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About Vasculitis
Vasculitis is a family of nearly 20 rare diseases characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels, which can restrict blood flow and damage vital organs and tissues. Most forms of vasculitis are autoimmune diseases. Triggers may include infection, medication, genetic or environmental factors, allergic reactions, or another disease. However, the exact cause is often unknown.
- Anti-GBM (Goodpasture’s) disease
- Aortitis
- Behcet’s syndrome
- Central nervous system vasculitis
- Cogan’s syndrome
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis (formerly hypersensitivity/leukocytoclastic)
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, formerly Churg-Strauss syndrome)
- Giant cell arteritis
- ANCA Associated Vasculitis (• Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)
- ANCA Associated Vasculitis – Nature Reviews Disease Primers
- IgA vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)
- Kawasaki disease
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Takayasu’s arteritis
- Urticarial vasculitis
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Vasculitis Clinical Trial Site Registry
Given that vasculitis is considered a rare disease, greater research is essential in order to answer important questions such as what genes are involved, who is likely to relapse, and improved treatment regimes.
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Research Papers
These are selected research papers in the field of vasculitis published by researchers in Australia and New Zealand.
2020 (To May 28)
Shochet L, Holdsworth S, Kitching AR. Animal Models of ANCA Associated Vasculitis. Front Immunol. 2020 Apr 9;11:525. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00525. PMID: 32373109.
Pefanis A, Williams DS, Skrzypek H, Fung A, Paizis K. A case of ANCA- associated vasculitis presenting de novo in pregnancy, successfully treated with rituximab. Obstet Med. 2020 Mar;13(1):41-44. doi: 10.1177/1753495X18780853. PMID: 32284732.
Thet Z, Lam AK, Ranganathan D, Aung SY, Khoo TK. Cancer risks along the disease trajectory in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Mar 26. doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05055-x. PMID: 32219621.
Tieu J, Smith R, Basu N, Brogan P, D’Cruz D, Dhaun N, Flossmann O, Harper L, Jones RB, Lanyon PC, Luqmani RA, McAdoo SP, Mukhtyar C, Pearce FA, Pusey CD, Robson JC, Salama AD, Smyth L, Watts RA, Willcocks LC, Jayne DRW. Rituximab for maintenance of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: expert consensus guidelines. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Apr 1;59(4):e24-e32. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez640. PMID: 32096545.
Tieu J, Smith R, Basu N, Brogan P, D’Cruz D, Dhaun N, Flossmann O, Harper L, Jones RB, Lanyon PC, Luqmani RA, McAdoo SP, Mukhtyar C, Pearce FA, Pusey CD, Robson JC, Salama AD, Smyth L, Watts RA, Willcocks LC, Jayne DRW. Rituximab for maintenance of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: expert consensus guidelines-Executive summary. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Apr 1;59(4):727-731. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez632. PMID: 32096542.
Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt WM, Puéchal X, Fujimoto S, Hawley CM, Khalidi N, Floßmann O, Wald R, Girard LP, Levin A, Gregorini G, Harper L, Clark WF, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Smyth L, Tesar V, Ito-Ihara T, de Zoysa JR, Szczeklik W, Flores-Suárez LF, Carette S, Guillevin L, Pusey CD, Casian AL, Brezina B, Mazzetti A, McAlear CA, Broadhurst E, Reidlinger D, Mehta S, Ives N, Jayne DRW; PEXIVAS Investigators. Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA- Associated Vasculitis. N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 13;382(7):622-631. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803537. PMID: 32053298.
Kelly RI, Wee E, Balta S, Williams RA. Lymphocytic thrombophilic arteritis and cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa: Clinicopathologic comparison with blinded histologic assessment. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Feb 7:S0190-9622(19)32992-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.10.068PMID: 32044177.
Singh A, Danda D, Hussain S, Najmi AK, Mathew A, Goel R, Lakhan SE, Tajudheen B, Antony B. Efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in treatment of Takayasu arteritis: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Mod Rheumatol. 2020 Feb 13:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14397595.2020.1724671. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32000551.
Nagiah S, Saranapala DMM. Severe proximal muscle weakness with normal CK as
a presenting feature of ANCA-associated vasculitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Jan 21;13(1):e232854. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232854. PMID: 31969410
Phuong LK, Chen KY, Burgner DP, Curtis N. What paediatricians need to know about the updated 2017 American Heart Association Kawasaki disease guideline. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Jan;105(1):10-12. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315069.
Walters GD, Willis NS, Cooper TE, Craig JC. Interventions for renal vasculitis in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jan 13;1(1):CD003232. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003232.pub4. PMID: 31927782.
2019
Clifford LM, Li J, Renaud CJ, Fernando SL. Microscopic Polyangiitis with Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Often-Recognized Manifestation of the Disease. Case Rep Rheumatol. 2019 Dec 31;2019:2673947. doi: 10.1155/2019/2673947. PMID: 31976114.
Gray PE, McCarthy H, Siggs OM, Saleem MA, O’ Brien T, Frith K, Ziegler JB, Kitching AR, Fogo AB, Hudson BG, Pedchenko V. Molecular Analysis of Goodpasture’s Disease Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in a Pediatric Patient, Recalls the Conformeropathy of Wild-Type Anti-GBM Disease. Front Immunol. 2019 Nov 14;10:2659. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02659. PMID: 31798588
Ganeshanandan LR, Brusch AM, Dyke JM, McLean-Tooke APC. Polyarteritis nodosa isolated to muscles-A case series with a review of the literature. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2019 Dec 28:S0049-0172(19)30723-1. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.12.002. PMID: 31959304.
Bains HK, Agostinho N. Rare cause of bowel ischaemia: localized vasculitis of the gastrointestinal tract. ANZ J Surg. 2019 Dec 12. doi: 10.1111/ans.15625. PMID: 31833190.
Owen CE, Liew DFL, Buchanan RRC. Musculotendinous Inflammation: The Defining Pathology of Polymyalgia Rheumatica? J Rheumatol. 2019 Dec;46(12):1552-1555. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.190367. PMID: 31787593.
Gan PY, Chan A, Ooi JD, Dick J, Nagai K, O’Sullivan KM, Oudin V, Shim R, Kitching AR, Holdsworth SR. Biologicals targeting T helper cell subset differentiating cytokines are effective in the treatment of murine anti- myeloperoxidase glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int. 2019 Nov;96(5):1121-1133. doi:
10.1016/j.kint.2019.05.012. PMID: 31443998.
Sammel AM, Smith S, Nguyen K, Laurent R, Brewer J, Hall N, Little CB. Assessment for varicella zoster virus in patients newly suspected of having giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Nov 27:kez556. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kez556. PMID: 31776576.
Odobasic D, Oudin V, Ito K, Gan PY, Kitching AR, Holdsworth SR. Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells Attenuate Experimental Autoimmune Antimyeloperoxidase Glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Nov;30(11):2140-2157. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2019030236.
Leaver PJ, Jang HS, Wong MG, Soh HC, Fernando SL. ANCA-associated vasculitis of the appendix. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2019 Aug 15;3(2):rkz037. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkz037. PMID: 31650102.
Camellino D, Dejaco C, Buttgereit F, Matteson EL. Treat to Target: A Valid Concept for Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis? Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2019 Nov;45(4):549-567. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2019.07.005. PMID: 31564296.
Bischof A, Jaeger VK, Hadden RDM, Luqmani RA, Pröbstel AK, Merkel PA, Suppiah R, Craven A, Collins MP, Daikeler T. Peripheral neuropathy in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: Insights from the DCVAS study. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2019 Sep 20;6(6):e615. doi:
10.1212/NXI.0000000000000615. PMID: 31540965.
Woodford RG, Becker GJ, Jain A. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with use of aromatase inhibitors. Intern Med J. 2019 Sep;49(9):1162-1167. doi:10.1111/imj.14422. PMID: 31507048.
Huynh M, Eggenhuizen PJ, Olson GL, Rao NB, Self CR, Sun Y, Holdsworth SR, Kitching AR, Ooi JD. HLA-DR15-specific inhibition attenuates autoreactivity to the Goodpasture antigen. J Autoimmun. 2019 Sep;103:102276. doi:10.1016/j.jaut.2019.05.004.
Ali NQ, Niederer RL. Severe retinal vasculitis as a manifestation of poststreptococcal syndrome in a child. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec;47(9):1198-1199. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13635. Epub 2019 Oct 2. PMID: 31490618.
Galea R, Nel HJ, Talekar M, Liu X, Ooi JD, Huynh M, Hadjigol S, Robson KJ, Ting YT, Cole S, Cochlin K, Hitchcock S, Zeng B, Yekollu S, Boks M, Goh N, Roberts H, Rossjohn J, Reid HH, Boyd BJ, Malaviya R, Shealy DJ, Baker DG, Madakamutil L, Kitching AR, O’Sullivan BJ, Thomas R. PD-L1- and calcitriol-
dependent liposomal antigen-specific regulation of systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease. JCI Insight. 2019 Sep 19;4(18):e126025. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.126025. PMID: 31487265
Lin P. FDG PET imaging in large vessel vasculitis: Stuck at the first hurdle? Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Aug;22(8):1357-1360. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13674. PMID: 31385431.
Liong RW, Salonga-Reyes A, Morris S. Hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome presenting as unilateral dacryoadenitis. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2019 Nov;47(8):1097-1101. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13600. PMID: 31373156.
Jeffs LS, Peh CA, Nelson A, Tan PG, Davey E, Chappell K, Perkins GB, Hurtado PR. IgM ANCA in healthy individuals and in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis. Immunol Res. 2019 Oct;67(4-5):325-336. doi: 10.1007/s12026-019-09091-x. PMID: 31372816.
Ooi JD, Jiang JH, Eggenhuizen PJ, Chua LL, van Timmeren M, Loh KL, O’Sullivan KM, Gan PY, Zhong Y, Tsyganov K, Shochet LR, Ryan J, Stegeman CA, Fugger L, Reid HH, Rossjohn J, Heeringa P, Holdsworth SR, Peleg AY, Kitching AR. A plasmid-encoded peptide from Staphylococcus aureus induces anti-
myeloperoxidase nephritogenic autoimmunity. Nat Commun. 2019 Jul 29;10(1):3392.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11255-0. PMID: 31358739
Gan PY, Godfrey AS, Ooi JD, O’Sullivan KM, Oudin V, Kitching AR, Holdsworth SR. Apoptotic Cell-Induced, Antigen-Specific Immunoregulation to Treat Experimental Antimyeloperoxidase GN. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Aug;30(8):1365-1374. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2018090955. PMID: 31337690
Phuong LK, Chen KY, Burgner DP, Curtis N. What paediatricians need to know about the updated 2017 American Heart Association Kawasaki disease guideline. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Jan;105(1):10-12. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315069.
Lee JJY, Alsaleem A, Chiang GPK, Limenis E, Sontichai W, Yeung RSM, Akikusa J, Laxer RM. Hallmark trials in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) for the pediatric rheumatologist. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Jun 26;17(1):31. doi:10.1186/s12969-019-0343-4. PMID: 31242923
Nguyen AD, Crowhurst T, Lester S, Dobson R, Bartholomeusz D, Hill C. The utility of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis and monitoring of large vessel vasculitis: A South Australian retrospective audit. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Aug;22(8):1378-1382. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13617. PMID: 31211510.
Nossent JC, Raymond W, Keen H, Preen DB, Inderjeeth CA. Infection Rates Before and After Diagnosis of IgA Vasculitis in Childhood: A Population-wide Study Using Non-exposed Matched Controls. J Rheumatol. 2020 Mar;47(3):424-430. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.190110. PMID: 31203216.
Dwyer KM, Tai A, Smith P, Buchbinder R. Real pain in the neck: giant cell arteritis presenting with non-necrotising fasciitis and fever. Intern Med J. 2019 Jun;49(6):802-804. doi: 10.1111/imj.14317. PMID: 31185519.
Shimizu C, Kim J, Eleftherohorinou H, Wright VJ, Hoang LT, Tremoulet AH, Franco A, Hibberd ML, Takahashi A, Kubo M, Ito K, Tanaka T, Onouchi Y, Coin LJM, Levin M, Burns JC, Shike H; International Kawasaki Disease Genetic Consortium. HLA-C variants associated with amino acid substitutions in the peptide binding groove influence susceptibility to Kawasaki disease. Hum Immunol. 2019 Sep;80(9):731-738. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2019.04.020. PMID:31122742.
Tang L, Ehsman S. Single organ testicular vasculitis: an unusual cause for unilateral scrotal pain and swelling. ANZ J Surg. 2019 Sep;89(9):E394-E395. doi: 10.1111/ans.14561. PMID: 29756673.
Luu Q, Riordan J. Bad bites? A case report of rapidly progressive painful necrotic lower limb lesions from propylthiouracil-associated vasculitis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Jun;22(6):1157-1159. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13586. PMID: 31119870.
Jiang JX, Keat K, Swaminathan S. ANCA-Associated Vasculitis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 Nov;64(11):3350-3354. doi:10.1007/s10620-019-05654-y. PMID: 31093814.
Burgner DP, Newburger JW. Etanercept as Adjunctive Primary Therapy in Kawasaki Disease. Pediatrics. 2019 Jun;143(6):e20190912. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-0912. PMID: 31048416.
Chan FLY, Lester S, Whittle SL, Hill CL. The utility of ESR, CRP and platelets in the diagnosis of GCA. BMC Rheumatol. 2019 Apr 10;3:14. doi: 10.1186/s41927-019-0061-z. PMID: 31008443.
Stock AT, Collins N, Smyth GK, Hu Y, Hansen JA, D’Silva DB, Jama HA, Lew AM, Gebhardt T, McLean CA, Wicks IP. The Selective Expansion and Targeted Accumulation of Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages Drive Cardiac Vasculitis. J Immunol. 2019 Jun 1;202(11):3282-3296. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1900071. PMID: 31004011.
Stock AT, Jama HA, Hansen JA, Wicks IP. TNF and IL-1 Play Essential but Temporally Distinct Roles in Driving Cardiac Inflammation in a Murine Model of Kawasaki Disease. J Immunol. 2019 Jun 1;202(11):3151-3160. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1801593. PMID: 30996002.
Nagelkerke SQ, Tacke CE, Breunis WB, Tanck MWT, Geissler J, Png E, Hoang LT, van der Heijden J, Naim ANM, Yeung RSM, Levin ML, Wright VJ, Burgner DP, Ponsonby AL, Ellis JA, Cimaz R, Shimizu C, Burns JC, Fijnvandraat K, van der Schoot CE, van den Berg TK, de Boer M, Davila S, Hibberd ML, Kuijpers TW; International Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium. Extensive Ethnic Variation and Linkage Disequilibrium at the FCGR2/3 Locus: Different Genetic Associations Revealed in Kawasaki Disease. Front Immunol. 2019 Mar 21;10:185. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00185. PMID: 30949161.
Aydin SZ, Robson JC, Sreih AG, Hill C, Alibaz-Oner F, Mackie S, Beard S, Gul A, Hatemi G, Kermani TA, Mahr A, Meara A, Milman N, Shea B, Tómasson G, Tugwell P, Direskeneli H, Merkel PA. Update on Outcome Measure Development in Large- vessel Vasculitis: Report from OMERACT 2018. J Rheumatol. 2019 Sep;46(9):1198-1201. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.181072. PMID:30877212.
Sammel AM, Hsiao E, Schembri G, Nguyen K, Brewer J, Schrieber L, Janssen B, Youssef P, Fraser CL, Bailey E, Bailey DL, Roach P, Laurent R. Diagnostic Accuracy of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography of the Head, Neck, and Chest for Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Cross-Sectional Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Aug;71(8):1319-1328. doi: 10.1002/art.40864. PMID: 30848549.
Moxey J, Huq M, Proudman S, Sahhar J, Ngian GS, Walker J, Strickland G, Wilson M, Ross L, Major G, Roddy J, Stevens W, Nikpour M. Significance of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019 Feb 14;21(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-1839-5. PMID: 30764870;
Corbitt M, Kurtkoti J, Rashid M, Nigam S. Polyarteritis nodosa presenting atypically as appendicitis and pyelonephritis in a single patient. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Feb 1;12(2):e228072. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228072. PMID: 30709887
McLachlan RHP, Lennox AF, Varcoe RL, Thomas SD. Endovascular treatment of critical lower limb ischemia caused by giant cell arteritis. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2019 Jan 7;5(1):31-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.09.008. PMID: 30627690.
Jones RB, Hiemstra TF, Ballarin J, Blockmans DE, Brogan P, Bruchfeld A, Cid MC, Dahlsveen K, de Zoysa J, Espigol-Frigolé G, Lanyon P, Peh CA, Tesar V, Vaglio A, Walsh M, Walsh D, Walters G, Harper L, Jayne D; European Vasculitis Study Group (EUVAS). Mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclophosphamide for remission induction in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a randomised, non-inferiority trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Mar;78(3):399-405. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214245. PMID: 30612116.
Nossent J, Raymond W, Keen H, Inderjeeth C, Preen DB. Hospitalisation rates and characteristics for adult and childhood immunoglobulin A vasculitis in Western Australia. Intern Med J. 2019 Apr;49(4):475-481. doi: 10.1111/imj.14065. PMID: 30091295.
Sammel AM, Wolfenden HD, Joshua F, Jepson N. Reduced efficacy of transcatheter and surgical revascularization in Takayasu arteritis. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Jan;22(1):152-157. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12549. PMID: 25545064.
Nossent J, Raymond W, Keen H, Inderjeeth C, Preen D. Pregnancy outcomes in women with a history of immunoglobulin A vasculitis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 May 1;58(5):884-888. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key408. PMID: 30590848.
Balaratnasingam C, Yannuzzi LA, Franchina M, Freund KB. Idiopathic Retinal Vasculitis, Aneurysms, and Neuroretinitis (IRVAN) in a Patient Without IRVAN History. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019 Feb 1;137(2):230-232. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.5247. PMID: 30419083.
Tan JA, Choi HK, Xie H, Sayre EC, Esdaile JM, Aviña-Zubieta JA. All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients With Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A Population-Based Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Jan;71(1):155-163. doi: 10.1002/acr.23587. PMID: 29692001.
2018
Pedchenko V, Kitching AR, Hudson BG. Goodpasture’s autoimmune disease – A collagen IV disorder. Matrix Biol. 2018 Oct;71-72:240-249
de Brito M, Huebner G, Murrell D, Bullpitt P, Hartmann K. Normocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis: effective treatment with omalizumab. Clin Transl Allergy. 2018 Sep 21;8:37. doi: 10.1186/s13601-018-0222-y. PMID:30258566.
Robson KJ, Ooi JD, Holdsworth SR, Rossjohn J, Kitching AR. HLA and kidney disease: from associations to mechanisms. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2018 Oct;14(10):636-655. doi: 10.1038/s41581-018-0057-8. PMID: 30206339.
Sammel AM, Fraser CL. Update on giant cell arteritis. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2018 Nov;29(6):520-527. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000528. PMID: 30138144.
De Smit E, Lukowski SW, Anderson L, Senabouth A, Dauyey K, Song S, Wyse B, Wheeler L, Chen CY, Cao K, Wong Ten Yuen A, Shuey N, Clarke L, Lopez Sanchez I, Hung SSC, Pébay A, Mackey DA, Brown MA, Hewitt AW, Powell JE. Longitudinal expression profiling of CD4+ and CD8+ cells in patients with active to quiescent giant cell arteritis. BMC Med Genomics. 2018 Jul 23;11(1):61. doi:10.1186/s12920-018-0376-4. PMID: 30037347.
O’Sullivan KM, Ford SL, Longano A, Kitching AR, Holdsworth SR. Intrarenal Toll-like receptor 4 and Toll-like receptor 2 expression correlates with injury in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018 Nov 1;315(5):F1283-F1294. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00040.2018. PMID: 29923769
Patel S, Ross L, Oon S, Nikpour M. Rituximab treatment in primary angiitis of the central nervous system. Intern Med J. 2018 Jun;48(6):724-727. doi: 10.1111/imj.13814. PMID: 29898271.
Shan L, Goh D, Wagner T. Concomitant Hybrid Arch Vessel Reconstruction and Intracranial Clot Retrieval in Takayasu’s Arteritis Presenting with Acute Cerebral Ischemia: A Case Report. Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 Oct;52:315.e1-315.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2018.03.043. PMID: 29886218.
Celkys K, McDougall A, Massasso D, Turchini J, Thakkar V. Isolated lower limb vasculitis. Intern Med J. 2018 May;48(5):596-598. doi: 10.1111/imj.13779. Erratum in: Intern Med J. 2018 Jul;48(7):893. PMID: 29722197.
Ninan JV, Lester S, Hill CL. Diagnosis and management of giant cell arteritis: an Asia-Pacific perspective. Int J Rheum Dis. 2019 Jan;22 Suppl 1:28-40. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13297. PMID: 29667308.
Wee E, Nikpour M, Balta S, Williams RA, Kelly RI. Lymphocytic thrombophilic arteritis complicated by systemic involvement. Australas J Dermatol. 2018 Aug;59(3):223-225. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12798. PMID: 29624649.
Parker M, McGill NW. Minocycline-associated polyarteritis nodosa and self-limiting hepatitis: a reminder of a potentially re-emerging culprit in drug-induced autoimmune syndromes. Scand J Rheumatol. 2018 Nov;47(6):507-508. doi:10.1080/03009742.2017.1416669. PMID: 29532736.
Sammel AM, Hamilton D, Omari A, McGrath M. Comment on: The proposed role of ultrasound in the management of giant cell arteritis in routine clinical practice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Jun 1;57(6):1124-1125. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key033. PMID: 29509949.
Savige J, Trevisin M, Pollock W. Testing and reporting antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in treated vasculitis and non-vasculitic disease. J Immunol Methods. 2018 Jul;458:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2018.02.016. PMID: 29486145.
Chung EY, Chen J, Roxburgh S. A Case Report of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura and IgA Nephropathy Associated With Rivaroxaban. Nephrology (Carlton). 2018 Mar;23(3):289-290. doi: 10.1111/nep.13058. PMID: 29461002.
Toh JWT, Fehlberg T, Raashed S, Patapanian H, Turner C. Unexpected bowel perforation in Wegener’s granulomatosis. ANZ J Surg. 2018 Mar;88(3):245-247. doi: 10.1111/ans.13324.. PMID: 26381317.
Chen KYH, Messina N, Germano S, Bonnici R, Freyne B, Cheung M, Goldsmith G, Kollmann TR, Levin M, Burgner D, Curtis N. Innate immune responses following Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 15;13(2):e0191830. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191830. PMID: 29447181
Dick J, Gan PY, Kitching AR, Holdsworth SR. The C3aR promotes macrophage infiltration and regulates ANCA production but does not affect glomerular injury in experimental anti-myeloperoxidase glomerulonephritis. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 9;13(1):e0190655. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190655. PMID: 29315316.
Rajkumar T, Vilayur E. Acute alveolar haemorrhage in hepatitis C-related cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 4;2018:bcr2017222717. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222717. PMID: 29301807;
Dick J, Gan PY, Ford SL, Odobasic D, Alikhan MA, Loosen SH, Hall P, Westhorpe CL, Li A, Ooi JD, Woodruff TM, Mackay CR, Kitching AR, Hickey MJ, Holdsworth SR. C5a receptor 1 promotes autoimmunity, neutrophil dysfunction and injury in experimental anti-myeloperoxidase glomerulonephritis. Kidney Int. 2018 Mar;93(3):615-625. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.09.018. PMID: 29241626.
Oh LJ, Wong E, Andrici J, McCluskey P, Smith JEH, Gill AJ. Full blood count as an ancillary test to support the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Intern Med J. 2018 Apr;48(4):408-413. doi: 10.1111/imj.13713. PMID: 29236347.
Chen KYH, Curtis N, Cheung M, Burgner D. Cardiovascular Risk After Kawasaki Disease – Findings From an Australian Case-Control Study. Heart Lung Circ. 2018 Jan;27(1):6-8. doi: 10.1016/S1443-9506(17)31473-7. PMID: 29198833.
Chong CH, Lee SJ, Bullock A, Harris L, Loh R, Knight G, Rueter K. Kawasaki disease: An ongoing challenge. J Paediatr Child Health. 2018 Mar;54(3):323-326. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13751. Epub 2017 Nov 16. PMID: 29143467.
Phuong LK, Curtis N, Gowdie P, Akikusa J, Burgner D. Treatment Options for Resistant Kawasaki Disease. Paediatr Drugs. 2018 Feb;20(1):59-80. doi:10.1007/s40272-017-0269-6. PMID: 29101553.
Ameratunga R, Steele R. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss vasculitis) presenting as Samter’s triad. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Jan-Feb;6(1):280-282. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.07.006. PMID: 28847652.
Kelly RI, Wee E, Tancharoen C, Tam MM, Balta S, Williams RA. Three cases of lymphocytic thrombophilic arteritis presenting with an annular eruption. Australas J Dermatol. 2018 May;59(2):e127-e132. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12679. PMID: 28752544.
Thompson G, Benwell N, Hollingsworth P, McLean-Tooke A. Two cases of granulomatosis polyangiitis presenting with Strawberry gingivitis and a review of the literature. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2018 Feb;47(4):520-523. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.06.003. PMID: 28689619.
2017
Ho LGY, Curtis N. What dose of aspirin should be used in the initial treatment of Kawasaki disease? Arch Dis Child. 2017 Dec;102(12):1180-1182. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313538. Epub 2017 Oct 24. PMID: 29066520.
Gutteridge DH, Mastaglia FL. Recognition of giant cell arteritis in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica who have a stroke: a cautionary tale. Intern Med J. 2017 Oct;47(10):1199-1201. doi: 10.1111/imj.13567. PMID: 28994265.
Best D, Millar J, Kornilov I, Sinelnikov Y, Chiletti R, Rycus P, Butt W. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for Kawasaki disease: two case reports and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization experience 1999-2015. Perfusion. 2017 Oct;32(7):609-612. doi: 10.1177/0267659117701564. PMID:28985704.
Gan PY, Fujita T, Ooi JD, Alikhan MA, Dick J, Shim R, Odobasic D, O’Sullivan KM, Kitching AR, Holdsworth SR. Pathogenic Role for γδ T Cells in Autoimmune Anti-Myeloperoxidase Glomerulonephritis. J Immunol. 2017 Nov 1;199(9):3042-3050. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1602025. PMID: 28954887.
Bossuyt X, Cohen Tervaert JW, Arimura Y, Blockmans D, Flores-Suárez LF, Guillevin L, Hellmich B, Jayne D, Jennette JC, Kallenberg CGM, Moiseev S, Novikov P, Radice A, Savige JA, Sinico RA, Specks U, van Paassen P, Zhao MH, Rasmussen N, Damoiseaux J, Csernok E. Position paper: Revised 2017 international consensus on testing of ANCAs in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2017 Nov;13(11):683-692. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2017.140. PMID: 28905856.
Hutton HL, Holdsworth SR, Kitching AR. ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Pathogenesis, Models, and Preclinical Testing. Semin Nephrol. 2017 Sep;37(5):418-435. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2017.05.016. PMID: 28863790.
von Itzstein MS, Abeykoon JP, Summerfield DD, Whitaker JA. Severe destructive nasopharyngeal granulomatosis with polyangiitis with superimposed skull base Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 19;2017:bcr2017220135. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220135. PMID: 28724596;
Dietz SM, van Stijn D, Burgner D, Levin M, Kuipers IM, Hutten BA, Kuijpers TW. Dissecting Kawasaki disease: a state-of-the-art review. Eur J Pediatr. 2017 Aug;176(8):995-1009. doi: 10.1007/s00431-017-2937-5. PMID: 28656474
Armellin L, Sammel AM, Ng B, Sarathy K, Lambros J, Amir-Nezami T, Thomas SD, Highton J, Damodaran A. Coronary artery stenting in acute coronary syndrome associated with giant cell arteritis. J Cardiol Cases. 2017 Jun 27;16(3):77-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2017.05.008. PMID: 30279802.
Manlongat EV, Allen WC. Incomplete Kawasaki disease presenting as bilateral hip synovitis. J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Sep;53(9):912-914. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13586. Epub 2017 May 31. PMID: 28560715
Pucar PA, Hawkins CA, Randall KL, Li C, McNaughton E, Cook MC. Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and rapid chemiluminescent analyser in the detection of myeloperoxidase and proteinase 3 autoantibodies. Pathology. 2017 Jun;49(4):413-418. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2017.02.006. Epub 2017 May 23. PMID: 28549721.
Aguirre V, Connolly C, Stuklis R. IgG4-Aortopathy: An Underappreciated Cause of Non-Infectious Thoracic Aortitis. Heart Lung Circ. 2017 Nov;26(11):e79-e81. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.03.156. PMID: 28511923.
Conduit C, Yew S, Jose M, Jayne D, Kirkland G. A case of de novo diagnosis anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-negative pauci-immune necrotising glomerulonephritis in pregnancy. Intern Med J. 2017 May;47(5):600-601. doi:10.1111/imj.13405. PMID: 28503881.
Ninan JV, Lester S, Hill CL. Giant cell arteritis: beyond temporal artery biopsy and steroids. Intern Med J. 2017 Nov;47(11):1228-1240. doi:10.1111/imj.13483. PMID: 28485026.
Tan JA, Dehghan N, Chen W, Xie H, Esdaile JM, Avina-Zubieta JA. Mortality in ANCA-associated vasculitis: ameta-analysis of observational studies. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Sep;76(9):1566-1574. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210942. PMID: 28468793.
Seeliger B, Sznajd J, Robson JC, Judge A, Craven A, Grayson PC, Suppiah RS, Watts RA, Merkel PA, Luqmani RA. Are the 1990 American College of Rheumatology vasculitis classification criteria still valid? Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 Jul 1;56(7):1154-1161. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex075. PMID: 28379475;
Ooi JD, Petersen J, Tan YH, Huynh M, Willett ZJ, Ramarathinam SH, Eggenhuizen PJ, Loh KL, Watson KA, Gan PY, Alikhan MA, Dudek NL, Handel A, Hudson BG, Fugger L, Power DA, Holt SG, Coates PT, Gregersen JW, Purcell AW, Holdsworth SR, La Gruta NL, Reid HH, Rossjohn J, Kitching AR. Dominant protection from HLA-linked autoimmunity by antigen-specific regulatory T cells. Nature. 2017 May
11;545(7653):243-247. doi: 10.1038/nature22329.
Chen KY, Zannino D, Curtis N, Cheung M, Burgner D. Increased aortic intima-media thickness following Kawasaki disease. Atherosclerosis. 2017 May;260:75-80. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.03.022. PMID: 28359981.
Makin K, Isbel M, Nossent J. Frequency, presentation, and outcome of Takayasu arteritis in Western Australia. Mod Rheumatol. 2017 Nov;27(6):1019-1023. doi: 10.1080/14397595.2017.1300083. PMID:28350246.
Chandratilleke D, Anantharajah A, Vicaretti M, Benson W, Berglund LJ. Migratory large vessel vasculitis preceding acute myeloid leukemia: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2017 Mar 16;11(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s13256-017-1239-x. PMID: 28298242
Baird SM, Pratap U, McLean C, Law CP, Maartens N. Rare presentation of Wegener’s granulomatosis in the pituitary gland: Case report and literature review. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017;33:24-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.02.014. PMID: 28273603.
Ramponi F, Jeremy RW, Wilson MK. Management of aortic regurgitation and bilateral carotid occlusion in severe Takayasu arteritis. J Card Surg. 2017 Apr;32(4):259-261. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13118. PMID: 28271560.
Phuong LK, Bonetto C, Buttery J, Pernus YB, Chandler R, Felicetti P, Goldenthal KL, Kucuku M, Monaco G, Pahud B, Shulman ST, Top KA, Trotta F, Ulloa-Gutierrez R, Varricchio F, de Ferranti S, Newburger JW, Dahdah N, Singh S, Bonhoeffer J, Burgner D; Brighton Collaboration Kawasaki Disease (KD) Working
Group. Kawasaki disease and immunisation: A systematic review. Vaccine. 2017 Mar 27;35(14):1770-1779. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.09.033. PMID: 28259442.
Phuong LK, Singh-Grewal D, Burgner DP. Caution in Generalizing the Use of Adjunctive Primary Corticosteroids in Kawasaki Disease to Unselected Non-Japanese Populations. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Apr 1;171(4):397-398. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.5140. PMID: 28241243.
Ahn T, Roberts MJ, Navaratnam A, Hirst J, Wood S. Recurrent spontaneous renal haemorrhage due to polyarteritis nodosa: a medical cause for a surgical problem. ANZ J Surg. 2018 Dec;88(12):1347-1348. doi: 10.1111/ans.13914. PMID: 28239941.
Wee E, Kelly RI. The histopathology of cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa and its relationship with lymphocytic thrombophilic arteritis. J Cutan Pathol. 2017 Apr;44(4):411. doi: 10.1111/cup.12901. PMID: 28198027.
Chen KY, Burgner DP, Wong TY, Saw SM, Quek SC, Pang AY, Leo SW, Wong IB, Zannino D, Curtis N, Cheung M, Cheung CY, Lim TC. Evidence of Microvascular Changes in the Retina following Kawasaki Disease. Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 17;7:40513. doi: 10.1038/srep40513. PMID: 28094311
Hill CL, Black RJ, Nossent JC, Ruediger C, Nguyen L, Ninan JV, Lester S. Risk of mortality in patients with giant cell arteritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2017 Feb;46(4):513-519. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.08.015. PMID: 28040246.
Singh G, Hodgson T, Clarke DE. Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Secondary to Pyridostigmine (Mestinon): Report of a Possible First Case. Perm J. 2017;21:15-240. doi: 10.7812/TPP/15-240. Epub 2016 Nov 18. PMID: 28080955;
Oh LJ, Wong E, Gill AJ, McCluskey P, Smith JEH. Value of temporal artery biopsy length in diagnosing giant cell arteritis. ANZ J Surg. 2018 Mar;88(3):191-195. doi: 10.1111/ans.13822. PMID: 27800647.
van der Houwen TB, van Hagen PM, Timmermans WM, Bartol SJ, Lam KH, Kappen JH, van Zelm MC, van Laar JA. Chronic signs of memory B cell activation in patients with Behçet’s disease are partially restored by anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 Jan;56(1):134-144. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kew366. PMID: 27744360.
Farquhar HJ, McGettigan B, Chapman PT, O’Donnell JL, Frampton C, Stamp LK. Incidence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis before and after the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Intern Med J. 2017 Jan;47(1):57-61. doi: 10.1111/imj.13246. PMID: 27572474.
Chang J, Eggenhuizen P, O’Sullivan KM, Alikhan MA, Holdsworth SR, Ooi JD, Kitching AR. CD8+ T Cells Effect Glomerular Injury in Experimental Anti-Myeloperoxidase GN. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Jan;28(1):47-55. doi:10.1681/ASN.2015121356. PMID: 27288012; PMCID: PMC5198281.
Wee E, Kelly RI. Treatment of nodular vasculitis with colchicine. Australas J Dermatol. 2017 Aug;58(3):e79-e82. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12494. PMID: 27245688.
Meeting
Our recent 2019 ANZVASC Symposium was held in Translation Research Institute (in Brisbane) on August 24. Here’s a patient FAQ video from the symposium.