Alarcon GS, Schrohenloher RE, Bartolucci AA, Ward JR, Williams HJ, Koopmann WJ (1990) Suppression of rheumatoid factor production by methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 33:1156–1161
Anaya JM, Jorgensen C, Daures JP, Combe B, Sany J (1992) Therapeutic maintenance dose with methotrexate in rheumatoid polyarthritis. Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic 59:181–187
Asako H, Kubes P, Baethge BA, Wolf RE, Granger DN (1992) Colchicine and methotrexate reduce leukocyte adherence and emigration in rat mesenteric venules. Inflammation 16:45–56
Bensen WG, Bensen W (1989) Therapy of rheumatoid arthritis: a clinician's perspective. Triangle 28:35–42
Dessureault M, Carette S (1989) Etiology and pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Triangle 28:5–14
Gilliland BC (1989) Rheumatoid arthritis: a model of chronic inflammation. In: Wolf HP, Fleckenstein A, Philipp E (eds) Drug research in the 21st century. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 43–50
Hermann RA, Veng-Pedersen P, Hoffman J, Koehnke R, Furst DE (1989) Pharmakokinetics of low-dose methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients. J Pharm Sci 78:165–171
Jolivet J, Cowan KH, Curt GA, Clendeninn NJ, Chabner BA (1983) The pharmacology and clinical use of methotrexate. N Engl J Med 309:1094–1104
Kremer JM (1986) Lymphocyte subset analysis after long term methotrexate (MTX) therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Arthritis Rheum 29:S75
Kremer JM, Lee JK (1986) The safety and efficacy of methotrexate in long-term therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 29:822–831
Liang MH (1984) Costs and outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum 27:522–529
Lipsky PE, Davis LS, Cush JJ, Oppenheimer-Marks N (1989) The role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Springer, Semin Immunopathol 11:123–162
Matheson DS, Green B, Hoar DI (1983) The influence of methotrexate and thymidine on the human natural killer cell function in vitro. J Immunol 131:651–657
Mitchell MS, Wade ME, DeConti RC, Bertino JR, Calabresi P (1969) Immunosuppressive effects of cytosine arabinoside and methotrexate in man. Ann Intern Med 70:535–546
Oguey D, Kolliker F, Gerber NJ, Reichen J (1992) Effect of food on the bioavailability of low-dose methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 35:611–614
Olsen NJ, Murray LM (1989) Antiproliferative effects on methotrexate on peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Arthritis Rheum 32:378–384
Olsen NJ, Callahan LF, Pincus T (1987) Immunologic studies of rheumatoid arthritis patients with methotrexate. Arthritis Rheum 30:481–487
Ropes MW, Bennett GA, Cobb S, Jacox R, Jessar RA (1958) 1958 revision of diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Bull Rheum Dis 9:175–176
Segal R, Caspi D, Tishler M, Wigler I, Yaron M (1989) Short term effects of methotrexate on the acute phase reaction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 16:914–917
Sperling RI, Benincaso AI, Anderson RJ, Coblyn JS, Austen KF, Weinblatt ME (1992) Acute and chronic supression of leukotriene B4 synthesis ex vivo in neutrophils from patients with rheumatoid arthritis beginning treatment with methotrexate. Arthritis Rheum 35:376–384
Stevens JE, Willoughby DA (1969) The anti-inflammatory effect of some immunosuppressive agents. J Pathol 97:367–373
Vane JR (1971) Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis as a mechanism of action of aspirin like drugs. Nature 231:232–235
Weinblatt ME (1993) Methotrexate. In: Kelley WN, Harris ED, Ruddy S, Slegel CB (eds) Textbook of rheumatology. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 767–773
Weinblatt ME, Coblyn JS, Fox DA, Fraser PA, Holdsworth DE, Glass DN, Trentham DE (1985) Efficacy of low-dose methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med 312:818–822
Weinblatt ME, Trentham DE, Fraser PA, Holdsworth DE, Falchuk KA, Weissmann BN, Coblyn JS (1988) Long-term prospective trial of low-dose methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 34:167–174
Williams HJ, Ward JR, Reading JC, Brooks RH, Clegg DO, Skosey JL, Weisman MH, Willkens RF, Singer JZ, Alarcon GS (1992) Comparison of auranofin, methotrexate, and the combination of both in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. A controlled clinical trial. Arthritis Rheum 35:259–269