Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 0626 • ACR Convergence 2020
Early Rise in CRP Is Associated with Progression to Respiratory Failure and Intubation in COVID-19 Patients
Alisa Mueller¹, Tomoyoshi Tamura², Julia Jezmir³, Erin Penn¹, Gregory Keras⁴, Anthony Massaro⁵ and Edy Kim⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: During the course of hospitalization, it is often unclear which COVID-19 patients will progress from non-critical to critical illness. Timely identification of these patients…
Abstract Number: 1399 • ACR Convergence 2020
Differential Impacts of TNFa Inhibitors on the Expression of Th Cytokines
Ching-Huang Ho¹, Andrea Silva¹ and I-Cheng Ho², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Birgham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Inhibition of TNFα has emerged as an effective therapeutic approach for many autoimmune/inflammatory diseases.While the efficacy and safety profile of the five FDA-approved TNFis…
Abstract Number: 2047 • ACR Convergence 2020
Synovial CD8 T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis Exhibit High Antigen-independent Cytokine Production and Low Cytotoxic Potential
Anna Helena Jonsson¹, Fan Zhang², Emma Gomez-Rivas³, Karishma Rupani⁴, Gerald Watts⁵, Kevin Wei¹, Runci Wang⁴, Deepak Rao⁴, Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) - RA/SLE⁶, Soumya Raychaudhuri² and Michael Brenner¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigam and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁶., Boston
Background/Purpose: T cell-derived pro-inflammatory cytokines are major drivers of RA pathogenesis, and these cytokines have traditionally been attributed to CD4 T cells. However, single-cell RNA-sequencing…
Abstract Number: 0682 • ACR Convergence 2020
Role of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Pathway Biomarkers in Renal Disease in Gout
Fatima Alduraibi¹, Karina Ricart¹, Rakesh Patel¹, Alexander Szalai¹, Joshua Melnick² and Jasvinder Singh¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Vestavia Hills, AL
Background/Purpose: To understand the role of inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress biomarkers in the renal disease in people with gout. We hypothesized that higher gout…
Abstract Number: 1400 • ACR Convergence 2020
cAMP Response Element Modulator (CREM)α Promotes PD-1- effector CD4+ T Cells in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Sigrun Hofmann¹, Franz Kapplusch², Susanne Abraham³, Sarah Northey², Susanne Russ¹, Felix Schulze¹, Anna Surace⁴ and Christian Hedrich⁵, ¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany., Dresden, Germany, ²Department of Women's and Children's Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany., Dresden, Germany, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is a systemic autoimmune/inflammatory condition that primarily affects the skin, but also other organ systems. Effector CD4+ T lymphocytes have been identified as…
Abstract Number: 019 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Characterization of DOCK8 as a Novel Gene Associated with Cytokine Storm Syndrome
Mingce Zhang ¹, Remy Cron ¹, Devin Absher ², Prescott Atkinson ¹, W. Winn Chatham ¹ and Randy Cron¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ²HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville
Background/Purpose: Cytokine storm syndromes (CSS), such as macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), are life threatening conditions that commonly present with unremitting…
Abstract Number: 154 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
T Helper Cell Differentiation in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Anna Patrick¹, Tashawna Esmond ², David Flaherty ², Thomas Brent Graham ², Susan Thompson ³ and Thomas Aune ¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ³Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common autoimmune arthritis in children. Polyarticular JIA and extended oligoarticular JIA both have genetic associations near genes…
Abstract Number: 159 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Interleukin-18 as a Key Cytokine to Understand Pathology and to Decide Appropriate Therapeutic Strategy in Chronic Arthritic Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Takako Miyamae¹, Yumi Tani ¹, Manabu Kawamoto ², Takayuki Kishi ³ and Masayoshi Harigai ², ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, TOKYO, Japan, ³Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Long-term outcomes of systemic JIA are highly variable. approximately half of the patients have chronic persistent arthritis requiring extended anti-inflammatory therapy, sometimes into adulthood.…
Abstract Number: 2527 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cytokine and Autoantibody Profiles During Treatment with Belimumab in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ioannis Parodis¹, Emil Åkerström ¹, Christopher Sjöwall ², Azita Sohrabian ³, Andreas Jönsen ⁴, Alvaro Gomez ¹, Martina Frodlund ², Agneta Zickert ¹, Anders Bengtsson ⁴, Johan Rönnelid ³ and Iva Gunnarsson ¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/Division of Neuro and Inflammation Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ³Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁴Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The anti-BAFF monoclonal belimumab is approved for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) since 2011. Effects of belimumab on anti-double stranded (ds)DNA levels,…
Abstract Number: 18 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease at Risk for SSc: Potential Role of Circulating CXCL-10, CXCL-11 and IL-33 in Predicting Disease Evolution
Antonella Riccardi¹, Alessia Borgia ², Serena Fasano ¹, Valentina Messiniti ³, Rosaria Irace ³ and Gabriele Valentini ⁴, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy, Naples, Italy, ²University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy, Naples, ⁴Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, II Policlinico U.O. Reumatologia, Napoli, Italy, Napoli, Italy
Background/Purpose: Higher levels of CXCL10 and CXCL11 in patients with a very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) subsequently shifted to SSc were pointed out…
Abstract Number: 45 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
bDMARD-experienced Filgotinib-treated Patient Samples Exhibit a Partial Reversion to the Peripheral Molecular Profile of a Demographically Matched Healthy Population
Peter Taylor¹, Emon Elboudwarej ², Bryan Downie ³, Lene Vestergaard ², Jinfeng Liu ², Amer M. Mirza ² and Rachael Hawtin ², ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, ³Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster Citty, CA
Background/Purpose: Filgotinib (FIL), an oral, selective, Janus Kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor was effective in Phase 3 studies of active RA in patients (pts) with inadequate…
Abstract Number: 781 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Is down Syndrome Associated Arthritis (DA) a Distinct Disease from Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)?
Charlene Foley¹, Achilleas Floudas ², Sharon Ansboro ², Mary Canavan ², Monika Biniecka ², Emma Jane MacDermott ³, Ronan Mullan ⁴, Gerry Wilson ⁵, Ursula Fearon ⁶ and Orla Killeen ⁷, ¹Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, Ireland, ²TBSI, Dublin, Ireland, ³OLCHC, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵UCD, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶TBSI, Dublin, ⁷National Centre for Paediatric Rheumatology (NCPR), Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin (OLCHC), Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Down syndrome associated Arthritis (DA) is 20 times more common than JIA. It is an erosive, polyarticular RF negative arthritis with predominance in the…
Abstract Number: 811 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Monomethyl Fumarate as a Novel Therapy for Macrophage Activation Syndrome: Mechanism of Action in an Animal Model
Chhanda Biswas ¹, Thomas Burn ¹, Niansheng Chu ¹ and Edward Behrens¹, ¹The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a deadly systemic inflammatory condition marked by an increase in enzymes of iron metabolism including ferritin and heme-oxygenase 1…
Abstract Number: 919 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Free Interlukin-18: A New Promising Biomarker for Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Shima Yasin¹, Emiliana Rodriguez ², Thuy Do ³, Elizabeth Baker ¹, Sanjeev Dhakal ³, Scott Canna ⁴, Cem Gabay ⁵, Alexei A. Grom ³ and Grant Schulert ³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ²Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Swaziland, ³Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, ⁵Rheumatology, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a childhood arthritis with features of autoinflammation, and is associated with high risk of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS).…
Abstract Number: 1062 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Lymphocyte Subset Abnormalities in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
David Fox¹, Steven Lundy ², Michael Whitfield ³, Veronica Berrocal ⁴, Phillip Campbell ⁵, Stephanie Rasmussen ⁵, Ray Ohara ⁶, Alexander Stinson ⁶, Evan Wiewiora ⁷, Cathie Spino ⁷, Erica Bush ⁸, Daniel Furst ⁹, Shiv Pillai ¹⁰ and Dinesh Khanna ¹¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Autoimmunity Center of Excellence,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²SystImmune, Inc., Redmond, WA, ³Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, NH, ⁴Department of Biostatistics, School of Publich Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ⁷Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁸Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Ragon Institude of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Charlestown, MA, ¹¹Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Background/Purpose: A variety of abnormalities in lymphocyte surface markers and functional subsets have been described in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), but conflicting results abound,…

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