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Abstracts tagged "Fibroblasts"

  • Abstract Number: 1925 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Interleukin-35 Is Upregulated in Systemic Sclerosis and Its Serum Levels Are Increased in Early Disease

    Michal Tomcík1, Pawel Zerr2, Katrin Palumbo-Zerr2, Hana Storkanova1, Hana Hulejova3, Maja Spiritovic4, Ondrej Kodet5, Jiri Stork5, Radim Becvar1, Jiri Vencovsky1, Karel Pavelka6, Maria Filkova7, Jorg HW Distler2 and Ladislav Senolt8, 1Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, 3Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, 4Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 5Department of Dermatology and Venereology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 6Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 7Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 8Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

    Background/Purpose: Interleukin-35 (IL-35) is the most recent addition to the IL-12 family, which also comprises IL-12, IL-23 and IL-27. IL-35 consists of two chains, p35/IL-12a…
  • Abstract Number: 3104 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Abnormal DNA Methylation in a Novel PTPN11 Enhancer Increases Destructive Potential of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes (FLS) and Joint Inflammation

    Keisuke Maeshima1, Stephanie M. Stanford2, Deepa Hammaker1, Cristiano Sacchetti2, Rizi Ai3, Vida Zhang4, David L. Boyle5, Lifan Zeng6, German Muench7, Gen-Sheng Feng8, John Whitaker9, Zhong-Yin Zhang6, Wei Wang10, Nunzio Bottini2 and Gary S. Firestein5, 1Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 2Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, 3Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 4Division of Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, 5Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 6Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 7La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, 8Pathology and Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 9Janssen Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, CA, 10Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) mediate disease pathogenesis by invading the joint extracellular matrix. The PTPN11 gene, encoding the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2, is overexpressed…
  • Abstract Number: 1927 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Salinomycin Induces Potent Suppression of TGF-β1-Mediated Expression of Profibrotic Genes in Cultured Dermal Fibroblasts from Normal Donors and from Donors with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc): A Novel Anti-Fibrotic Treatment for Tissue Fibrosis in SSc

    Peter J. Wermuth1 and Sergio A. Jimenez2, 1Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 2Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center,Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    Background/Purpose: Activated myofibroblasts are the primary mediators of the excessive synthesis and deposition of collagens and other extracellular matrix (ECM) macromolecules during the pathogenesis of…
  • Abstract Number: 2012 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    TNF Confers Pathogenic Memory in Synovial Fibroblasts Via Chromatin Remodeling, NF-Kb-Dependent Transcription and MAPK-Mediated mRNA Stabilization

    Konstantinos Loupasakis1, Christopher Sohn2, Lionel B. Ivashkiv3 and George D. Kalliolias2, 1Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 2Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 3Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program and the David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: We investigated mechanisms driving pathogenic behavior of synovial fibroblasts (FLS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: FLS from RA patients (1987 classification criteria) were extracted.…
  • Abstract Number: 2133 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Alpha Enhances Rheumatoid Synovial Fibroblast Signaling and Promotes Arthritis in Mice

    Stephanie M. Stanford1, Mattias N. D. Svensson1, Cristiano Sacchetti1, Caila A. Pilo1, Dennis J. Wu1, William B. Kiosses2, Annelie Hellvard3, Brith Bergum3, German R. Aleman Muench1, Christian Elly1, Yun-Cai Liu1, Jeroen den Hertog4,5, Ari Elson6, Jan Sap7, Piotr Mydel3, David L. Boyle8, Maripat Corr8, Gary S. Firestein8 and Nunzio Bottini1, 1Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, 2The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 3Clinical Science, Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Bergen, Norway, 4Hubrecht Institute-Koninklijke Nederlands Akademie van Wetenschappen and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 5Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, 6Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 7Epigenetics and Cell Fate, Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France, 8Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) promote disease pathogenesis by aggressively invading the joint extracellular matrix. The focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signaling pathway is…
  • Abstract Number: 2135 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    miRNA-223 Delivery to Synovial Fibroblasts Via Monocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promotes Their Proliferation

    Florian M.P. Meier1, Derek S. Gilchrist1, Derek Baxter2, Diane Vaughan1, Margaret Mullin3, David W. McCarey4, Pawel Herzyk5, Julie Galbraith5, Donna McIntyre1, Russka Shumnalieva6, Ulf Müller-Ladner7, Iain B. McInnes8 and Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska1, 1Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ayr, Ayr, United Kingdom, 3School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 5Polyomics Facility, Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 6Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic of Rheumatology, Sofia, Bulgaria, 7Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, 8Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: Recently, it was shown that extracellular vesicles (EV) convey microRNAs (miR) from platelets to endothelial cells1and regulate recipient cell gene expression. Interaction of synovial…
  • Abstract Number: 2137 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Critical Role of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes Glycolytic Metabolism in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Ricard Garcia-Carbonell1, Ajit Divakaruni1, Alessia Lodi2, Ildefonso Vicente-Suarez3, Hilde Cheroutre4, Gerry Boss1, Arindam Saha1, Stefano Tiziani5, Anne Murphy6, Gary S. Firestein7 and Monica Guma6, 1University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 3LIAI, La Jolla, CA, 4Autoimmune Research, LIAI, La Jolla, CA, 5Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 6Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 7Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

     Background/Purpose: Glucose metabolism is altered not only in tumor cell growth but also in immune cells on activation. However, little is known about glucose metabolism…
  • Abstract Number: 12 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Delta-like 1 Enhances the Production of Pro-Inflammatory Mediators By Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes

    Chiyoko Sekine, Department of Clinical Research Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Notch signaling is known to regulate cell fate decision and differentiation during embryonic and post-natal development. I have been reported that a Notch ligand…
  • Abstract Number: 2446 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Synovial Fluid Proteins Differentiate Patients with Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Who Are Destined to Extend from Those Who Will Remain Persistent in Course

    AnneMarie C. Brescia1, Megan M. Simonds2, Kathleen E. Sullivan3 and Carlos D. Rose4, 1Pediatric Rheumatology, Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, 2Nemours Research, Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, 3Allergy Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 4Pediatrics, Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Wilmington, DE

    Background/Purpose: Children with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who have an extended course (recruitment of 5 or more joints after 6 months of disease) have…
  • Abstract Number: 21 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Pseudostarvation Using the AMPK Activator Metformin Downregulates Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue

    Lorna Gallagher1, Ursula Fearon2, Douglas J. Veale3, David Kane4, Luke A. O'Neill5 and Ronan Mullan4, 1Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 2St. Vincent's University Hospital, Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Dublin 4, Ireland, 3St Vincent's University Hospital, Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Dublin 4, Ireland, 4Department of Rheumatology, Tallaght Hospital, TCD, Dublin 24, Ireland, 5Inflammation Research, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Background/Purpose: AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a highly conserved, regulator of cellular energy status. In inflammation, AMPK inactivation is associated with increased glucose consumption through…
  • Abstract Number: 2515 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    MEK5/ERK5, a Lynchpin of Human Cardiac Fibroblast Transdifferentiation to a Scarring Phenotype in Autoimmune Congenital Heart Block

    Andrew Markham1, Robert Clancy2, Mukundan Attur3 and Jill P. Buyon2, 1Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 3Rheumatology Research, NYU - Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Transplacental passage of maternal autoantibodies (Ab) reactive with the SSA/Ro-SSB/La ribonucleoprotein complex is associated with the development of cardiac injury in the fetus passively…
  • Abstract Number: 1166 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Expression and Function of Proviral Integration Site for Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus 1 (PIM-1) Kinase in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes

    Yong Seok Choi1, You Jung Ha2, Jaehyung Hur3, Eun Ha Kang4, Yeong Wook Song5 and Yun Jong Lee2, 1Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, South Korea, 2Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine,Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea, 3Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, South Korea, 4Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, South Korea, 5Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Background/Purpose: The Proviral Integration site of Moloney murine leukemia virus (PIM) kinases are important mediators of cell survival and considered as attractive targets in cancer…
  • Abstract Number: 2549 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Characterizing the RPTPσ Mediated Proteoglycan Switch As a Target for Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy

    Karen M. Doody1, Stephanie M. Stanford1, Mattias N. D. Svensson1, Cristiano Sacchetti1, Gary S. Firestein2, A. Radu Aricescu3 and Nunzio Bottini1,4, 1Cellular Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, 2Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 3Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 4Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose:   RPTPσ (gene PTPRS) is a protein tyrosine phosphatase that binds heparan sulfate- and chondroitin sulfate-containing proteoglycans with its extracellular immunoglobulin domains 1 and…
  • Abstract Number: 1169 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Crossregulatory Mechanisms Between Synovial Fibroblasts and Macrophages Relevant in RA Pathogenesis

    Jennifer Ding1, Lionel B. Ivashkiv2 and Laura T. Donlin1, 1Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program and the David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: Macrophages and synovial fibroblasts function as key drivers of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We have developed a co-culture system that aims to define…
  • Abstract Number: 2573 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Confirmatory Analysis of Methylome Signatures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Using an Independent Dataset

    Rizi Ai1, Deepa Hammaker2, Wei Wang3 and Gary S. Firestein4, 1University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, 3Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 4Div of Rheumatology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA

    Background/Purpose: Epigenetics can contribute to the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A DNA methylation signature that distinguishes RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) from osteoarthritis (OA) FLS…
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