Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

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…
Abstract Number: 690 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increase in Serum Leptin Levels Is Associated with Radiographic Progression of Male Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study
Seung-Geun Lee¹, Eun-Kyoung Park², Ji-Heh Park¹, Hee-Sang Tag³ and Geun-Tae Kim⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea, The Republic of, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea, The Republic of, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea, ⁴Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The immunomodulatory effects of adipokines have been extensively studied in rheumatic diseases, there is a paucity of information regarding their effects on bone metabolism.…
Abstract Number: 1881 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Targeting Oncostatin M in the Target Tissue: Assessment of in-Vivo Affinity and Target Engagement of an Anti-OSM Monoclonal Antibody By Combining Blood and Skin Blister Fluid Data
Juliet Reid¹, Stefano Zamuner², Ken Edwards³, Sally Rumley⁴, Katherine Sully⁵, Maria Feeney⁶, Subramanya Kumar⁷, Disala Fernando⁷ and Nicolas Wisniacki¹, ¹ImmunoImflammation, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ²Clinical Pharmacology, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ³Statistics, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁴Clinical Platforms and Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁵Biopharm Translational Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁶Biopharm Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁷Clinical Unit Cambridge, GlaxoSmithKline, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Oncostatin M (OSM) is a pleiotropic member of the gp130/IL-6 cytokine family involved in pathological processes of fibrosis, inflammation and vasculopathy. Diffuse cutaneous systemic…
Abstract Number: 923 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Retinoic Acid Inhibits Expression of Interleukin 9 By Altering Enhancer Architecture
Daniella Schwartz¹, Francoise Meylan², Hong-Wei Sun³, Han-Yu Shih⁴, Kan Jiang⁴, Franziska Petermann⁴, Richard M. Siegel⁵, Arian Laurence⁶ and John J O'Shea⁷, ¹NIAMS - Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴NIAMS, Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁶University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁷NIAMS NIH, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Vitamin A and its major metabolite, retinoic acid (ATRA), modulate T cell function and fitness to shape immune responses. Vitamin A deficiency causes increased…
Abstract Number: 1919 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of T Cell Repertoire Diversity of CD4+ Memory and NaïVe T Cells By Next Generation Sequencing and Its Association with Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Parameters
Keiichi Sakurai¹, Hirofumi Shoda¹, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki², Yumi Tsuchida¹, Yasuo Nagafuchi¹, Shuji Sumitomo¹, Akari Suzuki², Keishi Fujio¹ and Kazuhiko Yamamoto¹, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by peripheral polyarthritis. The importance of CD4+ T cell in the pathophysiology of RA is well-known…
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,…
Abstract Number: 2126 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cytokine Dependent Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Inhibitors Targeting JAK and p38 on Cartilage Turnover
Christian S. Thudium¹, Cecilie F. Kjelgaard-Petersen^1,2, Britt Christensen¹, Morten Asser Karsdal³ and Anne C. Bay-Jensen³, ¹Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, ³Rheumatology, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and inflammatory subtypes of osteoarthritis (iOA) are degenerative joint diseases with an inflammatory component allowing for potential anti-inflammatory treatment benefit. A…

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