Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 1738 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Pattern of Proinflamatory Cytokine Expression By CD4+ T Lymphocytes Segregates the Clinical Response to Methotrexate in Recently Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Jorge Monserrat Sanz¹, Ana Maria Gómez Lahoz², Cristina Bohórquez Heras³, Maria Dolores Sosa Reina², Atusa Movasat³, Ana Pérez Gómez³, Lucía Ruiz Gutiérrez³, Ana Sánchez Atrio³, Eduardo Cuende Quintana³, Maria José León³, David Diaz², Fernando Albarrán Hernández³ and Melchor Alvarez-Mon^2,3, ¹Laboratory of Inmune System Diseases, Deparment of Medicine and Medical Specialties. IRYCIS. University of Alcalá. Madrid. Spain, Alcalá de Henares. Madrid, Spain, ²Laboratory of Inmune System Diseases, Deparment of Medicine and Medical Specialties. IRYCIS. University of Alcalá. Madrid. Spain, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, ³University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Immune System Diseases, Rheumatology Department, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Mechanisms regulating the autoimmune response in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are not well understood. However, it is known that T CD4+ lymphocytes play a pivotal…
Abstract Number: 2698 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-21-mTOR Axis Blocks the Differentiation and Function of SLE Tregs Via Suppression of Autophagy
Hiroshi Kato¹ and Andras Perl², ¹Division of Rheumatology/Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²Dept of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Background/Purpose: Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation has emerged as a prominent mediator of pro-inflammatory T-cell expansion and regulatory T (Treg) cell depletion in systemic…
Abstract Number: 83 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole Blood Stimulations Identify Elevated T Cell Cytokines and Altered Granulocyte/Dendritic Cell Signaling in SLE Patients with Variable Disease Activity
Samantha Slight-Webb¹, Krista M. Bean¹, Holden T. Maecker², Paul J. Utz³, Judith A. James⁴ and Joel M. Guthridge⁵, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OKC, OK
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by loss of immune tolerance to self-antigens and periods of waxing and waning disease. The clinical aspects of…
Abstract Number: 1782 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mycophenolic Acid Decreases IL-10 and IL-6 Production By B Cells of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Patients and Healthy Controls in Vitro
Anouk von Borstel¹, Wayel H. Abdulahad², Abraham Rutgers², Judith Land², Coen A. Stegeman¹, Peter Heeringa³ and Jan-Stephan F. Sanders¹, ¹Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, ³Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a relapsing autoimmune disease affecting small- to medium-sized blood vessels. B cells are thought to play an important antibody-independent…
Abstract Number: 2711 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Are an Important Source of TNF in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diahann Jansen¹, Elizabeth Klinken¹, Hendrik Nel¹, Soi Cheng Law¹, Hester Koppejan², Marjolijn Hameetman³, Ligong Liu⁴, Alexandra Corbett⁵, Sidonia Eckle⁵, David Fairlie⁴, Rene E.M. Toes⁶, Floris van Gaalen⁷, Jamie Rossjohn^8,9,10, James McCluskey⁵ and Ranjeny Thomas¹, ¹The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia, ²Department of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ⁵Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, ⁶Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, ⁹Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Background/Purpose: CD8+ T cells have been described to comprise up to 40% of the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial T cell compartment but their pathogenic function…
Abstract Number: 466 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma Cytokines at Diagnosis May Predict Non-Response to Methotrexate in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Martin Pelletier¹, Paul R. Fortin^1,2, Marie-Pier Longchamps¹, Geneviève Parent¹, Hadrien Benk-Fortin¹, Anne-Sophie Julien³, Nathalie Amiable¹, Emmanuelle Rollet-Labelle¹, Laetitia Michou², Louis Bessette² and Philippe A. Tessier¹, 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, ³Clinical Research Platform, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is the first line treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). For over 30% of patients, MTX fails to diminish DAS28 score…
Abstract Number: 1793 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interleukin-17 Is Not a Determinant for the Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Character of Interleukin-22 in Experimental Arthritis
Debbie M. Roeleveld¹, Loreto Parga Vidal², Monique M. Helsen², Birgitte Walgreen³, Bianka Marklein⁴, Karl Skriner⁵, Martin Hegen⁶, Peter L. van Lent², Fons A.J. van de Loo², Wim B. van den Berg², Peter M. van der Kraan² and Marije I. Koenders², ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Experimental, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Humboldt University and Free University, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Free University and Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Inflammation and Immunology Research Unit, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: High interleukin-22 (IL-22) levels are detected in serum and synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and have been shown to positively correlate with…
Abstract Number: 2794 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Apolipoprotein B Binds to Enolase-1 and Aggravates Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joo Youn Lee¹, Min Jueng Kang¹, Ji Yong Choi², Ji Soo Park³, Jin Kyun Park^1,2, Eun Young Lee⁴, Eun Bong Lee⁵, Thomas Pap⁶, Eugene Yi¹ and Yeong Wook Song^1,2, ¹Department of Molecular medicine and biopharmaceutical science, Seoul National University, seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Department of Molecular medicine and biopharmaceutical science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁶Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by synovial inflammation and joint destruction. Monocytes and synovial macrophages are key players in…
Abstract Number: 565 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fatigue in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS) Is Associated with Lower Levels of Proinflammatory Cytokines: A Validation Study
Kristen Davies¹, Kamran Mirza¹, Jessica Tarn², Nadia Howard Tripp³, Robert J. Moots⁴, Nagui Gendi⁵, Michele Bombardieri⁶, Costantino Pitzalis⁶, Nurhan Sutcliffe⁶, Simon Bowman⁷, Neil J. McHugh⁸, John McLaren⁹, Devesh Mewar¹⁰, David Coady¹¹, Kirsten MacKay¹², Susan Knight¹³, Monica Gupta¹⁴, Marian Regan¹⁵, Cathy Lawson¹⁶, Jacqueline Andrews¹⁷, Peter Lanyon¹⁸, Mohammed Akil¹⁹, Elizabeth Price²⁰, Annie Cooper²¹, Frances Hall²², Theodoros Dimitroulas²³, Gavin Clunie²⁴, Saravanan Vadivelu²⁵, Ian Giles²⁶, Bhaskar Dasgupta²⁷, Steve Young-Min²⁸, Dennis Lendrem^29,30 and Wan-Fai Ng^2,31, ¹Institute of Cellular Medicine, Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, ²Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, ³Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁵Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital, Basildon, UK, Basildon, United Kingdom, ⁶Barts Health NHS Trust & Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁹NHS Fife, Kirkcaldy, UK, Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ¹¹Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK, Sunderland, United Kingdom, ¹²Torbay Hospital, Torquay, UK, Torquay, United Kingdom, ¹³Macclesfield General Hospital, Macclesfield, UK, macclesfield, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK, Derby, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate, UK, Harrogate, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁸Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁹Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ²⁰Great Western Hospital, Swindon, UK, Swindon, United Kingdom, ²¹Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, UK, Winchester, United Kingdom, ²²Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ²³Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, UK, Dudley, United Kingdom, ²⁴Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, UK, Ipswich, United Kingdom, ²⁵Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK, Gateshead, United Kingdom, ²⁶Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ²⁷Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend, UK, Westcliff-on-Sea, United Kingdom, ²⁸Queen Alexander Hospital, Portsmouth, UK, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, ²⁹Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ³⁰Musculoskeletal Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, ³¹Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune rheumatic disease causing various symptoms including dryness, fatigue and pain. Previous work by our group has…
Abstract Number: 1794 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Overexpression of Interleuk-22 Induces Expression of the Negative Immune-Regulator SOCS3 and Potently Reduces Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice
Debbie M. Roeleveld¹, Monique M. Helsen², Birgitte Walgreen³, Elly Vitters², Fons A.J. van de Loo², Peter L. van Lent², Wim B. van den Berg², Peter M. van der Kraan² and Marije I. Koenders², ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Experimental, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: High interleukin-22 (IL-22) levels are detected in serum and synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and have been shown to positively correlate with…
Abstract Number: 2801 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Anti-IL17 Blockade with Secukinumab on Systemic and Local Immune Responses: A Mechanism-of-Action Study in Peripheral Spondyloarthritis
Leonieke van Mens¹, Marleen van de Sande², Silvia Menegatti³, Iris Blijdorp¹, Jet de Jong², Inka Fluri⁴, Talia Latuhihin¹, Arno van Kuijk⁵, Nataliya Yeremenko⁴ and Dominique Baeten¹, ¹AMC, Amsterdam Immunology and Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Immunology, Immunoregulation Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, ⁴Amsterdam Immunology and Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Reade, Amsterdam Immunology and Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: IL-17A blockade is an effective therapy for AS and PsA, the prototypical forms of spondyloarthritis(SpA). How IL-17A blockade affects the systemic and local immune…
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: 179 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
CD11b+Gr1dimcells, Which Are Induced By GM-CSF Produced By Th17 and Group3 Innate Lymphoid Cell, May Facilitate the Progression of Pneumonitis in SKG Mice
Sho Sendo¹, Jun Saegusa¹, Takaichi Okano², Soshi Takahashi³ and Akio Morinobu¹, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ²Rheumatology and Clinical immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid lung disease is a prognostic factors of rheumatoid arthritis in human. The pathogenesis and the mechanism of rheumatoid lung disease is unclear. Zymosan…
Abstract Number: 1564 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Comprehensive Analysis for the Transcriptional Organization of Stimuli Responses in Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Haruka Tsuchiya¹, Shuji Sumitomo¹, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki², Akari Suzuki², Yuta Kochi², Mineto Ota¹, Yumi Tsuchida¹, Hiroshi Inui³, Shuji Taketomi³, Yuho Kadono⁴, Sakae Tanaka³, Keishi Fujio¹ and Kazuhiko Yamamoto^1,2, ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan, ³Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocyte (FLS) is expected to be a novel therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of their contribution to pathogenesis. FLS expresses…

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