson EL, Milman N, Robson J, Seo P, Tomasson G. Current Status of Outcome Measure Development in Vasculitis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2014. Mar;41(3):599-612. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.131249. PMID: 24488418, PMCID: In Process.
Hatemi G, Merkel PA, Hamuryudan V, Boers M, Direskeneli, Aydin SZ, and Yazici H. Outcome Measures Used in Clinical Trials for Behçet’s Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Journal of Rheumatology. J Rheumatol. 2014 Mar;41(3):599-612. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.131249. PMID: 24488418, PMCID: In Process.
Mooney J, Spalding N, Poland F, Grayson P, Leduc R, McAlear CA, Richesson RL, Shereff D, Merkel PA, and Watts RA. The informational needs of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis – development of an informational needs questionnaire. Rheumatology. 2014:Mar 12 [Epub]. PMID: 24625507.
Grayson PC, Monach PA, Pagnoux C, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Hoffman GS, Khalidi NA, Koening CL, Langford CA, Maksimowicz-McKinnon K, Seo P, Specks U, Ytterberg SR, Merkel PA; on behalf of the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium. Value of commonly measured laboratory tests as biomarkers of disease activity and predictors of relapse in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014 Nov 1. PMID: 25406357.
Tomasson G. Quality of life and outcome measures in vasculitis. Best practice & research Clinical rheumatology. 2013;27(1):69-77. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2013.01.003. PubMed PMID: 23507058.
Schmidt J, Kermani TA, Crowson CS, Bacani AK, Cooper LT, Matteson EL, Warrington KJ. Diagnostic Features, Treatment and Outcomes of Takayasu Arteritis in a US Cohort of 126 Patients. Mayo Clinic proceedings Mayo Clinic. 2013;88(8):822-30. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.04.025. PubMed PMID: 23849994.
Pagnoux C, Saadoun D. Virus-Associated Vasculitides: An Update. Current Immunology Reviews. 2013 Feb. Volume 9, Number 1, February 2013, pp. 2-12(11).
Pagnoux C and de Boysson H. How to treat primary vasculitis of the central nervous system. Presse medicale. 2013;42(4 Pt 2):605-7. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2013.01.038. PubMed PMID: 23465297.
Marmursztejn J, Guillevin L, Trebossen R, Cohen P, Guilpain P, Pagnoux C, Mouthon L, Legmann P, Vignaux O, Duboc D. Churg-Strauss syndrome cardiac involvement evaluated by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and positron-emission tomography: a prospective study on 20 patients. Rheumatology. 2013;52(4):642-50. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes155. PubMed PMID: 22772324. PMC Journal - In Process.
Pugnet G, Pagnoux C, Bézanahary H, Ly KH, Vidal E, Guillevin L. Progressive multifocal encephalopathy after cyclophosphamide in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener) patients: case report and review of literature. Clinical and experimental rheumatology. 2013;31(1 Suppl 75):S62-4. PubMed PMID: 23663683.
Mahr A, Katsahian S, Varet H, Guillevin L, Hagen EC, Höglund P, Merkel PA, Pagnoux C, Rasmussen N, Westman K, Jayne DR; for the French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG) and the European Vasculitis Society (EUVAS). Revisiting the classification of clinical phenotypes of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a cluster analysis. Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 2013;72(6):1003-10. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201750. PubMed PMID: 22962314.
de Boysson H, Boutemy J, Creveuil C, Ollivier Y, Letellier P, Pagnoux C and Bienvenu B. Is there a place for cyclophosphamide in the treatment of giant-cell arteritis? A case series and systematic review. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 2013;43(1):105-12. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.12.023. PubMed PMID: 23453684.
Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt W, Guillevin L, Pusey CD, Dezoysa J, Ives N, Clark WF, Quillen K, Winters JL, Wheatley K, Jayne D, PEXIVAS Investigators. Plasma exchange and glucocorticoid dosing in the treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitis (PEXIVAS): protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2013;14:73. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-73. PubMed PMID: 23497590; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3607855.
Xie G, Roshandel D, Sherva R, Monach PA, Lu EY, Kung T, Carrington K, Zhang SS, Pulit SL, Ripke S, Carette S, Dellaripa PF, Edberg JC, Hoffman GS, Khalidi N, Langford CA, Mahr AD, St Clair EW, Seo P, Specks U, Spiera RF, Stone JH, Ytterberg SR, Raychaudhuri S, de Bakker PI, Farrer LA, Amos CI, Merkel PA, Siminovitch KA. Association of Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's) With HLA-DPB1*04 and SEMA6A Gene Variants: Evidence From Genome-Wide Analysis. Arthritis and rheumatism. 2013;65(9):2457-68. doi: 10.1002/art.38036. PubMed PMID: 23740775.
Pujol R, Jaraquemada D, Rodríguez-Pla A. Capítulo 5: Tolerancia y Enfermedades Autoinmunitarias (Chapter 5:Tolerance and Autoimmune Disorders). Tratado de Medicina Interna Farreras-Rozman (Internal Medicine Textbook Farreras-Rozman). XVII Edition. 2012; Rozman C, ed. Editorial Elsevier, Spain.
Grayson PC, Tomasson G, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Hoffman GS, Khalidi NA, Langford CA, McAlear CA, Monach PA, Seo P, Warrington KJ, Ytterberg SR, Merkel PA; Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium. Association of vascular physical examination findings and arteriographic lesions in large vessel vasculitis. The Journal of rheumatology. 2012;39(2):303-9. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110652. PubMed PMID: 22174204; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3729730.
Monach PA, Kümpers P, Lukasz A, Tomasson G, Specks U, Stone JH, Cuthbertson D, Krischer J, Carette S, Ding L, Hoffman GS, Iklé D, Kallenberg CG, Khalidi NA, Langford CA, Seo P, St Clair EW, Spiera R, Tchao N, Ytterberg SR, Haubitz M, Merkel PA. Circulating angiopoietin-2 as a biomarker in ANCA-associated vasculitis. PloS one. 2012;7(1):e30197. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030197. PubMed PMID: 22279570; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3261176.
Tomasson G, Boers M, Walsh M, LaValley M, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Davis JC, Hoffman GS, Khalidi NA, Langford CA, McAlear CA, McCune WJ, Monach PA, Seo P, Specks U, Spiera R, St Clair EW, Stone JH, Ytterberg SR, Merkel PA. Assessment of health-related quality of life as an outcome measure in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's). Arthritis care & research. 2012;64(2):273-9. doi: 10.1002/acr.20649. PubMed PMID: 21954229; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3250569.
Grayson PC, Maksimowicz-McKinnon K, Clark TM, Tomasson G, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Khalidi NA, Langford CA, Monach PA, Seo P, Warrington KJ, Ytterberg SR, Hoffman GS, Merkel PA; Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium. Distribution of arterial lesions in Takayasu's arteritis and giant cell arteritis. 2012;71(8):1329-34. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200795. PubMed PMID: 22328740; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3729734.
Shahane AS, Khasnis A, Hajj Ali R. Three unusual mimics of primary angiitis of the central nervous system. Rheumatology international. 2012;32(3):737-42. doi: 10.1007/s00296-010-1679-8. PubMed PMID: 21161532.
Kermani TA, Schmidt J, Crowson CS, Ytterberg SR, Hunder GG, Matteson EL, Warrington KJ. Utility of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 2012;41(6):866-71. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.10.005. PubMed PMID: 22119103; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3307891.
Kermani TA, Ham EK, Camilleri MJ, Warrington KJ. Polyarteritis nodosa-like vasculitis in association with minocycline-use: A single-center case series. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 2012;42(2):213-21. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2012.03.006. PubMed PMID: 22704357.
Kermani TA, Warrington KJ, Crowson CS, Ytterberg SR, Hunder GG, Gabriel SE, Matteson EL. Large-Vessel Involvement in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-Based Cohort Study of the Incidence-Trends and Prognosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2012. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202408. PubMed PMID: 23253927.
Kermani TA, Warrington KJ. Recent Advances in Diagnostic Strategies for Giant Cell Arterties. Current neurology and neuroscience reports. 2012;12(2):138-44. doi: 10.1007/s11910-011-0243-6. PubMed PMID: 22205235.
Néel A, Masseau A, Hervier B, Bossard C, Cacoub P, Pagnoux C, Hamidou MA. Life-Threatening Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Polyarteritis Nodosa Successfully Treated by Rituximab. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases. 2011;17(8):439-41. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31823a58d7. PubMed PMID: 2208999591.
Dufour JF, Le Gallou T, Cordier JF, Aumaître O, Pinède L, Aslangul E, Pagnoux C, Marie I, Puéchal X, Decaux O, Dubois A, Agard C, Mahr A, Comoz F, Boutemy J, Broussolle C, Guillevin L, Sève P, Bienvenu B; the French Center-East Internists Group; the French Vasculitis Study Group. Urogenital Manifestations in Wegener Granulomatosis: A Study of 11 Cases and Review of the Literature. Medicine. 2012;91(2):67-74. doi: 10.1097/MD.0b013e318239add6. PubMed PMID: 22391468.
Néel A, Auffray-Calvier E, Guillon B, Fontenoy AM, Loussouarn D, Pagnoux C, Hamidou MA. Challenging the Diagnosis of Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System: A Single-center Retrospective Study. The Journal of rheumatology. 2012;39(5):1026-34. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110707. PubMed PMID: 22467936.
Néel A, Pagnoux C, Guillevin L, Hamidou M. Central nervous system vasculitides: An update. La Revue de medecine interne / fondee par la Societe nationale francaise de medecine interne. 2012;33(7):381-9. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2011.11.020. PubMed PMID: 22683146.
Chemouny JM, Pagnoux C, Caudwell V, Karras A, Borie R, Guillevin L, Vrtovsnik F, Daugas E. ANCA-associated diseases and lung carcinomas: a five-case series. Clinical nephrology. 2012. doi: 10.5414/CN107407. PubMed PMID: 22948118.
Richesson RL, Sutphen R, Shereff D, Krischer JP. The Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network Contact Registry update: features and functionality. Contemp Clin Trials. 2012;33(4):647-56. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.02.012. PubMed PMID: 22405970; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3652679.
Chung SA, Xie G, Roshandel D, Sherva R, Edberg JC, Kravitz M, Dellaripa PF, Hoffman GS, Mahr AD, Seo P, Specks U, Spiera RF, William St Clair E, Stone JH, Plenge RM, Siminovitch KA, Merkel PA, Monach PA. Meta-analysis in granulomatosis with polyangiitis reveals shared susceptibility loci with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2012;64(10):3463-71. doi: 10.1002/art.34496. PubMed PMID: 22508400; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3425721.
Walsh M, Catapano F, Szpirt W, Thorlund K, Bruchfeld A, Guillevin L, Haubitz M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Pusey C, Jayne D. Plasma exchange for renal vasculitis and idiopathic rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: a meta-analysis. American journal of kidney diseases: the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2011;57(4):566-74. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.10.049. PubMed PMID: 21194817; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3062650.
Direskineli H, Aydin SZ, Kermani T, Matteson E, Boers M, Herlyn K, Seo P, Suppiah R, Tomasson G, Luqmani R. Merkel PA. Development of outcome measures for large vessel vasculitis for use in clinical trials: opportunities, challenges, and research agenda. Journal of Rheumatology 2011; 38(7):1471-9. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110275. PubMed PMID: 21724719; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3653638.
Direskeneli H, Aydin SZ, Merkel PA. Assessment of disease activity and progression in Takayasu's arteritis. Clinical and experimental rheumatology. 2011;29(1 Suppl 64):S86-91. PubMed PMID: 21586201; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3645853.
Merkel PA, Aydin SZ, Boers M, Direskineli H, Herlyn K, Seo P, Suppiah R, Tomasson G, Luqmani R. The OMERACT Core Set of Outcome Measures for Use in Clinical Trials of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011;38(7):1480-6. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110276. PubMed PMID: 21724720; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3645858.
Kelley JM, Monach PA, Ji C, Zhou Y, Wu J, Tanaka S, Mahr AD, Johnson S, McAlear CA, Cuthbertson D, Carette S, Davis Jr. JC, Dellaripa PF, Hoffman GS, Khalidi NA, Langford CA, Seo P, St. Clair EW, Specks U, Stone JH, Spiera RF, Ytterberg SR, Merkel PA, Edberg JC, Kimberly RP. IgA and IgG ANCA Engagement of Fc Receptors Genetic Variants Influences Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011;108(51):20736-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1109227109. PubMed PMID: 22147912; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3251158.
Cao Y, Schmitz JL, Yang J, Hogan SL, Bunch D, Hu Y, Jennette CE, Berg EA, Arnett FC Jr, Jennette JC, Falk RJ, Preston GA. DRB1*15 allele is a risk factor for PR3-ANCA disease in African Americans. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2011;22(6):1161-7. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2010101058. PubMed PMID: 21617122; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3103736.
Tomasson G, Lavalley M, Tanriverdi K, Finkielman JD, Davis JC Jr, Hoffman GS, McCune WJ, St Clair EW, Specks U, Spiera R, Stone JH, Freedman JE, Merkel PA; Wegener's Granulomatosis Etanercept Trial (WGET) Research Group. Relationship between markers of platelet activation and inflammation with disease activity in Wegener's granulomatosis. J Rheumatol. 2011;38(6):1048-54. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.100735. PubMed PMID: 21411717; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3653633.
Monach PA, Tomasson G, Specks U, Stone JH, Cuthbertson D, Krischer J, Ding L, Fervenza FC, Fessler BK, Hoffman GS, Ikle D, Kallenberg CGM, Langford CA, Mueller M, Seo P, St.Clair EW, Spiera R, Tchao N, Ytterberg SR, Gu YZ, Snyder RD, Merkel, PA. Circulating Markers of Vascular Injury and Angiogenesis in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2011;63(12):3988-97. doi: 10.1002/art.30615. PubMed PMID: 21953143; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3227746.
Merkel PA, Aydin SZ, Boers M, Direskeneli H, Herlyn K, Seo P, Suppiah R, Tomasson G, Luqmani RA. The OMERACT core set of outcome measures for use in clinical trials of ANCA-associated vasculitis. The Journal of rheumatology. 2011;38(7):1480-6. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110276. PubMed PMID: 21724720; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3645858.
Kermani TA, Crowson CS, Achenbach SJ, Luthra HS. Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a retrospective review of clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes. Mayo Clinic proceedings Mayo Clinic. 2011;86(4):297-303. doi: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0663. PubMed PMID: 21454732; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3068889.
Kermani TA, Ytterberg SR, Warrington KJ. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in giant cell arteritis: A case series. Arthritis care & research. 2011;63(5):761-5. doi: 10.1002/acr.20435. PubMed PMID: 21240966; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3091984.
Kermani TA, Warrington KJ. Lower extremity vasculitis in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. Current opinion in rheumatology. 2011;23(1):38-42. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283410072. PubMed PMID: 21037479; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3085840.
Kermani TA, Warrington KJ, Amin S. Malignancy risk in vasculitis. Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease. 2011;3(1):55-63. doi: 10.1177/1759720X10387460. PubMed PMID: 22870466; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3383535.
Barreto P, Pagnoux C, Luca L, Aouizerate J, Ortigueira I, Cohen P, Muller G, Guillevin L. Dorsal prevertebral lesions in Wegener granulomatosis: Report on four cases. Joint Bone Spine. 2011;78(1):88-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2010.07.017. PubMed PMID: 20851656.
Guillevin L, Pagnoux C, Seror R, Mahr A, Mouthon L, Toumelin PL; for the French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG). The Five-Factor Score Revisited: Assessment of Prognoses of Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitides Based on the French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG) Cohort. 2011;90(1):19-27. doi: 10.1097/MD.0b013e318205a4c6. PubMed PMID: 21200183.
Pagnoux C, Bérezné A, Damade R, Paillot J, Aouizerate J, Le Guern V, Salmon D, Guillevin L. Encrusting Cystitis Due to Corynebacterium urealyticum in a Patient with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2011;41(2):297-300. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.11.004. PubMed PMID: 21277617.
Pagnoux C, Stubbe M, Lifermann F, Decaux O, Pavic M, Bérezné A, Delacroix-Szmania I, Méaux-Ruault N, Bienvenu B, Cabane J, Guillevin L. Wegener’s Granulomatosis Strictly and Persistently Localized to One Organ Is Rare: Assessment of 16 Patients from the French Vasculitis Study Group Database. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011;38(3):475-8. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.100518. PubMed PMID: 21123319.
Marchand-Janssen C, Loulergue P, Mouthon L, Mahr A, Blanche P, Deforges L, Lebon P, Cohen P, Pagnoux C, Le Guern V, Bienvenu B, Aouba A, Guillevin L, Launay O. Patients with systemic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases are at risk of vaccine-preventable illnesses. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011;50(6):1099-105. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq422. PubMed PMID: 2125805. PMC Journal - In Process.
Guilpain P, Chéreau C, Goulvestre C, Servettaz A, Montani D, Tamas N, Pagnoux C, Hachulla E, Weill B, Guillevin L, Mouthon L, Batteux F. The oxidation induced by anti-MPO antibodies triggers fibrosis in microscopic polyangiitis. Eur Respir J. 2011;37(6):1503-13. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00148409. PubMed PMID: 21071471.
Espy C, Morelle W, Kavian N, Grange P, Goulvestre C, Viallon V, Chéreau C, Pagnoux C, Michalski JC, Guillevin L, Weill B, Batteux F, Guilpain P. Sialylation level of anti-proteinase 3 (PR3) antibodies is associated with the activity of Wegener’s granulomatosis. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(7):2105-15. doi: 10.1002/art.30362. PubMed PMID: 21437874.
Pagnoux C, Le Guern V, Goffinet F, Diot E, Limal N, Pannier E, Warzocha U, Tsatsaris V, Dhote R, Karras A, Cohen P, Damade R, Mouthon L, Guillevin L. Pregnancies in systemic necrotizing vasculitides: report on 12 women and their 20 pregnancies. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011;50(5):953-61. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq421. PubMed PMID: 21183452. PMC Journal - In Process.
Grayson PC, Sloan JM, Niles JL, Monach PA, Merkel PA. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, autoimmune neutropenia, and vasculitis. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism. 2011;41(3):424-33. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.02.003. PubMed PMID: 21507463; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3163109.
Luqmani RA, Suppiah R, Grayson PC, Merkel PA, Watts R. Nomenclature and classification of vasculitis - update on the ACR/EULAR diagnosis and classification of vasculitis study (DCVAS). Clinical and experimental immunology. 2011;164 Suppl 1:11-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04358.x. PubMed PMID: 21447123; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3095857.
Silva F, Specks U, Kalra S, Hogan MC, Leung N, Sethi S, and Fervenza FC. Mycophenolate Mofetil for Induction and Maintenance of Remission in Microscopic Polyangiitis with Mild to Moderate Renal Involvement—A Prospective, Open-Label Pilot Trial. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN. 2010;5(3):445-53. doi: 10.2215/CJN.06010809. PubMed PMID: 20093349; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2827580.
Silva F, Hummel AM, Jenne DE, Specks U. Discrimination and variable impact of ANCA binding to different surface epitopes on proteinase 3, the Wegener's autoantigen. Journal of autoimmunity. 2010;35(4):299-308. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2010.06.021. PubMed PMID: 20810247; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2963671.
Mahr AD, Edberg JC, Stone JH, Dellaripa PF, Hoffman GS, Specks U, Spiera RF, St. Clair EW, Rouhani FN, Brantly ML, Merkel PA. Prevalence of Alpha 1-Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency in Wegener’s Granulomatosis. Arthritis and rheumatism. 2010;62(12):3760-7. doi: 10.1002/art.27742. PubMed PMID: 20827781; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3123032.
Walsh M, Merkel PA, Mahr A, Jayne D. Effects of duration of glucocorticoid therapy on relapse rate in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: A meta-analysis. Arthritis care & research. 2010;62(8):1166-73. doi: 10.1002/acr.20176. PubMed PMID: 20235186; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2946200.
Pagnoux C, Seror R, Henegar C, Mahr A, Cohen P, Le Guern V, Bienvenu B, Mouthon L and Guillevin L. Clinical features and outcomes in 348 patients with polyarteritis nodosa: a systematic retrospective study of patients diagnosed between 1963 and 2005 and entered into the French Vasculitis Study Group Database. Arthritis Rheum. 2010;62(2):616-26. doi: 10.1002/art.27240. PubMed PMID: 20112401.
Pagnoux C, Dechartres A, Giraudeau B, Seror R, Guillevin L, Ravaud P. Reporting of corticosteroid use in systemic disease trials: Evidence from a systematic review of the potential impact on treatment effect. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010;62(7):1002-8. doi: 10.1002/acr.20139. PubMed PMID: 20589700.
Pierrot-Deseilligny Despujol C, Pouchot J, Pagnoux C, Coste J, Guillevin L. Predictors at diagnosis of a first Wegener’s granulomatosis relapse after obtaining complete remission. Rheumatology. 2010;49(11):2181-90. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq244. PubMed PMID: 20675708. PMC Journal - In Process.
Dion J, Bachmeyer C, Moguelet P, Lescure FX, Pagnoux C. Livedo reticularis and erythematous macules of the forearms indicating cutaneous microscopic polyangiitis. The American journal of medicine. 2010;123(11):e5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.03.011. PubMed PMID: 21035582.
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Seo P, Jayne DR, Luqmani RA, Merkel PA for the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC) and the European Vasculitis Study Group (EUVAS). Assessment of Damage in Vasculitis: Expert Ranking of Items of Damage. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009;48(7):823-7. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep103. PubMed PMID: 19454608; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2722812.
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Mahr AD, Jover JA, Spiera RF, Hernández-García C, Fernández-Gutiérrez B, LaValley MP, Merkel PA. Adjunctive Methotrexate to Treat Giant-Cell Arteritis: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Arthritis and rheumatism. 2007;56(8):2789-97. doi: 10.1002/art.22754. PubMed PMID: 17665429.
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