Abstracts tagged "Epigenetics"

Abstract Number: 151 • 2020 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Differences in Chromatin Architecture Between Treatment-Naïve Pediatric and Adult Lupus Patients
Joyce Hui-Yuen¹, Frank Jenkins ², Kaiyu Jiang ³, Betty Diamond ² and James Jarvis ⁴, ¹Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, ²Northwell Health, Manhasset, ³University at Buffalo, Buffalo, ⁴University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine, Buffalo
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is possibly triggered by gene-environment interactions. We showed most of the SLE haplotypes contain epigenetic marks associated with enhancer function…
Abstract Number: 2738 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Differential Methylation of Peripheral Blood Adaptive Immune Cells in Individuals at High Risk for RA and with Early RA Compared with Controls Identifies Pathways Important in Transition to Arthritis
Rizi Ai¹, David Boyle ², Deepa Hammaker ³, Kevin Deane ⁴, V. Michael Holers ⁵, Andre Matti ⁶, William Robinson ⁷, Jane Buckner ⁸, Navin Rao ⁹, Frédéric Baribaud ¹⁰, George Vratsanos ¹¹, Sunil Nagpal ⁹, Wei Wang ² and Gary Firestein ³, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, ²University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³University of California, San Diego, San Diego, ⁴University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Aurora, CO, ⁵University of Colorado Denver, Division of Rheumatology, Aurora, CO, USA, Denver, ⁶UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁸Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, ⁹Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA, ¹⁰Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ¹¹JNJ, Raritan, NJ
Background/Purpose: The “Targeting Immune Responses for Prevention of RA” (TIP-RA) collaboration studies individuals at high risk for developing RA because of serum anti-citrullinated protein antibody…
Abstract Number: 2740 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Takayasu Arteritis Associated Risk Locus in IL6 Represses the Anti-inflammatory Gene GPNMB Through Chromatin Looping and Recruiting MEF2-HDAC Complex
Xiufang Kong ¹ and Amr Sawalha², ¹University of Michigan & Fudan University, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Pittsburgh & University of Michigan, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Previous work has revealed a genetic association between Takayasu arteritis and a non-coding genetic variant in an enhancer region within IL6 (rs2069837 A/G). The…
Abstract Number: 2743 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Characterizing the Epigenomic Landscape of Psoriasis Patients Destined to Develop Psoriatic Arthritis
Remy Pollock¹, Rohan Machhar ¹, Vinod Chandran ² and Dafna Gladman ³, ¹Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ²University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ³Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Approximately 30% of psoriasis patients develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA), an inflammatory musculoskeletal disease, usually after psoriasis onset. A large proportion of individuals with PsA…
Abstract Number: 816 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Long Non-coding RNA HOTAIR Regulates BMP2 and Wnt Pathways in Synovial Fibroblasts
Muriel Elhai¹, Raphael Micheroli ¹, Mojca Frank-Bertoncelj ², Kerstin Klein ¹, Oliver Distler ³ and Caroline Ospelt ², ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland., Zürich, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Mechanisms involved in joint patterning of rheumatic diseases remain unknown. The long non-coding RNA HOTAIR is exclusively expressed in synovial fibroblasts (SF) from lower…
Abstract Number: 1013 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Effects of Anti-TNF on MiR Expression in Monocytes and CD4+ T-Lymphocytes in Spondyloarthritis
Olivier Fogel¹, Maud Fagny ², Elodie Roche ³, Nelly Sigrist ³, Jean-François Deleuze ⁴, Maxime Dougados ⁵, Corinne Miceli-Richard ¹ and Jorg Tost ³, ¹Paris Descartes University, Department of Rheumatology - Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, ²CEA-CNRGH-Institut François Jacob- Laboratoire Epigenetique et Envrironnement, Evry, Ile-de-France, France, ³CEA-CNRGH-Institut François Jacob- Laboratoire Epigenetique et Envrironnement, Evry, France, ⁴CEA-CNRGH-Institut François Jacob, Evry, France, ⁵Cochin Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: TNFα inhibitors are an effective treatment for many inflammatory diseases. However, their mechanism of action is more complicated than just blocking the targeted cytokine.…
Abstract Number: 1058 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Inhibition of Histone Readers Bromodomain and Extraterminal Domain Proteins Alleviates Scleroderma Fibrosis
Sirapa Vichaikul ¹, Phillip Campbell ², M. Asif Amin ³, Jeffrey H. Ruth ³, Dallas Rohraff ¹, David Fox ⁴, Dinesh Khanna ⁵, Amr Sawalha ⁶ and Pei-Suen Tsou³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Autoimmunity Center of Excellence,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁶University of Pittsburgh & University of Michigan, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Epigenetic regulation, including histone acetylation, plays an important role in scleroderma (SSc) fibrosis. The binding of the bromodomain and extra-terminal domain proteins (BRDs) to…
Abstract Number: 1937 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Mononuclear Leukocyte DNA Methylome Imprinting of Networked Signaling and Immunity Regulatory Pathways in Gout
Zengmiao Wang ¹, Ying Zhao ¹, Amanda Phipps-Green ², Ru Liu-Bryan ³, Arnold Ceponis ¹, David Boyle ⁴, Jun Wang ¹, Tony Merriman ⁵, Wei Wang ⁴ and Robert Terkeltaub⁶, ¹UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ²University of Otago, Otago, Otago, New Zealand, ³San Diego VA/UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ⁴University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁵University of Otago, Birmingham, AL, ⁶San Diego VA/UCSD, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout encompasses acute arthritis flares mediated by innate autoinflammatory responses to urate crystals, chronic granulomatous tophi, and synovitis promoting bone erosion and soft tissue…
Abstract Number: 1996 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Bromodomain Inhibitor, I-BET762 Inhibits Production of Pro-inflammatory in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes and Differentiation of Osteoclast
Ra Ham Kim¹, Hyun Jung Yoo ², Shin Eui Kang ³, Ji soo Park ⁴, Seon Uk Kim ⁵, Eun Young Lee ⁶, Jin Kyun Park ⁶ and Yeong-Wook Song ⁷, ¹Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Repulbic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea., Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁵Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, and College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁷Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder, characterized by joint inflammation and bone destruction. The fibroblast-like synoviocyte(FLS) contributes to the pathogenesis of RA…
Abstract Number: 2001 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Survivin Controls the Transcriptional Activity by Changing the Pattern of Histone H3 Marks on Chromatin
Karin Andersson ¹, Malin Erlandsson ¹, Anastasius Damdimopoulos ², Robin Bremer ¹, Maja Jensen ³, Maria-José Garcia-Bonete ³, Gergely Katona ³ and Maria Bokarewa¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The oncoprotein survivin coded by the BIRC5 gene was described as an important marker in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Survivin participates in cell division being…
Abstract Number: 2008 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Histone Lysine Methyltransferase MLL1 Regulates the Expression of Cytokines and Chemokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Yasuto Araki¹, Keita Okamoto ¹, Yoshimi Aizaki ¹, Hiromi Oda ² and Toshihide Mimura ¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan, ²Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the joints. The inflammatory process causes the activation of synovial fibroblasts (SFs) and…
Abstract Number: 921 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multi-Omics Analysis Identifies a Gene Signature Associated with the Clinical Response to Anti-TNF Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Adrià Aterido¹, Jesús Tornero², Francisco J Blanco³, Benjamin Fernandez Gutierrez⁴, Antonio Gonzalez⁵, Juan D. Cañete⁶, Joan Maymó⁷, Mercedes Alperi-López⁸, Alejandro Olivé-Marqués⁹, Hector Corominas¹⁰, Víctor Martínez-Taboada¹¹, Isidoro Gonzalez-Alvaro¹², Antonio Fernandez-Nebro¹³, Alba Erra¹⁴, Simón Sánchez-Fernández¹⁵, María López-Lasanta¹, Mireia López-Corbeto¹, Raül Tortosa¹, Laia Codó¹⁶, Sara Marsal¹ and Antonio Julià¹, ¹Rheumatology Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain, ³Rheumatology Department, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Laboratorio Investigación 10 and Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria-Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology Service, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Asturias, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-IP, Madrid, Spain, ¹³UGC de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA) Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga Departamento de Medicina y Dermatología, Universidad de Málaga, MÁLAGA, Spain, ¹⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital San Rafael, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital General La Mancha Centro, Ciudad Real, Spain, ¹⁶Life Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory arthritis affecting up to 1% of the population. Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibitors have significantly improved…
Abstract Number: 1902 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pathogenic and Therapeutic Modulation of Activating Epigenetic Memory at a Novel Enhancer for TGFβ2 in Systemic Sclerosis
Joseph Shin¹, Zsuzsanna McMahan², Julie J. Paik², Ami A. Shah³, Fredrick M. Wigley³ and Harry C. Dietz^1,4, ¹Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Howard Hughes Medical Institue, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is an etiologically mysterious disease, in which adults acquire an inflammatory prodrome with progressive fibrosis of the skin and viscera. In…
Abstract Number: 1959 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Stability of DNA Methylation Signature in Primary RA Synovial Fibroblasts Compared with Cultured Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Rizi Ai¹, Deepa Hammaker², Wei Wang³ and Gary S. Firestein⁴, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an aggressive immune-mediated joint disease with synovial inflammation and joint destruction. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a key role in mediating…
Abstract Number: 1964 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epigenetic Changes of Energy Metabolism-Related Genes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Brian Pedersen¹, Roxana Coras^1,2, Wei Wang³, Gary S. Firestein¹ and Monica Guma^1,2, ¹Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellatera, Spain, ³Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Epigenetic changes contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a comprehensive epigenomic characterization of RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) has recently been described.…

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