Oliver Distler

Research interests

Publications

• Standardisation of nailfold capillaroscopy for the assessment of patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and systemic sclerosis

  Autoimmunity Reviews · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102458

• Tocilizumab in systemic sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30318-0

• Malignancies in Patients with Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodies and Systemic Sclerosis: Analysis of the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Cohort and Possible Recommendations for Screening

  The Journal of Rheumatology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.160817

• Resolution of inflammation by interleukin-9-producing type 2 innate lymphoid cells

  Nature Medicine · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4373

• Mapping and predicting mortality from systemic sclerosis

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211448

• The European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR) task force for the development of revised activity criteria for systemic sclerosis: derivation and validation of a preliminarily revised EUSTAR activity index

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209768

• Incidences and Risk Factors of Organ Manifestations in the Early Course of Systemic Sclerosis: A Longitudinal EUSTAR Study

  PLoS ONE · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163894

• Update of EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209909

• Systemic sclerosis

  Nature Reviews Disease Primers · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2015.2

• Orphan nuclear receptor NR4A1 regulates transforming growth factor-β signaling and fibrosis

  Nature Medicine · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3777

• Effects and safety of rituximab in systemic sclerosis: an analysis from the European Scleroderma Trial and Research (EUSTAR) group

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204522

• 2013 Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative

  Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/art.38098

• Evidence-based detection of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis: the DETECT study

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203301

• 2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: an American college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204424

• Preliminary analysis of the Very Early Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis (VEDOSS) EUSTAR multicentre study: evidence for puffy fingers as a pivotal sign for suspicion of systemic sclerosis

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203716

• Update on the profile of the EUSTAR cohort: an analysis of the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research group database

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200742

• Activation of canonical Wnt signalling is required for TGF-β-mediated fibrosis

  Nature Communications · 2012 · 10.1038/ncomms1734

• Preliminary criteria for the very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis: results of a Delphi Consensus Study from EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.2010.136929

• Cells of the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis. Synovial fibroblasts

  Arthritis Research & Therapy · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2337

• The Potential of Adiponectin in Driving Arthritis

  The Journal of Immunology · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.176.7.4468

• The induction of matrix metalloproteinase and cytokine expression in synovial fibroblasts stimulated with immune cell microparticles

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0409781102

• Uncontrolled Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Receptors Leads to Insufficient Skin Angiogenesis in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis

  Circulation Research · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.0000134644.89917.96

• Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in systemic sclerosis: increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are a feature of the earliest disease stages and are associated with the absence of fingertip ulcers

  Arthritis Research & Therapy · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1186/ar596

• Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Treatment Improves Endothelial Function in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

  Circulation · 2002 · 10.1161/01.cir.0000037521.71373.44

Current projects

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