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  1. Article ; Online: Who Have a Higher Risk of Falling Into Catastrophic Health Expenditures?

    Amalia Noviani

    Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, Vol 12, Iss

    2021  Volume 3

    Abstract: ... have health insurance, are elderly, ever-married, not working, not poor, and live in the rural areas or ...

    Abstract Catastrophic health expenditure is one of the challenges Indonesia faces in achieving Universal Health Coverage. Aside from being a financial disaster, the incident caused by out-of-pocket health expenditure exceeding a fixed limit can drive people into poverty. Unfortunately, the availability of the data causes the limitation of the study in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the association between catastrophic health expenditure and several social-economic factors by using the latest data of out-of-pocket expenditure collected at the individual level from the 2019 Susenas Module of Health and Housing. Using the Chi-square test, this study confirms a significant association between catastrophic health expenditures and the following social-economic factors: outpatient and inpatient service use, health insurance ownership, age, sex, marital status, educational level, work status, welfare status, type of area, and geographic location. From the logistic regression, the probability of the population to experience catastrophic health expenditure is higher for people in the following categories: use inpatient or outpatient services, do not have health insurance, are elderly, ever-married, not working, not poor, and live in the rural areas or Java island. Disaggregation by outpatient and inpatient service use shows the large gap in the probability of falling into catastrophic health expenditures. The probability for people who used inpatient service is more than four times people who never used the service. Meanwhile, for outpatient service, the probability is almost three times. Therefore, people can strengthen preventive care, especially those with low or no cost, to avoid falling into catastrophic health expenditure.
    Keywords health expenditure ; out-of-pocket expenditure ; universal health insurance ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Subject code 360
    Language Indonesian
    Publishing date 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Faculty of Public Health, Sriwijaya University
    Document type Article ; Online
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  2. Article ; Online: The Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis: The Origin of Fibrosis and Interlink with Vasculopathy and Autoimmunity.

    Ko, Junsuk / Noviani, Maria / Chellamuthu, Vasuki Ranjani / Albani, Salvatore / Low, Andrea Hsiu Ling

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 18

    Abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease associated with increased mortality and poor morbidity, impairing the quality of life in patients. Whilst we know that SSc affects multiple organs via vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis, its exact ... ...

    Abstract Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease associated with increased mortality and poor morbidity, impairing the quality of life in patients. Whilst we know that SSc affects multiple organs via vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis, its exact pathophysiology remains elusive. Microvascular injury and vasculopathy are the initial pathological features of the disease. Clinically, the vasculopathy in SSc is manifested as Raynaud's phenomenon (reversible vasospasm in reaction to the cold or emotional stress) and digital ulcers due to ischemic injury. There are several reports that medications for vasculopathy, such as bosentan and soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) modulators, improve not only vasculopathy but also dermal fibrosis, suggesting that vasculopathy is important in SSc. Although vasculopathy is an important initial step of the pathogenesis for SSc, it is still unclear how vasculopathy is related to inflammation and fibrosis. In this review, we focused on the clinical evidence for vasculopathy, the major cellular players for the pathogenesis, including pericytes, adipocytes, endothelial cells (ECs), and myofibroblasts, and their signaling pathway to elucidate the relationship among vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis in SSc.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-19
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms241814287
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  3. Article: Toward Molecular Stratification and Precision Medicine in Systemic Sclerosis.

    Noviani, Maria / Chellamuthu, Vasuki Ranjani / Albani, Salvatore / Low, Andrea Hsiu Ling

    Frontiers in medicine

    2022  Volume 9, Page(s) 911977

    Abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a complex multi-systemic disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy and fibrosis, is associated with high mortality. Its pathogenesis is only partially understood. The heterogenous pathological processes that ... ...

    Abstract Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a complex multi-systemic disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy and fibrosis, is associated with high mortality. Its pathogenesis is only partially understood. The heterogenous pathological processes that define SSc and its stages present a challenge to targeting appropriate treatment, with differing treatment outcomes of SSc patients despite similar initial clinical presentations. Timing of the appropriate treatments targeted at the underlying disease process is critical. For example, immunomodulatory treatments may be used for patients in a predominantly inflammatory phase, anti-fibrotic treatments for those in the fibrotic phase, or combination therapies for those in the fibro-inflammatory phase. In advancing personalized care through precision medicine, groups of patients with similar disease characteristics and shared pathological processes may be identified through molecular stratification. This would improve current clinical sub-setting systems and guide personalization of therapies. In this review, we will provide updates in SSc clinical and molecular stratification in relation to patient outcomes and treatment responses. Promises of molecular stratification through advances in high-dimensional tools, including omic-based stratification (transcriptomics, genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, cytomics, microbiomics) and machine learning will be discussed. Innovative and more granular stratification systems that integrate molecular characteristics to clinical phenotypes would potentially improve therapeutic approaches through personalized medicine and lead to better patient outcomes.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2775999-4
    ISSN 2296-858X
    ISSN 2296-858X
    DOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.911977
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  4. Article ; Online: The microbiome and systemic sclerosis: A review of current evidence.

    Tan, Tze Chin / Noviani, Maria / Leung, Ying Ying / Low, Andrea Hsiu Ling

    Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology

    2021  Volume 35, Issue 3, Page(s) 101687

    Abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and fibrosis of multiple organs. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the most common internal organ manifestation, which contributes to significant morbidity and mortality in ...

    Abstract Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and fibrosis of multiple organs. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the most common internal organ manifestation, which contributes to significant morbidity and mortality in patients with SSc. Emerging reports have identified unique microbial taxa alterations in the GI microbiome of patients with SSc as compared to healthy controls (HC). These taxa alterations include differences at the phyla (e.g., Bacteroidetes) and genera (e.g., Bacteroides, Clostridium, Faecalibacterium, and Lactobacillus) level. In addition, some genera have been associated with more severe GI symptoms (e.g., Prevotella and Akkermansia). This review summarizes the current evidence on factors influencing the GI microbiome, GI microbiome alterations in SSc as compared to HC, and in SSc subgroups according to disease manifestations. Current exploration in therapeutic interventions that target the GI microbiome is discussed.
    MeSH term(s) Gastrointestinal Microbiome ; Humans ; Scleroderma, Systemic
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-10
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2052323-3
    ISSN 1532-1770 ; 1521-6942
    ISSN (online) 1532-1770
    ISSN 1521-6942
    DOI 10.1016/j.berh.2021.101687
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  5. Article ; Online: The Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis

    Junsuk Ko / Maria Noviani / Vasuki Ranjani Chellamuthu / Salvatore Albani / Andrea Hsiu Ling Low

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 24, Iss 14287, p

    The Origin of Fibrosis and Interlink with Vasculopathy and Autoimmunity

    2023  Volume 14287

    Abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease associated with increased mortality and poor morbidity, impairing the quality of life in patients. Whilst we know that SSc affects multiple organs via vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis, its exact ... ...

    Abstract Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease associated with increased mortality and poor morbidity, impairing the quality of life in patients. Whilst we know that SSc affects multiple organs via vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis, its exact pathophysiology remains elusive. Microvascular injury and vasculopathy are the initial pathological features of the disease. Clinically, the vasculopathy in SSc is manifested as Raynaud’s phenomenon (reversible vasospasm in reaction to the cold or emotional stress) and digital ulcers due to ischemic injury. There are several reports that medications for vasculopathy, such as bosentan and soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) modulators, improve not only vasculopathy but also dermal fibrosis, suggesting that vasculopathy is important in SSc. Although vasculopathy is an important initial step of the pathogenesis for SSc, it is still unclear how vasculopathy is related to inflammation and fibrosis. In this review, we focused on the clinical evidence for vasculopathy, the major cellular players for the pathogenesis, including pericytes, adipocytes, endothelial cells (ECs), and myofibroblasts, and their signaling pathway to elucidate the relationship among vasculopathy, inflammation, and fibrosis in SSc.
    Keywords scleroderma ; Raynaud ; systemic sclerosis ; vasculopathy ; inflammation ; fibrosis ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article: Choosing the right treatment for patients with psoriatic arthritis.

    Noviani, Maria / Feletar, Marie / Nash, Peter / Leung, Ying Ying

    Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease

    2020  Volume 12, Page(s) 1759720X20962623

    Abstract: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition with articular and extra-articular manifestations: peripheral arthritis, axial disease, enthesitis, dactylitis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and uveitis. Anti-tumour necrosis factors ( ...

    Abstract Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition with articular and extra-articular manifestations: peripheral arthritis, axial disease, enthesitis, dactylitis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and uveitis. Anti-tumour necrosis factors (anti-TNFs) have demonstrated clinical efficacies exceeding those of conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). New understanding in pathogenic pathways have led to novel therapeutic targets. The current treatment paradigms emphasize early diagnosis and treatment, and treating towards remission and low disease activity status, particularly in long-standing disease. This review addresses the evidence of current treatment options for each of the domains of PsA. We present a simple guide that weighs on clinical efficacies for each PsA domain to aid clinicians in choosing the most appropriate treatment for patients. We highlight the unmet need for biomarkers of treatment response, and future perspectives with precision medicine in PsA.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2516075-8
    ISSN 1759-7218 ; 1759-720X
    ISSN (online) 1759-7218
    ISSN 1759-720X
    DOI 10.1177/1759720X20962623
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  7. Article: Tocilizumab for systemic sclerosis with cardiac involvement: a case report.

    Lee, Zheng Cong / Noviani, Maria / Yap, Jonathan / Chin, Calvin Woon Loong / Ng, Sue-Ann / Low, Andrea Hsiu Ling

    Clinical and experimental rheumatology

    2022  Volume 40, Issue 10, Page(s) 2006–2007

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use ; Scleroderma, Systemic/complications ; Scleroderma, Systemic/drug therapy
    Chemical Substances tocilizumab (I031V2H011) ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-30
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Case Reports ; Letter
    ZDB-ID 605886-3
    ISSN 1593-098X ; 0392-856X
    ISSN (online) 1593-098X
    ISSN 0392-856X
    DOI 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/cibdmf
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  8. Article ; Online: Toward Molecular Stratification and Precision Medicine in Systemic Sclerosis

    Maria Noviani / Vasuki Ranjani Chellamuthu / Salvatore Albani / Andrea Hsiu Ling Low

    Frontiers in Medicine, Vol

    2022  Volume 9

    Abstract: Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a complex multi-systemic disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy and fibrosis, is associated with high mortality. Its pathogenesis is only partially understood. The heterogenous pathological processes that ... ...

    Abstract Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a complex multi-systemic disease characterized by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy and fibrosis, is associated with high mortality. Its pathogenesis is only partially understood. The heterogenous pathological processes that define SSc and its stages present a challenge to targeting appropriate treatment, with differing treatment outcomes of SSc patients despite similar initial clinical presentations. Timing of the appropriate treatments targeted at the underlying disease process is critical. For example, immunomodulatory treatments may be used for patients in a predominantly inflammatory phase, anti-fibrotic treatments for those in the fibrotic phase, or combination therapies for those in the fibro-inflammatory phase. In advancing personalized care through precision medicine, groups of patients with similar disease characteristics and shared pathological processes may be identified through molecular stratification. This would improve current clinical sub-setting systems and guide personalization of therapies. In this review, we will provide updates in SSc clinical and molecular stratification in relation to patient outcomes and treatment responses. Promises of molecular stratification through advances in high-dimensional tools, including omic-based stratification (transcriptomics, genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, cytomics, microbiomics) and machine learning will be discussed. Innovative and more granular stratification systems that integrate molecular characteristics to clinical phenotypes would potentially improve therapeutic approaches through personalized medicine and lead to better patient outcomes.
    Keywords systemic sclerosis ; stratification ; precision medicine ; molecular ; multi-omic analyses ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Article ; Online: Validation of screening questionnaires for evaluation of knee osteoarthritis prevalence in the general population of Singapore.

    Leung, Ying-Ying / Ma, Stefan / Noviani, Maria / Wong, Steven B-S / Lee, Chee Min / Soh, Irene A-L / Thumboo, Julian

    International journal of rheumatic diseases

    2017  Volume 21, Issue 3, Page(s) 629–638

    Abstract: Background: The prevalence of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in Singapore is unknown. We aimed to: (i) validate questionnaires to screen for symptomatic KOA; and (ii) estimate the prevalence of symptomatic KOA in Singapore using the validated ... ...

    Abstract Background: The prevalence of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in Singapore is unknown. We aimed to: (i) validate questionnaires to screen for symptomatic KOA; and (ii) estimate the prevalence of symptomatic KOA in Singapore using the validated algorithms.
    Methods: Subjects aged ≥50 years were evaluated for symptomatic KOA based on American College of Rheumatology clinical and radiographic criteria in a rheumatology clinic, and completed three sets of adapted screening questionnaires. The better performing screening questionnaire with adequate sensitivity and specificity was adminitered to a nationally representative sample of survey subjects (n = 3364) to estimate the weighted prevalence of symptomatic KOA in Singapore.
    Results: Out of 146 subjects evaluated in the clinic, 45 had symptomatic KOA. A screening algorithm which consisted of three KOA symptoms or one symptom plus physician-diagnosed KOA produced high specificity (0.95, 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 0.88-0.98) but low sensivity (0.44, 95% CI: 0.30-0.60). Replacing the term 'KOA' with 'physician-diagnosed ageing-related knee problem' improved the sensivity (0.62, 95% CI: 0.47-0.76) without significantly compromising the specificity (0.87, 95% CI: 0.79-0.93). The prevalence of symptomatic KOA weighted to the Singapore population distribution were 4.7% and 11%, using the most conservative and more liberal algorithms, respectively. There was a sharp rise in prevalence after age of 40. The weighted prevalence of KOA was higher in women and among Indian and Malay than Chinese.
    Conclusion: Our study adapted and validated questionnaires to the local context to screen for symptomatic KOA. We estimated the prevalence of symptomatic KOA in Singapore utilizing the better-performing algorithms.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Age Distribution ; Aged ; Algorithms ; Female ; Health Surveys ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Osteoarthritis, Knee/diagnosis ; Osteoarthritis, Knee/epidemiology ; Osteoarthritis, Knee/ethnology ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prevalence ; Reproducibility of Results ; Sex Distribution ; Singapore/epidemiology ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Validation Studies
    ZDB-ID 2426924-4
    ISSN 1756-185X ; 1756-1841
    ISSN (online) 1756-185X
    ISSN 1756-1841
    DOI 10.1111/1756-185X.13252
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  10. Article ; Online: Point-of-care seeding of nitinol stents with blood-derived endothelial cells.

    Jantzen, Alexandra E / Noviani, Maria / Mills, James S / Baker, Katherine M / Lin, Fu-Hsiung / Truskey, George A / Achneck, Hardean E

    Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials

    2015  Volume 104, Issue 8, Page(s) 1658–1665

    Abstract: Nitinol-based vascular devices, for example, peripheral and intracranial stents, are limited by thrombosis and restenosis. To ameliorate these complications, we developed a technology to promote vessel healing by rapidly seeding (QuickSeeding) autologous ...

    Abstract Nitinol-based vascular devices, for example, peripheral and intracranial stents, are limited by thrombosis and restenosis. To ameliorate these complications, we developed a technology to promote vessel healing by rapidly seeding (QuickSeeding) autologous blood-derived endothelial cells (ECs) onto modified self-expanding nitinol stent delivery systems immediately before implantation. Several thousand micropores were laser-drilled into a delivery system sheath surrounding a commercial nitinol stent to allow for exit of an infused cell suspension. As suspension medium flowed outward through the micropores, ECs flowed through the delivery system attaching to the stent surface. The QuickSeeded ECs adhered to and spread on the stent surface following 24-h in vitro culture under static or flow conditions. Further, QuickSeeded ECs on stents that were deployed into porcine carotid arteries spread to endothelialize stent struts within 48 h (n = 4). The QuickSeeded stent struts produced significantly more nitric oxide in ex vivo flow circuits after 24 h, as compared to static conditions (n = 5). In conclusion, ECs QuickSeeded onto commercial nitinol stents within minutes of implantation spread to form a functional layer in vitro and in vivo, providing proof of concept that the novel QuickSeeding method with modified delivery systems can be used to seed functional autologous endothelium at the point of care. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 104B: 1658-1665, 2016.
    MeSH term(s) Alloys/pharmacology ; Animals ; Endothelial Cells/cytology ; Endothelial Cells/metabolism ; Humans ; Point-of-Care Systems ; Stents ; Swine
    Chemical Substances Alloys ; nitinol (2EWL73IJ7F)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-09-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2099992-6
    ISSN 1552-4981 ; 1552-4973 ; 0021-9304
    ISSN (online) 1552-4981
    ISSN 1552-4973 ; 0021-9304
    DOI 10.1002/jbm.b.33510
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