Abstracts tagged "DNA"

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…
Abstract Number: 62 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Implication of Rheumatoid Factor Formation According to Various Hepatitis B Virus Infection Status and Vaccination
Sang Tae Choi¹, Hyun Woong Lee², Jung-Soo Song¹, Soo Kon Lee³ and Yong-Beom Park⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ²Hepatology, Chung-Ang University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid factor (RF) is produced as a result of polyclonal B cell activation, but the reasons for its production are still unknown. RF positivity…
Abstract Number: 29 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Level of IL-1â-Induced Epigenetic Modifications Differ in Chondrocytes From Different Histological Zones of Human Cartilage
Nahid Akhtar¹ and Tariq M. Haqqi², ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University/Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Medicine/Rheumatology/Haman 586, Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) reduces mobility and function of the affected joint and is a leading cause of disability among the elderly. Recent evidence points to…

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