Karim Raza

Clinical Senior Lecturer, Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist

Training

 

Rheumatology Research Training and Experience

Research Interests

  1. Pathology of early inflammatory arthritis
  2. Prediction of the development of rheumatoid arthritis in patients with early inflammatory arthritis
  3. Mechanisms of accelerated atherosclerosis in inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Clinical Interests

  1. Inflammatory arthritis
  2. Systemic vasculitis

Publications

1.      Raza K, Falciani F, Curnow SJ, Ross EJ, Lee CY, Akbar A, Lord JM, Gordon C, Buckley CD, Salmon M. Early rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by a distinct and transient synovial fluid cytokine profile of T cell and stromal cell origin. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005;7:R784-R795.

2.      Raza K, Breese M, Nightingale P, Kumar K, Potter T, Carruthers DM, Situnayake D, Gordon C, Buckley CD, Salmon M, Kitas GD. The predictive value of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide in patients with very early inflammatory arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2005;32:231-8.

3.      Buckley CD, Rainger GE, Nash G, Raza K. Endothelial cells, fibroblasts and vasculitis. Rheumatology. 2005;44:860-3.

4.      Curnow SJ, Scheel-Toellner D, Jenkinson W, Raza K, Durrani OM, Faint JM, Rauz S, Wloka K, Pilling  D, Rose-John S, Murray PI,  Salmon M. Growth factor deprivation-induced, but not Fas-induced, apoptosis is inhibited in uveitis: Role of IL-6/sIL-6R complexes. J Immunol. 2004;173:5290-7.

5.      Raza K, Lee CY, Pilling D, Heaton S, Situnayake RD, Carruthers DM, Buckley CD, Gordon C, Salmon M. Ultrasound guidance allows accurate needle placement and aspiration from small joints in patients with early inflammatory arthritis. Rheumatology. 2003;42:976-9.

6.      Filer AD, Gardner-Medwin JM, Thambyrajah J, Raza K, Carruthers DM, Stevens RJ, Liu L, Lowe SE, Townend JN, Bacon PA. Diffuse endothelial dysfunction is common to ANCA associated systemic vasculitis and polyarteritis nodosa. Ann Rheum Dis 2003;62:162-7.

7.      Scheel-Toellner D, Wang K, Singh R, Majeed S, Raza K, Curnow SJ, Salmon M, Lord JM. The death-inducing signaling complex is recruited to lipid rafts during Fas-induced apoptosis. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 2002;297:876-9.

8.      Erb N, Duncan RC, Raza K, Rowe IF, Kitas GD, Situnayake RD. A regional audit of the prevention and treatment of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis in patients with rheumatic diseases in the West Midlands. Rheumatology. 2002;41:1021-4

9.      Raza K, Thambyrajah J, Exley AR, Hortas C, Carruthers DM, Townend J, Bacon PA. Suppression of inflammation in primary systemic vasculitis restores vascular endothelial function - lessons for atherosclerotic disease. Circulation 2000;102:1470-3.

10.  Raza K, Exley AR, Carruthers DM, Buckley C, Hammond LA, Bacon PA.  Localized bowel vasculitis - postoperative cyclophosphamide or not? Arthritis Rheum 1999;42:182-5.

Email: k.raza@bham.ac.uk

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