Abstract Number: 967 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
NF-κb-Inducing Kinase Regulates LTβR-Driven NF-κb Signaling and Inflammatory Activation of Endothelium
Background/Purpose: Sites of chronic inflammation, such as rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue, are characterized by neovascularization and often contain tertiary lymphoid structures with characteristic features of…Abstract Number: 1061 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiac Endothelial Cell Transcriptome Analyses Support a Pathological Role of Metabolic and Inflammasome Genes in Anti-SSA/Ro-Associated Congenital Heart Block
Background/Purpose: The role of Type I IFN in anti-SSA/Ro-associated Congenital Heart Block (CHB) may include an adverse consequence to the cardiac vasculature. One scenario consistent…Abstract Number: 1923 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals a Signature of Endothelial Injury in Scleroderma Skin
Background/Purpose: Vascular injury is a hallmark event in the pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Endothelial dysfunction happens early in the course of the disease and…Abstract Number: 2143 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating Endothelial Cells and Endothelial Activation Markers As Disease Activity Measures in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Background/Purpose: The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are systemic autoimmune diseases with chronic muscle inflammation and microvasculopathy of muscle and skin capillaries. Circulating endothelial cells (CECs),…Abstract Number: 2338 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Plasma Exosomes from Children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis Are Taken up By Human Aortic Endothelial Cells and Are Associated with Altered Gene Expression in Those Cells
Background/Purpose: The pathology of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is characterized by prominent vessel wall and perivascular inflammation. This feature of the disease has remained unexplained and…Abstract Number: 2813 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interferon-Induced APOL1 over-Expression Causes Autophagic Dysfunction and Mitochondrial Stress in Risk Variant-Carrying Endothelial Cells
Background/Purpose: In SLE Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variants (RV) associate with cardiovascular and end stage renal disease. APOL1 induction initially promotes cellular maintenance through autophagy;…Abstract Number: 2700 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Lymphatic System: A Gatekeeper for Migration of Pathogenic T-Cells Towards Synovial Joints and Entheses in Psoriasis
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis (PsO) is a common inflammatory skin disease that is characterized by acanthosis, impaired immune cell migration, and remodeling of the vascular and lymphatic…Abstract Number: 2836 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Microparticles of Endothelial Origin in Women with Systemic LUPUS Erythematosus UNDER Treatment
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory and multisystem disease. Microparticles (MPs) are cell membrane-shedded fragments released during apoptosis and cell activation. Several diseases are…Abstract Number: 2876 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
SLE Serum Impairs NO Production in Huvecs through Induction of eNOS Uncoupling
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) induces endothelial cell dysfunction (ECD) that can manifest as glomerulonephritis or atherosclerosis. Lupus-prone mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS,…Abstract Number: 477 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Conventional Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, but Not COX2 Selective Inhibitors, Are Beneficial on Vascular Function in Arthritis: A Study in Adjuvant Induced Arthritis
Background/Purpose: (RA) is associated with an increase in cardiovascular (CV) risk explained in part by an accelerated atherosclerosis as a consequence of endothelial dysfunction. Non-steroidal…Abstract Number: 1127 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Extracellular Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Is Essential for Hypoxia-Induced Angiogenesis in a Hypoxia Inducible Factor Independent Manner
Background/Purpose: Angiogenesis is a hallmark of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but also of other inflammatory processes, tissue regeneration and progressing tumors. In RA,…Abstract Number: 2066 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Ds-DNA Antibodies Regulate Atherothrombosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus through the Induction of Netosis, the Prothrombotic and Proinflammatory Activities of Monocytes and the Endothelial Activation
Background/Purpose: The role of anti-dsDNA in the pathogenesis of the systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been clearly established. However, the influence of these autoantibodies in…Abstract Number: 2149 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adipokines Alter the Interaction Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Adhesion and Endothelial Cells
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblast plays a key role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is a chronic polyarticular inflammatory disease. SF are able to migrate long distances…Abstract Number: 2154 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Pathogenic Functions of IL-11 on RA Joint Fibroblasts and Endothelial Cells
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting 2.5 millions of Americans. Several cytokines are involved in RA pathogenesis and may serve as…Abstract Number: 2287 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Urate and Its Association with Endothelial Dysfunction in Young Adults
Background/Purpose: Both serum urate (sUA) and endothelial dysfunction have been associated with hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Increasing sUA level has been associated with endothelial dysfunction…
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