Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 0867 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Proteomic/Transcriptomic Analysis Associates with Subclinical Vascular Disease in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Christopher Oliveira¹, Yenealem Temesgen-Oyelakin², Mohammad Naqi³, Nidhi Patel², Philip Parel², Massimo Gadina⁴, Stefania Dell'Orso², Stephen Brooks², Sarthak Gupta⁵, Nehal Mehta⁶, Sarfaraz Hasni³ and Mariana Kaplan³, ¹National Institutes of Health (NIH), Vienna, VA, ²National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁶NHLBI/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with enhanced cardiovascular (CV) risk linked to both traditional Framingham risk factors and lupus-specific immune dysregulation. Characterizing an…
Abstract Number: 1577 • ACR Convergence 2021
Interleukin-37: Associations of Plasma Levels and Genetic Variants in Gout
Adela Navratilova¹, Veronika Voclonová², Hana Hulejová², Lucie Andrés Cerezo¹, Markéta Pavlíková³, Viktor Bečvář², Jakub Zavada¹, Karel Pavelka⁴, Ladislav Senolt⁴ and Blanka Stiburkova⁵, ¹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Pediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: IL-37 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine, member of IL-1 family, related to inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Here we aimed to investigate the association of genetic…
Abstract Number: 1000 • ACR Convergence 2021
Molecular Mechanism of Inhibition of CD38 in Attenuation of Monosodium Urate Crystal-induced Inflammatory Responses in Macrophages
Huaping Qin¹, Patricia Oliveira¹, Tiffany Yan¹, Robert Terkeltaub² and Ru Liu Bryan³, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²VA/UCSD, San Diego, CA, ³University of California San Diego and VASDHS, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: CD38 can function as a degrading enzyme of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a critical metabolic intermediate serving as enzyme cofactor in redox reactions and…
Abstract Number: 1645 • ACR Convergence 2021
Elevations in Adipocytokines and Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Bryant England², Michael George¹, Katherine Wysham³, Gail Kerr⁴, Andreas Reimold⁵, Paul Monach⁶, Gary Kunkel⁷, Brian Sauer⁷, Bartlett Hamilton⁸, Carlos Hunter², Michael Duryee², Geoffrey Thiele² and Ted Mikuls², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Washington D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁵University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center/Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Dallas, TX, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Adipokines are metabolic regulators and are associated with adverse outcomes in chronic conditions and among older adults. Elevations in one adipokine, adiponectin, have been…
Abstract Number: 1003 • ACR Convergence 2021
Significant Enrichment of Pathogenic CD206+CD163+ Macrophages in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue with Distinct Transcriptional Signatures
Megan Hanlon¹, Mary Canavan², Nuno Neto³, Qingxuan Song⁴, Phil Gallagher⁵, Ronan Mullan⁶, Conor Hurson⁷, Barry Moran³, Michael Monaghan³, Sunil Nagpal⁸, Douglas Veale⁹ and Ursula Fearon³, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity College, Santry, Ireland, ³Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Janssen Research & Development LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁵St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Janssen Research, Collegeville, PA, ⁹University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Synovial tissue macrophages are an exquisitely plastic pool of innate cells that play a key role in RA disease progression. However, the precise nature,…
Abstract Number: 1768 • ACR Convergence 2021
Additional Hydroxychloroquine Therapy Regulates Adipokines in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Stable Disease Activity
Risa Wakiya¹, Kiyo Ueeda¹, Hiromi Shimada¹, Shusaku Nakashima¹, Mikiya Kato¹, Taichi Miyagi², Mansour mai¹, Koichi Sugihara¹, Rina Semba¹, Mao Mizusaki¹, Tomohiro Kameda¹ and Hiroaki Dobashi³, ¹Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan, ²Kagawa University, Kidagun, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Background/Purpose: In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), atherosclerosis is strongly associated with vital prognosis. On the other hand, arteriosclerosis is strongly influenced by serum adipokines. The…
Abstract Number: L07 • ACR Convergence 2020
Tocilizumab for COVID-19 Infection: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
John Stone¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The efficacy of interleukin-6 receptor blockade in hospitalized COVID-19 patients not on mechanical ventilation is unclear.Methods: We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in…
Abstract Number: 0731 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comparing S100 Proteins and Cytokine Levels in Tears Based on Uveitis Activity Laterality in Children with JIA-associated Uveitis and Non-JIA-U
Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith¹, Virginia Miraldi Utz², Amy Cassedy¹, Sherry Thornton¹, Grant Schulert³, Alyssa Sproles⁴, Najima Mwase¹, Theresa Hennard¹, Mekibib Altaye², Alexei Grom¹ and Sheila Angeles-Han¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ³PRCSG, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of pediatric uveitis remains unclear. Studies of biomarkers using aqueous humor (AqH) identified S100 proteins, cytokines, and chemokines as potential biomarkers of…
Abstract Number: 1408 • ACR Convergence 2020
Metabolic Reprogramming in Memory CD4+ T Cells Is Associated with Immune Cell Dysfunction During Aging
Yuling Chen¹, Yuanchun Ye², Hao Wu³, Pierre-Louis Krauß¹, Pelle Löwe¹, Moritz Pfeiffenberger¹, Lisa Ehlers¹, Thomas Buttgereit⁴, Paula Hoff⁵, Frank Buttgereit⁶ and Timo Gaber¹, ¹Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Berlin, Germany, ³Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Institut für Systemimmunologie, Würzburg, Germany, ⁴Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Dermatology, Venerology, and Allergology, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Endokrinologikum Berlin, Rheumatologie, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflamm-aging is a chronic, sterile, low-grade inflammatory status, characterized by an increase of proinflammatory cytokines which participate in the development of most age-related diseases…
Abstract Number: 0745 • ACR Convergence 2020
Development of Functional Assays to Pre-qualify Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
Maya Breitman¹, Tracey Bonfield², Arnold Caplan³, Hillard Lazarus⁴, Maricela Haghiac⁵, Jane Reese⁶ and Nora Singer¹, ¹The MetroHealth System, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ²National Center of Regenerative Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ³Skeletal Research Center Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ⁵The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, ⁶University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Sero-positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that without effective treatment, leads to joint damage and disability. Not all patients respond to…
Abstract Number: 1414 • ACR Convergence 2020
Highly Polyfunctional Metabolically Altered Pathogenic T Cells Accumulate in the Synovial Tissue of RA Patients and Arthralgia Subject but Not Healthy Control Synovial Tissue
Achilleas Floudas¹, Barry Moran², Nuno Neto³, Michael Monaghan⁴, Vinod Krishna⁵, Sunil Nagpal⁶, Phil Gallagher⁷, Conor Hurson⁸, Douglas Veale⁹ and Ursula Fearon¹⁰, ¹Molecular Rheumatology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ³Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA, ⁶Janssen Research & Development, Collegeville, PA, ⁷St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Effective treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is achievable within a short window of opportunity following diagnosis. Identification of pathogenic immune mechanisms at a…
Abstract Number: 0751 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serum Interferon-Alpha Levels Could Help Identify a Subgroup of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Poorer Physical Function and Higher Physician Global Assessment
Yong Gil Hwang¹, Lei Zhu², Dongwen Wu² and Larry Moreland³, ¹University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Colorado, Colorado
Background/Purpose: Our objective was to identify the clinical significance of serum interferon-alpha levels in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods: Serum samples and clinical data…
Abstract Number: 1449 • ACR Convergence 2020
Altered Splicing in Leukocytes from Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome with Lupus: Clinical Involvement
Alejandra Maria Patiño-Trives¹, Alejandro Ibáñez-Costa², Carlos Pérez-Sánchez¹, Laura Pérez-Sanchez³, Maria Luque-Tevar¹, Iván Arias de la Rosa¹, María-Carmen Abalos-Aguilera¹, Desirée Ruiz-Vilchez⁴, Pedro Segui⁵, Mario Espinosa⁵, Nuria Barbarroja¹, Eduardo Collantes⁴, Justo P. Castaño⁵, Raul M Luque⁵, María de los ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano⁵ and Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, ³Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba
Background/Purpose: To identify shared and differential changes in the splicing machinery of immune cells from antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome…
Abstract Number: 0777 • ACR Convergence 2020
CLEC12A Expression as a Potential Predictor of Disease Activity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Myriam Vaillancourt¹, Philippe Desaulniers¹, Guillaume Paré¹, Nathalie Pagé¹, Asmaa Lachaab¹, Anthony Kerever¹, Anne-Sophie Julien¹, Nathalie Amiable¹, Martin Pelletier¹, Philippe Tessier¹, Louis Bessette², Paul Fortin³, Laetitia Michou¹ and Maria Fernandes¹, ¹Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ²Laval University, Quebec, Canada, ³CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) develops as a result of the dysregulation of immune activating and inhibitory pathways. Several lines of evidence indicate that inhibitory receptors…
Abstract Number: 1484 • ACR Convergence 2020
Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis: Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Multicenter Trial
Pascal Richette¹, Augustin Latourte², Jeremie Sellam³, Daniel Wendling⁴, Muriel Piperno⁵, Philippe Goupille⁶, Yves-Marie Pers⁷, Florent Eymard⁸, Sebastien Ottaviani⁹, Paul Ornetti¹⁰, Rene-Marc Flipo¹¹, Bruno Fautrel¹², Jean-Pierre Bertola¹³, Eric Vicaut¹⁴ and Xavier Chevalier¹⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP Université de Paris, INSERM U1132, Paris, ²Department of Rheumatology, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP Université de Paris, INSERM U1132, Paris, France, ³AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Rhumatologie, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, INSERM UMR_S 938,Sorbonne Université, Paris, 75012, France, Paris, France, ⁴CHU Besançon, department of rheumatology, Besancon, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Lyon University Hospital, Lyon, France, ⁶CHU Tours, department of rheumatology, Tours, France, ⁷IRMB, University of Montpellier, Inserm U1183, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ⁸APHP Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Bichat hospital, APHP, Paris, France, ¹⁰CHU Dijon, INSERM CAPS 1093, plateforme d’investigation technologique CIC1432, Dijon, France, ¹¹Lille University Hospital, Lille, France, ¹²Sorbonne University, INSERM, IPLES; Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ¹³CHUGAI PHARMA FRANCE, Paris, France, ¹⁴Clinical Research Unit, Paris, ¹⁵AP-HP, UPEC, Créteil
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of tocilizumab, an antibody against interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), in patients with hand osteoarthritis.Methods: This was a multicenter, 12-week, randomized, double-blind,…

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