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Abstract Number: 26 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibodies Directed Against Cell Surface Components In Autoimmune Disease Patients: Proposal Of a Novel ELISA For The Detection Of Anti-Endothelial Cell Antibodies
Keiji Miura¹, Ayako Kondo², Kazuo Takahashi², Daisuke Hirano², Yoshiyuki Hiki³, Shunji Yoshida², Yukio Yuzawa² and Yoshikazu Kurosawa³, ¹Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health Universtiy, Toyoake, Japan, ²Fujita Health Universtiy School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan, ³Fujita Health Universtiy, Toyoake, Japan
Background/Purpose: Sera from patients with systemic vasculitis or inflammatory conditions have been reported to contain antibodies that bind to endothelial cells (EC), i.e., AECA (anti-endothelial…
Abstract Number: 27 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Specificity Of Autoantibodies In Patients With Rheumatologic Inflammatory Syndrome Following Mineral Oil Injections Is Similar To Those In Mice With Adjuvant Mineral Oil-Induced Autoimmunity
Minoru Satoh¹, Olga Vera-Lastra², Claudia Martínez³, Jesús Sepulveda- Delgado³, Luis J. Jara⁴, Raúl Vargas-Ramírez⁵, Beatriz Teresita Martin-Marquez⁶, S. John Calise⁷, Edward K.L. Chan⁷ and Monica Vázquez-Del Mercado⁸, ¹Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Internal Medicine, MD, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Research and Education, Hospital de Especialidades Centro Medico La Raza, México City, Mexico, ⁵Instituto de Investigación en Reumatología y del Sistema Músculo Esquelético, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Mexico, ⁶Instituto de Investigación en Reumatología y del Sistema Músculo Esquelético, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁷Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁸Instituto de Investigación en Reumatología y del Sistema Músculo Esquelético, Hospital Civil JIM, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Intraperitoneal injection of pristane or adjuvant mineral oil (incomplete Freund's adjuvant) in non-autoimmune strains of mice mainly induces autoantibodies to U1RNP and Su/argonaute2 (Ago2). …
Abstract Number: 30 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gene Expression Profiling Analysis Of Human B-Cell Subsets In Health and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Chungwen Wei¹, Edward Ramos², Norm Allaire³, Suzanne Szak³, Susan Kalled³, Ann Ranger³ and Ignacio Sanz¹, ¹Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Biogen Idec Inc, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: SLE is an autoimmune disease, which exhibits multiple B cell abnormalities including expanded populations of plasmablasts and DN memory cells as well as a…
Abstract Number: 32 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Understanding The Stimulatory Pathways Responsible For Naïve B Cell Activation In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Emily Blalock¹, Chris Scharer², Scott Jenks¹, Jeremy Boss² and Ignacio Sanz³, ¹Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a recurrent autoimmune disease characterized by multiple B cell abnormalities, including the activation of naïve B cells. However, gaps…
Abstract Number: 33 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
B Cell Receptor Signaling As A Potential Clinical Parameter In Lupus
Michael Faludi¹, Christian A. Pineau², Evelyne Vinet¹, Ann E. Clarke³, Sasha Bernatsky⁴, Joyce Rauch² and Emil P. Nashi⁵, ¹McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Immunology and Rheumatology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: B cells are central to SLE. Signaling through the B cell receptor (BCR) controls critical processes at various stages of B cell development. Murine…
Abstract Number: 34 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dichotomous Responses Of Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus B Cell Subsets To B Cell Receptor Stimulation
Franziska Matzkies¹, Anthony DeFranco², Andrew J. Gross³, Maria Dall'era⁴ and Michelle Hermiston⁵, ¹Medicine- Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Autoantibody production is a hallmark of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), supporting a central role for B cells in disease pathogenesis. Prior studies have demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 35 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Defective Regulatory Function Of Granzyme B-Producing B Cells In Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Naoko Ueki, Hiroaki Niiro, Shun-ichiro Ota, Hirofumi Tsuzuki, Siamak Jabbarzadeh-Tabrizi, Yuri Hirosaki, Kumiko Noda, Naoyasu Ueda, Atsushi Tanaka, Masahiro Ayano, Sho Ueda, Satomi Hisamoto, Daisuke Oryoji, Mitsuteru Akahoshi, Yojiro Arinobu, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Takahiko Horiuchi and Koichi Akashi, Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of B-cell depletion therapy highlights a pathogenic role of B cells in autoimmune diseases. In certain conditions, elimination of B cells can…
Abstract Number: 36 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IFN-α Induces Altered Transitional B Cell Signaling and Function In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joan E. Wither¹, Nan-Hua Chang², Timothy Li³, Julie Kim⁴, Carolina Landolt-Marticorena⁵, Paul R. Fortin⁶, Dafna D. Gladman⁷ and Murray B. Urowitz⁸, ¹1E420/Div of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Genetics and Development, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Genetics and developmental biology, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Medicine, Centre de Recherche du Chu de Québec et Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Previous experiments suggest that the B cells of lupus patients are hyper-responsive to B cell receptor engagement resulting in increased tyrosine phosphorylation and Ca2+mobilization. …
Abstract Number: 37 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Follicular Entry Of Lymphotoxin-Expressing B Cells Via Type I Interferon Disrupts Marginal Zone Barrier Integrity and Exacerbates Systemic Autoimmunity
Hao Li¹, Hui-Chen Hsu², Qi Wu³, Jun Li³, PingAr Yang³, Yang-Xin Fu⁴ and John D. Mountz⁵, ¹Dept. Med - Immunology/Rheumatology division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Dept of Med/Rheumatology Div, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Marginal zone macrophages (MZMs), a small subset of specialized splenic macrophages located in the MZ, act as final follicular entry barrier to clear apoptotic…
Abstract Number: 38 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use Of An In Vitro Whole Blood Depletion ASSAY To Compare The Efficacy Of B CELL Depleting Agents In Patients With Systemic LUPUS Erythematosus
Venkat Reddy¹, Geraldine Cambridge², D.A. Isenberg³, Mark Cragg⁴ and Maria Leandro⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Antibody and Vaccine group, Cancer Sciences Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University, Southampton, United Kingdom, ⁵Centre for Rheumatology Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Variability in clinical response to B-cell depletion therapy (BCDT) with the anti-CD20mAb rituximab (RTX) has been well described in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Poor…
Abstract Number: 11 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS): Clinical, Immunologic Features, and Outcome Of 441 Patients From The “CAPS Registry”
Ignasi Rodriguez¹, Gerard Espinosa² and Ricard Cervera³, ¹1Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Fellow, Barcelona, Spain, ²Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: To analyze the clinical and laboratory features as well as the precipitating factors, treatment and outcome of patients with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS). Methods:…
Abstract Number: L15 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of CT-P13 (Infliximab Biosimilar) over Two Years in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Comparison Between Continuing with CT-P13 and Switching from Infliximab to CT-P13
Won Park¹, Pedro Miranda², Marek Brzosko³, Piotr Wiland⁴, Sergio Gutierrez-Ureña⁵, Helena Mikazane⁶, Yeon-Ah Lee⁷, Svitlana Smiyan⁸, Mie-Jin Lim¹, Vladimir Kadinov⁹, Carlos Abud-Mendoza¹⁰, YoungKi Son¹¹, Dae-Hyun Yoo¹² and Jürgen Braun¹³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea, ²Universidad de Chile and Centro de Estudios Reumatologicos, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ³Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases, Department of Rheumatology and Internal Diseases Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁵Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁶Outpatient Clinic 'ORTO', Riga, Latvia, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁸Municipal Institution of Ternopil Regional Council "Ternopil University Hospital", Ternopil, Ukraine, ⁹Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment 'Sv. Marina', Varna, Bulgaria, ¹⁰Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosyi, Mexico, ¹¹CELLTRION, Incheon, South Korea, ¹²Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ¹³PsAID taskforce, EULAR, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: CT-P13 is an infliximab (INX) biosimilar recently approved by the European Medicine Agency. PLANETAS was a 54-week (wk) randomized double-blind parallel group multicenter Phase…
Abstract Number: L21 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Celastrol, a Triterpene from Tripterygium Wilfordii, Inhibits Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation
Christopher D. Koehn¹, Yangsheng Yu², Yinshi Yue², Song Li², Michelene P Hearth-Holmes³, Geoffrey M Thiele³, Ted R. Mikuls⁴, James R. O'Dell⁵, Lynell W. Klassen⁶, Zhixin Zhang² and Kaihong Su², ¹Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Internal Medicine, Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Veteran Affairs Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁶Dept of Internal Medicine, Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: , Neutrophils provide the frontline of defense against invading pathogens. However, neutrophils also contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases. Recent studies suggest that…
Abstract Number: 1 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-â2GP1- Domain-1 Antibodies Are a Marker Of APS Severity
Nancy Agmon-Levin¹, Luciana Seguro², Cristina Rosário³, Michael Mahler⁴, Mariele Gatto⁵, Nir Tomer⁶, Elaine P. Leon⁷, Andrea Doria⁸, László Kovács⁹, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau¹⁰, Boris Gilburd¹¹ and Yehuda Shoenfeld¹², ¹The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, ²Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Pedro Hispano, Rua Dr. Eduardo Torres Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal, ⁴Research, INOVA Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁶The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel, ⁷Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ¹¹The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel, ¹²The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Background/Purpose: Autoantibodies targeting Domain-1(D1) of beta-2-glycoprotein-1(β2GP1) are common among patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)1. However, few studies assessed their clinical relevance and correlation with…
Abstract Number: 2 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Charaterization Of Micrornas Involved In The Regulation Of Atherotrhombosis In Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, Patricia Ruiz-Limon¹, Raul Teruel², Ángeles Aguirre Zamorano¹, Rosario M. Carretero-Prieto¹, Nuria Barbarroja¹, Antonio Rodriguez-Ariza³, Eduardo Collantes-Estevez⁴, Rocio gonzalez-Conejero², Constantino Martinez², Mª Jose Cuadrado⁵ and Carlos Perez-Sanchez¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²Regional Centre for Blood Donation, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain, ³Oncology Service and Research Unit, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, IMIBIC-Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵Lupus Research Unit, The Rayne Institute, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: miRNAs are key players in pathophysiological processes, but no previous studies have investigated their asscociation with the cardiovascular and atherothrombotic risks observed in primary…

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