Publications

2023

  1. Guler S, Sarbu AC, Stalder O, Allanore Y, Bernardino V, Distler J, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Matucci-Cerinic M, Müller-Ladner U, Ortiz-Santamaria V, Rednic S, Riccieri V, Smith V, Ullman S, Walker UA, Geiser TK, Distler O, Maurer B, Kollert F. Phenotyping by persistent inflammation in systemic sclerosisassociated interstitial lung disease: a EUSTAR database analysis. Thorax. 2023 Oct 5:thorax-2023-220541. doi: 10.1136/thorax-2023-220541.
  2. Hum RM, Lilleker JB, Lamb JA, Oldroyd AGS, Wang G, Wedderburn LR, Diederichsen LP, Schmidt J, Danieli MG, Oakley P, Griger Z, Phuong TNT, Kodishala C, Vazquez-Del Mercado M, Andersson H, De Paepe B, De Bleecker JL, Maurer B, McCann L, Pipitone N, McHugh N, New RP, Ollier WE, Krogh NS, Vencovsky J, Lundberg IE; MYONET registry; Chinoy H. Comparison of clinical features between patients with anti-synthetase syndrome and dermatomyositis: Results from the MYONET registry. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Sep 12:kead481. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead481.
  3. Lescoat A, Huang S, Carreira PE, Siegert E, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Distler JHW, Smith V, Del Galdo F, Anic B, Damjanov N, Rednic S, Ribi C, Bancel DF, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Khanna D, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Cutaneous Manifestations, Clinical Characteristics, and Prognosis of Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma: Data From the International EUSTAR Database. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Aug 1;159(8):837-847. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.1729.
  4. Seitz L, Bucher S, Bütikofer L, Maurer B, Bonel HM, Wagner F, Lötscher F, Seitz P. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis - a comparison with T1-weighted black-blood imaging. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023 Aug 9:kead401. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead401
  5. Kolev M, Sarbu AC, Möller B, Maurer B, Kollert F, Semmo N. Belimumab treatment in autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cholangitis - a case series. J Transl Autoimmun 2023 Jan 14;6:100189. doi: 10.1016/j.jtauto.2023.100189.
  6. Lescoat A, Huscher D, Schoof N, Airò P, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Riemekasten G, Hachulla E, Doria A, Rosato E, Hunzelmann N, Montecucco C, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O, Ben Shimol J, Cutolo M, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease in the EUSTAR database: analysis by region. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Apr 3;62(4):1559-1567. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac533.
  7. Garaiman A, Steigmiller K, Gebhard C, Mihai C, Dobrota R, Bruni C, Matucci-Cerinic M, Henes J, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Smith V, Doria A, Allanore Y, Dagna L, Anić B, Montecucco C, Kowal-Bielecka O, Martin M, Tanaka Y, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Held U, Distler O, Becker MO; EUSTAR Collaborators. Use of platelet inhibitors for digital ulcers related to systemic sclerosis: EUSTAR study on derivation and validation of the DU-VASC model. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Feb 6;62(SI):SI91-SI100. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac405.

2022

  1. Rothwell S, Amos CI, Miller FW, Rider LG, Lundberg IE, Gregersen PK, Vencovsky J, McHugh N, Limaye V, Selva-O'Callaghan A, Hanna MG, Machado PM, Pachman LM, Reed AM, Molberg Ø, Benveniste O, Mathiesen P, Radstake T, Doria A, De Bleecker JL, De Paepe B, Maurer B, Ollier WE, Padyukov L, O'Hanlon TP, Lee A, Wedderburn LR, Chinoy H, Lamb JA; Myositis Genetics Consortium. Identification of Novel Associations and Localization of Signals in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies Using Genome-Wide Imputation. Arthritis Rheumatol 2022 Dec 29. doi: 10.1002/art.42434.
  2. Gabryś HS, Gote-Schniering J, Brunner M, Bogowicz M, Blüthgen C, Frauenfelder T, Guckenberger M, Maurer B, Tanadini-Lang S. Transferability of radiomic signatures from experimental to human interstitial lung disease. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022 Nov 17;9:988927. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.988927.
  3. Garaiman A, Nooralahzadeh F, Mihai C, Gonzalez NP, Gkikopoulos N, Becker MO, Distler O, Krauthammer M, Maurer B. Vision transformer assisting rheumatologists in screening for capillaroscopy changes in systemic sclerosis: an artificial intelligence model. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Nov 9:keac541. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac541.
  4. Kuster S, Jordan S, Elhai M, Held U, Steigmiller K, Bruni C, Cacciapaglia F, Vettori S, Siegert E, Rednic S, Codullo V, Airo P, Braun-Moscovici Y, Hunzelmann N, Joao Salvador M, Riccieri V, Gheorghiu AM, Alegre Sancho JJ, Romanowska-Prochnicka K, Castellví I, Kötter I, Truchetet ME, López-Longo FJ, Novikov PI, Giollo A, Shirai Y, Belloli L, Zanatta E, Hachulla E, Smith V, Denton C, Ionescu RM, Schmeiser T, Distler JHW, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Kuwana M, Allanore Y, Distler O; EUSTAR collaborators. Effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab in patients with systemic sclerosis: a propensity score matched controlled observational study of the EUSTAR cohort. RMD Open. 2022 Nov;8(2):e002477. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002477.
  5. Wanzenried A, Garaiman A, Jordan S, Distler O, Maurer B. The enigma of mixed connective tissue disease-challenges in routine care. Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Nov;41(11):3503-3511. doi: 10.1007/s10067-022-06286-w.
  6. Gotschy A, Jordan S, Stoeck CT, von Deuster C, Peer T, Gastl M, Vishnevskiy V, Wissmann L, Dobrota R, Mihai C, Becker MO, Maurer B, Kozerke S, Ruschitzka F, Distler O, Manka R. Diffuse myocardial fibrosis precedes subclinical functional myocardial impairment and provides prognostic information in systemic sclerosis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Feb 17;24(3):373-382. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeac094.
  7. du Fay de Lavallaz J, Prepoudis A, Wendebourg MJ, Kesenheimer E, Kyburz D, Daikeler T, Haaf P, Wanschitz J, Löscher WN, Schreiner B, Katan M, Jung HH, Maurer B, Hammerer-Lercher A, Mayr A, Gualandro DM, Acket A, Puelacher C, Boeddinghaus J, Nestelberger T, Lopez-Ayala P, Glarner N, Shrestha S, Manka R, Gawinecka J, Piscuoglio S, Gallon J, Wiedemann S, Sinnreich M, Mueller C; BASEL XII Investigators. Skeletal Muscle Disorders: A Non-cardiac Source of Cardiac Troponin T. Circulation. 2022 Apr 7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.058489.
  8. Sidler D, Born A, Schietzel S, Horn MP, Aeberli D, Amsler J, Möller B, Njue LM, Medri C, Angelillo-Scherrer A, Borradori L, Seyed Jafari SM, Radonjic-Hoesli S, Chan A, Hoepner R, Bacher U, Mani LY, Iype JM, Suter-Riniker F, Staehelin C, Nagler M, Hirzel C, Maurer B, Moor MB. Trajectories of humoral and cellular immunity and responses to a third dose of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with a history of anti-CD20 therapy. RMD Open. 2022 Mar;8(1):e002166. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002166. PMID: 35361691; PMCID: PMC8971359.
  9. 16) Moor MB, Suter-Riniker F, Hirzel C, Maurer B, Sidler D. Cellular responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination after B-cell depletion: conflicting results from studies - Authors' reply. Lancet Rheumatol. 2022 Apr;4(4):e247-e248. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(22)00035-2. Epub 2022 Mar 24. PMID: 35350165; PMCID: PMC8947775.
  10. Zanatta E, Huscher D, Ortolan A, Avouac J, Airò P, Balbir-Gurman A, Siegert E, Cerinic MM, Cozzi F, Riemekasten G, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O, Gabrielli A, Heitmann S, Hunzelmann N, Montecucco C, Morovic-Vergles J, Ribi C, Doria A, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Phenotype of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis patients with positive anti-topoisomerase I antibodies: data from EUSTAR cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Mar 28:keac188. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac188. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35348643.
  11. Lötscher F, Seitz L, Simeunovic H, Sarbu AC, Porret NA, Feldmeyer L, Borradori L, Bonadies N, Maurer B. Case Report: Genetic Double Strike: VEXAS and TET2-Positive Myelodysplastic Syndrome in a Patient With Long-Standing Refractory Autoinflammatory Disease. Front Immunol. 2022 Jan 20;12:800149. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.800149. eCollection 2021.
  12. Schietzel S, Anderegg M, Limacher A, Born A, Horn MP, Maurer B, Hirzel C, Sidler D, Moor MB. Humoral and cellular immune responses on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with anti-CD20 therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1342 patients. RMD Open. 2022 Feb;8(1):e002036. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002036.

2021

  1. Computed tomography-based radiomics decodes prognostic and molecular differences in interstitial lung disease related to systemic sclerosis. Schniering J, Maciukiewicz M, Gabrys HS, Brunner M, Blüthgen C, Meier C, Braga-Lagache S, Uldry AC, Heller M, Guckenberger M, Fretheim H, Nakas CT, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O, Frauenfelder T, Tanadini-Lang S, Maurer B. Eur Respir J. 2021 Oct 14:2004503. doi: 10.1183/13993003.04503-2020.
  2. Moor MB, Suter-Riniker F, Horn MP, Aeberli D, Amsler J, Möller B, Njue LM, Medri C, Angelillo-Scherrer A, Borradori L, Radonjic-Hoesli S, Seyed Jafari SM, Chan A, Hoepner R, Bacher VU, Mani LY, Iype JM, Hirzel C, Maurer B*, Sidler D*. *Contributed equally. Humoral and cellular responses to mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with a history of CD20 B-cell-depleting therapy (RituxiVac): an investigator-initiated, single-centre, open-label study. Lancet Rheumatol. 2021 Nov;3(11):e789-e797. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00251-4.
  3. Baumberger R, Jordan S, Distler O, Baschung Pfister P, Maurer B. Diagnostic measures for patients with systemic sclerosis-associated myopathy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021 Jul-Aug;39 Suppl 131(4):85-93.
  4. Yokota M, Häffner N, Kassier M, Brunner M, Shambat SM, Brennecke F, Schniering J, Marques Maggio E, Distler O, Zinkernagel AS, Maurer B. Staphylococcus aureus impairs dermal fibroblast functions with deleterious effects on wound healing. FASEB J. 2021 Jul;35(7):e21695. doi: 10.1096/fj.201902836R.
  5. Funke-Chambour M, Feldmeyer L, Hoepner R, Huynh-Do U, Maurer B, Rexhaj E, Geiser T. [The Long-COVID Syndrome - a New Clinical Picture after COVID-19 Infection]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2021;110(7):377-382. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a003678.
  6. Zampatti N, Garaiman A, Jordan S, Dobrota R, Becker MO, Maurer B, Distler O, Mihai C. Performance of the UCLA Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Gastrointestinal Tract 2.0 instrument as a clinical decision aid in the routine clinical care of patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Apr 22;23(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02506-x.
  7. Garaiman A, Mihai C, Dobrota R, Jordan S, Maurer B, Flemming J, Distler O, Becker MO. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in patients with systemic sclerosis: a psychometric and factor analysis in a monocentric cohort. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021 Jul-Aug;39 Suppl 131(4):34-42.
  8. Mayr CH, Simon LM, Leuschner G, Ansari M, Schniering J, Geyer PE, Angelidis I, Strunz M, Singh P, Kneidinger N, Reichenberger F, Silbernagel E, Böhm S, Adler H, Lindner M, Maurer B, Hilgendorff A, Prasse A, Behr J, Mann M, Eickelberg O, Theis FJ, Schiller HB. Integrative analysis of cell state changes in lung fibrosis with peripheral protein biomarkers. EMBO Mol Med. 2021 Apr 9;13(4):e12871. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202012871.
  9. Denzler S, Vuong D, Bogowicz M, Pavic M, Frauenfelder T, Thierstein S, Eboulet EI, Maurer B, Schniering J, Gabryś HS, Schmitt-Opitz I, Pless M, Foerster R, Guckenberger M, Tanadini-Lang S. Impact of CT convolution kernel on robustness of radiomic features for different lung diseases and tissue types. Br J Radiol. 2021 Apr 1;94(1120):20200947. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20200947.
  10. Evers C, Jordan S, Maurer B, Becker MO, Mihai C, Dobrota R, Hoederath P, Distler O. Pain chronification and the important role of non-disease-specific symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Jan 19;23(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02421-1.