Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 183 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Allele-Dependent Binding of a Viral Protein to Autoimmune Disease-Associated Genetic Variants
Matthew Weirauch¹, Daniel Miller², Leah C. Kottyan³, Ignacio Ibarra⁴, Arthur Lynch², Sayeed Syed⁵, Xiaoting Chen², Erin Zoller², Connor Schroeder², Josh Lee², Albert Magnusen⁶, Ally Yang⁷, Timothy R. Hughes⁷, Joo-Seop Park⁸, Charles Vinson⁵ and John B. Harley^2,9, ¹Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE) and Divisions of Biomedical Informatics and Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE), Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁵NCI, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Center of Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Divisions of Urology and Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁹US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Risk factors are known for many diseases, but the etiologies of most autoimmune diseases remain unknown and are idiopathic. Pathogenesis of disease likely involves…
Abstract Number: 1747 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Human C-C Chemokine Receptor-6 (CCR6)+ Th Memory Cells, Including Th17 and Th17.1 Cells, Change into Anti-Inflammatory Cells with Regulatory Capacity upon Exposure to Vitamin D
Wendy Dankers¹, Nadine Davelaar², Jan Piet van Hamburg³, Patrick Asmawidjaja², Hoyan Wen², Johannes van Leeuwen⁴, Edgar Colin⁵ and Erik Lubberts², ¹Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵ZGT Almelo, Deventer, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases such as RA are driven by an aberrantly activated immune system and an imbalance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cells, resulting in tissue…
Abstract Number: 184 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Epigenome-Guided Approach to Causal Variant Discovery in Autoimmune Disease
Richard C. Pelikan¹, Jennifer A. Kelly², Yao Fu², Caleb Lareau³, Graham B. Wiley¹, Stuart Glenn¹, Martin Aryee^3,4, Courtney Montgomery⁵ and Patrick Gaffney², ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Charlestown, MA, ⁴Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies have identified thousands of genetic associations with complex human diseases and traits. However, establishing the truly causal regions of risk haplotypes…
Abstract Number: 1786 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lupus Nephritis Is Linked to Immunity to an Intestinal Commensal Lachnospiracaea Species
Gregg J. Silverman¹, Doua F. Azzouz², Hanane El Bannoudi², Aidana Omarbekova³, Brad H. Rovin⁴, Roberto Caricchio⁵, Alexander Alekseyenko⁶ and Jill P. Buyon², ¹Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: A transmissible agent has long been suspected in the pathogenesis of SLE, yet the potential contribution of members of the intestinal microbiome to the…
Abstract Number: 210 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pharmacovigilance Surveillance of Autoimmune Diseases Induced By Biological Agents: A Review of 12013 Cases (aeBIOGEAS-SEMI Registry)
Soledad Retamozo^1,2,3, Manuel Ramos-Casals^4,5, Marta Pérez de Lis⁶, Alejandra Flores-Chavez^7,8,9, Sofia Arteaga^10,11, Celeste Galcerán-Chaves¹², Belchin Kostov¹³, Roberto Pérez-Alvarez⁶ and Pilar Brito-Zerón^2,14, ¹Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (INICSA-UNC-CONICET), Cordoba, Argentina, ²Laboratory of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases “Josep Font”, CELLEX, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, ICMID, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Institute University of Biomedical Sciences University of Córdoba (IUCBC), Cordoba, Argentina, ⁴Laboratory of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases “Josep Font”, CELLEX, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, ICMID, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ⁷Department of Autoimmune Diseases, ICMiD, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Unidad de Investigación Biomédica 02 (Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica), UMAE, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Jalisco, Mexico, ⁹Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Médicas, Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CUIB), Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, ¹⁰Residente de Reumatologia II año, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, Medellin, Colombia, ¹¹d) Department of Autoimmune Diseases, ICMiD, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Neuroscience Clinical Institute, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ¹³Primary Care Research Group, IDIBAPS, Centre d’Assistència Primària ABS Les Corts, CAPSE, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Hospital CIMA- Sanitas, Barcelona., Bacelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The increasing use of biological agents has been linked with the paradoxical development of autoimmune processes. The scenario has dramatically change in recent years…
Abstract Number: 1792 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Distinct and Overlapping Activities of IL-17A and TNF on the Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines and MMPs in Psoriatic Arthritis: Rationale for Anti-IL-17A/Anti-Tnfalpha Combination Therapy?
Xiaofei Xu¹, Nadine Davelaar², Anne-Marie Otten-Mus³, Patrick Asmawidjaja², J.M.W. Hazes⁴, Dominique Baeten⁵, Marijn Vis⁶, Radjesh Bisoendial¹ and Erik Lubberts², ¹Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ³Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology/Experimental immunology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: TNF and IL-17A are proinflammatory cytokines critically involved in the pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Currently, targeting TNF is the first choice of a…
Abstract Number: 284 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Metabolic Activity Sustains Macrophage Cytokine Production in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Disease
Cornelia M. Weyand¹, Markus Zeisbrich¹, Lukas Brosig², Barbara Wallis¹, Niall Roche³, Janice Lin¹ and Jorg Goronzy⁴, ¹Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanfod, CA, ³The Arthritis Center, Pleasanton, CA, ⁴Medicine/Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Accelerated atherosclerosis has become increasingly recognized as a complication of chronic inflammatory disease, such as in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients have…
Abstract Number: 1999 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Skeletal Muscles in Patients with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis: Novel and Distinctive Characteristic Findings
Taro Ukichi¹, Ken Yoshida¹, Satoshi Matsushima², Go Kawakami², Kentaro Noda¹, Kazuhiro Furuya¹ and Daitaro Kurosaka¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Radiological studies to distinguish between dermatomyositis (DM) and polymyositis (PM) are few. We predicted that the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of skeletal muscle…
Abstract Number: 900 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Choroid Plexus Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Lupus: A Novel Neuro-Immune Interface
Ariel Stock¹, Evan Der², Sivan Gelb³, Ayal Ben-Zvi³ and Chaim Putterman⁴, ¹Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: The central nervous system (CNS) manifestations of SLE remain poorly understood. Although potentially neuropathic autoantibodies have been identified in the serum, lupus patients show…
Abstract Number: 2111 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis – Expanding Our Understanding of the Clinical Needs of Pediatric Patients with This Complex Disorder
Katherine A. Battisti¹, Tobias J. Tsai², Angela Pickersgill³ and Sheetal S. Vora⁴, ¹Emergency Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ²Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Levine Children's Hospital/Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, ³Pediatrics, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC
Background/Purpose: Although recognized only 10 years ago, anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor encephalitis (anti-NMDAR encephalitis) has become a leading cause of encephalitis with an identifiable etiology in pediatric…
Abstract Number: 152 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Characteristics of Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in a US Healthcare Claims Database
TA Simon¹, A Baheti², N Ray², S Kelly¹ and Z Guo¹, ¹Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ²Mu Sigma, Bangalore, India
Background/Purpose: Abatacept, the first selective co-stimulation modulator approved and used for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), has a mechanism of action that is…
Abstract Number: 147 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Epigenetic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Primary Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patient Cells: Better Understanding of Disease Pathogenesis
Lucas Picavet¹, Janneke Peeters², Sandra Coenen³, Arjan Boltjes⁴, Femke van Wijk⁵, Paul Coffer², Bas Vastert⁶ and Jorg van Loosdregt⁷, ¹Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Center for Molecular Medicine and Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁴Laboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵Laboratory for Translational Immunity, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁶Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁷Division of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: For many autoimmune diseases, including Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), the molecular mechanisms remain elusive. JIA can be used as a model to study autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 12L • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Atacicept in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results of a 24-Week Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase IIb Study
Joan T. Merrill¹, Daniel J. Wallace², Stephen Wax³, Amy Kao⁴, Patricia Fraser⁴, Wai Chin⁴ and David A. Isenberg⁵, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³EMD Serono, BIllerica, MA, ⁴EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ⁵University College Hospital, London, London, United Kingdom

Background/Purpose: Atacicept targets B-cell stimulating factors BLyS and APRIL. In the APRIL-SLE trial, atacicept 150 mg was associated with reduced SLE flares in post-hoc analyses.1Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2175 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparisons of Patients Prescribed Biosimilars or BIO-Originators for Autoimmune Diseases in Germany
Sumesh Kachroo¹, Christopher Black¹, Emma Sullivan², John Waller² and James Piercy², ¹CORE, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, ²Adelphi Real World, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To compare the characteristics of patients who receive biosimilars against patients receiving bio-originators. Methods: The Adelphi Biosimilars Programme 2016 is a cross-sectional survey of…
Abstract Number: 2428 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoantibody Diversity in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Evaluation for Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Retrospective Investigation
Anne E Tebo¹, Thomas Haven², Aimee O. Hersh³ and Eyal Muscal⁴, ¹Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine and ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Department of Pathology, University of Utah, ARUP Institute of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Pediatrics/Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Immunology, allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Antibodies directed against N-methyl-D-aspartate type glutamate receptor (NMDAR), voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) or glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) are frequently associated with autoimmune encephalitis (AE)…

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