A. Mertz

Computed tomography guided corticosteroid injection of the sacroiliac joint in patients with spondyloarthropathy with sacroiliitis: clinical outcome and followup by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging.

Jürgen Braun, M. Bollow, Fikret Seyrekbasan et al. · PubMed · 1996 · 194 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Radiology +17

A single nonamer from the Yersinia 60-kDa heat shock protein is the target of HLA-B27-restricted CTL response in Yersinia-induced reactive arthritis

Sanja Ugrinović, A. Mertz, Peng Wu et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1997 · 119 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Characterization of the synovial T cell response to various recombinant<i>Yersinia</i>antigens in<i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i>‐triggered reactive arthritis: Heat‐shock protein 60 drives a major immune response

A. Mertz, Sanja Ugrinović, Roland Lauster et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1998 · 79 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +15

Nested polymerase chain reaction strategy simultaneously targeting DNA sequences of multiple bacterial species in inflammatory joint diseases. I. Screening of synovial fluid samples of patients with spondyloarthropathies and other arthritides.

Jürgen Braun, M Tuszewski, U. Eggens et al. · PubMed · 1997 · 62 citations

Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +15

Multispecific CD4+ T Cell Response to a Single 12-mer Epitope of the Immunodominant Heat-Shock Protein 60 of <i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> in <i>Yersinia</i> -Triggered Reactive Arthritis: Overlap with the B27-Restricted CD8 Epitope, Functional Properties, and Epitope Presentation by Multiple DR Alleles

A. Mertz, Peihua Wu, Tiziana Sturniolo et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2000 · 47 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17