Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 2329 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monocytes from Patients with Enthesitis Related Arthritis Produce High Levels of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines: Role of Endogenous Ligands
Amita Aggarwal¹, Shruti Bhattacharya² and Ramnath Misra², ¹Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ²Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: HLA B27 and gut bacteria are postulated to play a role in pathogenesis of Enthesitis Related Arthritis. Gut microbes can activate monocytes/macrophages by TLR…
Abstract Number: 965 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decoy Receptor 3 up-Regulates Cadherin 2 in Rheumatoid Synovial Fibroblasts
Koji Fukuda¹, Yasushi Miura^2,3, Shinya Hayashi², Toshihisa Maeda^1,4 and Ryosuke Kuroda¹, ¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Orthpaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ³Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan, ⁴Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) is a secreted decoy tumor necrosis factor receptor and competitively binds and inhibits the TNF family including Fas-ligand, LIGHT, and…
Abstract Number: 2332 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and the Identification of Risk of Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA)
Claudia Bracaglia¹, Denise Pires Marafon², Ivan Caiello³, Kathy de Graaf⁴, Maria Ballabio⁴, Walter Ferlin⁴, Sergio Davì⁵, Grant Schulert⁶, Angelo Ravelli⁷, Alexei A. Grom⁸, Robert Nelson⁴, Cristina de Min⁴ and Fabrizio De Benedetti², ¹Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Rome, Italy, ³Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ⁴NovImmune S.A., Geneva, Switzerland, ⁵University of Genova, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷University of Genova, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁸Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Background/Purpose: We have recently reported high levels of IFNγ and of the IFNγ-related chemokines, (CXCL9 and CXCL10) in patients with MAS (1). Methods: Circulating levels…
Abstract Number: 1027 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantification of Leukocytes’ Secretome to Guide Diagnosis and Treatment Options in Patients with Suspected Chronic Auto-Inflammatory Syndromes
Philippe A. Tessier¹, Marie-Pier Longchamps¹, Nathalie Amiable¹, Nathalie Pagé¹, Laetitia Michou², Louis Bessette², Paul R. Fortin¹, Alexandra Albert², Anne-Laure Chetaille² and Martin Pelletier¹, ¹Infectious Diseases and Immunity Research Division, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Auto-inflammatory syndromes are inherited conditions characterized by recurrent inflammation (fever, abdominal pain, dermatitis, arthritis). Diagnosis and treatments are challenging as detection rate of mutations…
Abstract Number: 2339 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expression of Type I and Type II Interferons Is Increased in Muscle Biopsies of Juvenile Dermatomyositis Patients and Related to Clinical and Histological Features
Rebecca Nicolai¹, Gian Marco Moneta², Silvia Rosina³, Chiara Fiorillo³, Denise Pires Marafon¹, Margherita Verardo⁴, Luisa Bracci Laudiero^5,6, Carlo Minetti^3,7, Angelo Ravelli^3,8 and Fabrizio De Benedetti¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, Roma, Italy, ³University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁴Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Roma, Roma, Italy, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Roma, Roma, Italy, ⁶Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ⁷Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Disorders, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology, Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: There is growing evidence for an involvement of interferons (IFNs) in the chronic inflammation that characterizes juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM). The aim of this study…
Abstract Number: 32 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Associations between Rheumatoid Factor and Ex Vivo Cytokine Production Reveal Novel Mechanistic Insights into Rheumatoid Arthritis
John M. Davis III¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Keith L. Knutson³, Sara J. Achenbach⁴, Terry M. Therneau⁵, Eric L. Matteson⁶, Sherine E. Gabriel⁷ and Peter J. Wettstein⁸, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ³Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁷Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁸Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Positive rheumatoid factor (RF) and/or anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) identify a major rheumatoid arthritis (RA) subgroup, characterized by greater propensity to erosive joint damage…
Abstract Number: 1209 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Phospholipase A2 Group 5 Is a Potential Therapeutic Target for Osteoarthritis Treatment
Ming Liu¹, Andrew Furey², Weidong Zhang³, Sergei Likhodi², Edward Randell², Proton Rahman⁴ and Guangju Zhai², ¹Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ²Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF, Canada, ³Jilin University, Changchun, China, ⁴Rheumatology, St Claires Mercy Hospital, St Johns, NF, Canada
Background/Purpose: We recently discovered that lysophosphotidylcholines (lysoPCs) to phosphotidylcholines (PCs) ratio was associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA), suggesting that the conversion of PCs to lysoPCs…
Abstract Number: 2346 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Chemokine Ligand 9 (CXCL9) [Monokine Induced By Gamma Interferon (MIG)] As a Predictor of Active Disease Status in Localized Scleroderma
Kathryn S. Torok¹, Qi Mi², Emily Mirizio³, Kaila Schollaert-Fitch¹, Mark Fritzler⁴ and Marvin J. Fritzler⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Pediatric Rhuematology, University of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Eve Technologies, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma (LS) is a fibrotic autoimmune disease of the skin and underlying tissues which can lead to disfiguring sequlea, especially in childhood-onset. Untreated…
Abstract Number: 9 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Biologically-Based Approach for Classifying Chronic Childhood Arthritis
Elham Rezaei¹, Daniel Hogan², Brett Trost², Anthony Kusalik², Susanne Benseler³, Gilles Boire⁴, David A. Cabral⁵, Bonnie Cameron⁶, Sarah Campillo⁷, Gaëlle Chédeville⁸, Paul Dancey⁹, Ciarán M. Duffy¹⁰, Karen N Watanabe Duffy¹¹, Janet Ellsworth¹², Simon Eng¹³, Brian M. Feldman¹⁴, John Gordon², Jaime Guzman¹⁵, Kristin Houghton¹⁶, Adam Huber¹⁷, Quaid Morris¹³, Bianca Lang¹⁸, Deborah M. Levy¹⁹, Loren Matheson²⁰, Kiem Oen²¹, Ross Petty²², Suzanne Ramsey²³, Johannes Roth²⁴, Dax Rumsey²⁵, Claire Saint-Cyr²⁶, Rayfel Schneider²⁷, Rosie Scuccimarri²⁸, Earl Silverman¹⁹, Lynn R. Spiegel²⁹, Elizabeth Stringer¹⁸, Shirley M.L. Tse³⁰, Lori Tucker³¹, Rae S.M. Yeung³² and Alan Rosenberg¹, ¹Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ²University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Division, CHUS - Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Pediatrics/Rm K4-121, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹Pediatrics, Janeway Children's Hospital, St. John's, NL, Canada, ¹⁰Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹¹Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ¹²University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Rheumatology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁶Rheumatology/Pediatrics, British Columbia Childrens Hos, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ¹⁷IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁸Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ¹⁹Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁰University of Saskatchewan, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²²Pediatric Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²³Pediatric Rheumatology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Eastern On, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²⁵Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²⁶Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²⁷Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²⁸Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²⁹Rheumatology/Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³⁰Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³¹Pediatric Rheum/Rm K4-120, BC Childrens Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³²Paediatrics, Immunology and Medical Science, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) comprises a heterogeneous group of conditions that share chronic arthritis as a common characteristic. International uniformity in classifying JIA, based…
Abstract Number: 15L • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Selective Oral ROCK2 Inhibitor Reduces Clinical Scores in Patients with Psoriasis vulgaris and Normalizes Skin Pathology Via Concurrent Regulation of IL-17 and IL-10 Levels
Alexandra Zanin-Zhorov¹, Jonathan Weiss¹, Alissa Trzeciak¹, Carmen Arencibia¹, Seetharam Polimera¹, Wei Chen¹, Jingya Zhang¹, Melanie Nyuydzefe¹, Judilyn Fuentes-Duculan², Kathleen Bonifacio², Norma Kunjravia², Inna Cueto², Mark Berger¹, James Krueger², Samuel Waksal¹ and John Ryan¹, ¹Kadmon, New York, NY, ²Rockefeller University, New York, NY

Background/Purpose: Rho-associated kinase 2 (ROCK2) was shown to be implicated in regulation of autoimmunity in mice and humans1. Previous findings demonstrated that oral administration of…
Abstract Number: 926 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Concentration of Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor Kappa-B Ligand (RANKL) Predate Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Linda Johansson¹, Lisbeth Ärlestig¹, Heidi Kokkonen² and Solbritt Rantapaa-Dahlqvist³, ¹Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ²Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, ³Umeå University, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/ Rheumatology, Umeå, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL) an important regulator of bone metabolism has a key role in local bone destruction and osteoporosis…
Abstract Number: 1989 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mechanism of STAT3 Gain-of-Function in a Patient with JIA
Tiphanie P. Vogel^1,2, Nermina Saucier³, Molly P. Keppel³ and Megan A. Cooper^3,4, ¹Pediatrics/Rheumatology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ³Pediatrics/Rheumatology, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ⁴Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: The transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) mediates cytokine-induced changes in gene expression. STAT3 is classically activated by phosphorylation followed…
Abstract Number: 1096 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Augmentation of Wnt Signaling By IL-1β in Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Satoshi Yamasaki¹, Yusuke Yoshida² and Eiji Sugiyama², ¹Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, ²Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Background/Purpose: Wnt family proteins canonically stabilize β-catenin to activate T-cell factor (TCF) for the transcription of several genes, including Runx2, which is important for osteoblastogenesis.…
Abstract Number: 2103 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peripheral Blood B Cells Are Expanded and Their Cytokine Expression Is Dysregulated in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Meredyth Wilkinson¹, Christopher Piper², Georg Otto³, Claire Deakin⁴, Stefanie Dowle³, Stefania Simou⁵, Daniel Kelberman³, Yiannis Ioannou⁶, Claudia Mauri⁷, Elizabeth Jury⁸, David Isenberg⁹, Lucy R Wedderburn¹⁰ and Kiran Nistala¹¹, ¹Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section,, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁹University College Hospital, London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare form of childhood autoimmune myositis that presents with proximal muscle weakness and heliotrope rash. B cells are strongly…
Abstract Number: 1124 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL37 Rescues Human OA Cartilage Explants from GAG Release
Ellen van Geffen¹, Arjan van Caam², Henk van Beuningen², Elly Vitters², Esmeralda Blaney Davidson² and Peter M. van der Kraan², ¹Experimential Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In healthy cartilage, there is a balance between anabolic and catabolic activities of chondrocytes that maintains the functional integrity of the extracellular matrix. However,…

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