Abstracts tagged "chemokines"

Abstract Number: 272 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon Chemokine Score and Other Cytokine Measures Predict Changes in Disease Activity in Patients with Juvenile and Adult Dermatomyositis
Cynthia S. Crowson¹, Jeannette M. Olazagasti Lourido², Molly S. Hein³, Richard S. Pendegraft⁴, Michael A. Strausbauch⁵, Timothy B. Niewold⁶, Floranne C. Ernste⁷, Theresa L. Wampler Muskardin³, Erik J. Peterson⁸, Emily C. Gillespie⁹ and Ann M Reed¹⁰, ¹Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, ³Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Biomedical Statistics and informatics, Rochester, MN, ⁵Surgical Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Rheumatology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ⁸Center for Immunology/Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Methods: Multiplexed immunoassays (Meso Scale Discovery) enabled simultaneous measurement of IFN-regulated chemokines and other pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines specific to differentiation of specific…
Abstract Number: 829 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Level of Chemokine CCL2 Is Associated with Lung Fibrosis Progression and Reduced Survival in Two Independent Systemic Sclerosis Cohorts
Anna Hoffmann-Vold¹, Richard Huyen², Elizabeth R. Volkmann², Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Vyacheslav Palchevskiy², May Brit Lund³, Torhild Garen¹, Trond Mogens Aalokken⁴, Anders Heiervang Tennøe¹, Stephen Samuel Weigt², Mike Shino², Rajan Saggar⁵, David Ross², Joseph Lynch III², Thor Ueland⁶, Michael Fishbein⁷, Pål Aukrust⁸, Øyvind Molberg¹ and John A Belperio², ¹Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Respiratory Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Research Intitute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Markers for early identification of progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are in demand. The proto-typical inflammatory chemokine CCL2 has been linked…
Abstract Number: 1120 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interleukin-1β Stabilize CXCL2 mRNA and Increase Its Expression
Satoshi Yamasaki, Yusuke Yoshida and Eiji Sugiyama, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Changes in gene expression are closely related to inflammation and joint destruction in RA. Recently, it has been recognized that post-transcriptional regulation of the…
Abstract Number: 1128 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Fractalkine Monoclonal Antibody Inhibits Cartilage Destruction and Bone Erosion in Collagen-Induced Arthritis Model
Kana Hoshino¹, Masayoshi Ohkuro², Wataru Ikeda¹, Tomoya Nakatani¹, Yoshikazu Kuboi³, Naoto Ishii¹, Toshihiko Yamauchi¹, Nobuyuki Yasuda¹ and Toshio Imai¹, ¹KAN Research Institute Inc., Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Japan, ²Research Project Promotion Group, EA Pharma Co., Ltd., Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Japan, ³Medicine Creation. Neuro Business Group, Eisai Co., Ltd., Tsukuba-shi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease leading to joint destruction. In the previous Phase 1/2 clinical study, E6011, a novel humanized anti-fractalkine (FKN)…
Abstract Number: 1130 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Aminopeptidase N/CD13 Induces Monocyte Migration in Vitro and In Vivo and Signals through GPCR, Erk1/2, Jnk, Src, and NFκB
Yuxuan Du¹, W. Alexander Stinson², Phillip Campbell¹, Rachel Morgan¹, Nicholas Lepore¹, Ellen Cealey¹, Jonatan Hervoso¹, Huadong Cui², David Fox³ and M. Asif Amin⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Medicine [Division of Rheumatology], University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Aminopeptidase N/CD13 is a metalloproteinase expressed on the surface of fibroblast like synoviocytes (FLS). It is found in soluble form in serum and rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1318 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Profile of Macrophage-Derived Cytokines and Chemokines of Patients with Chikungunya-Induced Chronic Arthralgia/Arthritis
Idali Martinez¹, Edwin Lopez¹, Zelma L. Rios¹ and Luis M. Vilá², ¹Department of Microbiology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Background/Purpose: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused a large epidemic in Puerto Rico in 2014 with more than 30,000 reported cases. Many of the affected individuals developed…
Abstract Number: 1458 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intraadrenal Dendritic Cells Inhibit Corticosterone Response during Collagen-Induced Arthritis – a Role for IL-1β and CXC Chemokines?
Hubert Stangl, Christine Wolff, Martin Lesiak and Rainer Straub, Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) the phenomenon of a relative insufficiency of adrenal glands to produce an adequate amount of anti-inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 2151 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fractalkine (CX3CL1) Is Expressed By Arterial Endothelium and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (VSMC) in GCA
Marc Corbera-Bellalta¹, Ester Planas-Rigol², Nekane Terrades-Garcia¹, Marco Antonio Alba¹, Georgina Espígol-Frigolé², Sergio Prieto-González², Jose Hernández-Rodríguez¹ and Maria C. Cid³, ¹Vasculitis Research Unit. Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ²Department of Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ³Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hospital Clínic. University of Barcelona. IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The development of giant-cell arteritis (GCA) lesions requires amplification cascades resulting in continuous recruitment of lymphocytes and monocytes. Interferon-gamma (IFNg)- induced or up-regulated chemokines…
Abstract Number: 2153 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Syndecans Mediate Rantes/CCL5 Induced MMP-1 and MMP-13 Expression in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Solomon 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…
Abstract Number: 2284 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differential Effect of MSU-Crystal Induced Inflammation on Macrophage Polarization
Rashid Ahmed¹, Nicole Yang², Changqi Sun³ and Anthony M. Reginato³, ¹Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA., Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Rhode Island Hosital/The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: Gouty arthritis is a common inflammatory joint disease that arises in response to the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in soft joints, periarticular…
Abstract Number: 2432 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immune Abnormalities Leading to Exaggerated Production of IFN-Gamma (IFNγ) and the Therapeutic Response to an Anti-IFNγ Antibody in a Patient with NRLC4 Mediated Disease
Claudia Bracaglia¹, Giusi Prencipe², Manuela Pardeo¹, Geneviève Lapeyre³, Emiliano Marasco², Antonella Insalaco¹, Walter Ferlin³, Robert Nelson³, Cristina de Min³ and Fabrizio De Benedetti¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Roma, Italy, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Rome, Italy, ³NovImmune S.A., Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Animal and human data suggest that IFNγ plays a pathogenic role in HLH. A phase 2 trial with the anti-IFNγ monoclonal antibody NI-0501 in…
Abstract Number: 3036 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-22 Is Dysregulated in Psoriatic Arthritis and Acts to Limit IFN-γ Driven Inflammatory Chemokine Production
Amara Ezeonyeji¹, Helen Baldwin², Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic³ and Michael R. Ehrenstein⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, london, United Kingdom, ³Infection & Immunity, University College London, london, United Kingdom, ⁴Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: IL-22 is an IL-10 family cytokine with both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects and its dysregulation is associated with the development of autoimmune disease including…
Abstract Number: 13L • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Safety and Efficacy of E6011, an Anti-Fractalkine Monoclonal Antibody, in a First-in-Patient Phase 1/2 Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yoshiya Tanaka¹, Tsutomu Takeuchi², Hisanori Umehara³, Toshihiro Nanki⁴, Hideto Akama⁵, Nobuyuki Yasuda⁵, Fumitoshi Tago⁵, Makoto Kawakubo⁵, Seiichiro Hojo⁵, Tetsu Kawano⁶ and Toshio Imai⁶, ¹The First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²Dept. of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, ⁴School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵EISAI Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ⁶KAN Research Institute, Inc., Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fractalkine (CX3CL1, designated as FKN hereafter) is the sole member of the CX3C-chemokine which leads to dual actions, chemotaxis and cell adhesion for leukocytes…
Abstract Number: 2993 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum CXCL4 Increase in Patients with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease at Risk for Systemic Sclerosis Is Associated with Anti-Scl70 Antibodies and ICAM-1, a Marker of Endothelial Activation
Serena Vettori¹, Rosaria Irace², Veronica Giacco², Antonella Riccardi², Lucia Vicedomini², Luciana Pellecchia² and Gabriele Valentini², ¹Department of Internal and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, ²Internal and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Background/Purpose: CXCL4 is a pleiotropic antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory chemokine, that has been shown to be increased in the sera of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)…
Abstract Number: 2834 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CXCL10 Expression Is Elevated in Synovial Fluid of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Anastasiya Muntyanu¹, Fatima Abji², Kun Liang³, Vinod Chandran⁴ and Dafna Gladman⁴, ¹Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), an inflammatory musculoskeletal disease, develops in approximately 30% of patients with psoriasis. We previously identified C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10) as…