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Abstracts tagged "chemokines and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

  • Abstract Number: 40 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    B-Cell Attracting Chemokine-1 (BCA-1) and Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-3 Alpha (MIP-3α) Act Synergistically in the Recruitment of B Cells in the Rheumatoid Synovium

    Estefanía Armas-González1, María Jesús Domínguez-Luis2, María Teresa Arce-Franco3, Javier Castro-Hernández3, Vanesa Hernandez4, Sagrario Bustabad5, Alberto Cantabrana-Alutiz6 and Federico Díaz-González7, 1Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de Medicina Física y Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 2Laboratorio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain, 3Laboratorio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 4Rheumatology, Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, S/C Tenerife, Spain, 5Rheumatology, Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 6Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 7Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

    Background/Purpose: B cells are recognized as key players in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (AR) through the production of autoantibodies, the local production of proinflammatory…
  • Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Stimulation with Resistin Upregulates Chemokine Production By Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes from Patients with Rheumtoid Arthritis

    Hiroshi Sato1, Sei Muraoka1, Natsuko Kusunoki1, Shotaro Masuoka1, Soichi Yamada1, Toshio Imai2, Shinichi Kawai3 and Toshihiro Nanki1, 1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, 2KAN Research Institute, Inc., Kobe, Japan, 3Department of Inflammation and Pain Control Research, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Adipose tissue synthesizes and releases physiologically active molecules that are known as adipokines. Resistin, an adipokine, has been widely studied the regulation of glucose…
  • Abstract Number: 16 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Rantes/CCL5 Selectively Induces MMP-1 and MMP-13 Production in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Via PKC-δ and JNK Pathways

    Solomon A. Agere, Nahid Akhtar and Salahuddin Ahmed, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University College of Pharmacy, Spokane, WA

    Background/Purpose: RANTES/CCL5 (RANTES) is a C-C chemokine that binds to its receptor (CCR5) and initiates inflammatory processes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by facilitating leukocyte infiltration.…
  • Abstract Number: 1395 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    CXCL13 Is Elevated In Early and In Established Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis and Correlates With Rheumatoid Factor Levels

    Jonathan D. Jones1, B. JoNell Hamilton2, Greg Challener3, Artur Fernandes4, Pierre Cossette5, Patrick Liang4, Ariel Masetto6, HA Menard7, Nathalie Carrier8, Gilles Boire4 and William Rigby9, 1Rheumatology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, 2Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, 3Rheumatology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 4Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 5Internal Medicine Departement, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 6Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 7Rheumatology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, 8Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 9Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH

    Background/Purpose: CXCL13 is a B cell chemokine whose expression has been reported to be elevated in serum and synovium from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …
  • Abstract Number: 942 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    CXCL13 Is a Marker Of Joint Involvement In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Stinne Greisen1, Tue Rasmussen1, Karen Schelde1, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen2, Merete Lund Hetland3, Kim Hørslev-Petersen4, Bent Deleuran5 and Malene Hvid6, 1Dept of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 2Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark, 4Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, 5Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, 6Dept. of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Background/Purpose: CXCL13 is central in the formation of lymphoid follicles in secondary and tertiary lymphoid tissue. It attracts CXCR5-expressing B cells and follicular helper T…

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