Abstracts tagged "Animal Model"

Abstract Number: 0055 • ACR Convergence 2022
Protective Role for Mast Cells in TNF-induced Inflammatory-Erosive Arthritis and Its Associated Lymphatic Dysfunction in Mice
Yue Peng¹, H. Mark Kenney², Karen Bentley³, Lianping Xing⁴, Christopher Ritchlin⁵ and Edward Schwarz¹, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²University of Rochester Medical Center, Henrietta, NY, ³University of Rochester, Rochester, ⁴University of Rochester Medical Center, Webster, NY, ⁵Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, University of Rochester Medical School, Canandaigua, NY
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory-erosive arthritis is exacerbated by lymphatic dysfunction (1). Mast cells (MCs) regulate lymphatic vessels by releasing inflammatory and vasoactive mediators (e.g. histamine) (2). Previous…
Abstract Number: 1704 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interaction of Macrophages and Natural Killer Cells in Pathogenesis of HIV-1-Associated Inflammatory Arthritis
Can Sungur¹, Gao Hongbo¹, Li-ping Yang², Liang Shan¹ and Wayne Yokoyama³, ¹Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a significant life-threatening agent and burden on public health. Lesser studied and understood aspects of HIV infections include HIV-associated…
Abstract Number: 2264 • ACR Convergence 2022
Dysregulated Interferon Gamma Signals Promote Systemic Autoimmunity in STAT1 Gain of Function Syndrome
Andrea Largent¹, Jane Buckner², David Rawlings¹ and Shaun Jackson¹, ¹Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ²Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Heterozygous gain-of-function mutations in STAT1 promote a complex disorder of immune dysregulation including chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC) and systemic autoimmunity. However, given widespread expression…
Abstract Number: 0316 • ACR Convergence 2022
Targeting Oxidized Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (oxMIF) – a Novel Treatment Approach for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Christine Landlinger¹, Maroua Ferhat¹, ferdinando Nicoletti² and Michael Thiele¹, ¹OncoOne R&D, Vienna, Austria, ²University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Background/Purpose: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a primary mediator of adaptive and innate immune responses, as well as a primary counter-regulator of glucocorticoids (GCs),…
Abstract Number: 1709 • ACR Convergence 2022
Role of Corneal Langerhans Dendritic Cells in Lupus Keratitis
Ram Singh¹ and Angel Gutierrez², ¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients with lupus and other systemic autoimmune diseases develop ocular surface inflammation that is sometimes severe and debilitating. Pathogenesis of autoimmune keratitis remains unclear.…
Abstract Number: 0586 • ACR Convergence 2022
Transcription Factor Fli-1 Impacts CXCL13 Expression and Renal Inflammation in Lupus-like Nephritis of Adult MRL/lpr Mouse
Shuzo Sato¹, Xian Zhang², Naoki Matsuoka¹, Yuya Sumichika¹, Kenji Saito¹, Shuhei Yoshida¹, Haruki Matsumoto¹, Jumpei Temmoku¹, Yuya Fujita¹, Tomoyuki Asano¹, Hiroshi Watanabe¹ and Kiyoshi Migita¹, ¹Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Friend leukemia virus integration 1 (Fli-1) belongs to the Ets family of transcription factors and plays an important role in the development of lupus…
Abstract Number: 1713 • ACR Convergence 2022
Bank1 Signaling Shapes the Gut Microbiota Composition by Controlling the Gut Mucosal B-cell Response in Lupus
Georgina Galicia-Rosas, María Botía Sánchez, Daniel Toro-Domínguez, Lorena Albadalejo and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain
Background/Purpose: Mucosa-associated commensal bacteria have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, its exact role remains to be…
Abstract Number: 0654 • ACR Convergence 2022
Lymphatic Dysfunction and Immune Activation in Lupus
william ambler¹, Madhavi Somaraju¹, JiHyun Sim¹, Ethan Seltzer¹, Noa Schwartz², Ecem Sevim³, Doruk Erkan¹, Jinyeon Shin⁴, Rahgu Kataru⁴, Babak Mehrara⁵ and theresa Lu¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center - Wakefield Campus, New York, NY, ⁴Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a prototypic autoimmune disease in which patients frequently have photosensitivity. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) causes the eruption of cutaneous…
Abstract Number: 1714 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Circadian Clock Gene Bmal1 Negatively Regulates Autoantibody Production in SLE
Shuichiro Nakabo¹, Donavon Sandoval-Heglund¹, Victoria Hoffmann², Mingzeng Zhang¹, Norio Hanata¹, Zerai Manna¹, Elaine Poncio¹, Sarfaraz Hasni³ and Mariana Kaplan⁴, ¹NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²ORS/ORF/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs including kidney and skin. While its etiology and pathogenesis are still…
Abstract Number: 0669 • ACR Convergence 2022
Understanding How Type I Interferon Modulates Langerhans Cell ADAM17 to Promote Photosensitivity in Lupus
Thomas Li¹, Ethan Seltzer¹, Victoria Zyulina¹, Keila Veiga², Noa Schwartz³, Yurii Chinenov¹, David Oliver¹, Jose Lora⁴, Ali Jabbari⁵, Yong Liu¹, Hafsa Munir¹, William Shipman¹, Marvin Sandoval¹, Isabel Sollohub¹, william ambler¹, Bikash Mishra⁴, sarah taber¹, karen onel¹, Mehdi Rashighi⁶, james krueger⁷, Niroshana Anandasabapathy⁴, Carl Blobel¹ and theresa Lu¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, New York, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁷Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Photosensitivity is a hallmark symptom of lupus erythematosus (LE), in which patients develop inflammatory skin lesions in response to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). In examining…
Abstract Number: 1715 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ezh2 Knockout in B Cells Impairs Plasmablast Differentiation and Ameliorates Lupus-like Disease in MRL/lpr Mice
Xiaoqing Zheng¹, Mikhail Dozmorov², Colleen Strohlein¹, Sheldon Bastacky¹ and Amr Sawalha¹, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background/Purpose: Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) has been shown to regulate early B cell development and the differentiation of antibody secreting cells (ASCs). We…
Abstract Number: 1471 • ACR Convergence 2021
Oral Administration of Berberine Limits Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis Development and Associated Pain via AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) in Mice
Jun Li¹, Yun Wang², Di Chen³ and Ru Liu Bryan⁴, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Valo Health, Lexington, MA, ³Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China (People's Republic), ⁴University of California San Diego and VASDHS, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a master regulator of energy balance and metabolism, is implicated to play an important role in cartilage homeostasis. Berberine is…
Abstract Number: 1507 • ACR Convergence 2021
Role of CD4+ T Cells in the Pathogenesis of RA: Immunization with Citrullinated T Cell Epitopes Is Sufficient to Induce Immunological and Clinical Manifestations of Arthritis in DR4-Transgenic Mice
Elena Tonti¹, Bhargavi Duvvuri², Sudeshna Dhar¹, Derek Haaland³, Maggie Larche¹ and Mark Larché¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and The Waterside Clinic, Oro Medonte, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains unclear, existing research suggests a complex interplay of both genetic and environmental factors. Citrullinated proteins/peptides, and…
Abstract Number: 1767 • ACR Convergence 2021
CXCL5 Dampens Inflammation in Murine Lupus by Orchestral Suppression of Effector Cell Proliferation and Leukocyte Extravasation
Xiubo Fan¹, Chin Teck Ng¹, Dianyang Guo¹, Frances Lim¹, Annie Law², Julian Thumboo¹, William Hwang³ and Andrea Low¹, ¹Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Singhealth, Singapore, Singapore, ³National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a potentially fatal autoimmune disease characterized by dysregulation of both innate and adaptive immunity. Current therapeutic options are limited,…
Abstract Number: 1890 • ACR Convergence 2021
Cellular Origin and Functions of Osteoclasts in Inflammatory Arthritis
Hannah Nelson¹, Ellen Gravallese², Julia Charles¹ and Christian Jacome-Galarza¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is an autoimmune disease targeting multiple joints and characterized by joint destruction caused by osteoclasts (OC), leading to physical disability. However,…

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