Abstracts tagged "Apoptosis"

Abstract Number: 1927 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Role of Mitochondrial DNA from OA Patients in Cellular Apoptosis, Senescence and Autophagy
Mercedes Fernandez-Moreno¹, Andrea Dalmao-Fernández ², Uxia Nogueira-Recalde ³, Tamara Hermida-Gómez ⁴, Maria E Vazquez-Mosquera ⁵, Sara Relaño ⁶, Ignacio Rego-Pérez ⁶ and Francisco J. Blanco ⁶, ¹Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España. CIBER-BBM, A Coruña, Spain, ²Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, ³Grupo de Biología del Cartílago, Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Sergas, A Coruña, Spain, A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Unidad de Bioingeniería Tisular y Terapia Celular (GBTTC-CHUAC). Grupo de Investigación en Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC). Sergas. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), A Coruña, Spain, ⁵Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, ⁶Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Background. With the redefinition of Osteoarthritis (OA) and the understanding that the joint behaves as an organ, OA is now considered a systemic illness…
Abstract Number: 2422 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Increased Apoptosis and Compromised Suppressive Capacity of Regulatory T Cells in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Min Feng¹, Xiangcong Zhao ¹ and Jing Luo ¹, ¹the second hospital of shanxi medical university, Taiyuan, China (People's Republic)
Background/Purpose: To investigate the apoptosis and suppressive function of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), and the effect of low-dose IL-2 on apoptosis of Tregs.Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2121 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum High Type I Interferon Is Associated with Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis in Lupus Patients Accompanied with High Interferon Signature Gene Expression and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Infiltration in Lupus Nephritis Kidney
Taro Iwamoto¹, Jessica M. Dorschner², Mark A. Jensen¹, Shanmugapriya Selvaraj³, Danielle Vsetecka², Shreyasee Amin², Ashima Makol², Floranne C. Ernste², Thomas Osborn², Kevin Moder², Vaidehi R. Chowdhary², Valeria Mezzano⁴, Peter M. Izmirly⁵, H. Michael Belmont⁵, Robert M. Clancy¹, Jill P. Buyon¹, Ming Wu³, Cynthia A. Loomis³ and Timothy B. Niewold¹, ¹Colton Center for Autoimmunity, New York University, New York, NY, ²Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ³Department of Pathology, New York University, New York, NY, ⁴Division of Cardiology, New York University, New York, NY, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, New York University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Despite recent advancements in immunosuppressive therapies, lupus nephritis (LN) remains one of the most severe organ manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). High type…
Abstract Number: 36 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Pleiotropic Effects of TAM Signaling on Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice Using Kbxn Serum Transfer Induced Arthritis
Anna B Montgomery¹, Salina Dominguez², Maximilian Mayr³ and Harris Perlman³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: TAM receptors are a small family of receptor tyrosine kinases comprising Tyro-3, Axl and Mer, which are activated by GAS6 and Protein-S. TAM signaling…
Abstract Number: 1017 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantigen Pentraxin-3 Is an Inflammatory Cytokine Storms Suppressor By Switching Monocytes Pyroptosis to Apoptosis in a Complement-Dependent Manner in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Xuan Zhang¹ and Xunyao Wu², ¹Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, beijing, China
Background/Purpose: A delayed diagnoses and therapy of ACPA (Anti cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody)-negative RA patients might be associated with effective serum biomarkers in clinic. Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2114 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon Kappa Regulates Apoptotic Response to UVB in Control and Lupus Keratinocytes
Grace Hile¹, Mrinal Sarkar², Jianhua Liu³, Tamra J. Reed⁴, Johann Gudjonsson² and Michelle Kahlenberg⁴, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Photosensitivity, defined as increased cutaneous erythema and inflammation after ultraviolet light (UV) exposure, is a hallmark of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cutaneous…
Abstract Number: 37 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
β2-Glycoprotein I Binds to Necroptotic Cells and Serves As a Target for SLE Autoantibodies
David Salem¹, Rebecca Subang¹, Maziar Divangahi¹, Christian Pineau², Sasha Bernatsky³, Jerrold S. Levine⁴ and Joyce Rauch⁵, ¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago and Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI), a phospholipid-binding protein, binds to apoptotic cells and serves as an antigenic target for autoantibodies from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus…
Abstract Number: 299 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bik Plays an Important Role of Cell Proliferation Caused By Nitric Oxide in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovium
Takeshi Ueha¹, Yoshitada Sakai¹, Kohjin Suzuki², Koji Fukuda³, Toshihisa Maeda³, Hanako Nishimoto³, Shinya Hayashi⁴, Yasushi Miura⁴, Ryosuke Kuroda³ and Akira Hashiramoto², ¹Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Department of Biophysics, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan, ³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ⁴Orthpaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Nitric oxide (NO), a proinflammatory mediator responsible for various physiological processes, plays a central role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As a…
Abstract Number: 1008 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
mtDNA Cybrids from OA Patients Are Less Efficient Using Glycolysis and Are More Susceptible to Apoptosis Under Stress Conditions
Mercedes Fernandez Moreno^1,2, Tamara Hermida-Gómez³, Andrea Dalamao-Fernandez⁴, M. Eugenia Vazquez Mosquera⁴, Estefanía Cortés-Pereira¹, Morena Scotece⁴, Sara Relaño-Fernandez⁵, Ignacio Rego-Pérez¹ and Francisco J Blanco⁶, ¹Servicio de Reumatología. Area Genomica. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ²CIBER-BBM, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, INIBIC. Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. CIBER-BBN., A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Servicio de Reumatología. Area Genomica. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A CORUÑA, Spain, ⁵Plataforma de Genómica. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ⁶Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña. España, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have showed that chondrocytes from OA patients had mitochondrial alteration in comparison with healthy. However the role of mitochondria in the biological…
Abstract Number: 1011 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mitochondrial Haplogroups-Mediated Methylation Regulates Apoptosis in Osteoathritis Cartilage
Ignacio Rego-Pérez¹, Estefanía Cortés-Pereira¹, Juan Fernández-Tajes Sr.², Mercedes Fernandez Moreno¹, Maria Eugenia Vazquez Mosquera¹, Sara Relaño-Fernandez³, Natividad Oreiro⁴, Carlos Fernandez-Lopez¹ and Francisco J Blanco¹, ¹Servicio de Reumatología. Area Genomica. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ²The Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics. McCarthy´s Group. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Plataforma de Genómica. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ⁴1) Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruna, Spain
Background/Purpose: Recent studies revealed that haplogroup J associates with a decreased rate of incident knee Osteoarthritis. Among the functional characteristics of this haplogroup, lower rates…
Abstract Number: 1409 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ursolic Acid Promotes Apoptosis of Rheumatoid Athritis Synovial Fibroblasts By Upregulating Noxa Expression and Recruiting E3 Ligase Mule to Degrade Mcl-1
Eugene Kim¹, Solomon Agere¹, Sadik Khuder² and Salahuddin Ahmed¹, ¹Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, College of Pharmacy, Spokane, WA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: In our previous study, we discovered that ursolic acid (UA), a pentacyclic triterpenoid with anti-inflammatory properties, induces apoptosis in synovial fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1835 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Microglial Defects Contribute to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Hadijat Makinde¹, Philip J. Homan², Harris Perlman² and Carla Cuda², ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Neuropsychiatric symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (NP-SLE), including headaches, cognitive dysfunction and psychiatric disorders, appear in up to 75% of SLE patients and may…
Abstract Number: 2576 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Caspase 8 in Dendritic Cells Suppresses IRF5 Activation through Endosomal TLR Signaling to Prevent SLE-like Disease
FuNien Tsai¹, Harris Perlman² and Carla Cuda², ¹Medicine-Rheumatology, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Previous studies implicate dendritic cells (DCs) in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), yet the mechanisms underlying this involvement are not yet clear.…
Abstract Number: 2838 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Apoptotic Bodies Containing dsDNA Covalently Modified By Parvovirus B19 Non-Structural Protein NS1 Induce dsDNA Autoantibodies and End Organ Damage in Non-Autoimmune Mice
Stanley J. Naides¹, Kanoktip Puttaraksa², Heidi Pirttinen² and Leona Gilbert², ¹Immunology, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, San Juan Capistrano, CA, ²Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Background/Purpose: Persistent viral infections can induce aberrant immune responses and are implicated in the development of autoimmunity. Parvovirus B19 (B19V) non-structural protein, NS1, a helicase,…
Abstract Number: 2060 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bim Suppresses the Development of SLE By Limiting Macrophage Inflammatory Responses
FuNien Tsai¹, Carla Cuda², Harris R. Perlman³, Philip J. Homan⁴, Salina Dominguez², Alexander Shaffer³, George Kenneth Haines III⁵ and Jack Hutcheson⁶, ¹Medicine-Rheumatology, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Medicine-Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁶UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The Bcl-2 family guards the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. Among numerous Bcl-2 antagonists, only the loss of Bim in mice leads to the development of…

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