Abstract Number: 652 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigating the Role of Mechanical Stress in Spondyloarthritis Pathogenesis
Background/Purpose: Mechanotransduction is a cell’s ability to translate mechanical stimuli into biochemical signals and has been implicated in signaling pathways involving differentiation and proliferation. Mechanical…Abstract Number: 653 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduced Ubiquitination of Misfolded HLA-B27 Is Associated with Inefficient Degradation By ERAD and Autophagy
Background/Purpose: The HLA class I allele, HLA-B27, is associated with spondyloarthritis (SpA), an immune-mediated inflammatory disease affecting the axial skeletal, skin, gut and eyes. HLA-B27…Abstract Number: 654 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anti Tnfα Drugs on the Frequency of Circulating CD19+CD24hiCD38hi Breg Cells in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Background/Purpose: CD19+CD24hiCD38hi B cells demonstrate a regulatory capacity and their frequency is altered in the peripheral blood of patients with various autoimmune diseases. The pathogenic…Abstract Number: 655 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Innate Lymphoid Cells – New Players in Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) produce disease-related cytokines including IL-17 and IL-22 and are therefore of substantial interest in PsA. Spreading the disease from the…Abstract Number: 656 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prostaglandin E2 and Its Receptor Subtype EP4 Are Involved in Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Progression
Background/Purpose: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in PTGER4 were found to be associated with Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in GWAS. PTGER4 codes for the prostaglandin-E2 receptor EP4.…Abstract Number: 657 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dyslipidemia Management Is Insufficient in Psoriatic Arthritis Despite Increased Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Assessing individual CV risk and achieving the recommended LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) target could…Abstract Number: 658 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Functionally Active MAIT Cells in Psoriatic Arthritis: A New Member of the IL-23/IL-17 Cytokine Network
Background/Purpose: The mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells recently have been implicated in autoimmune diseases. Murine model experiments also suggest that MAIT cells are capable…Abstract Number: 659 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-17 Producing T Cells and Its Dichotomy: A Mixed Response of the Innate and Acquired Immune System in Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Source of IL-17 in human has been mainly attributed to ab T cells, more specifically to the Th17 cells. However, some reports suggest…Abstract Number: 660 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Strain-Dependent IL-17A Secretion By CD4-CD8- DN αβ T Cells Correlates with Disease Susceptibility in Murine Spondyloarthritis
Background/Purpose: Hydrodynamic injection of IL-23 minicircles into adult B10.RIII mice induces an inflammatory disease with phenotypic features of human spondyloarthritis. Tissue-resident CD4-CD8- double negative (DN)…Abstract Number: 661 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Normal Human Enthesis Contains a Resident Population of γδT-Cells
Background/Purpose: Recent animal studies have suggested that γδT-cells accumulate at enthesis, secrete IL-17 and are responsible for driving the spondyloarthritis (SpA) phenotype resulting from IL-23…Abstract Number: 662 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Significance of Non-Albumin Proteinuria for Severity Assessment of Tubulointerstitial Inflammation in Lupus Nephritis
Background/Purpose: Tubulointerstitial inflammation (TI) has been shown to have prognostic significance in renal outcome of lupus nephritis. Considering that the type of protein excreted in…Abstract Number: 663 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Urinary Tumor-Necrosis Factor-like Weak Inducer of Apoptosis Is an Important Biomarker for Renal Lupus
Background/Purpose: Tumor-necrosis factor (TNF)-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) drives release of proinflammatory mediators from renal tubular and mesangial cells, and has been implicated in…Abstract Number: 664 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Vitamin D Is Associated with Thrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Low vitamin D is common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It is also found in antiphospholipid syndrome. Vitamin D has effects on tissue factor,…Abstract Number: 665 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Vitamin D Is Associated with End Stage Renal Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is common in SLE. Replacement therapy may help renal disease activity. We asked whether low vitamin D predicted later organ damage.…Abstract Number: 666 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Increased Serum Cholesterol Among Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is common in SLE. In other populations, vitamin D has been associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as blood pressure and…