Abstracts tagged "autoimmune diseases"

Abstract Number: 1356 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Autoimmune Manifestations in Hepatitis C: A Single-Centered Experience
Azza Ali¹, Reshma Khan¹, Kirthi Lilley², Paul Naylor², Rajaie Namas¹ and Malini Venkatram¹, ¹Rheumatology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, ²Gastroenterology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Background/Purpose: Hepatitis C infection (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease. It is associated with a plethora of autoimmune manifestations including clinical, serological…
Abstract Number: 1416 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Postoperative Complications Rate in Orthopaedic Surgery Performed in Rheumatic Patients in Use of Biologic Agents
Clarissa Queiroz Pimentel¹, Luiz Eduardo de Paula¹, Ana Paula Luppino-Assad², Gilberto Luis Camanho³, Eloisa Bonfá⁴ and Marco Antonio Gonçalves Pontes Filho¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of São Paulo, sao paulo, Brazil, ³Division of Orthopedics, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Biologic agents have been associated with an increased risk of infection, thrombosis and delayed wound healing. However, there is no definitive consensus on suspension…
Abstract Number: 1512 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Co-Morbid Autoimmune Diseases in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
TA Simon¹, H Kawabata¹, JM Esdaile², V Moorthy³ and S Suissa⁴, ¹Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hopewell, NJ, ²Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Mu Sigma, Northbrook, IL, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of more than 80 different types of autoimmune diseases, many of which, including RA, share common pathogenic mechanisms, resulting…
Abstract Number: 1762 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reciprocal Roles of Intestinal Microbiota in the Pathogenesis of Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases in a Lymphopenia-Induced Autoimmunity Mouse Model
Toshiki Eri¹, Kimito Kawahata², Ei Bannai¹, Takeyuki Kanzaki³, Lisa Akahira¹, Kazuya Michishita¹ and Kazuhiko Yamamoto¹, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan, ³Internal Medicine, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamanashi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Past studies reported lymphopenia mouse transfer model which transfer CD4+CD25- cells from wild-type BALB/c mouse into athymic nude BALB/c mice produce lupus-like systemic autoantibodies…
Abstract Number: 1937 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dalazatide (ShK-186), a First-in-Class Blocker of Kv1.3 Potassium Channel on Effector Memory T Cells: Safety, Tolerability and Proof of Concept of Immunomodulation in Patients with Active Plaque Psoriasis
Ernesto J. Munoz-Elias¹, David Peckham¹, Kayla Norton¹, Judilyn Duculan², Inna Cueto², Xuan Li³, James Qin⁴, Kurt Lustig⁵, Eric Tarcha¹, Jared Odegard⁴, James G. Krueger² and Shawn P. Iadonato¹, ¹Kineta Inc, Seattle, WA, ²Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ³Rockefeller University, New York, WA, ⁴Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁵Kineta Inc., Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Effector memory T cells of both CD4 and CD8 lineages are key drivers of autoimmunity and are pathogenic in several autoimmune diseases including psoriasis,…
Abstract Number: 1947 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hypermethylation of Treg-Specific Demethylated Regions in the Ikaros Transcription Factor Family Members, Helios and Eos, in Rheumatoid Arthritis Tregs
Alla Skapenko¹, Viktoria Soentgerath¹, Sonja Haupt², Jan Leipe¹ and Hendrik Schulze-Koops¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Med.Klinik und Poliklinik IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: Foxp3 is the signature transcription factor of regulatory T cells (Tregs) and facilitates many of the characteristic functions of Tregs. Members of the Ikaros…
Abstract Number: 2101 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA Associations in Mothers of Children with Cardiac Manifestations of Neonatal Lupus
Hannah C. Ainsworth¹, Carl D. Langefeld¹, Miranda C. Marion², Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau³, Antonio Brucato⁴, Jill P. Buyon⁵ and Robert M. Clancy⁵, ¹Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ²Biostatistical Sciences and Center for Public Health Genomics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Internal Medicine Department, Cochin Hospital, “René-Descartes Paris V” University, Paris, France, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiac manifestations of neonatal lupus, comprising atrioventricular conduction defects and cardiomyopathy, occur in fetuses exposed to anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, and carry substantial mortality. There is…
Abstract Number: 2125 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatic and Non-Rheumatic Autoimmune Diseases in SLE Offspring
Julie Couture¹, Sasha Bernatsky², Susan Scott³, Christian A. Pineau² and Evelyne Vinet², ¹McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune diseases (AID) have familial aggregation and frequently share a common genetic predisposition. Only few small uncontrolled studies have evaluated the risk of AID…
Abstract Number: 2465 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cytokine Profile Comparison of Monogenic and Complex Conditions with Interferon-Regulated Gene Signatures in Chronic Atypical Neutrophilic Dermatosis with Lipodsytrophy and Elevated Temperature (CANDLE), SAVI, Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome, JDM, and SLE
Hanna Kim¹, Yin Liu², Adriana Almeida de Jesus¹, Robert Wesley³, Yan Huang¹, Gina A. Montealegre Sanchez¹, Dawn C. Chapelle¹, Wanxia L. Tsai⁴, Massimo G. Gadina⁴, Frederick W. Miller⁵, Sarfaraz Hasni⁶, Adeline Vanderver⁷, Lisa G Rider⁵ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹, ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Diseases Section, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Scientific Review Branch, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Translational Immunology Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Environmental Autoimmunity Group, NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Pediatric Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: An Interferon (IFN) Regulated Gene Signature (IRS) was previously reported in patients with two complex autoimmune diseases, juvenile systemic lupus (JSLE)1 and juvenile dermatomyositis…
Abstract Number: 202 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Accrual in the Dnase II-Deficient Model of Autoimmunity Requires Sting, As Well As Hematopoietic and Stromal Elements
Rebecca Baum¹, Shruti Sharma¹, Ann Marshak-Rothstein¹, Katherine A. Fitzgerald¹ and Ellen M. Gravallese², ¹Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Lazare Research Bldg Ste 223, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: We have previously identified a role for cytosolic DNA sensors in bone by analyzing mice that develop inflammatory polyarthritis and trabecular bone accrual in…
Abstract Number: 2585 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum 14-3-3η Is an RA Specific Mechanistic Marker
Bidisha Dasgupta¹, Yauheniya Cherkas¹, Sarah Lamberth¹, Karen Hayden¹, Carrie Brodmerkel¹, Anthony Marotta² and Mark Curran¹, ¹Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA, ²Augurex Life Sciences Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: 14-3-3η is an emerging soluble Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) biomarker that activates intracellular pathways that lead to the upregulation of inflammatory and joint damage factors.…
Abstract Number: 271 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigating an Auto-Inflammatory Component of COPD That Contributes to Progressive Decline in Lung Function Despite Smoking Cessation
Pankti Shah¹, Andrew Osterburg², Rebeca Nelson³, Ben Yaniv³, Mauricio Orozco-Levi⁴ and Michael Borchers³, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Internal Medicine Pulmonary Division, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴IMIM Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Most Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) cases result from amplification of normal inflammatory responses due to noxious stimuli like cigarette smoke. Yet, the mechanism by…
Abstract Number: 2754 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics (PK) and Pharmacodynamics of BI 655064, an Antagonistic Anti-CD40 Antibody Following Single-Dose Administration in Chinese and Japanese Healthy Volunteers
Jiyoon Kim¹, Yasuhiro Tsuda², Kazuhiko Yamamoto³, Ralf Thiedmann⁴, Corinna Schoelch⁴, Stephen Norris⁵, Steven Padula⁶, Juergen Steffgen⁴ and In-Jin Jang⁷, ¹Boehringer Ingelheim Korea Ltd., Seoul, South Korea, ²Clinical PK/PD department, Nippon Boehringer-Ingelheim.Co.,Ltd., Kobe, Japan, ³Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany, ⁵Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim, Germany, ⁷Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The CD40-CD40L pathway may play a major role in autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis or SLE. Blocking this pathway may be a promising new…
Abstract Number: 280 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Fascia Is a Target Organ of Inflammation in Autoimmune Diseases
Kentaro Noda, Ken Yoshida, Taro Ukichi, Kazuhiro Furuya, Kenichiro Hirai, Isamu Kingetsu and Daitaro Kurosaka, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: We previously reported that inflammation occurred early in the fascia of patients with dermatomyositis. We often encounter patients with autoimmune diseases who present with…
Abstract Number: 3158 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Family History of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Risk of Autoimmune Diseases: National Cohort Study in Denmark 1977-2012
Constance Jensina Ulff-Møller¹, Jacob Simonsen², Søren Jacobsen¹ and Morten Frisch², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease (AID), which develops through the interplay of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors and may cluster…

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