Abstract Number: 8 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Antiphospholipid Syndrome Leukocytes Demonstrate Increased Adhesive Potential: a Search for Novel Therapeutic Targets
Background/Purpose: Adhesion of leukocytes to the endothelium is an initiating event in the thrombosis inherent to antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Over the years, a number of…Abstract Number: 960 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ADAM-17 Is Expressed on Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts and Mediates Monocyte Migration and Adhesion
Background/Purpose: A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM-17), also known as tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE), have been reported to be involved in a number…Abstract Number: 1921 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urine Angiostatin and VCAM-1 Surpass Conventional Metrics in Predicting Elevated Renal Pathology Activity Indices in Lupus Nephritis
Background/Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate how urinary angiostatin, VCAM-1 and established measures of renal function relate to specific histologic findings in…Abstract Number: 2642 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lupus Serum Induces Glomerular Endothelial Cell Neutrophil Adhesion in Association with Soluble Mediators of Chemotaxis and Adhesion
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with endothelial dysfunction, which can accelerated inflammation. Ingress of neutrophils into tissue requires chemotaxis and adhesion to endothelial…Abstract Number: 1112 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hypoxia Modulates Neutrophil Integrin Expression, Adhesion and Trans-Endothelial Migration
Background/Purpose: Dysregulation of neutrophil activation is important in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), including RA, SLE and APS. Neutrophils are…Abstract Number: 2127 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dicam Promotes Proliferation and Hypertrophic Differentiation of Chondrocyte through Indian Hedgehog Signaling of Primary Cilia
Background/Purpose: Chondrocytes in growth plate is known to respond to hydrostatic loading by increasing Indian hedgehog (Ihh) signaling, and that the primary cilium is required…Abstract Number: 2148 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Recruitment of Circulating Monocytes By TNF/IL-6-Induced Expression of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 (VCAM-1) Drives Valvular Inflammation in K/B/g7 Mice
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) comorbidity is common in rheumatic diseases and includes accelerated atherosclerosis and inflammatory valvular heart disease (iVHD). KRN T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic…Abstract Number: 2149 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adipokines Alter the Interaction Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Adhesion and Endothelial Cells
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblast plays a key role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is a chronic polyarticular inflammatory disease. SF are able to migrate long distances…Abstract Number: 209 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Autoimmune Rheumatic Diease IgG Have Differential Effects upon Neutrophil Binding, Activation and Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation
Background/Purpose: Dysregulation of neutrophil activation and function is important in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs). Neutrophil dysfunction is well recognised…Abstract Number: 4 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Influence of Adipokines on the Interaction of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts with Endothelial Cells
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a systemic chronic inflammatory disease. Adipose tissue, being an endocrine organ, plays an important role in inflammatory processes. Adipokines are…Abstract Number: 1 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Integrin Very Late Antigen-4 Plays a Key Role in the Recruitment of B Cells at the Inflammatory Foci
Background/Purpose: Experimental data suggest that B cells must migrate and accumulate into the synovial membrane to exert their pathogenic role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Leukocyte…Abstract Number: 2993 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum CXCL4 Increase in Patients with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease at Risk for Systemic Sclerosis Is Associated with Anti-Scl70 Antibodies and ICAM-1, a Marker of Endothelial Activation
Background/Purpose: CXCL4 is a pleiotropic antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory chemokine, that has been shown to be increased in the sera of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)…Abstract Number: 1964 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biomarkers in Temporal Artery Biopsies and Sera of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a large- and medium- vessel arteritis characterized by a range of histological patterns of vascular wall injury. The temporal…Abstract Number: 1530 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Neutrophil Function and Survival Unaffected in Healthy Subjects Following Single Administration of Tocilizumab
Background/Purpose: Decreases in circulating neutrophil counts have been observed in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and children with systemic or polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated…Abstract Number: 2357 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vascular Adhesion Molecule-1 Overexpression in Collagen-Induced Arthritis: Modeling Vascular Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vascular adhesion molecule-1 Overexpression in collagen-induced arthritis: modeling vascular dysfunctionS in rheumatoid arthritis Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients are at risk of developing primary coronary…
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