Abstracts tagged "Apoptosis"

Abstract Number: 2296 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Platelet Release Products Mediate Endothelial Apoptosis: A Possible Role for Thrombospondin 1- CD36 Pathway in SSc-Endothelial Apoptosis
Bashar Kahaleh¹ and Yongqing Wang², ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Sequential pathologic observations in the early stages of SSc demonstrated evidence for platelet aggregation and binding to blood vessels that is generally followed by…
Abstract Number: 2083 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
New Treatment Approach of Rheumatoid Arthritis Based On Inhibition of Cyclin Dependent Kinase-9
Annelie Hellvard¹, Lutz Zeitlmann², Ulrich Heiser³, André Niestroj³, Hans-Ulrich Demuth³, Jan Potempa⁴ and Piotr Mydel¹, ¹Broegelmann Research Laboratory, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ²Ingenium Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Martinsried, Germany, ³Probiodrug AG, Halle/Saale, Germany, ⁴Microbiology Department, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Background/Purpose: Cyclin dependent kinase-9 (cdk-9) is transcription regulator of the carboxyterminal domain of RNA polymerase II. The usage of pan-cdk inhibitors such as flavopiridol has…
Abstract Number: 1782 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dual Effects of Soluble FasL and Membrane Bound FasL On Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes Cells (FLS) From Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patients
Rachel Audo¹, Flavia Calmon-Hamaty¹, Bernard Combe², Michael Hahne¹ and Jacques Morel³, ¹IGMM, CNRS UMR5535, Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ²Rheumatology, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³Dpartment of Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France
Background/Purpose: Membrane bound FasL (mFasL) is able to induce fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) cell death. In experimental arthritis mouse models, injection of agonistic antibody (Ab) anti-Fas…
Abstract Number: 1776 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-SSA/Ro Mediated Injury to the Endothelium Via Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor/Tgfbeta Activation: Implications in the Pathogenesis of Congenital Heart Block
Paraskevi Briasouli¹, Mark Halushka², Jill P. Buyon³ and Robert M. Clancy⁴, ¹Rheumatology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Cardiovascular Pathology, John Hopkins Pathology, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: One mechanism by which anti-Ro antibodies are linked to the pathogenesis of (cardiac-NL) neonatal lupus is the increased urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA)/urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor…
Abstract Number: 1743 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-5-Induced FasL⁺ Regulatory B Cells Are Inhibited by IL-4 and Cyclosporine
Matthew W. Klinker¹, Brian R. Alzua¹, Tamra J. Reed², David A. Fox³ and Steven K. Lundy⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Rheumatology/Int Medicine, Univ of Michigan Med Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: We previously identified a subset of regulatory B cells that express the apoptosis-inducing molecule Fas ligand (FasL), and reported that these B cells were…
Abstract Number: 1635 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Polyarthritis Caused by TIARP (TNFAIP9) Deficiency Critically Dependent On Dysregulated STAT3, NF-κB Signaling and Cell Death in Macrophage
Asuka Inoue¹, Isao Matsumoto¹, Naoto Umeda¹, Yuki Tanaka¹, Satoru Takahashi² and Takayuki Sumida¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, Japan, ²Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki, Japan
Background/Purpose: TNFα-induced adipose-related protein (TIARP) is a six-transmembrane protein induced by TNFα and IL-6 in adipose tissue. Recently, we found that TIARP is dominantly expressed…
Abstract Number: 1522 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differential Response to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Between Alveolar Epithelial Cells and Lung Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis
Jun Liang¹, Tanjina Akter², Ilia Atanelishvili³, Richard M. Silver⁴ and Galina S. Bogatkevich², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of SC, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina,Charleston,USA, Charleston, SC, ³Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina,Charleston,USA, Charleston, SC, ⁴Rheumatology, Medical University of SC, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease is a prevalent and worrisome complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc), which is now the leading cause of death in SSc. There…
Abstract Number: 1494 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CD40 Signaling Results in Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction: A Possible Clue to the Pathogenesis of Scleroderma Vasculopathy
Bashar Kahaleh¹ and Yongqing Wang², ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Increased expression of CD40 in SSc- Microvascular Endothelial Cells (MVEC) was noted on a gene expression array and increased concentrations of soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L)…
Abstract Number: 1069 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effects of TNF Stimulation On Control of Apoptosis in Neutrophils
Direkrit Chiewchengchol¹, Connie Lam¹, Kate Roberts¹, Helen Wright¹, Huw Thomas¹, Robert Moots² and Steven Edwards¹, ¹Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: TNF is a key regulator of immune function and plays a pivotal role in inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. Human neutrophils express and…
Abstract Number: 902 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activation of NF-Kb Via Poly(I:C)-Induced Monocyte-Derived Microparticles Decreases TRAIL-Induced Apoptosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Mojca Frank Bertoncelj¹, Blaz Rozman², Beat A. Michel³, Renate E. Gay¹, David S. Pisetsky⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Steffen Gay⁶ and Astrid Juengel⁷, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich and Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich and Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, CH-8091, Switzerland, ⁷Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Schlieren, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Decreased sensitivity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial fibroblasts (SF) to apoptosis leads to synovial hyperplasia and destruction of joints in RA. Activation of NF-kB…

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