2019
Towards a new classification of systemic sclerosis
Hinchcliff M, Mahoney JM. Towards a new classification of systemic sclerosis. Nature Reviews Rheumatology 2019, 15: 456-457. PMID: 31217541, DOI: 10.1038/s41584-019-0257-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Reliability and Validity of the Tender and Swollen Joint Counts and the Modified Rodnan Skin Score in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Analysis from the Prospective Registry of Early Systemic Sclerosis Cohort.
Gordon JK, Girish G, Berrocal VJ, Zhang M, Hatzis C, Assassi S, Bernstein EJ, Domsic RT, Hant FN, Hinchcliff M, Schiopu E, Steen VD, Frech TM, Khanna D. Reliability and Validity of the Tender and Swollen Joint Counts and the Modified Rodnan Skin Score in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Analysis from the Prospective Registry of Early Systemic Sclerosis Cohort. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2017, 44: 791-794. PMID: 28298560, PMCID: PMC5457319, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.160654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosisSwollen joint countCutaneous systemic sclerosisRodnan skin scoreMusculoskeletal ultrasoundJoint countSkin scoreSystemic sclerosisEarly diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosisModified Rodnan skin scoreSystemic sclerosis cohortProspective registryTJCExcellent interMRSSSJCSclerosisContent validityScoresCountRheumatologistsPatientsRegistryCohortAbnormalities
2016
Genetic susceptibility loci of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia do not represent risk for systemic sclerosis: a case control study in Caucasian patients
Wu M, Assassi S, Salazar GA, Pedroza C, Gorlova OY, Chen WV, Charles J, Taing ML, Liao K, Wigley FM, Hummers LK, Shah AA, Hinchcliff M, Khanna D, Schiopu E, Phillips K, Furst DE, Steen V, Baron M, Hudson M, Zhou X, Pope J, Jones N, Docherty P, Khalidi NA, Robinson D, Simms RW, Silver RM, Frech TM, Fessler BJ, Fritzler MJ, Molitor JA, Segal BM, Movahedian M, Martín J, Varga J, Mayes MD. Genetic susceptibility loci of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia do not represent risk for systemic sclerosis: a case control study in Caucasian patients. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2016, 18: 20. PMID: 26792595, PMCID: PMC4719560, DOI: 10.1186/s13075-016-0923-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic interstitial pneumoniaInterstitial lung diseaseInterstitial pneumoniaValidation cohortSeverity of ILDGenetic susceptibility lociSSc-related interstitial lung diseaseSingle nucleotide polymorphismsCase-control studyGenome-wide association studiesBackgroundSystemic sclerosisSSc-ILDLung involvementSSc patientsSystemic sclerosisVital capacityLung diseaseCaucasian patientsHealthy controlsDiscovery cohortSusceptibility lociPositive subsetControl studyReplication cohortCohort
2011
Identification of Novel Genetic Markers Associated with Clinical Phenotypes of Systemic Sclerosis through a Genome-Wide Association Strategy
Gorlova O, Martin JE, Rueda B, Koeleman BP, Ying J, Teruel M, Diaz-Gallo LM, Broen JC, Vonk MC, Simeon CP, Alizadeh BZ, Coenen MJ, Voskuyl AE, Schuerwegh AJ, van Riel PL, Vanthuyne M, van 't Slot R, Italiaander A, Ophoff RA, Hunzelmann N, Fonollosa V, Ortego-Centeno N, González-Gay MA, García-Hernández FJ, González-Escribano MF, Airo P, van Laar J, Worthington J, Hesselstrand R, Smith V, de Keyser F, Houssiau F, Chee MM, Madhok R, Shiels PG, Westhovens R, Kreuter A, de Baere E, Witte T, Padyukov L, Nordin A, Scorza R, Lunardi C, Lie BA, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Palm Ø, García de la Peña P, Carreira P, , Varga J, Hinchcliff M, Lee AT, Gourh P, Amos CI, Wigley FM, Hummers LK, Hummers J, Nelson J, Riemekasten G, Herrick A, Beretta L, Fonseca C, Denton C, Gregersen P, Agarwal S, Assassi S, Tan F, Arnett F, Radstake T, Mayes M, Martin J. Identification of Novel Genetic Markers Associated with Clinical Phenotypes of Systemic Sclerosis through a Genome-Wide Association Strategy. PLOS Genetics 2011, 7: e1002178. PMID: 21779181, PMCID: PMC3136437, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic sclerosisSSc patientsHLA regionDiffuse cutaneous involvementHLA-DQB1 lociNon-HLA genesCutaneous involvementHealthy controlsIndependent associationHLA-DQB1Antibody subgroupsIndependent cohortGenome-wide association studiesClinical phenotypeGenetic componentIRF8 geneLcSScSclerosisPatientsSubgroupsCohortSuggestive associationAssociationNovel genetic markersGWAS level