Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 652 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigating the Role of Mechanical Stress in Spondyloarthritis Pathogenesis
Breanna Nguyen¹, Robert Colbert² and Gerlinde Layh-Schmitt¹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mechanotransduction is a cell’s ability to translate mechanical stimuli into biochemical signals and has been implicated in signaling pathways involving differentiation and proliferation. Mechanical…
Abstract Number: 1844 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating Cytokine Profiles Reflect ANCA Specificity in Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Alvise Berti¹, Roscoe Warner², Kent Johnson³, Divi Cornec⁴, Darrell Schroder⁵, Brian Kabat⁵, Peter A. Merkel⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Gary S. Hoffman⁸, Cees G.M. Kallenberg⁹, Philip Seo¹⁰, Robert F. Spiera¹¹, Eugene St. Clair¹², John H. Stone¹³, Ulrich Specks¹⁴ and Paul A. Monach¹⁵, ¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor,, MI, ³University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, ⁵Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania; Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ¹⁰Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ¹³Massachusetts General Hospital Rheumatology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹⁴Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ¹⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: To evaluate serum cytokine and chemokine profiles in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) classified by ANCA specificity (proteinase 3 (PR3)-ANCA versus myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA) or…
Abstract Number: 658 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Functionally Active MAIT Cells in Psoriatic Arthritis: A New Member of the IL-23/IL-17 Cytokine Network
Siba P. Raychaudhuri¹ and Smriti K. Raychaudhuri², ¹Rheumatology Section, Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, ²Rheumatology/Immunology, VA Sacramento Medical Center, Davis, CA
Background/Purpose: The mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells recently have been implicated in autoimmune diseases. Murine model experiments also suggest that MAIT cells are capable…
Abstract Number: 1936 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bimekizumab Blocks T Cell-Mediated Osteogenic Differentiation of Periosteal Stem Cells: Coupling Pathological Bone Formation to IL-17A and IL-17F Signaling
Mittal Shah^1,2, Ash Maroof¹, Rawiya Al-Hosni², Panagiotis Gikas³, Neil Gozzard¹, Stevan Shaw¹ and Scott Roberts^1,2, ¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Structural tissue damage, as a result of pathological bone formation, is a major cause of disability in spondyloarthritis (SpA). A paucity of in vitro…
Abstract Number: 758 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Biomarkers Predictive of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Kathleen D. Kolstad¹, Tyson Holmes², Yael Rosenberg-Hasson², Andrew Sweatt³, Roham T. Zamanian⁴, Shufeng Li⁵, Virginia D. Steen⁶, Paul J. Utz⁷ and Lorinda Chung⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ²Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ³Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ⁴Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ⁵Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁷Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁸Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by vascular abnormalities, immune system dysregulation, and fibrosis. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects approximately 10% of…
Abstract Number: 2132 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Angiogenesis and VEGF-Expressing Cells Are Identified Predominantly in the Fascia Rather Than the Muscle in the Early Phase of Dermatomyositis
Ken Yoshida^1,2, Haruyasu Ito¹, Kazuhiro Furuya¹, Taro Ukichi¹, Kentaro Noda¹ and Daitaro Kurosaka¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: We previously showed that fasciitis is a frequent manifestation of the disease in dermatomyositis (DM) but not in polymyositis (PM) and that DM-associated fasciitis…
Abstract Number: 960 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ADAM-17 Is Expressed on Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts and Mediates Monocyte Migration and Adhesion
Sho Ishii, Takeo Isozaki, Airi Nishimi, Shinichiro Nishimi, Takahiro Tokunaga, Hidekazu Furuya, Kuninobu Wakabayashi and Tsuyoshi Kasama, Div of Rheumatology, Showa University School of Med, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM-17), also known as tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE), have been reported to be involved in a number…
Abstract Number: 2135 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
ADAM-17 Is Expressed in the Inflammatory Myopathy, and Is Involved with Interstitial Lung Disease
Airi Nishimi, Takeo Isozaki, Shinichiro Nishimi, Sho Ishii, Takahiro Tokunaga, Hidekazu Furuya, Kuninobu Wakabayashi and Tsuyoshi Kasama, Div of Rheumatology, Showa University School of Med, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: A disintegrin and metalloprotesase (ADAM) family is protease that is thought to have an important role in tissue destruction and inflammatory reaction. ADAMs are…
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: 583 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations of Serum Anti-Citrullinated Proteins and Cytokines with Radiographic Scores in African-American Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Dongmei Sun¹, William H Robinson², Xiangqin Cui³, Vincent A. Laufer⁴, Maria I. Danila⁵, Richard J. Reynolds⁶, Chander Raman⁷, Stephanie Ledbetter⁸, Alexander Szalai⁹ and S. Louis Bridges Jr.⁹, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Medicine/Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸1825 University Blvd., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Serum anti-citrullinated proteins (ACPA, including anti-CCP antibodies) and rheumatoid factor (RF) are critical diagnostic markers for RA, and are associated with more severe radiographic…
Abstract Number: 1824 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mycophenolate Mofetil Use Associates with Unique Biologic Changes in B Cell and T Regulatory Cell Pathways in SLE Patients
Samantha Slight-Webb¹, Rufei Lu², Krista M. Bean¹, Holden T. Maecker³, Paul J. Utz⁴, Joel M. Guthridge⁵ and Judith A. James⁶, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: The management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is complicated by a heterogeneous clinical presentation. Currently, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a commonly used medication to…
Abstract Number: 3107 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Switching from Anabolic to Catabolic Metabolism – a Novel Immunomodulatory Therapy in RA
Zhen Yang¹, Yi Shen¹, Eric L. Matteson², Ebru Hosgur¹, Jison Hong³, Jorg Goronzy⁴ and Cornelia M. Weyand¹, ¹Medicine: Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Medicine/Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Medicine/Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory activity in RA relies on numerous anabolic processes; including cellular proliferation, cell trafficking, secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and release of antibodies. Lasting reversal…
Abstract Number: 633 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Similarity Between Ex-Vivo Inhibited Cytokine Profiling By Golimumab and Adalimumab As a Putative Explanation for Inferior Treatment Response to Golimumab after Adalimumab Failure in Rheumatoid Arthritis
L. Tweehuysen¹, K. Schraa², M.G. Netea³, F.H.J. van den Hoogen^4,5, L.A.B. Joosten³ and A.A. den Broeder⁴, ¹Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Internal Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumatology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Better prediction of treatment response to biologics in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would contribute to optimal individualized treatment. Clinical data suggest that the response of…
Abstract Number: 1862 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modelling Healthy and Scleroderma Fibrotic Skin in Vitro: Mechanical Stress Alters Macrophage Cytokine Expression and Triggers Signalling Via the Mechano-Sensing Transcription Factor Myocardin-Related Transcription Factor-a
Angela Tam¹, Shiwen Xu¹, Henry Lopez¹, Korsa Khan², Bahja Ahmed Abdi³, Henrique Rosario⁴, Nikita Arumalla², Mark Gibson², Christopher Denton², David Abraham², Barbara D Smith⁵ and Richard J Stratton², ¹Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective tissue disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Medicine, Centre of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Skin involvement is one of the most prominent clinical features in scleroderma. There is a marked contrast in mechanical stiffness between healthy forearm skin…

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