Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 0985 • ACR Convergence 2022
S100 Serum Protein Expression Is a Useful Indicator of HCQ Treatment Efficacy in SLE
Risa Wakiya¹, Hiromi Shimada¹, Kiyo Ueeda², Shusaku nakashima¹, Mikiya Kato¹, Taichi Miyagi¹, Yusuke Ushio³, Koichi Sugihara¹, Rina Mino³, mao mizusaki⁴, Kanako Chujo⁵, Tomohiro Kameda¹ and Hiroaki Dobashi⁶, ¹Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ²Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan, ³Kagawa university, Kagawa, Japan, ⁴Kagawa University, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Japan, ⁵Kagawa University, Miki, Kita District, Kagawa, Japan, ⁶Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: It is known that type 1 IFN and proinflammatory cytokines are associated with the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recently, the S100 protein,…
Abstract Number: 1736 • ACR Convergence 2022
IL-23 Signaling Induces Autoimmune Disease Genes in Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells
Tharshana Stephen¹, Ambre Dangien¹, Claire Leloup¹, Ikram Mezghiche¹, Laetitia Camard¹, Hanan Yahia-Cherbal¹, Vincent Guillemot², Natalia Pietrosemoli¹, Hélène Lopez-Maestre¹, Julie Marsande¹, Milena Hasan¹, Dan Cua³, Anne Fourie⁴, Carrie Greving⁵, Raphaelle Parker⁶, Barbara Joyce Shaikh⁷, Bénédicte Oulès⁸, Sarah Guégan⁸, Sélim Aractingi⁸, Elisabetta Bianchi¹ and Lars Rogge¹, ¹Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, ²Institut Pasteur, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, ⁵Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, ⁶Janssen Research & Development, Janssen-Cilag, Paris, France, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, LLC, San Diego, CA, ⁸Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Genome-wide association studies and mouse models of autoimmune disease have demonstrated an important role of the IL-23 signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of axial…
Abstract Number: 0583 • ACR Convergence 2022
Toll-Like Receptor Ligands Stimulated Monocyte-Derived Langerhans Cell-Like Dendritic Cells Induce Psoriasis-Related Molecules, IL-23 and Delta-Like-4
Rei Takahashi¹, Kohei Maeda¹, Toshihiro Tanioka¹ and Takeo Isozaki², ¹Division of Pathogenesis and Translational Medicine, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Monocyte-derived Langerhans cell-like dendritic cells (Mo-LCs) are involved in epidermal disorders such as psoriasis in murine models. However, the roles of Mo-LCs in the…
Abstract Number: 1048 • ACR Convergence 2022
Nailfold Capillaroscopy and Candidate Biomarker Levels in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Hypertension, Profiling of Non-invasive Markers: A Cross Sectional Study
Jacqueline Lemmers¹, Arjan van Caam², Brigit Kersten², Els Ende, van den², Hanneke KNAAPEN², Arie Dijk, van², Wanda Hagmolen of ten Have², Frank van den Hoogen², Hans Koenen², Sander van Leuven³, wynand Alkema⁴, Ruben Smeets² and Madelon Vonk⁵, ¹Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Hanze University, Groningen the Netherlands, Dept. Data Science for Life Sciences & Health, Groningen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the leading causes of death in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Early detection and treatment of PH in SSc is…
Abstract Number: 1741 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mutated Nod2 Controls T Cell Function and Promotes Uveitis in a Blau Syndrome Mouse Model
Leah Huey¹, Kylie Koney¹, Emily Vance¹, Chia-Feng Tsai², Rosalie K. Chu², Marina A. Gritsenko², Ellen Lee¹, Holly Rosenzweig¹ and Ruth Napier¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University and VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ²Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Background/Purpose: Mutations in the microbial signaling molecule NOD2 cause granulomatous uveitis, arthritis, and dermatitis in Blau Syndrome. We previously showed a novel role for Nod2…
Abstract Number: 0584 • ACR Convergence 2022
Non-Clinical Evaluations of Deucravacitinib and Janus Kinase Inhibitor Specificity in Inflammatory or Homeostatic Pathways
Brandon Johnson, Jennifer Koenitzer, Peter Schafer and Ian M. Catlett, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Deucravacitinib is a selective inhibitor of tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) that has shown clinical efficacy in psoriasis, PsA, and SLE. Deucravacitinib is an allosteric…
Abstract Number: 1109 • ACR Convergence 2022
High Interleukin-13 Level Is Associated with Disease Stability in Interstitial Lung Disease
Elena Joerns¹, David Karp¹, Jeffrey Sparks², Traci Adams¹, Una Makris³ and Chad Newton¹, ¹UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a disease of lung parenchyma manifesting with inflammation and fibrosis. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent complication of…
Abstract Number: 1745 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effects of Excess IL-18 in Mixed Inflammatory Environments
Vinh Dang¹, Jemy Varghese¹, Emily Landy², Lauren Van Der Kraak², Leonardo Huang¹, Anastasia Frank-Kamenetskii¹ and Scott Canna¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Interleukin 18 (IL-18) is an inflammasome-activated, IL-1 family cytokine that canonically induces interferongamma (IFNg). IL-18 activity is potently inhibited by a soluble, IFNg-inducible antagonist,…
Abstract Number: 0585 • ACR Convergence 2022
Baricitinib Inhibits Proinflammatoly Cytokine Production, Proliferation and Cell Migration in Human Lung Fibroblasts
Takeo Isozaki¹, Rei Takahashi², Kohei Maeda², Toshihiro Tanioka², Kunika Shimizu³, Kazutaka Kawamori³, Noriko Konishi⁴, Shinichiro Nishimi³, Sho Ishii³, Kuninobu Wakabayashi³ and Tsuyoshi Kasama³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Division of Pathogenesis and Translational Medicine, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Japan, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation and joint destruction. Baricitinib is a selective small molecule inhibitor of JAK 1…
Abstract Number: 1141 • ACR Convergence 2022
Consequences of SLE Heterogeneity on the Epigenome and the Drivers Behind
Olivia Castellini-Pérez¹, Athina Spiliopoulou², Guillermo Barturen¹, Andrii Iakovliev², Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Elena Carnero-Montoro¹ and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a complex aetiology and heterogenous symptomatology which has been recently dissected using…
Abstract Number: 1878 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of Serum Biomarkers Associated with Muscle Inflammation Detected on MRI in Polymyositis/dermatomyositis
Haruna Matsuo¹, Toshimasa Shimizu¹, Tomohiro Koga¹, Nozomi Oki², Masataka Uetani² and Atsushi Kawakami³, ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Department of Radiological Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Muscle inflammation is a major clinical manifestation in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Phenotypes of PM/DM patients, especially those with interstitial lung diseases, are known…
Abstract Number: 0596 • ACR Convergence 2022
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NET) Trigger an Enhanced Pro-inflammatory Response in Macrophage Subpopulations in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients via the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Pathway
Dyhia Melbouci¹, Sarra Seninet¹, Marie-Christophe Boissier², Elodie Segura³ and Patrice Decker¹, ¹University Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm UMR 1125, Li2P, Bobigny, France, ²INSERM UMR 1125, Sorbonne Paris Nord University,Rheumatology Dpt, APHP, GHUPSSD, Avicenne Hosp, Bobigny, France, ³U932 Inserm, Curie Institute, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Activated neutrophils (PMN) form neutrophil extracellular traps (NET), fibers of DNA and associated proteins expelled in the extracellular space. Increased NET formation has been…
Abstract Number: 1156 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) Is Increased in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and Persists Despite Anti-TNF Treatment
Charalampos Papagoras¹, Styliani Tsiami², Akrivi Chrysanthopoulou¹, Ioannis Mitroulis¹ and Xenofon Baraliakos³, ¹First Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory of Molecular Hematology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: There is increasing evidence of the pathogenetic role of monocytes and neutrophils in AS, while the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio correlates with disease activity (1). Granulocyte-Monocyte…
Abstract Number: 1929 • ACR Convergence 2022
Outcomes and Safety of Anakinra for the Treatment of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Dizon Brian¹, Christopher Redmond², Emily Gotschlich³, Sangeeta Sule⁴, Tova Ronis⁴, Kathleen Vazzana⁵, Matthew Sherman⁶, Rachael Connor⁷, Abigail Bosk⁴, Niti Dham⁴, Ashraf Harahsheh⁴, Elizabeth Wells⁴, Roberta DeBiasi⁴ and Hemalatha Srinivasalu⁴, ¹National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, ³FDA, Washington, DC, ⁴Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁵Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, ⁶Muscle Disease Unit, Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH); Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁷Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a clinical entity distinct from primary COVID-19 infection that resembles Kawasaki disease (KD) and toxic shock syndrome.…
Abstract Number: 0597 • ACR Convergence 2022
TNF-α Utilizes the TWEAK/Fn-14 Axis in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Farheen Sultan Shaikh, Anil Singh, Paul Panipinto and Salahuddin Ahmed, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: TNF-α is a proinflammatory cytokine in rheumatoid arthritis that exerts effect through specific receptors TNFR1/2. Though it is a primary therapeutic target, there exist…

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