Abstracts tagged "Confocal Microscopy"

Abstract Number: 1606 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Telomere Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yinyin Li¹, Jihang Ju¹, Thomas M. Bush², Mark C. Genovese³, Jorg Goronzy¹ and Cornelia M. Weyand⁴, ¹Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Production of anti-CCP autoantibodies, the hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is dependent on T cell help, positioning T cells into a pinnacle position in…
Abstract Number: 2839 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
BCL-2 As a Potential Therapeutic Target in Human Lupus Tubulointerstitial Inflammation
Kichul Ko¹, Denisse Yanez¹, Natalya Kaverina¹, Vladimir M. Liarski¹, Yahui Peng², Li Lan³, Stuart Perper⁴, Annette Schwartz⁵, Liz O'connor⁶, Andrew Souers⁷, Steven Elmore⁷, Lisa Olson⁵, Maryellen L. Giger³, Li Chun Wang⁴ and Marcus R. Clark¹, ¹Rheumatology and Knapp Center for Lupus Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, ³Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Immunology, AbbVie Inc, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA, ⁵AbbVie Inc, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA, ⁶Toxicology, AbbVie Inc, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA, ⁷AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose Lupus nephritis (LuN) is the most common, severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We have previously shown that glomerulonephritis appears to be a…
Abstract Number: 894 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Small Fiber Neuropathy in Women with Fibromyalgia. a Clinical-Pathological Correlation Using Confocal Corneal Biomicroscopy
Manuel Ramírez-Fernández¹, Laura-Aline Martinez-Martinez², Angelica Vargas-Guerrero³, Manuel Martínez-Lavín⁴, Everardo Hernandez Quintela¹ and Jorge Velazco-Caspia¹, ¹Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Chief Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: A consistent line of investigation proposes that fibromyalgia is a sympathetically maintained neuropathic pain syndrome (Semin Arthritis Rheum 2000;29:197). This view has been recently reinforced…
Abstract Number: 1835 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Visualization Of Monocyte Migration In 3D Synovial Micromass Tissue Cultures
Clemens Scheinecker¹, Ruth Byrne¹, Karolina Dalwigk², Anastasiya Hladik¹, Gunter Steiner³, Josef S. Smolen⁴ and Hans Peter Kiener¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Department of Medicine 3, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna and Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: Monocytes (Mo) are among the first hematopoietic cells to migrate into the inflamed synovial tissue of arthritic joints. Monocyte migration appears to be associated…

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