Abstracts tagged "Animal models"

Abstract Number: 2235 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fas Signaling In Macrophages Promotes Chronicity In K/BxN Serum Transfer Induced Arthritis
Qi Quan Huang¹, Robert Birkett², Renee E. Koessler¹, Carla M. Cuda³, J.-P. Jin⁴, Harris R. Perlman⁵ and Richard M. Pope⁶, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Medicine / Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, ⁵Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁶Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: A non-apoptotic role for Fas signaling has been implicated in the regulation of inflammation and innate immunity. These studies were performed to elucidate the…
Abstract Number: 1281 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inadequate Glucocorticoid Secretion in Experimental Arthritis in Rats Is Closely Linked to Impaired Mitochondria and Reduced Lipid Breakdown in the Adrenal Cortex
Christine Wolff¹, Katharina Krinner¹, Josef Schröder² and Rainer H. Straub³, ¹Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany, ²Department of Phatology, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis a functional deterioration of the HPA-axis in form of inadequately low secretion of glucocorticoids in relation to severity of inflammation can…
Abstract Number: 542 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence For Involvement Of C5a Receptor in Human and Murine Lupus Nephritis
Constanze Hess¹, Ditte Tornehave², Peter Helding Kvist², Yvonne Sundström³, Louise Berg³, Iva Gunnarsson⁴, Søren Jacobsen⁵, Claus Haase¹ and Lars Hornum¹, ¹Department of Immunopharmacology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark, ²Department of Histology, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark, ³Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The complement system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Apart from the activation of the early components of…
Abstract Number: 2086 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
PI3-Kinase Controls Inflammatory Bone Destruction by Regulating the Osteoclastogenic Potential of Myeloid Cells
Stephan Blueml¹, Gernot Schabbauer², Antonia Puchner³, Emine Sahin², Victoria Saferding⁴, Birgit Niederreiter⁵, Josef S. Smolen⁶ and Kurt Redlich⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Vascular Biology and Thrombosis research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Dpt of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III,, Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Local bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasisarthritis or ankylosing spondylitis is a serious health burden and the major cause of disability and severely reduced…
Abstract Number: 1440 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lupus-Prone Mice Demonstrate Enhanced Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation: Implications for Autoantibody Formation and Organ Damage
Jason S. Knight¹, Alexander A. O'Dell¹, Wenpu Zhao², Ritika Khandpur², Srilakshmi Yalavarthi² and Mariana J. Kaplan³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan Rheumatology, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Recent evidence suggests that enhanced neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation—the programmed release of chromatin fibers decorated with granular antimicrobial peptides—is as an important activator…
Abstract Number: 731 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Systems Biology Approach to Elucidating Pathways Active During the Development of Osteoarthritis
Richard F. Loeser¹, Amy L. Olex², Brian Westwood², Margaret A. McNulty³, Cathy S. Carlson³, Michael Callahan⁴, Cristin Ferguson⁴ and Jacquelyn S. Fetrow², ¹Section Of Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ²Computer Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Veterinary and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: OA affects the entire joint but most studies have focused on the disease process in a single tissue. In this study, we identified genes…
Abstract Number: 25 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activation of the Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway Is Tissue Dependent in Osteoarthritic Joints: Distinct Mechanisms of Regulation by Wnt Antagonists
Thomas Funck-Brentano¹, Wafa Bouaziz¹, Hilene Lin¹, Valerie Geoffroy¹, Eric Hay¹ and Martine Cohen-Solal², ¹INSERM U606 Paris 7 university, Paris, France, ²Rhumatologie A, INSERM U606 Hôpital Lariboisière, Centre Viggo Petersen, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Wnt signaling pathway is a major regulator of bone and cartilage remodeling. Modulation of this pathway has lead to controversial results on joint cartilage…
Abstract Number: 2088 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Annexin A1 Receptor Agonist Suppresses Development of Inflammatory Arthritis
Yuan Hang Yang¹, Yuan Jia², Wenping Kao¹, Wuqi Song³, Zhan-guo Li⁴ and Eric F. Morand¹, ¹Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology,Clinical Immunology Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ³Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, ⁴Rheumatology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Annexin A1 (AnxA1) is recognized as an endogenous anti-inflammatory molecule. An AnxA1 receptor, formyl-peptide receptor 2 (FPR2), has been identified in human and mice.…
Abstract Number: 1441 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epstein Barr Virus CD40 Functional Mimic Latent Membrane Protein-1 Drives Cellular Molecular Mimicry in the Presence of Epstein Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen-1 in a Novel Murine Model of Lupus-Like Disease
Melissa E. Munroe¹, Jourdan R. Anderson², Timothy F. Gross³, Laura L. Stunz⁴, Gail A. Bishop⁴ and Judith A. James⁵, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Immune dysregulation underlies the complex pathogenesis of SLE. Infection with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and expression of latent protein Epstein Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen-1…
Abstract Number: 585 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relative Overexpression of Membrane-Bound Versus Soluble TNF in Human and Experimental Spondyloarthritis
Carmen Ambarus¹, Leonie M. van Duivenvoorde¹, Huriatul Masdar¹, Melissa N. van Tok², Paul P. Tak¹, Nataliya Yeremenko³ and Dominique L. Baeten³, ¹Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology and Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Macrophages and their pro-inflammatory cytokines, including TNF, are pivotal mediators of chronic synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as spondyloarthritis (SpA). Despite similar…
Abstract Number: 2091 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Pretreatment with Capsaicin On Measurement of Arthritis Pain by Dynamic Weight Bearing and Evoked Pain Responses in an Acute Murine Arthritis Model
Hollis E. Krug¹, Christopher W. Dorman², Sandra Frizelle² and Maren L. Mahowald³, ¹Medicine, VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, ²Research, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, ³Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School and Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN

Background/Purpose: Murine models are important to study arthritis pain and new analgesics, however measuring pain in mice is challenging. The Dynamic Weight Bearing (DWB) device…
Abstract Number: 1442 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IRF-1 Deficient Lupus-Prone MRL/Lpr Mice Show Reduced Glomerulonephritis but Develop Severe Interstitial Nephritis, Renal Vasculitis and Pulmonary Granulomas with Propensity for Th2 Polarity
Hidemaru Sekine¹, Takeshi Machida¹, Natsumi Sakamoto¹, Eiji Suzuki², Xian Zhang³, Christopher Reilly⁴ and Gary S. Gilkeson⁵, ¹Immunology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, ²Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, ⁴Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: The transcription factor interferon regulatory factor-4 (IRF-4) and -1 (IRF-1) are members of the IRF family of transcription regulators and involved in the development…
Abstract Number: 519 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sex-Specific Regulatory T Cell Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Sjögren Syndrome
Scott M. Lieberman¹, Portia A. Kreiger² and Gary A. Koretzky³, ¹Pediatrics, Div Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Pathology, Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, ³Medicine, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are a specialized population of lymphocytes which prevent autoimmunity in normal hosts. Treg dysfunction has been implicated in autoimmunity; however results…
Abstract Number: 2069 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Proteinase Activated Receptor-4 Stimulation Promotes Leukocyte Adhesion in the Rat Knee Joint
Jason J. McDougall, Departments of Pharmacology and Anaesthesia, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Proteinase activated receptors (PARs) are a family of G protein-coupled receptors that signal by enzymatic cleavage of the receptor in a specific extracellular domain.…
Abstract Number: 1450 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MEDI-551 Depletes a Majority of Murine B Cells and Reduces Serum Titers of Autoantibodies in the SLE1-huCD19 TG Mice
Sandra Gallagher¹, Yue Wang¹, Isharat Yusuf¹, Thomas McCaughtry¹, Ronald Herbst² and Laura Carter¹, ¹Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmune, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD, ²Respiration, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by chronic inflammation that can affect various organs. Hyperactive B cells appear to be key drivers in SLE…

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