Abstract Number: 1769 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue Measured By DXA As a Novel Surrogate Marker of Cardiovascular Risk in Primary Necrotizing Vasculitides
Background/Purpose Studies have shown a strong prevalence of cardiovascular events among patients with primary necrotizing vasculitides. Recent studies indicate that visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is…Abstract Number: 1675 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regional Implantation of Adipose Tissue-Derived Cells Induces a Prompt Healing of Long-Lasting Indolent Digital Ulcers in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose Fingertip digital ulcers (DUs) are a rather frequent and invalidating complication in the course of systemic sclerosis (SSc), often showing a very slow or…Abstract Number: 864 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Coronary Artery Calcification with Brown and White Pericardial Adipose Tissue in SLE
Background/Purpose Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We have shown that clinically CVD-free women with SLE have…Abstract Number: 763 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Caveolin-1 and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Co-Regulate the Differentiation of Monocytes to Adipocytes and Myofibroblasts in Vivo and in Vitro
Background/Purpose Skin fibrosis in scleroderma is associated with the loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue (lipodystrophy). The mechanisms underlying lipodystrophy and its relationship to fibrosis are…Abstract Number: 532 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adipose Tissue Is Prominent in Salivary Glands of Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients and Appears to Influence the Autoimmune Microenvironment in These Organs
Background/Purpose A positive salivary gland (SG) biopsy with a focus score of ≥1 is the only widely accepted pathological finding confirming the salivary gland component…Abstract Number: 341 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Death Receptor 3 Causes Vascular Dysfunction in a Murine Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Increased cardiovascular (CV) risk is prevalent in several forms of inflammatory arthritides. The mechanisms that regulate CV disease during early inflammatory arthritis are ill-defined.…Abstract Number: 217 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relationship of Quadriceps and Hamstrings Intramuscular Fat and Lean Muscle with Power in Women with Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/PurposeReduced quadriceps and hamstrings strength is a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA). This strength loss is partly due to the loss of lean muscle…Abstract Number: 216 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hip Adiposity, Not Local Knee Adiposity, Is Associated with Knee Pain Independent of Radiographic Osteoarthritis Severity
Background/Purpose Elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with pain in knee OA. However, it is unclear if adiposity closer in proximity to the knee…Abstract Number: 2474 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fat Mass and Resistin: Predictive Factors For Anti-TNF Therapy Response In Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients
Background/Purpose: The adipose tissue immune properties and pharmacokinetic consequences can contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory conditions. The hole of fat tissue in active Ankylosing…Abstract Number: 416 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes In Body Composition On Two Different Glucocorticoid Regimens In Early RA: Experience From The Cobra-Light Trial
Background/Purpose: Prednisolone improves joint inflammation and disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but is associated with multiple cardiovascular, metabolic and endocrine side effects and may…Abstract Number: 54 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ANTI-Fibrotic and ANTI-Hypertrophic Effect Of Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal CELLS On Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes
Background/Purpose: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) isolated from bone marrow (MSC) or adipose (ASC) tissues secrete a large amount of trophic factors. The possibility that these…