Abstracts tagged "Fibroblasts, Synovial"

Abstract Number: 0600 • ACR Convergence 2022
Correlates Between Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Factors and Synovial Cell Phenotypes: Data from the Accelerated Medicines Partnership
Dana Weisenfeld¹, Fan Zhang², Laura Donlin³, Anna Jonsson¹, William Apruzzese¹, Debbie Campbell⁴, Ellen Gravallese⁵, Larry Moreland⁶, Susan Goodman³, Michael Brenner⁵, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹, Andrew Filer⁷, Jennifer Anolik⁸, Vivian Bykerk³ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴University of Rochester, Rochester, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁷University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁸University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have characterized the diverse cell types in the RA synovium through a multi-center consortium incorporating RNA-seq data. Due to the novelty of…
Abstract Number: 1733 • ACR Convergence 2022
Granzyme K Elicits a New Pathway for Complement Activation in RA Synovium
Anna Jonsson¹, Carlos Donado², Emma Gomez-Rivas¹ and Michael Brenner³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: T cells are major drivers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. Most research has focused on CD4 T cells, but we have found that CD8+…
Abstract Number: 0606 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mechanism of Joint-Specific Homeobox D10 Regulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
Hyeonjeong Lee¹, Camilla Machado², Deepa Hammaker³, Wei Wang⁴, David Boyle⁵ and Gary S. Firestein⁶, ¹University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²UCSD, San Diego, CA, ³UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, CA, ⁴University of California San Diego, San Diego, ⁵UCSD, La Jolla, CA, ⁶University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) have joint-specific epigenetic and transcriptome profiles. This is particularly notable for homeobox (HOX) genes, which contribute to joint…
Abstract Number: 2182 • ACR Convergence 2022
mRNA Vaccine Against Fibroblast Activation Protein Ameliorates Murine Models of Inflammatory Arthritis
Xiaowei Zhang¹, Antony Jozic¹, Pingfang Song¹, Qiang Xu², Xiaofei Shi³, Hong Wang⁴, Lindsey Bishop¹, Hillary Struthers¹, John Rutledge⁵, Shuang Chen¹, Fei Xu¹, Meaghan Hancock¹, Daocheng Zhu⁶, Gaurav Sahay¹ and Cong-Qiu Chu¹, ¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, ³Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China, ⁴Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China, ⁵Portland VA Research Foundation, Portland, ⁶Shanghai Kexin Biotechnology, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblasts in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) contribute substantially to the perpetuation of synovitis and invasion to cartilage and bone, and have been…
Abstract Number: 0607 • ACR Convergence 2022
Cadherin 6 Regulates Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblasts-Like Synoviocyte Aggressiveness
Camilla Machado¹, Hyeonjeong Lee², Sho Sendo³, Narayanan Perumal⁴, Wei Wang⁵, David Boyle⁵ and Gary S. Firestein⁶, ¹UCSD, San Diego, CA, ²University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³University California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, ⁴Eli Lilly Company, San Diego, ⁵University of California San Diego, San Diego, ⁶University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) display an aggressive behavior. Previous studies have implicated cadherins in FLS function in this phenotype, which are type…
Abstract Number: 0608 • ACR Convergence 2022
Wnt Pathway Regulators R-spondin 3 and Dickkopf-related Protein 3 Demarcate a Transcriptional Gradient That Drives Synovial Fibroblast Inflammatory Pathology in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alisa Mueller¹, Angela Zou², SABA NAYAR³, Emily Taylor³, Triin Major³, David H Gardner³, Gerald FM Watts¹, Adam Croft³, Roche Fibroblast Network Consortium⁴, Andrew Filer³, Christopher Buckley⁵, Kevin Wei⁶, ilya Korsunsky¹, Soumya Raychaudhuri¹ and Michael Brenner⁷, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁴Roche, Basel, Switzerland, ⁵University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblasts are key players in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) where they secrete inflammatory cytokines and directly instigate cartilage and bone destruction. However, most treatments…
Abstract Number: 0610 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient-derived Organoids Reveal Transcriptional Regulation of Synovial Lining Fibroblast Differentiation
Sonia Presti¹, Gerald FM Watts¹, Zhu Zhu¹, Kartik Bhamidipati¹, Junning Case¹, Yuhong Li¹, Teri Bowman¹, Suppawat Kongthong¹, ilya Korsunsky¹, Michael Brenner² and Kevin Wei³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Synovial lining fibroblasts secrete factors into the joint cavity that promote joint lubrication1. In inflammatory arthritis, sublining fibroblasts undergo marked expansion while lining fibroblasts…
Abstract Number: 0613 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Subsets of Synovial Fluid Derived Fibroblasts in Clinical Features of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kuninobu Wakabayashi¹, Takeo Isozaki², Kunika Shimizu¹, Kazutaka Kawamori¹, Noriko Konishi¹, Shinichiro Nishimi¹, Sho Ishii¹, Shin Ohta³ and Tsuyoshi Kasama¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) secrete inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, invade and degrade cartilage, and make pannus formation. Synovial fibroblasts characterized by the…
Abstract Number: 0029 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterizing the Anti-fibrotic Effect of Tofacitinib in TGF-β Stimulated Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes from Patients with OA
Sofie Falkenløve Madsen¹, Sarah Madsen², Elle Hollaar³, Thorbjørn Gantzel⁴, Anne-Christine Bay-Jensen³ and Christian Thudium³, ¹University of Copenhagen / Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark, ³Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Many osteoarthritis (OA) patients develop fibrosis of the synovial membrane leading to joint swelling, stiffness, and pain. Synovial fibroblasts activated in the synovial membrane…
Abstract Number: 0614 • ACR Convergence 2022
Post-translationally Modified Fibrinogen Activated Macrophages Drive the Expression of Fibrotic Genes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes
nozima Aripova¹, Michael Duryee¹, carlos hunter¹, Eric Daubach¹, Evan Ryan¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹ and Ted Mikuls², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Cellular interactions between synovial macrophages and human fibroblast-like synoviocytes (HFLS) contribute to articular inflammation and fibrosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), leading to subsequent joint…
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…

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