Abstracts tagged "cytokines and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 22 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Regulatory Cytokine Production By B Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Dependent on NF-κb Activation and Autophagy Pathways
Jason Glanzman¹, Nida Meednu¹, Victor Wang¹, Wen Sun², Lianping Xing³ and Jennifer H. Anolik¹, ¹Medicine- Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, ³Pathology & Lab Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that often leads to joint damage, a process mediated by an imbalance between bone resorption and…
Abstract Number: 72 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Presence of IgM Rheumatoid Factor Impede Immunodetection of Tnfa on Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Obtained from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Onno J. Arntz¹, Bartijn C.H. Pieters¹, Rogier Thurlings², Peter M. van der Kraan³, F van den Hoogen² and Fons A.J. van de Loo³, ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Tumor-necrosis factor (TNF)-α plays a key role in the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and membrane bound TNFα is sufficient to induce arthritis in…
Abstract Number: 404 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gut Microbiota Modify Inflammatory Arthritis through Autoantibody Generation and Mucosal Cytokines Alteration
Widian Jubair¹, Sumitra Adhikari², Nirmal Banda² and Kristine Kuhn³, ¹Rheumatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Rheumatology, UC Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is thought to be influenced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Observations of microbial dysbiosis in…
Abstract Number: 1567 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Functional Genomic Screen of Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Genes in Primary Human T Cells Reveals DDX6 As a Negative Modulator of Cytokine Expression
Rumey Ishizawar¹, Chantel Lester², Jing Cui³, John Doench⁴, Robert Plenge⁵ and Michael Brenner⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology and Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Genetics & Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), genome-wide association studies have identified over 100 risk alleles. A major challenge is identifying causal genes in RA risk loci. As…
Abstract Number: 1916 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Heightened MAIT Cell Sensitivity to MR1 Ligands Could Impact Control of Dysbiosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Diahann Jansen¹, Elizabeth Klinken¹, Hendrik Nel², Soi Cheng Law², Helen Benham^3,4,5, Lisa Cummins⁶, Matthew Brown⁷, Tony Kenna², Ligong Liu⁸, David Fairlie⁸, Jamie Rossjohn^9,10,11, Mark Morrison³, Ranjeny Thomas³, Paraic O Cuiv¹, James McCluskey¹² and Alexandra Corbett¹², ¹The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia, ²The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ³Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia, ⁴University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵Rheumatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia, ⁶Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia, ⁷Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, ⁸Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ⁹Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ¹⁰Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ¹¹Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ¹²Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Background/Purpose: Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an innate-like lymphocyte population predominant at mucosal sites, which express a semi-invariant T cell receptor restricted to…
Abstract Number: 2116 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cytokines Inhibition Modulates Activation and Homing Receptor of Different Peripheral Memory B Cell Subsets in RA
Zafar Mahmood¹, Marc Schmalzing², Michael Gernert³, Thomas Dörner⁴ and Hans-Peter Tony³, ¹Department of Medicine II, Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ²Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Medical Clinic II, University Clinic Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ³Rheumatology/Immunology, Medical Clinic II, University Clinic Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ⁴Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: With the advent of B cell targeted therapies the modulation of memory B cells seems to be a prime target. Human peripheral memory B…
Abstract Number: 2619 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sustained Suppression of Peripheral Biomarkers By Mavrilimumab but Not Golimumab in Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-Inadequate Responders: An Exploratory Analysis in the Phase IIb Earth Explorer 2 Clinical Trial
Xiang Guo¹, Shiliang Wang¹, Anne C. Bay-Jensen², Morten Asser Karsdal², A Godwood³, Marius Albulescu³, D Close³, Patricia C. Ryan¹, Lorin Roskos⁴ and Wendy White¹, ¹Translational Sciences, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, ²Rheumatology, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ³MedImmune, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴MedImmune, LLC, Mountain View, CA
Background/Purpose: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients by anti-tumour necrosis factors (anti-TNFs), such as golimumab, has improved patient outcomes. However, unmet therapeutic needs exist for…
Abstract Number: 530 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunomodulation of Naïve RA Patients PBMCs with a Multi-Epitope Peptide Derived from Citrullinated Autoantigens
Smadar Gertel¹, Yehuda Shoenfeld² and Howard Amital³, ¹Sheba Medical Center, Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Head Dept of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel, ³Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Background/Purpose: Citrullinated peptides are major targets of disease-specific autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We generated a multi-epitope citrullinated peptide (Cit-ME), derived from major prevalent citrullinated…
Abstract Number: 3152 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The IL-21 Signaling Pathway Is Enhanced in RA B Cells and Has the Potential to Alter Development and Cytokine Production in RA B Cells
Jane H. Buckner¹ and Elizabeth Samuelson², ¹Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ²Translational Research, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: B cells have been implicated in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on their production of autoantibodies and cytokines as well as the…
Abstract Number: 2821 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety/Tolerability of Mavrilimumab, a Human GM-CSFRÃ¡ Monoclonal Antibody in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gerd Burmester¹, Iain B. McInnes², Joel M. Kremer³, Pedro Miranda⁴, Mariusz Korkosz⁵, Jiri Vencovsky⁶, Andrea Rubbert-Roth⁷, Eduardo Mysler⁸, Sara Sandbach⁹, Matthew A. Sleeman¹⁰, Alex Godwood¹¹, David Close¹² and Michael Weinblatt¹³, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ³Medicine, Albany Medical College and the Center for Rheumatology, Albany, NY, ⁴Centro de Estudios Reumatologicos, Santiago, Chile, ⁵Inernal Medicine and Gerontology, Malopolskie Centrum Medyczne, Krakow, Poland, ⁶Rheumatology, Charles University Institute of Rheumatology, Praha, Czech Republic, ⁷Med Clinic I, University of Cologne, Koln, Germany, ⁸Rheumatology, OMI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁹Clinical biologics, MedImmune Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹¹Clinical Biostatics and Data Management, MedImmune Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹²Clinical Development, MedImmune Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ¹³Rheumatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is implicated in RA pathogenesis via myeloid and granulocyte cell lineage activation. In a prior Phase 2a study (NCT01050998), mavrilimumab,…
Abstract Number: 2800 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tofacitinib Regulates Synovial Angiogenesis in Psoriatic Arthritis through Induction of Negative Feedback Inhibitors
Wei Gao, Jennifer McCormick, Carl Orr, Mary Connolly, Ursula Fearon and Douglas J. Veale, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Translational Rheumatology Research Group, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a common, chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease, characterised by synovitis, progressive destruction of articular cartilage/bone, and is associated with psoriasis. Janus…
Abstract Number: 1465 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Follicular Helper T Cells Control Autoimmunity through IL-21/IL-21 Receptor Interaction in RA Patients
Shikha Singla¹, Minzi Chen², Jerry Pounds Jr.², Omar Khan², Jerald M. Zakem², Kismet Collins², Tamika Webb-Detiege², William E. Davis², Robert Quinet² and Xin Zhang³, ¹Rheumatology, Ochner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ²Rheumatology, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ³Institute of Translational Research, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the synovium, causing progressive joint destruction and reduction in quality of life…
Abstract Number: 366 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soluble 4-1BB Is a Marker of Joint Involvement and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Morten Aagaard Nielsen¹, Thomas Andersen², Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen³, Kim Hoerslev-Petersen⁴, Merete Lund Hetland⁵, Peter Junker⁶, Mikkel Ostergaard⁷, Malene Hvid¹ and Bent Deleuran⁸, ¹Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Dept. of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁴Rheumatology, Research Unit at King Christian X Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Graasten, Denmark, ⁵DANBIO, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ⁷Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Dept. of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose 4-1BB is induced on T cells after antigen encounter and promotes clonal expansion and accumulation of high numbers of antigen-specific effector-type T cells primarily…
Abstract Number: 1286 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Inflammatory Effects Of Tyrosine-Hydroxylase(TH)-Positive Catecholamine Producing Cells In Chronic Arthritis
Zsuzsa Jenei-Lanzl¹, Silvia Capellino², Frieder Kees³ and Rainer H. Straub⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, 1Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrine Immunology, Regensburg, Germany, ²2Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA., Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Exp. Rheumatology and Neuroendocrino-Immunology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: In previous studies we have shown that inflammatory processes in experimental arthritis are strongly affected by the sympathetic nervous system (SNS): In the early…
Abstract Number: 932 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hypoxia and Signal Transducer and Activator Of Transcription 3 Signalling Interactions Regulate Pro-Inflammatory Pathways In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wei Gao¹, Jennifer McCormick¹, Mary Connolly², Emese Balogh², Douglas J. Veale¹ and Ursula Fearon¹, ¹Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Translational Rheumatology Research Group, Dublin, Ireland, ²Rheumatology, Translation Research Group, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3), a critical transcription activator in angiogenesis, plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis…

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