AlvinFWellsMDPhD

PubMed

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  Abatacept Plus Methotrexate Provides Incremental Clinical Benefits Versus Methotrexate Alone in Methotrexate-naive Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Achieve...
  Alvin F. Wells, Rene Westhovens, Diane Moniz Reed, Luciana Fanti, Jean-Claude Becker
  The Journal of Rheumatology. 2011-11-01
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  Ixekizumab for the treatment of patients with active psoriatic arthritis and an inadequate response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: results from the 24-week rand...
  Peter Nash, Bruce Kirkham, Masato Okada, Proton Rahman, B. Combe
  Lancet. 2017-06-10
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  Apremilast monotherapy in DMARD-naive psoriatic arthritis patients: results of the randomized, placebo-controlled PALACE 4 trial
  Alvin F. Wells, Christopher J Edwards, Alan Kivitz, Paul Bird, D. Nguyen
  Rheumatology. 2018-07-01

Journal Articles

• Role of hyaluronan in chronic and acutely rejecting kidneys.  
  AF Wells, E Larsson, B Fellström, L Klareskog, T Laurent, Transplantation Proceedings
• Silicone gel implant explantation.  
  Vasey, FB, N Aziz, MJ Seleznick, AF Wells, J Valeriano, Plastic Reconstruct Surgery
• Rheumatic disease symptoms and silicone breast implants.  
  Vasey, FB, M Seleznick, AF Wells, LR Espinoza, ML Cuellar, Arthritis & Rheumatism
• Effects of rheumatoid disease on body systems.  
  AF Wells, Resident Reporter
• African American patients with gout: Efficacy and safety of febuxostat vs allopurinol.  
  AF Wells, PA MacDonald, S Chefo and RL Jackson, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Newer imaging modalities: Their use in rheumatic diseases.  
  Troum, O, E Olech, AF Wells, Update to Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
• New biologic agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.  
  Fleischmann R, AF Wells, Update to Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
• Anti-Cytokine Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis: From the Pipette to the Patient.  
  AF Wells, Drug Discovery Today: Therapeutic Strategies
• The human thymus during aging.  
  BF Haynes, GD Sempowski, AF Wells, LP Hale, Immunologic Research
• Localization and quantity of hyaluronan in urogenital organs of male and female rats.  
  C Laurent, S Hellström, A Engström-Laurent, AF Wells, A Bergh, Cell Tissue Res
• Expression of IL-2 receptor  (IL-2) mRNA and protein in ovarian carcinoma.  
  D Barton, K Blanchard, AF Wells, S Nicosia, WS Roberts, D Cavanagh, J Djeu, Anticancer Research
• Increased hyaluronan and IL-2 in capsular biopsies of women with silicone breast implants.  
  AF Wells, S Daniels, S Gunasekaran, KE Wells, Annals of Plastic Surgery
• Localization of hyaluronan in normal breast tissue, radial scar, and tubular breast carcinoma.  
  M de la Torre, AF Wells, J Bergh, TC Laurent, Human Pathology
• Increased hyaluronan in acutely rejecting human kidney grafts.  
  AF Wells, E Larsson, E Hanás, TC Laurent, R Hällgren, G Tufveson, Transplantation
• Uveitis and Arthritis Induced by Systemic Injection of Streptococcal Cell Walls.  
  AF Wells, Geeta Pararajasegaram, Marsha Baldwin, Chang Hsu Yang, Mark Hammer, and Alvin Fox, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
• Gamma interferon-like substance in normal and transplanted rat heart tissue.  
  Wanders, A, AF Wells, E Larsson, G Tufveson, T Olsson, Å Ljungdahl, and L Klareskog, J Heart Transplantation
• Gamma-Interferon-Like Substance is Expressed in Myocytes of Cardiac Allografted Rats Treated with Cyclosporine A.  
  A. Wanders, AF Wells, G. Tufveson, L. Klareskog, Transplantation Proceedings
• Localization of hyaluronan in regions of the human reproductive tract.  
  Edelstam, GAB, ÖE Lundkvist, AF Wells, TC Laurent, J Histochem Cytochem
• Lung hyaluronan during development: A quantitative and morphologic study.  
  SJ Allen, G Serdin, A Jonzon, AF Wells, TC Laurent, Am J Physiol
• Hyaluronan in basal cell carcinoma.  
  AF Wells and Åsa Lundin, Acta Derm Venereol
• Histochemical Localization of Hyaluronan in Psoriasis, Allergic Contact Dermatitis and Normal Skin.  
  AF Wells, Åsa Lundin, and G. Michaëlsson, Acta Derm Venereol
• Cytokine gene expression: Analysis using northern blotting, polymerase chain reaction, and in situ hybridization.  
  MJ Dallman, RA Montgomery, CP Larsen, A Wanders, AF Wells, Immunol Rev
• Localization of hyaluronan in various muscular tissues: A morphological study in the rat.  
  Claude Laurent, Gina Johnson-Wells, Sten Hellström, Anna Engström-Laurent, AF Wells, Cell Tissue Res
• Hyaluronan in Normal Synovia and in Biopsies from Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Diseases.  
  AF Wells, Staffan Lindblad, Anders Tengblad, Lars Klareskog, and Torvard Laurent, Scand J Immunol
• The Specific Localization of Hyaluronan in Normal and Rejected Kidney Sections: A Possible Marker for Renal Disease.  
  AF Wells, Sten Hellström, Anders Tengblad, Erik Larsson, Bengt Fellström, Gunnar Tufveson, Lars Klareskog and Torvard C. Laurent, Transplantation
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Books/Book Chapters

• Biological Properties of Peptidoglycan. 
  Chapter: Chemical and Immunochemical Studies of the in vivo and in vitro Degradation of Peptidoglycan Subunits and Cell Wall Complexes in Relation to Inflammatory Diseases 
  A. Fox, J. Harrison, G. Pararajasegaram, J. Gilbart, AF Wells, R. S. Whiton, and S. L. MorganEditors: P. H. Seidl and K. H. Schleifer.

Abstracts/Posters

• Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatic in minority patients seen by a consortium of minority rheumatologists.
  GS Kerr, K Austin, C Morgan, T Lumpkins, E Potter, AF Wells, American College of Rheumatology National Meeting, Washington, DC
• Borrelia burgdorferi inhibits hyaluronan synthesis but increases IL-6 production by fibroblasts.
  AF Wells, N Jones, FB Vasey, American College of Rheumatology Southeast Regional Meeting. Orlando, FL
• IL-6 and multinucleated giant cells in capsular biopsies from patients with silicone breasts implants.
  32. AF Wells, S Daniels, KE Wells, FB Vasey, American College of Rheumatology National Meeting. Minneapolis, MN
• Prospective clinical status comparison between women retaining gel breast implants versus women removing implants.
  FB Vasey, N Aziz, D Havice, AF Wells, American College of Rheumatology Southeast Regional Meeting. Puerto Rico
• The role of ciliary neurotropic factor in regulation of thymopoeisis.
  AF Wells, G Sempowski, R Scearce, BF Haynes, Experimental Biology Meeting. Orlando, FL
• Incidence of injection-site reactions associated with Adalimumab (D2E7) given subcutaneously for at least 6 months: A retrospective analysis of 4 phase II/III clinical...
  AF Wells, H Kupper, S Fischkoff, E Chartash, American College of Rheumatology National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Incidence of injection-site reactions associated with Adalimumab (D2E7) given subcutaneously for at least 6 months.
  AF Wells, H Kupper, S Fischkoff, E Chartash, EULAR, Lisbon, Portugal
• Improvement of the Individual ACR Components in ACR20 Responders in an Adalimumab RA Clinical Trial.
  DE Furst, ME Weinblatt, A Kavanaugh, JR Kalden, AF Wells, American College of Rheumatology National Meeting, Orlando, FL
• Clinical and radiographic responses to Infliximab treatment in RA patients of African descent.
  AF Wells, K Gilmer, S Yan, T Gathnay, EULAR Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Use of abatacept + methotrexate delivers incremental clinical benefit (including remission) versus MTX monotherapy in MTX naïve early RA patients who achieve radiograp...
  AF Wells, R Westhovens, D Moniz Reed, L Fanti, J Becker, G Vratsanos, S Park, E Keystone, EULAR, Copenhagen, Denmark
• The presence of increased hyaluronan and IL-2 in biopsies from patients with silicone breast implants.
  AF Wells, KE Wells, BF Germain, American College of Rheumatology National Meeting. San Antonio, TX
• Hyaluronan in inflamed synovia is increased by macrophage-released cytokines.
  AF Wells, S Lindblad, L Klareskog, TC Laurent, 24th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden
• Local production of cytokines in collagen-induced arthritis in rats studied by means of in situ hybridization.
  AF Wells, 24th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology, Lund, Sweden
• The role of hyaluronan in chronic and acutely rejecting kidneys.
  AF Wells, E Larsson, B Fellström, G Tufveson, L Klareskog, TC Laurent, 4th Alexis Carrel Conference on Chronic Rejection, Accelerated Arteriosclerosis in Transplanted Organs. Kiruna, Sweden
• Low levels of mRNA for interleukin-2 receptor  in malignant ovarian ascites.
  Barton, DPJ, DK Blanchard, AF Wells, SV Nicosia, B Michelini-Norris, WS Roberts, D Cavanagh, JY Djeu, Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research
• Hyaluronan localization in arthritic synovia correlates with the presence of proliferating cells: A role for macrophage-released factors.
  AF Wells, Staffan Lindblad, Anders Tengblad, Lars Klareskog, and Torvard Laurent, 11th European Immunology Meeting, Helsinki, Finland
• 2nd Joint meeting on carbohydrates.
  TC Laurent, J Alston-Smith, SJ Allen, T Asplund, S Berg, IMS Dahl, LB Dahl, GAB Edelstam, N Forsberg, A Engström-Laurent, JRE Fraser, S Gustafson, P Heldin, JH Henriks..., Palazzo Regionale dei Congressi Grado
• Accumulation of hyaluronan in sepsis-induced lung injury in pigs.
  Berg, S, I Jansson, TC Laurent, S Walter, AF Wells, JF Hesselvik, Society of Critical Care in Medicine, Washington, DC
• Urate-lowering therapy with Febuxostat in African American gout subjects.
  AF Wells, PA MacDonald, S Chefo, RL Jackson, National Medical Association Meeting, Washington, DC
• Uveitis and Arthritis Induced by Systemic Injection of Streptococcal Cell Walls.
  Wells, A., A. Fox, M. Hammer, and Chang Hsu Yang, Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting
• Differential Distribution of Streptococcal Cell Wall Complexes: Correlation With Induction of Uveitis and Polyarthritis.
  Pararajasegaram, G., A. Wells, M. Hammer, C. Yang, and A. Fox, The American Society For Microbiology Annual Meeting
• Dissemination of Streptococcal Cell Wall Complexes to the Eye in Experimental Uveitis.
  Pararajasegaram, G., A. Wells, M. Hammer, C. Yang, and A. Fox, The Association For Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
• Chronic Neutrophilia in Rats Following the Systemic Administration of Group A Streptococcal Cell Wall Complexes.
  Wells, AF, James A. Hightower, and Alvin Fox, The American Association of Anatomists Annual Meeting
• Hyaluronan in Normal and Rejected Kidney Sections.
  Wells, AF, Erik Larsson, and Torvard Laurent, The European Society of Pathologists Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal
• Histochemical Localization of Hyaluronan in Normal and Inflamed Tissues.
  Wells, AF, Cell Biology of the Extracellular Matrix and Cell Surface. Medevi Brunn, Sweden
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Lectures

• Updates in Rheumatology 2011: Highlights from the ACR and EULAR Meetings 
  University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California - 12/10/2011
• General Musculoskeletal Sonographic Anatomy. 
  Cooper University Hospital/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ
• The Rheumatologist as Immunotherapist. 
  Rheumatology on the Beach, Destin, FL
• Fellow’s Mentoring Program in Rheumatology. 
  Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA
• TNF Antagonists in Various Inflammatory Diseases. 
  Linköping University Academic Hospital Dermatology/Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Linköping, Sweden
• TNF Antagonists – A Decade Later. 
  Karolinska Academic Hospital Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Stockholm, Sweden
• TNF Antagonists – Update on Efficacy and Safety. 
  Västerås Hospital Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Västerås, Sweden
• Integrating Co-stimulatory Modulators in Clinical Practice. 
  St. Francis Hospital, Medical Grand Rounds, Evanston, IL
• The Use of Ultrasound in Rheumatology. 
  Arthritis Foundation of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 2006; Columbia, SC
• Update in Rheumatology 2006. 
  University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
• The Use of Ultrasound in Rheumatology; Update on Biologic DMARDs. 
  Lubbock Rheumatology Association Meeting, Lubbock, TX
• Update on Biologic DMARDs. 
  University of South Florida, Rheumatology Grand Rounds,Tampa, FL
• Safety and Efficacy of Biologic DMARDs in Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  Indiana Rheumatology Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN
• Abatacept: A New Biologic with a Different Mechanism of Action. 
  Boston, MA
• Options for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  PriMed Meeting, Cincinnati, OH
• Identifying and Managing Rheumatologic Disease in the Primary Care Setting. 
  PriMed Meeting, Cincinnati, OH
• New Clinical Options in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago, IL
• The Rheumatologist as Ultrasonographist. 
  Phoenix Rheumatology Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ
• Safety and Efficacy of TNF Antagonists in Rheumatic Diseases. 
  Annual Convention of the Association of Rheumatologists, Ponce, Puerto Rico
• TNF Antagonists in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  Rheumatology on the Beach, Destin, FL
• Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium. 
  Maui, HI
• An Integrated Approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis Management. 
  Philadelphia, PA
• Safety and Efficacy of Biologic Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis Management. 
  Coalition of Rheumatology Educators, Chicago, IL
• The Triangle of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
  Orlando, FL
• Efficacy and safety of Biologics. 
  Coalition of Rheumatology Educators, Chicago, IL
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