Abstracts tagged "Fibroblasts, Synovial"

Abstract Number: 2507 • ACR Convergence 2023
ZCCHC6 Modulates the Global Phosphorylation Landscape in TNF-a-induced Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Anil Singh, Farheen Sultan Shaikh and Salahuddin Ahmed, Washington State university, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: ZCCHC6, also known as TUT7 or TENT2, plays a crucial role in RNA processing and metabolism through its uridylyl transferase function. This function involves…
Abstract Number: 0795 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Focal Adhesion Protein Lasp1 Links the Arp2/3 Complex to Cell-to-cell Contact Formation in Arthritic Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Denise Beckmann¹, Annika Krause¹, Uwe Hansen², Hans-Peter Kiener³, Joachim Kremerskothen¹, Hermann Pavenstädt¹, Adelheid Korb-Pap¹ and Thomas Pap¹, ¹University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ²University Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) undergo a stable transformation leading to an aggressive phenotype that mediates cartilage damage through increased levels of…
Abstract Number: 1769 • ACR Convergence 2023
TNF-Stimulated Production of IL-15 by Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes Mediates Human Resident Memory T Cells Development in Synovial Organoid Model
Margaret Chang¹, Maryrose Hahn², Madison Mangin¹, Brian Wauford¹, Rachel Blaustein³, Lauren Henderson¹, Kevin Wei⁴ and Peter Nigrovic¹, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are chronic autoimmune diseases that tend to flare repeatedly in the same joints, displaying joint-specific memory.…
Abstract Number: 2508 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chronic IL-6 Trans-Signaling Enhances Stem Cell-Like Characteristics of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Anil Singh and Salahuddin Ahmed, Washington State university, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Chronic exposure to IL-6 trans-signaling has been shown to significantly impact the characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASFs). Previous studies have demonstrated that…
Abstract Number: 0796 • ACR Convergence 2023
Role of Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Anders Nguyen¹, Agnieszka Lastowska¹, Miriam Bollmann¹, Symeon Kourmoulakis¹, Charlotte E. van der Plas¹, Anna-Karin Hultgård Ekwall², Dietmar M. Zaiss³, Gary S Firestein⁴ and Mattias N.D Svensson⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Kullavik, Sweden, ³Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immune Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Regensburg, Germany, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁵University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Immune-cell mediated activation of joint-lining fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) play a key role in joint inflammation and destruction during Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Thus, identifying factors…
Abstract Number: 1770 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dual Inhibition of TNF-α and OX40L on Synovial Inflammation and Osteoclastogenesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hee Sung Kwon¹, Mi Hyeon Kim², Jeoung Yeon Kim², Seon Uk Kim², Hae Rim Kang¹, Seo Yoon Ban³, Gyong Sik Ha⁴, Chung Min Lee⁴, Jeong Seok Lee⁵ and Eun Young Lee², ¹Interdisciplinary Program in Cancer Biology, Integrated Major in Innovative Medical Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Cancer biology, Graduate School of College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Research institute, IMBiologics Corp, Suwon, South Korea, ⁵Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory disease that leads to progressive cartilage and bone destruction. TNF superfamily member OX40 ligand (OX40L; CD252) is…
Abstract Number: 0798 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel 3D Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue Incorporating Fibroblasts, Endothelial Cells and Macrophages
Eva Philippon¹, Lisanne van Rooijen¹, Jan Piet van Hamburg¹, Fatemeh Khodadust¹, Conny Van der Laken² and Sander Tas³, ¹Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC - location VUMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam UMC, locatie AMC, Utrecht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a progressive and systemic autoimmune disorder associated with chronic and destructive inflammation of the joints. The hallmarks of RA are…
Abstract Number: 1773 • ACR Convergence 2023
Integrated Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes (FLS) Transcriptome and Chromatin Accessibility Identifies Mechanisms Associated with Location-specific Disease Severity
Eunice Choi¹, Camilla R. L. Machado², David Boyle¹, Wei Wang¹ and Gary Firestein², ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Mechanisms responsible for the distribution and severity of joint involvement in RA are not known. To explore whether site-specific FLS biology might contribute to…
Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting Fibroblasts in Inflammatory Disease Using Engineered T Cells
Samuel Kemble¹, Christopher Mahony², Charlotte Smith², Joel Rurik³, Haig Aghajanian³, Jonathan Epstein³, Mark Coles⁴ and Adam Croft², ¹University Birmingham, Rugeley, United Kingdom, ²University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast activation protein alpha (FAPa) expressing fibroblasts orchestrate tissue inflammation and damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as tissue immunity in primary Sjögren's…
Abstract Number: 1775 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase Inhibitor BB-CLA Decreases the Inflammatory and Fibrotic Responses in Macrophages and Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Exposed to Fibrinogen Modified with Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adduct and Citrulline
Jack Mordeson¹, Nozima Aripova¹, Michael Duryee¹, James O'Dell¹, Bryant England¹, Daniel Anderson¹, Ted R Mikuls² and Geoffrey Thiele¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Peptide citrullination and adduction with malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde adduct (MAA) are post-translational modifications involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Anti-cyclic-citrullinated peptide antibodies are >90%…
Abstract Number: 081 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Predicting Extension in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Megan Simonds¹, Kathleen Sullivan² and AnneMarie Brescia¹, ¹Nemours Children's Health, Wilmington, DE, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease of childhood and carries a risk of permanent joint damage and disability [1]. In…
Abstract Number: 0579 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterization of Terminal Uridyl Transferase Function in Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Anil Singh, Farheen Sultan Shaikh and Salahuddin Ahmed, Washington State university, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Terminal Uridyl Transferase (TUT) genes TUT4 and TUT7 mediate uridylation of mRNA and microRNAs to maintain cellular homeostasis via RNA turnover. Changes in the…
Abstract Number: 1148 • ACR Convergence 2022
GWAS Identified New Genes in Synovial Fibroblasts Linked to Early Remission in RA
Marc Maurits¹, lydia Abasolo Alcazar², Erik van den Akker³, Johan Askling⁴, Anne Barton⁵, Stephan Blüml⁶, Stephan Böhringer⁷, Andrew Cope⁸, Paul Emery⁹, Stephen Eyre⁵, Priya Gaddi⁵, Isidoro Gonzalez¹⁰, Carl Goodyear¹¹, Annette van der Helm-van Mil¹², Xinli Hu¹³, Tom Huizinga³, John D Isaacs¹⁴, Scott Jelinsky¹³, Martina Johannesson⁴, Samantha Jurado Zapata³, Changlin Ke³, Lars Klareskog⁴, Dennis Lendrem¹⁵, Myles Lewis¹⁶, Mingdong Liu³, Paul Martin¹⁷, Iain B McInnes¹⁸, Raphael Micheroli¹⁹, Ann Morgan²⁰, Fraser Morton¹¹, Najib Naamane¹⁵, Gisela Orozco⁵, Caroline Ospelt²¹, Leonid Padyukov⁴, Caron Paterson¹¹, Darren Plant⁵, Duncan Porter²², Arthur Pratt²³, Soumya Raychaudhuri²⁴, Louise Reynard¹⁵, Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez²⁵, Daniela Sieghart²⁶, Paul Studenic⁶, John Taylor²⁷, René Toes³, Marloes Verstappen³, Suzanne Verstappen⁵, Helga Westerlind⁴, Aaron Winkler¹³ and Rachel Knevel³, ¹LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ²IDISSC Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ³Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁷Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸King's College London, Surrey, United Kingdom, ⁹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹²Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹³Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, ¹⁴Institute for Translational and Clinical Research, Newcastle University and Musculoskeletal Unit, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ¹⁶Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ¹⁷The University of Manchester, Oberhaching, Germany, ¹⁸Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹⁹University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology, Zürich, Switzerland, ²⁰University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ²²Gartnavel General Hospital, Bearsden, United Kingdom, ²³Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, ²⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²⁵Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos, Rheumatology, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²⁷University of Leeds, Euclid, OH
Background/Purpose: In order to understand the genetic factors that lead to early remission in RA, we performed a GWAS to uncover important biological pathways.Methods: We…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2022
Molecular Profiling of Normal Human Synovium Reveals Striking Impact of Adipocytes and Homeostatic Cortisol Signaling
Heather Faust¹, Tan-Yun Cheng¹, Ilya Korsunsky¹, Gerald FM Watts¹, David Moody¹ and Michael Brenner², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The synovium encapsulates joints and contains fibroblasts which proliferate, become invasive, and drive disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). There is…
Abstract Number: 1235 • ACR Convergence 2022
Fibroblast Activation in Psoriasis Patients Assessed by 68Ga-FAPI-04 PET-CT Is Associated with Progression to Psoriatic Arthritis
Filippo Fagni¹, David Simon², Arnd Kleyer², Koray Tascilar², Jule Taubmann³, Sara Bayat¹, Ioanna Minopoulou³, Melek Yalcin Mutlu³, Armin Atzinger⁴, Torsten Kuwert⁴, Georg Schett⁵ and Chrstian Schmidkonz⁴, ¹University Hospital Erlangen; Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³University Hospital Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Prevalence of subclinical inflammatory lesions is high in patients with cutaneous psoriasis and constitutes a -risk constellation for the development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1.…

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