Abstracts tagged "Angiogenesis"

Abstract Number: 957 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease 15 Is Expressed on Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue Endothelial Cells and Mediates Angiogenesis
Shinichiro Nishimi, Takeo Isozaki, Airi Nishimi, Sho Ishii, Takahiro Tokunaga, Hidekazu Furuya, Kuninobu Wakabayashi and Tsuyoshi Kasama, Div of Rheumatology, Showa University School of Med, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: A disintegrin and metalloproteases (ADAMs) are reported that membrane-anchored glycoproteins composed of multiple distinct protein modules. ADAM-15 is one of them and is reported…
Abstract Number: 967 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
NF-κb-Inducing Kinase Regulates LTβR-Driven NF-κb Signaling and Inflammatory Activation of Endothelium
Paulina Kucharzewska¹, Chrissta Maracle², Jan Piet van Hamburg², Kim Jeucken², Henric Olsson¹ and Sander W. Tas³, ¹Bioscience, AstraZeneca, Göteborg, Sweden, ²2Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology and Laboratory for Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology and Laboratory for Experimental Immunology, ARC | Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Sites of chronic inflammation, such as rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue, are characterized by neovascularization and often contain tertiary lymphoid structures with characteristic features of…
Abstract Number: 1705 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inhibition of EZH2 Stops Fibrosis and Improves Angiogenesis in Scleroderma
Pei-Suen Tsou¹, Phillip L. Campbell², M. Asif Amin³, Patrick Coit¹, David Fox⁴, Dinesh Khanna⁵ and Amr H Sawalha¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Autoimmune Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Department of Medicine [Division of Rheumatology], University of Michigan Medical System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (SSc) is a complex disease that involves activation of the immune system, vascular complications, and tissue fibrosis. Although the pathogenesis of this disease…
Abstract Number: 1719 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Accelerated Wound Healing in Megakaryocyte/Platelet-Specific Fli1 Knockout Mice Due to the up-Regulated Expression of Interferon-γ
Megumi Hirabayashi¹, Yoshihide Asano², Takashi Yamashita¹, Ryosuke Saigusa¹, Shunsuke Miura³, Kouki Nakamura¹, Takuya Miyagawa¹, Takashi Taniguchi¹, Ayumi Yoshizaki¹ and Shinichi Sato⁴, ¹Dermatology, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fli1 deficiency, a potential predisposing factor of systemic sclerosis (SSc), induces SSc-like phenotypes in dermal fibroblasts, endothelial cells, keratinocytes, and macrophages. However, it is…
Abstract Number: 2132 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Angiogenesis and VEGF-Expressing Cells Are Identified Predominantly in the Fascia Rather Than the Muscle in the Early Phase of Dermatomyositis
Ken Yoshida^1,2, Haruyasu Ito¹, Kazuhiro Furuya¹, Taro Ukichi¹, Kentaro Noda¹ and Daitaro Kurosaka¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: We previously showed that fasciitis is a frequent manifestation of the disease in dermatomyositis (DM) but not in polymyositis (PM) and that DM-associated fasciitis…
Abstract Number: 2997 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Microrna-29a Curtails Synovitis in the Development of Knee Osteoarthritis By Disrupting VEGF
Feng-Sheng Wang¹, Yi-Chih Sun¹, Yu-Shan Chen¹ and Jih-Yang Ko², ¹Core Facility for Phenomics & Diagnostics, Department of Medical Research, Core Facility for Phenomics & Diagnostics, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ²Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Background/Purpose: Intensive synovitis is a prominent feature that progressively aggravated excessive fibrosis reactions relative to joint stiffness in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). MicroRNA-29a (miR-29a)…
Abstract Number: 275 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Vitro Activation of Type I Interferon Pathway Reproduces the Characteristics Damages Observed in Dermatomyositis Patients
Leandro Ladislau^1,2,3, Xavier Suárez-Calvet^1,4, Claudia Benjamin³, Ségolène Toquet¹, Benjamin Terrier⁵, Flore Rozenberg⁶, Vincent Mouly¹, Gillian Butler Browne⁷, Werner Stenzel⁸, Olivier Benveniste⁹ and Yves Allenbach¹⁰, ¹Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM UMRS_974, CNRS FRE 3617, Center of Research in Myology., Paris, France, ²Programa de Ciências Biomédicas, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ³Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁴Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Institut de Recerca Sant Pau., Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁶Departement de Virologie, Hôpital Cochin, Paris Descartes Universités, Paris, France, ⁷Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, Myology research center, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁸Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France, ¹⁰Internal Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The type I interferons (IFN-I) including IFN-a, and IFN-b are key cytokines involved in innate immune response to viral infection. Almost all cells can…
Abstract Number: 808 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Down-Regulation of microRNA-126 in Scleroderma Microvascular Endothelial Cells (MVECs) Is Associated with Impaired Responses to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Defective Angiogenesis
bashar kahaleh¹, Nezam Altorok², Yongqing Wang³, Shadia Nada², Mohammed Madkhali³ and John Sun³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ³University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Impaired angiogenesis in SSc is a crucial component of disease pathology that occurs in spite of upregulation of VEGF and other proangiogenic factors. MicroRNA-126…
Abstract Number: 820 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
EZH2 Modulates Angiogenesis and Fibrosis in Scleroderma
Pei-Suen Tsou, Patrick Coit, Dinesh Khanna and Amr H Sawalha, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Scleroderma (SSc) is a complex disease that involves activation of the immune system, vascular complications, and tissue fibrosis. Although the pathogenesis of this disease…
Abstract Number: 871 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interleukin 33 Critically Regulates Angiogenesis and Inflammation in Large Vessels Vasculitis
Anne-Claire Desbois¹, Aurélie LEROYER², Marlène Garrido³, Julien Gaudric⁴, Cloé Comarmond⁵, David Klatzman⁶, Philippe Cluzel⁷, Pierre Fouret⁸, Laurent Chiche⁹, Fabien Koskas¹⁰, Gilles Kaplanski¹¹, Patrice Cacoub¹² and David Saadoun¹³, ¹Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France, ²Faculté de Pharmacie, Marseille, France, ³I3 laboratory, Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁴Department of Vascular surgery GHPS, Paris, France, ⁵DHU 2iB Internal Medicine Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases Pitie Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7211, Paris, France, ⁷Cadiovascular Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁸Hôpital La Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁹Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine and 2Laboratory I3 « Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy », UMR CNRS 7211, INSERM U959, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpetrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹¹Aix-Marseille Université - Internal Medicine hopital conception - F-13000 Marseilles, Marseille, France, ¹²Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital “Pitié-Salpêtrière”, “Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI” University, Paris, France, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine and clinical Immunology. French National Reference Center for Autoimmune Diseases. DHU I2B (Inflammation, Immunotherapy and Biotherapy), UPMC, Paris VI, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière, AP-HP, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Large vessels vasculitis (LVV) include Takayasu disease (TD) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Interleukin 33 (IL-33) is a cytokine which controls immune responses and…
Abstract Number: 1127 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Extracellular Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Is Essential for Hypoxia-Induced Angiogenesis in a Hypoxia Inducible Factor Independent Manner
Mathias Mursell^1,2, Martin Hahne^1,2,3, Peggy Kunath^1,2, Cindy Strehl^1,2, Paula Hoff^1,2, Frank Buttgereit² and Timo Gaber^1,2, ¹German Rheumatism Research Center (DRFZ), Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Background/Purpose: Angiogenesis is a hallmark of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but also of other inflammatory processes, tissue regeneration and progressing tumors. In RA,…
Abstract Number: 1131 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regulation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblast Cytokine Production By Inhibitor of DNA Binding-1 Via Crispr/Cas9 Transfection
Ray A. Ohara¹, Gautam Edhayan¹, Thomas L. Saunders², Thomas M. Lanigan³, Rachel Morgan¹, W. Alexander Stinson⁴, Phillip L. Campbell⁵, Jerry Graham⁴, David A. Fox⁵ and Jeffrey H. Ruth⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Molecular Medicine and Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Vector Core, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Inhibitor of DNA binding-1 (Id1) is a nuclear protein actively transcribed in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and synovial fibroblasts. We previously identified Id1 as…
Abstract Number: 1508 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sickle Cell Patients: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
David J. Ozeri¹, Joshy Pathiparampil², Randolph Sanchez² and Isabel M. McFarlane³, ¹Rheumatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, brooklyn, NY, ²Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, ³Rheumatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Title: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Sickle Cell Patients Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been rarely reported in association with sickle cell…
Abstract Number: 1572 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between KDR (VEGFR2) Gene Polymorphisms and Serum KDR Protein Levels in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Agnieszka Paradowska-Gorycka¹, Barbara Stypinska², Andrzej Pawlik³, Damian Malinowski³, Katarzyna Romanowska-Próchnicka⁴, Ewa Haladyj⁵, Malgorzata Manczak⁶ and Marzena Olesinska⁷, ¹Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ²Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Institute of geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ³Department of Pharmacology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, ⁴Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Warsaw and Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁵Department of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, ⁶Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Institute of geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, ⁷Department of Connective Tissue Disease, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the chronic autoimmune diseases, with genetic and environmental predisposition, and synovial angiogenesis is considered to be a notable…
Abstract Number: 1858 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Phenotypical and Functional Characteristics of in Vitro Expanded Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Nicoletta Del Papa¹, Chiara Capelli², Eleonora Zaccara¹, Paola Cipriani³, Paola Di Benedetto⁴, Wanda Maglione¹, Romina Andracco¹, Francesca Pignataro¹, Roberto Giacomelli⁴, Martino Introna⁵ and Claudio Vitali⁶, ¹Dept. Rheumatology, G. Pini Hospital, Milano, Italy, ²Laboratorio di Terapia Cellulare e Genica "G. Lanzani",, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, ³Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine, University of L’Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, ⁴Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy, ⁵Laboratorio di Terapia Cellulare e Genica "G. Lanzani", Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Section, Istituto San Giuseppe, Como, Italy
Background/Purpose: Adult stem cells, namely those of mesenchymal origin (MSCs), have received attention as an ideal source of regenerative cells because of their multi-potential ability…

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