Abstracts tagged "Fibroblasts, Synovial"

Abstract Number: 0051 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of a Transcription Factor That Drives Polarization Toward Tissue-destructive Fibroblasts in Arthritis
MINGLU YAN¹, Noriko Komatsu¹, Ryunosuke Muro¹, Hiroyuki Takaba¹, Takeshi Nitta¹, Kazuo Okamoto¹, Masayuki Tsukasaki² and Hiroshi Takayanagi¹, ¹University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ²The Univerisity of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Fibroblasts exert important homeostatic functions but can also drive disease pathogenesis. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), synovial fibroblasts (SFs) contribute to the joint destruction by…
Abstract Number: 0620 • ACR Convergence 2022
Neovascularization Is Altered by Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts and Canstatin in Vitro and in Vivo
Corinna Heck¹, Daria Kürsammer¹, Klaus Frommer², Mona Arnold³, Stefan Rehart⁴, Ulf Müller-Ladner⁵ and Elena Neumann³, ¹Justus Liebig University Gießen, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Justus Liebig University Gießen, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ³JLU Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ⁴Agaplesion Markus Hospital, Dpt of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁵JLU Campus KK, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), neovascularization is increased in the activated and inflamed synovium. RA synovial fibroblasts (RASF) are key players in…
Abstract Number: 0499 • ACR Convergence 2022
Drivers of Heterogeneity in Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Melanie Smith¹, Vianne Gao², Edward DiCarlo¹, Susan Goodman¹, Thomas Norman², Laura Donlin¹, Christina Leslie² and Alexander Rudensky², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by hyperplasia of both the synovial lining, which forms the synovial fluid interface, as well as the synovial sublining,…
Abstract Number: 0623 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatoid Synovial Fibroblasts Display Imprinted Memory of Their Synovial Endotype Which Can Be Plastically Modulated by B-cells Crosstalk
Edoardo Prediletto¹, Cankut Cubuk², Elena Pontarini³, Felice Rivellese², Alessandra Nerviani², Davide Lucchesi³, Mattia Caliste¹, Elisa Corsiero¹, Manzoor Ahmed³, rebecca hands³, Myles Lewis², Costantino Pitzalis² and Michele Bombardieri⁴, ¹Wlliam Harvey Research Institute Queen Mary University on London, London, United Kingdom, ²Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ³William Harvey Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), synthetics and biologicals drugs are ineffective in ~40% of patients. The origin of this refractoriness…
Abstract Number: 0500 • ACR Convergence 2022
T Cell and Macrophage Synergy Drive Inflammatory Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid but Not Psoriatic Arthritis
Achilleas Floudas¹, conor Smith², Orla Tynan³, Nuno Neto⁴, Krishna Vinod⁵, Sarah Wade⁶, Megan Hanlon⁷, Clare Cunningham⁴, Viviana Marzaioli⁸, Mary Canavan⁹, Jean Fletcher³, Ronan Mullan¹⁰, Suzanne Cole¹¹, Ling-Yang Hao¹², Michael Monaghan⁴, Sunil Nagpal¹³, Douglas Veale¹⁴ and Ursula Fearon⁴, ¹Molecular Rheumatology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ²bTrinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Janssen, Spring House, PA, ⁶Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Wexford, Ireland, ⁷Molecular Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ¹¹Rheumatic Disease Associates, Warminster, PA, ¹²Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ¹³Janssen Research, Collegeville, PA, ¹⁴St. Vincent's University Hospital, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are common autoimmune diseases of unknown aetiology characterised by complex synovial pathology with a detrimental effect on the…
Abstract Number: 0626 • ACR Convergence 2022
Elucidating the Expression and Role of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts and a Rat Adjuvant-induced Arthritis Model
Meena Afroze Shanta¹, Farheen Sultan Shaikh², Bhanupriya Madarampalli³ and Salahuddin Ahmed², ¹College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, ²Washington State University, Spokane, WA, ³University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/Kexin type-9 (PCSK9) is the most recognized serine protease for its pathological role in cardiovascular diseases, however, its role in inflammatory diseases,…
Abstract Number: 0558 • ACR Convergence 2022
Molecular Interplay Between Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) and the YAP Pathway Mediates Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblast Activation
Brianne Barker¹, Megan Hanlon², Siobhan Wade¹, Douglas Veale³, Ursula Fearon¹ and Mary Canavan⁴, ¹Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Molecular Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ³St. Vincent's University Hospital, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: mTOR is a metabolic master regulator of both innate and adaptive immunity, however its exact role in synovial fibroblasts is unknown. RA synovial fibroblasts…
Abstract Number: 0627 • ACR Convergence 2022
Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Vascular Zonation of Myofibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovium
Kartik Bhamidipati¹, Roopa Madhu¹, Sonia Presti¹, Youngmi Kim², Ye Cui², Fan Zhang³, Anna Jonsson¹, Aparna Nathan¹, Nghia Millard¹, Deepak Rao¹, Laura Donlin⁴, Jennifer Anolik⁵, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹, Michael Brenner⁶, Ilya Korsunsky¹ and Kevin Wei⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Nanostring Technologies Inc., Seattle, WA, ³University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Many rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients do not achieve sustained remission despite multiple lines of therapy. Recent studies have linked the expansion of synovial fibroblasts…
Abstract Number: 0578 • ACR Convergence 2022
Interleukin-6 Trans-Signaling Induces Synovial Fibroblast Invasiveness by Utilizing Ets2 Protein
Anil Singh, Paul Panipinto, Farheen Sultan Shaikh and Salahuddin Ahmed, Washington State university, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease with a complex interplay of synovial cells and soluble factors that create the signatures of chronic inflammation…
Abstract Number: 1094 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mechanical Loading-induced BHLHE40 Promotes Inflammatory Arthritis
Eric Gracey¹, Carolien Vlieghe², Isabelle Cambre¹, Elisabeth Gilis¹, Flore Stappers³, Guillaume Planckaert¹, Rik Lories⁴, Aline Bozec⁵ and Dirk Elewaut⁶, ¹Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ²VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Belgium, Gent, Belgium, ³VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁵Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Force induced microdamage to joint tissue is hypothesized to trigger inflammatory events in the joint leading to arthritis. Patients with inflammatory arthritis, such as…
Abstract Number: 0515 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Extracellular Sulfatase-2 Inhibitor OKN-007 Abrogates TNF-α-induced Inflammatory Mediators in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Ruby Siegel, Sang Han and Salah-uddin Ahmed, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Recent unpublished findings from our lab show that the extracellular enzyme sulfatase-2 (Sulf-2) facilitates pro-inflammatory TNF-α signaling which activates rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASFs).…
Abstract Number: 0527 • ACR Convergence 2021
Role of Terminal Uridylyl Transferase 7 in TNF-α-Induced Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts In Vitro
Anil singh, farheen Shaikh and Salah-uddin Ahmed, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Terminal uridylyl transferase 7 (TUT7), also known as Zcchc6, is a zinc finger domain-containing protein responsible for terminal uridylation of miRNA, implicated in pre-miRNA…
Abstract Number: 0940 • ACR Convergence 2021
Overactivation of the Kinase IKK2 Causes a Hand Osteoarthritis-Like Phenotype in Mice
Sergio Ramirez-Perez, kyle Jones, Umesh Gangishetti and Pallavi Bhattaram, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) presents the highest prevalence among rheumatic diseases. Synovitis is a defining feature in hand OA that has been associated with radiographic…
Abstract Number: 1003 • ACR Convergence 2021
Significant Enrichment of Pathogenic CD206+CD163+ Macrophages in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue with Distinct Transcriptional Signatures
Megan Hanlon¹, Mary Canavan², Nuno Neto³, Qingxuan Song⁴, Phil Gallagher⁵, Ronan Mullan⁶, Conor Hurson⁷, Barry Moran³, Michael Monaghan³, Sunil Nagpal⁸, Douglas Veale⁹ and Ursula Fearon³, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity College, Santry, Ireland, ³Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Janssen Research & Development LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁵St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸Janssen Research, Collegeville, PA, ⁹University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Synovial tissue macrophages are an exquisitely plastic pool of innate cells that play a key role in RA disease progression. However, the precise nature,…
Abstract Number: 0011 • ACR Convergence 2021
Differential Inflammation-mediated Function of Prokineticin 2 in the Synovial Fibroblasts of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to Osteoarthritis
Kentaro Noda, Bianca Dufner and Rainer Straub, Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrine Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Prokineticin 2 (PK2) is a secreted protein involved in several pathological and physiological processes, including the regulation of inflammation, sickness behaviors, and the circadian…

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