Abstracts tagged "DNA"

Abstract Number: 888 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Mitochondrial DNA Impact on Joint Degeneration Process Using DMM OA and Spontaneous Aging Conplastic Mice Models
Morena Scotece¹, Ignacio Rego-Pérez ², Ana Victoria Lechuga-Vieco ³, María Concepción Jiménez Gómez ³, Purificación Filgueira-Fernández ⁴, José Antonio Enriquez ³ and Francisco J. Blanco ², ¹Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ²Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España, A Coruña, Spain, ³Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Background/Purpose: Accumulated data indicated that osteoarthritis has a strong genetic component with a prevalent role of mitochondria and mtDNA variations. In the present work, we…
Abstract Number: 1661 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Circulating Cell Free DNA Released from Eosinophils Is a Practical Biomarker in Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Teppei Hashimoto¹, Yuichi Yokoyama ², Tetsuya Furukawa ³, Takahiro Yoshikawa ³, Naoto Azuma ², Kohsuke Yoshida ⁴, Akira Hashiramoto ⁴ and Kiyoshi Matsui ³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, ⁴Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fragmented cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is released into blood circulation as results of damage or death of peripheral blood cells as well as organ tissues,…
Abstract Number: 1090 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA As a Novel Biomarker in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Bhargavi Duvvuri¹, Richard Moore¹ and Christian Lood², ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: We recently described a fundamental role for mitochondrial (mt)-mediated inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Briefly, mtROS promoted formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs),…
Abstract Number: 1136 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Mitochondrial DNA Haplotypes with Symptomatic Hand and Thumb Based Osteoarthritis and Hand OA Progression
Charles Eaton¹, Mary Roberts², Jeffrey B. Driban³, Ida Kristin Haugen⁴, Lena Franziska Schaefer⁵, Bing Lu⁶, Rebecca D. Jackson⁷, Marc C. Hochberg⁸, C. Kent Kwoh⁹, Francisco J Blanco¹⁰ and Timothy E. McAlindon¹¹, ¹Family Medicine and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, ²Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, ³Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, BOSTON, MA, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁸School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Arizona School of Medicine, University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, AZ, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed, PRB2-ISCIII. INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) can be a painful, disabling condition, with an increased prevalence in women, the elderly, and has a strong genetic component (hereditability…
Abstract Number: 2119 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of the Variant Form of rs17408553 at Human Leukocyte Antigen-C Supports Evidence That Hypo-Responsive Natural Killer Cells Adversely Influence the Course of Nephritis
Robert M. Clancy¹, H. Michael Belmont¹, Peter M. Izmirly², Nicole Bornkamp³, Sarah Miller⁴, Matthew Poulin⁴, Liying Yan⁴, Jill P. Buyon¹ and Ellen M. Ginzler⁵, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴EpigenDx, Hopkinton, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Background/Purpose: In subjects with lupus nephritis (LN), tissue injury due to local immune activation involving persistently activated macrophages in the renal parenchyma is limited by…
Abstract Number: 2981 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mitochondrial Extrusion and Autoimmunity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Christian Lood¹, Bhargavi Duvvuri², Richard Moore², Gabrielle A. Morgan³, Marisa Klein-Gitelman⁴, Megan L. Curran⁵ and Lauren M. Pachman⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Cure JM Program of Excellence in Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Section of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁶Cure JM Program of Excellence in Juvenile Myositis Research, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: We recently made the fundamental observation that mitochondrial extrusion is instrumental in mediating inflammation, autoimmunity and organ damage in lupus. Mitochondrial stress and mitochondrial…
Abstract Number: 90 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Deoxyribonuclease 1-like-3 Digests Self-DNA from Dead Cells and Prevents Autoimmunity
Shoichiro Inokuchi¹, Hiroki Mitoma², Shotaro Kawano², Masahiro Ayano², Yasutaka Kimoto³, Mitsuteru Akahoshi², Yojiro Arinobu², Koichi Akashi², Takahiko Horiuchi⁴ and Hiroaki Niro⁵, ¹Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan, ²Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Oita, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Japan, ⁵Department of Medical Education, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Deoxyribonuclease 1-like-3 (DNase1L3) belongs to Deoxyribonuclease 1(DNase1) family. This nuclease originally identified as one of apoptosis- and necrosis-related endonucleases that fragmentates intranucleosomal DNA. Unlike…
Abstract Number: 829 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DNA Damage and Repair in Patients with Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis Treated with Direct Anti-HCV Drugs
Mohamed Tharwat Hegazy¹, Walaa Allam², Mohamed A Hussein¹, Naguib Zoheir³, Luca Quartuccio⁴, Patrice Cacoub⁵, Wahid Doss⁶, Mona I. Ellawindi⁷, Mary Fawzy¹, Loïc Guillevin⁸, Ahmed El Ray⁹, Maissa El Said El Raziky^10,11, Magdy El Serafy⁶, Sherif El Khamisy^2,12 and Gaafar Ragab¹, ¹Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ²Center for Genomics, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt, Giza, Egypt, ³Clinical and Chemical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ⁴Rheumatology Clinic, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ⁵Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital “Pitié-Salpêtrière”, “Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI” University, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁶Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ⁷Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁰Fatimid Cairo hospital, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ¹¹Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, cairo, Egypt, ¹²Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK, Sheffield, United Kingdom
DNA Damage and Repair in Patients with Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis Treated with Direct Anti-HCV Drugs Background/Purpose: Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) agents were shown to be effective…
Abstract Number: 1084 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dysfunction of the DNASE1L3 Pathway and Antigen Accumulation in Lupus Nephritis
Johannes Hartl¹, Robert M. Clancy¹, Peter M. Izmirly², H. Michael Belmont¹, Nicole Kaiden³, Nicole Bornkamp³, Vanja Sisirak¹, Benjamin Sally¹, Jill P. Buyon¹ and Boris Reizis¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: DNASE1L3 is a unique secreted DNase that is capable of degrading DNA complexed with proteins and/or encapsulated in membranes, such as chromatin within microparticles…
Abstract Number: 577 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TCZ Modulates the Production of Ccfdna Derived from RA Synovial Cells
Naonori Hashimoto¹, Kohsuke Yoshida¹, Teppei Hashimoto², Ayako Nakai¹, Kenta Kaneshiro¹, Kohjin Suzuki¹, Yoshiko Kawasaki², Nao Shibanuma³, Natsuko Nakagawa⁴, Yoshitada Sakai⁵ and Akira Hashiramoto⁶, ¹Department of Biophysics, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ³Departmant of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, Kobe, Japan, ⁴Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Konan-Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ⁵Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, ⁶Department of Biophysics, Department of Biophysics, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan
Background/Purpose: DNA is fragmented and released into blood circulation as a circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) because of damage or death of cells. Although the…
Abstract Number: 2075 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
No Detection of Varicella-Zoster Virus in Temporal Arteries of Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Francesco Muratore¹, Stefania Croci², Ione Tamagnini³, Alessandro Zerbini², Salvatore Bellafiore⁴, Lucia Belloni⁵, Luigi Boiardi⁶, Alessandra Bisagni⁷, Maria Parmeggiani⁸, Alberto Cavazza⁹ and Carlo Salvarani¹, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies Unit,, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, Arsicpedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S.Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁷Pathology Unit, Department of Oncology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁸. Clinical Immunology, Allergy and Advanced Biotechnologies Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁹Pathology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Recent studies found an high prevalence of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection in temporal arteries (TAs) from both temporal artery biopsy (TAB)-positive and TAB-negative giant…
Abstract Number: 202 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Accrual in the Dnase II-Deficient Model of Autoimmunity Requires Sting, As Well As Hematopoietic and Stromal Elements
Rebecca Baum¹, Shruti Sharma¹, Ann Marshak-Rothstein¹, Katherine A. Fitzgerald¹ and Ellen M. Gravallese², ¹Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Lazare Research Bldg Ste 223, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: We have previously identified a role for cytosolic DNA sensors in bone by analyzing mice that develop inflammatory polyarthritis and trabecular bone accrual in…
Abstract Number: 3006 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cell-Free Circulating DNA in Systemic Sclerosis: Increased Levels and Global Cytosine Hypomethylation
Shadia Nada¹, Omar Oraibi², Farouk Abu Alhana², Nawaf Almeshal², Yongqing Wang², Nezam Altorok³ and Bashar Kahaleh⁴, ¹Internal Medicine, Divison of Rheumatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ³Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by endothelial dysfunction, vascular injury, and activation of fibroblasts leading to organ fibrosis. The precise etiology…
Abstract Number: 1814 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RNA-Containing Immune Complexes Shift Human Neutrophils from Phagocytosing Cells to Efficient Releasers of Oxidized DNA in a Process Requiring Crosstalk Between Toll-like Receptors and Fc Gamma Receptor IIa
Christian Lood¹, Xizhang Sun², Lena Tanaka², Andrew Oberst³, Jeffrey Ledbetter² and Keith B. Elkon², ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), the extrusion of chromatin to capture microbes, has recently emerged as a possible mechanism that may increase the autoantigenic burden…
Abstract Number: 1813 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DNA Sensors Regulate Inflammation in a Model of Autoimmune Arthritis
Rebecca Baum¹, Shruti Sharma², Sudesh Pawaria³, Susan Carpenter⁴, Katherine A. Fitzgerald⁵, Ann Marshak-Rothstein⁶ and Ellen M. Gravallese⁷, ¹Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Department of Medicine - Infectious Diseases Division, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Innate immune sensors such as cytosolic DNA sensors and toll-like receptors (TLRs) detect viral or bacterial DNA, resulting in production of proinflammatory cytokines and…

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