Abstracts tagged "Fibroblasts, Synovial"

Abstract Number: 0995 • ACR Convergence 2025
Resident Memory T Cells Stimulate Pathogenic Activity in Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Madison Mangin¹, Yang Yang², Yusuke Miyashita² and Margaret Chang², ¹Boston Children's Hospital, St Simons Island, GA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by joint specific memory. We previously demonstrated that joint-specific memory is mediated by CD8+ synovial resident…
Abstract Number: 0978 • ACR Convergence 2025
IL-17A+ HLA-DR-CCR6+ regulatory T cells: Dual role in T cell suppression and synovial inflammation in arthritis.
Bennie Heeswijk¹, Margot Bongenaar¹, Nadine Davelaar¹, Pascal de Jong¹, Hannah den Braanker¹, Radboud Dolhain¹ and Erik Lubberts², ¹Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for maintaining immune tolerance and limiting excessive immune responses. However, Tregs show high levels of heterogeneity and plasticity,…
Abstract Number: 0919 • ACR Convergence 2025
Proteomic Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles from Synovial Fluid of RA and OA Patients Reveals Cell-type-specific subpopulations and Disease Related Patterns
Stefanie Kurth¹, Andre Tiaden¹, Edveena Hanser¹, Simone Häner¹, Stavros Giaglis¹, Florian Geier¹, Dominik Burri¹, Katarzyna Buczak¹, Ute Heider², Stefan Wild², Yves Acklin¹, Christian Egloff¹ and Diego Kyburz³, ¹University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, ³University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted by virtually all cells and are known to carry bioactive cargo including proteins, RNA, DNA and metabolites. Analysis of…
Abstract Number: 0807 • ACR Convergence 2025
Deciphering Synovitis in Systemic Sclerosis
Celina Geiss¹, Miranda Houtman¹, Camino Calvo Cebrian¹, Raphael Micheroli², Melpomeni Toitou¹, Yannis Djeffal³, Alexandra Khmelevskaya¹, Mojca Frank-Bertoncelj¹, Sam Edalat¹, Thomas Rauer⁴, Kristina Bürki⁵, Chantal Pauli⁶, Michael Bonelli⁷, Thomas Karonitsch⁸, Oliver Distler⁹, Caroline Ospelt¹ and Muriel Elhai¹⁰, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³INSERM, IMRB, Université Paris Est Créteil, Paris, France, ⁴³Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Institute for Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Wien, Austria, ⁸Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁰University Hospital zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Synovitis is a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc), driving disability and predicting disease progression and mortality. Current immunosuppressive strategies, largely extrapolated from rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 0799 • ACR Convergence 2025
Citrullination of neutrophil serine proteases enhances proteolytic activity, stability and autoantigenicity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mario Navarrete Lagos, Ramiza Zaman, Jun Kim, Jeba Atkia Maisha, Hani El-Gabalawy and Liam O'Neil, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Background/Purpose: In Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), autoantibodies develop against endogenous proteins containing the amino acid citrulline, which results from a post-translational modification of arginine catalyzed by…
Abstract Number: 0797 • ACR Convergence 2025
Spatial transcriptomics identifies density-sensing fibroblasts in synovial lining
Sonia Presti¹, Kseniia Anufrieva², Ce Gao³, Sean Prell², Philip Blazar², Jeffrey Lange², Morgan Jones², Mihir Wechalekar⁴, Michael Brenner², Ilya Korsunsky⁵, Shideh Kazerounian² and Kevin Wei⁶, ¹Standford University, Stanford, ²Mass General Brigham, Boston, ³Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, DOM, BWH; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, DOM, BWH; Division of Genetics, DOM, BWH; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The synovial lining is crucial for joint homeostasis, forming a barrier and producing lubricants through specialized fibroblasts. These fibroblasts differ from sublining fibroblasts, which…
Abstract Number: 0798 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inhibition of Wnt Signaling Attenuates Inflammatory Arthritis Severity
Alisa Mueller¹, Angela Zou², Lucy-Jayne Marsh³, Samuel Kemble³, Saba Nayar³, Gerald Watts⁴, Cassandra Murphy⁵, Emily Taylor³, Triin Major³, David Gardner⁶, Christopher Buckley⁷, Kevin Wei⁸, Soumya Raychaudhuri⁵, ilya Korsunsky⁵, Andrew Filer⁹, Adam Croft¹⁰ and Michael Brenner¹¹, ¹Stanford University and VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford, CA, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Birmingham, Havelock North, New Zealand, ⁷University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁸Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁹The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University of Birmingham, Hagley, Stourbridge, United Kingdom, ¹¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Fibroblasts are critical in promoting pathogenic synovial inflammation and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Moreover, recent studies have pointed to their potential contribution…
Abstract Number: 0472 • ACR Convergence 2025
Detrimental Effects of Umbilical Cord Blood-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Intra-articular Injections on Pannus Invasiveness
Sung Eun Kim¹, Hye Lim Kang¹, Min Jung Kim², Hyung-Sik Kim³ and Kichul Shin⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ²Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical center, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Oral Biochemistry, Pusan National University School of Dentistry, Yangsan, Republic of Korea, ⁴Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Studies have shown that mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) infusion ameliorates arthritis in animal models. However, the first-pass effect in the lung has directed attention…
Abstract Number: 2613 • ACR Convergence 2025
Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT reveals increased fibroblast activation in synovial and enthesial tissues of psoriasis patients with arthralgia and predicts the development of psoriatic arthritis
Giulia Corte¹, Koray Tascilar², armin Atzinger³, Alp Temiz², Melek Yalcin Mutlu⁴, Rita Noversa de Sousa⁵, Maria Gabriella Raimondo⁶, Andreas Ramming⁷, Sara Bayat², Michael Sticherling⁸, Torsten Kuwert⁹, Christian Schmidkonz⁹, Georg Schett¹⁰ and Filippo Fagni¹¹, ¹- Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, erlangen, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine ³, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, ⁶Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Uniklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine ³, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) & Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Department of Dermatology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, ¹⁰Uniklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ¹¹Department of Medicine ³ - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany
Background/Purpose: 68Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT reveals fibroblast activation in vivo and is increasingly used to assess rheumatic diseases, including inflammatory arthritides. (1,2) We previously demonstrated that the…
Abstract Number: 0096 • ACR Convergence 2025
GLUT1-Dependent Targeting and Enhanced Selectivity of a Glucose-Methotrexate Conjugate in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Sebastian Makuch¹, Jacek Polański¹ and Wojciech Tański², ¹Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland, ²Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease where fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a central role in joint inflammation and destruction. Methotrexate (MTX), a…
Abstract Number: 0771 • ACR Convergence 2024
Arid5b Controls Pathologic Inflammatory versus Invasive Fibroblast Behavior
Angela Zou¹, Suppawat Kongthong², Cassandra Murphy², Gerald Watts³, Alisa Mueller⁴ and Michael Brenner⁵, ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblasts assume both inflammatory and tissue invasive roles in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Recent studies have shown that these inflammatory and invasive functions are…
Abstract Number: 0888 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genetically Determined Peptidylglycine Alpha-amidating Monooxygenase (PAM) Mediated Amidation Regulates Tissue Damage by Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Kevin Sheridan¹, Emma Doris¹, Maria Pimenta¹, Jemma Falkov¹, Matthew Fisher², Munitta Muthana², Denis Shields¹, Richard Mains³, Betty Eipper³, Christopher Buckley⁴ and Anthony Wilson⁵, ¹University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ³University of Connecticut, Connecticut, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The SNP rs26232 is associated with both risk and severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with the C allele associated with the susceptibility to RA,…
Abstract Number: 0894 • ACR Convergence 2024
HOXD13 Regulation of Primary Cilia in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts: Implications for Joint-Specific Pathogenesis
Masoumeh Mirrahimi¹, Kerstin Klein², Alexandra Khmelevskaya³, Eva Camarillo Retamosa³, Miranda Houtmen³, Oliver Distler¹ and Caroline Ospelt¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) follows a characteristic pattern of joint involvement. The embryonic development of limbs and joints influences certain joints' propensity to develop arthritis.…
Abstract Number: 0928 • ACR Convergence 2024
In Vitro Study of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes and Macrophages-Like Synoviocytes Isolated from Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis Patients and Healthy Subjects
monia Maccaferri¹, Francesco Zambianchi², Carlo Salvarani³ and Elisa Pignatti³, ¹Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy, ²Department of Maternal, Child and Adult Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ³Department of Surgery, Medicine Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with Interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Background/Purpose: Interactions between fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) and macrophage-like synoviocytes (MLSs) are pivotal in the pathogenesis of RA and PsA. FLSs both activate and are activated…
Abstract Number: 0940 • ACR Convergence 2024
Trans-endothelial Migration of Synovial Fibroblasts Promotes Arthritis Severity Through a PKD1-mediated Feedback Loop
Jaeyeon Kim, Richard Ainsworth and Nunzio Bottini, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: The application of single cell genomic approaches to the study of rheumatoid synovium has recently enabled scientists to study the complex relationship between different…

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