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Abstracts tagged "Epigenetics"

  • Abstract Number: 116 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Identifying Matricellular Protein CYR61 As a Potential Anti-Fibrotic and Pro-Angiogenic Mediator in Scleroderma

    Pei-Suen Tsou1, Dinesh Khanna2 and Amr H Sawalha1, 1Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: Vascular abnormalities represent a fundamental event in the pathogenesis of scleroderma (SSc) in that endothelial cell (EC) damage triggers a self-fueling process ending in…
  • 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. Dietz1,4, 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 Coras1,2, Wei Wang3, Gary S. Firestein1 and Monica Guma1,2, 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.…
  • Abstract Number: 2011 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Juvenile Arthritis-Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Identified on Whole Genome Sequencing Show Enrichment within H3K9me3-Marked Regions

    Shannon O'Leary1, Evan Tarbell2, Kaiyu Jiang3, Tao Liu1,4 and James Jarvis5,6, 1Genetics, Genomics, & Bioinformatics Program, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 2Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 3Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 4Biochemistry, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, 5University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Genetics, Genomics, & Bioinformatics Program, Buffalo, NY, 6Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY

    Background/Purpose: We have found extensive alterations in chromatin accessibility when the CD4+ T cells of children with active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are compared…
  • Abstract Number: 2044 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Impaired microRNA Processing in Neutrophils from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Confers Their Pathogenic Profile. Modulation By Biological Therapies

    Ivan Arias de la Rosa1, Patricia Ruiz-Limon1, Carlos Perez-Sanchez2, Maria Carmen Abalos-Aguilera1, Yolanda Jiménez-Gómez2, Irene Cecchi3, Rafaela Ortega-Castro2, Miguel Angel Caracuel-Ruiz4, Jerusalem Calvo-Gutierrez2, Alejandro Escudero-Contreras1, Eduardo Collantes-Estévez2, Chary Lopez-Pedrera4 and Nuria Barbarroja2, 1Rheumatology Service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, 2Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, 3Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases- Coordinating Center of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Network for Rare Diseases, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Italy, Turin, Italy, 4IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

    Background/Purpose: Neutrophils are the most abundant cells in synovial fluid, having all the features of activated cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including prolonged cell survival,…
  • Abstract Number: 2053 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Global Mirna Expression and Transcriptomic Profiling of Monocytes from RA Patients

    Marzena Ciechomska1, Krzysztof Bonek2, Piotr Gluszko2, Marzena Olesinska2, Bartosz Wojtas3, Vladimir Benes4 and Wlodzimierz Maslinski1, 1Department of Pathophysiology and Immunology, National Institute of Geriatrics Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw, Poland, 2Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Geriatrics Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw, Poland, 3Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw, Poland, 4The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany, Heidelberg, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Infiltration of the synovium by mononuclear cells, including monocytes, is one of the main features of RA. Monocytes are the first immune cells which…
  • Abstract Number: 2074 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Micrornas Deregulation in Monocytes and T CD4 Lymphocytes from Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis

    Olivier Fogel1, Andreas Bugge Tinggaard2, Maud Fagny1, Nelly Sigrist3, Elodie Roché3, Laurence Leclère3, Jean-François Deleuze4, Maxime Dougados5, Corinne Miceli-Richard6,7 and Jorg Tost1, 1Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, Institut François Jacob, CEA, Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment, Evry, France, 2Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus, Denmark, 3Laboratory for Epigenetics and Environment, Evry, France, 4Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, Evry, France, 5Paris Descartes University, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, 6Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Immunoregulation Unit, Paris, France, 7Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France

    Background/Purpose: MicroRNAs have been shown to play a crucial role during innate or adaptive immune response. Deregulation of miRNAs has been described in several autoimmune…
  • Abstract Number: 1727 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis in Systemic Sclerosis Reveals Hypomethylation of Interferon-Associated Genes in CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells

    Weilin Pu1, Weifeng Ding2, Lei Wang3, Shuai Jiang4, Wenzhen Tu3, Shicheng Guo5, Qingmei Liu6, Yanyun Ma4, Sidi Chen7, Wenyu Wu6, Xiaodong Zhou8, Maureen D. Mayes9, Shervin Assassi9, John D. Reveille9, Li Jin10 and Jiucun Wang10, 1State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences,, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China, 2Medical Laboratory Center, Medical Laboratory Center, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China, Nantong, China, 3Division of Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, Shanghai TCM-integrated Hospital, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China, 4Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China, 5Department of Bioengineering, Department of Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, CA, USA, San Diego, CA, 6Department of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China, 7State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences,, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China, 8Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 9University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 10State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China

    Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex systemic autoimmune disease caused by complicated interaction between genetic, epigenetic and environmental risk factors. Evidence showed epigenetic modifications,…
  • Abstract Number: 1791 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    TET1 Is an Important Transcriptional Activator of the Tnfa Locus in Macrophages

    Emmanuel Karouzakis1, Fangfang Sun2, Agnieszka Pajak1, Shuang Ye2, Steffen Gay1, Oliver Distler3 and Michel Neidhart1, 1Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital South Campus, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 3Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages are found in the inflamed and hyperplastic synovial RA tissue. Macrophages are the main producers of high levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such…
  • Abstract Number: 1925 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    TGFβ Promotes Fibrosis By MYST1-Dependent Epigenetic Regulation of Autophagy

    Ariella Zehender1, Neng-Yu Lin2, Adrian Stefanica3, Chih-Wei Chen4, Alina Soare5, Thomas Wohlfahrt6, Simon Rauber6, Christina Bergmann7, Andreas Ramming8, Oliver Distler9, Georg Schett10 and Jörg Distler5, 11Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 2Department of Internal Medicine III and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, 31Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 4Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, 5Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, 6Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 7Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 8Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, 9Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 10Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

    Background/Purpose: Autophagy (Atg) is catabolic process allowing cells to degrade unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular organelles. Aberrant activation of Atg has been implicated into the pathogenesis…
  • Abstract Number: 2654 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Treatment-Associated DNA Methylation Patterns in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Juliana Imgenberg-Kreuz1,2, Jonas Carlsson Almlöf1, Dag Leonard3, Gunnel Nordmark2, Maija-Leena Eloranta3, Leonid Padyukov4, Iva Gunnarsson4, Elisabet Svenungsson4, Christopher Sjöwall5, Lars Rönnblom2, Ann-Christine Syvänen1 and Johanna K Sandling1,2, 1Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, 2Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, 3Rheumatology and Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, 4Department of Medicine Solna, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, 5Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/AIR, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Linköping, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: DNA methylation has emerged as an important contributing factor in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE typically requires continuous treatment to control…
  • Abstract Number: 2829 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Complete Epigenetic Landscape of Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes Reveals Unanticipated Critical Pathogenic Pathways

    Rizi Ai1, Teresina Laragione2, Deepa Hammaker3, David L. Boyle4, Andre ‎ Wildberg5, Keisuke Maeshima3, Emmanuele Palescandolo6, Vinod Krishna6, Bryan Linggi7, David Pocalyko8, John W. Whitaker9, Percio S. Gulko2, Wei Wang10 and Gary S. Firestein11, 1UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2Medicine/Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 3Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 4University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 5Chemistry and Biochemistry, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, LA JOLLA, CA, 6Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Spring House, PA, 7janssen Pharmaceuticals, Spring House, PA, 8Janssen Research, Spring House, PA, 9Janssen Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, CA, 10Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 11Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose: Epigenetics participates in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Epigenetic marks, gene expression and DNA polymorphisms have been investigated but the analyses are limited…
  • Abstract Number: 66 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling of OA PBMCs Reveals Slowed Epigenetic Aging Among Rapid Radiographic Progressors: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)

    Alexander Rivas1, Madison Andrews2 and Matlock A. Jeffries3, 1Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 2College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 3Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

    Background/Purpose: Extensive evidence has correlated epigenetic alterations in articular tissues with both the presence and progression of human osteoarthritis. A recent study demonstrated that accelerated…
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