Abstracts tagged "cytokines"

Abstract Number: 1212 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Elevated Fecal Secretory Immunoglobulin A, Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies, and Cytokine Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Sam Dalvi¹, Jose U. Scher*¹, Mukundan Attur², Jyoti Patel³ and Steven B. Abramson⁴, ¹Rheumatology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY, ³Rheumatology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex autoimmune disease with genetic and environmental contributions. There has been increasing interest in the microbiome and its potential…
Abstract Number: 691 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Vitamin D Levels in a Lupus Cohort and Correlation with Disease Activity
Rohan Willis¹, Praveen Jajoria¹, Brock E. Harper², Emilio B. Gonzalez³, Michelle Petri⁴, Ehtisham Akhter⁵, Hong Fang⁴ and Silvia S. Pierangeli¹, ¹Rheumatology/Dept Int Med, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ²Int Med/Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ³Rheumatolgoy/Dept Int Med, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ⁴Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Div of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Multiple cytokines play a role in the immune dysregulation seen in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the local inflammatory responses that ultimately lead to…
Abstract Number: 1910 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regulation of Microrna 223 Expression in a Gouty Arthritis
Gianina Statache¹, Ashleigh-Ann Rainey¹, Seth Masters², Andra Balanescu³, Iain B. McInnes⁴ and Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska⁵, ¹Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ²Immunology Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom, ³Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ⁴University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Institute of Infection,Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Gout is an inflammatory chronic disease caused by deposition of uric acid crystals in the joint and connective tissues causing pain and disability. Current…
Abstract Number: 1213 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Serum Cytokine Profile of Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jose Felix Restrepo¹, Inmaculada del Rincon², Roy Haas³, Daniel F. Battafarano⁴ and Agustin Escalante⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, ²Rheumatology, University Of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, ³Rheumatology, TX, ⁴Medicine / MCHE-MDR, Brooke Army Medical Ctr, San Antonio, TX, ⁵Dept. of Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There are currently no proven biomarkers for ILD in…
Abstract Number: 673 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Altered Soluble Mediators in Individuals with Incomplete Lupus (ILE) in the Lupus Autoimmunity in Relatives (LAUREL) Study
Melissa E. Munroe¹, Jill M. Norris², Joel M. Guthridge³, Diane L. Kamen⁴, Kathy Moser Sivils⁵, Timothy B. Niewold⁶, Gary S. Gilkeson⁷, Michael H. Weisman⁸, Mariko L. Ishimori⁸, Daniel J. Wallace⁹, David R. Karp¹⁰, John B. Harley¹¹ and Judith A. James¹², ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Department of Medicine, Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Charleston, SC, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Section of Rheumatology and Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁸Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Rheumatic Diseases Division, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology and The Center for Autoimmune Genomics & Etiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: SLE is a complex autoimmune disease marked by autoantibody production and immune dysregulation. Identification of at-risk populations is essential to minimize morbidity and mortality…
Abstract Number: 1808 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immune Activating Effects of Co-Stimulation of TLR Agonists and Cytokines On Primary and Immortalized Keratinocytes From a Patient with a CARD14 Mediated Pustular Psoriasis (CAMPS) and Healthy Controls
Yongqing Chen¹, Yin Liu², Yan Huang¹, Carole Yee³, Alison MacBride⁴, Anne Bowcock⁵, Michelle Lowes⁶ and Raphaela T. Goldbach-Mansky², ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section, Office of the Clinical Director NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ²Translational Autoinflammatory Diseases Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³Dermatology Branch, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴DNA Tumor Virus Section, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Washington University, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Through producing inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, keratinocytes play an important role along with hematopoietic cells in mediating an inflammatory response in psoriasis and other…
Abstract Number: 1183 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Podoplanin-Mediated Interaction of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts with Platelets Modulates IL-8 Expression
Manuel J. Del Rey¹, Elena Izquierdo¹, Regina Faré¹, Alicia Usategui¹, Vanessa Miranda¹, Gabriel Criado², J. D. Cañete³ and Jose L. Pablos¹, ¹Servicio de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12), Madrid, Spain, ²Grupo de Enfermedades Inflamatorias y Autoinmunes, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12), Madrid, Spain, ³Unitat d'Artritis, Servei de Reumatologia, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona,, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblasts (SF) are the most abundant resident stromal cells in the synovium. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), SF expand and undergo phenotypic changes that…
Abstract Number: 645 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Altered Soluble Inflammatory Mediators Mark Impending Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Flare in European-American Lupus Patients Who Receive Influenza Vaccination
Melissa E. Munroe¹, Jourdan R. Anderson², Joan T. Merrill³, Joel M. Guthridge⁴, Virginia C. Roberts⁴, Gillian M. Air⁵, Linda F. Thompson⁶ and Judith A. James⁷, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Clinical Pharmacology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Biochemistry, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶Immunobiology and Cancer, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: SLE is a multifaceted autoimmune disease denoted by immune dysregulation that contributes to increased morbidity and mortality in part due to infectious complications. Vaccination…
Abstract Number: 2523 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Periodontal Pathogens Directly Promote Autoimmune Experimental Arthritis by Inducing a Toll-Like Receptor 2 and Interleukin-1 Driven Th17 Response
Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz¹, Sabrina Garcia de Aquino², Marije I. Koenders³, Fons A. van de Loo⁴, Ger J. Pruijn⁵, Mario J. Avila Campos⁶, Fernando Q. Cunha⁷, Joni A. Cirelli² and Wim B. van den Berg¹, ¹Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Department of Diagnosis and Oral Surgery, Periodontic Division, Araraquara Dental School, Sao Paolo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology Research and Advanced Therapeutics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences—ICB/USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalishas been associated with the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of its ability to citrullinate mammalian proteins and to…
Abstract Number: 1810 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification and Characterization of Synthetic Small Molecule Macrocycle Antagonists of Human IL17A
David Livingston, Sethu Alexander, Julian Bond, Timothy Briggs, Andrew Fraley, Stephen Hale, Tanya Landsman, Richard Martinelli, Kelley Shortsleeves, Nick Terrett and Nathan Walsh, Ensemble Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: : IL17A has been demonstrated to be a key pro-inflammatory cytokine in human rheumatoid arthritis and in several rodent models of arthritis. Synthetic macrocycles…
Abstract Number: 1187 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking Status Is Associated with Inflammatory Cytokine Profile and Disease Activity in Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibody Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis: Decreased Inflammation and Disease Improvement with Smoking Cessation?
Catriona Cramb¹, Jeremy Sokolove², Geoffrey M. Thiele³, Gail S. Kerr⁴, Grant W. Cannon⁵, Andreas M. Reimold⁶, Ted R. Mikuls⁷ and William H. Robinson⁸, ¹VA Palo Alto Heatlh Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ²Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Int Med/Sec of Rheum/Immun, Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr, Omaha, NE, ⁴Rheumatology, Washington DC VAMC, Georgetown and Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Rheumatology, Dallas VA and University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁷Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Smoking is a major risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has been associated with increased disease severity and lower rates disease remission. We…
Abstract Number: 413 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
α(1,2)-Linked Fucosylated Cytokines Are Upregulated in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Takeo Isozaki¹, Jeffrey H. Ruth², M. Asif Amin¹, Phillip L. Campbell¹, Christine M. Ha² and Alisa E. Koch³, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Glycosylation is a common post-translational modification of proteins in eukaryotes. Fucosylated glycans are synthesized by fucosyltransferases (futs). We previously reported that sialyl Lewisx, synthesized…
Abstract Number: 2525 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition Suppresses Inflammatory Cytokine Production and Affects Gene Expression in Human Macrophages and RA Synovial Tissue Explants
Linda M. Hartkamp¹, Inge E. van Es¹, Jay S. Fine², Michael Smith², John Woods², Satwant Narula³, Julie DeMartino², Paul P. Tak⁴ and Kris A. Reedquist¹, ¹Department of Experimental Immunology, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Inflammation Discovery, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ, ³Inflammatory Discovery, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, NJ, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam and GlaxoSmithKline, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and progressive autoinflammatory disorder characterized by the infiltration of inflammatory cells, including B-cells, T-cells and macrophages, in the…
Abstract Number: 1787 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evolution of the Cytokine and Chemokine Profile in Patients Receiving Oral Daily Vitamin D: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Benjamin Terrier¹, Marlène Garrido² and Patrice Cacoub Sr.³, ¹Internal Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ²I3 laboratory, Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ³Department of Internal Medicine 2., CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D were recently described in vitro, notably the expansion of regulatory T cells able to suppress inflammatory responses and the…
Abstract Number: 1131 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intraarticular Infliximab for Knee Osteoarthritis: High Baseline Levels of Synovial Cellularity and High MRI Cartilage Injury At the Lateral Tibial Plateau Predict Improvement in Total WOMAC Score
Jeremy R. Schue¹, Ossama Tawfik², Rebecca Bolce³, Donald D. Smith¹, Gary Hinson⁴, Jo A. Wick⁵ and Herbert B. Lindsley⁶, ¹Internal Medicine, Kansas University Med Ctr, Kansas City, KS, ²Pathology, Kansas University Med Ctr, Kansas City, KS, ³Crescendo Bioscience Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Radiology, Kansas University Med Ctr, Kansas City, KS, ⁵Biostatistics, Kansas University Med Ctr, Kansas City, KS, ⁶Medicine, Kansas University Med Ctr, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: Synovial tissue from patients with OA often demonstrates inflammation. We hypothesized that a single intraarticular (IA) injection of an anti-TNF drug would decrease inflammatory…

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