Abstracts tagged "fibrosis"

Abstract Number: 0179 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Predicts Adverse Events in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
Attila Feher¹, Nabil Boutagy¹, Evangelos Oikonomou¹, Yi-Hwa Liu¹, Edward Miller¹, Albert Sinusas¹ and Monique Hinchcliff², ¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMVD) has been described in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease (ARD). By noninvasive evaluation of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial…
Abstract Number: 0542 • ACR Convergence 2021
Functional Characterization of Glycoprotein Nonmetastatic Melanoma Protein B in Scleroderma Fibrosis
Pamela Palisoc¹, Leah Vaikutis¹, Ellen Model¹, Morgan Omara¹, Dinesh Khanna¹, Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou¹ and Amr Sawalha², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB) is widely expressed on stromal cells and immune cells. It is involved in various cell functions such as…
Abstract Number: 0544 • ACR Convergence 2021
Targeting CD13/aminopeptidase N as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Scleroderma Fibrosis
Eliza Pei-Suen Tsou, M.Asif Amin, Phillip Campbell, Mikel Gurrea-Rubio, Morgan Omara, Ellen Model, Pamela Palisoc, Mustafa Ali, Sirapa Vichaikul, Jonatan Hervoso, Jeffrey Ruth, Dinesh Khanna and David Fox, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Aminopeptidase N, also known as CD13, is a Zn2+-dependent membrane bound ectopeptidase widely expressed in mammalian cells including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS),…
Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR Convergence 2021
Nerve and Airway-associated Tissue Resident Pulmonary Macrophages Limit Infiltration and Alter Phenotype of Infiltrating Monocytes and Fibrocytes to Reduce Pulmonary Fibrosis
Robert Freilich¹ and Kamal Khanna², ¹New York University Department of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ²New York University Department of Rheumatology & Microbiology, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Macrophages and monocytes are increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune induced pulmonary fibrosis. In addition to the well-recognized classes of tissue resident macrophages…
Abstract Number: 1381 • ACR Convergence 2021
Chemokines CCL2 and CCL17 as Potential Serum Biomarkers for Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Imon Barua¹, Håvard Fretheim², Hilde Jenssen Bjørkekjær³, Henriette Didriksen⁴, Oyvind Midtvedt², Trond Mogens AAløkken², Torhild Garen⁵, Oyvind Molberg⁶, John Belperio⁷ and Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Sørlandet sykehus HF, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁴Oslo University Hospital, Moss, Norway, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, ⁶Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Nepal, ⁷University of California Los Angeles Interstitial Lung Disease Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) carries high risk for progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD). Several anti-inflammatory therapies have been used to treat SSc-ILD and recently the…
Abstract Number: 1861 • ACR Convergence 2021
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Pathway and Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis Skin
Miruna Carnaru¹, Monique Hinchcliff², Ian Odell¹ and F. Perry Wilson³, ¹Yale School Of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT, ³Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Medicine Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disorder with chronic morbidity and high mortality. Disease pathogenesis involves microvascular damage, immune dysregulation, and fibrosis affecting…
Abstract Number: 1044 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
TGF-β Isoforms Modulate the RNA Cargo of Extracellular Vesicles (Exosomes) Isolated from Cultured Normal Human Lung Microvascular Endothelial Cells: A Mechanistic Link Between Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and the Establishment of a Profibrotic Phenotype in SSc?
Peter Wermuth¹ and Sergio Jimenez ¹, ¹Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine and Division of Connective Tissue Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Extracellular vesicles (EV) are a diverse assortment of lipid bilayer-bound vesicles of various sizes and origin. Exosomes are a subset of EV arising from…
Abstract Number: 1049 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Induction of a Profibrotic Phenotype in Normal Dermal Fibroblasts by Expression of PIM1 Kinase and Demonstration of Antifibrotic Effects of Inhibition of PIM Kinases in Systemic Sclerosis Dermal Fibroblasts
Danielle Pomante ¹, Sergio Jimenez ² and Sonsoles Piera-Velazquez¹, ¹Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine and Division of Connective Tissue Diseases, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: There is an urgent unmet need for effective therapeutic approaches for Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by progressive fibrosis of skin…
Abstract Number: 1058 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Inhibition of Histone Readers Bromodomain and Extraterminal Domain Proteins Alleviates Scleroderma Fibrosis
Sirapa Vichaikul ¹, Phillip Campbell ², M. Asif Amin ³, Jeffrey H. Ruth ³, Dallas Rohraff ¹, David Fox ⁴, Dinesh Khanna ⁵, Amr Sawalha ⁶ and Pei-Suen Tsou³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Autoimmunity Center of Excellence,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Scleroderma Program, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Autoimmunity Center of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁶University of Pittsburgh & University of Michigan, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Epigenetic regulation, including histone acetylation, plays an important role in scleroderma (SSc) fibrosis. The binding of the bromodomain and extra-terminal domain proteins (BRDs) to…
Abstract Number: 1061 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
PI3K-Akt Pathway Plays a Crucial Role in Production of Collagen in Fli1 Deficient Condition and Its Inhibitor Has the Therapeutic Potential in Treating Fibrosis
Yuko Ota¹, Atsushi Kitani ² and Warren Strober ², ¹Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Mucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Previous studies have shown that dermal fibroblast…
Abstract Number: 1066 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Dysregulated IL-6 Dependent Dermal Adenosine Signaling via Adenosine A2A Receptor May Drive Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Christopher Denton ¹, Shiwen Xu ², Sue Verma ³ and Voon Ong⁴, ¹University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Leadiant Biosciences, London, United Kingdom, ⁴UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London
Background/Purpose: Altered generation of adenosine from extracellular nucleotides by ectonucleotidases may orchestrate chronic injury responses and promote fibrosis via the adenosine A2A receptor (ADORA2A). We…
Abstract Number: 1073 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Identification of Distinct Pro-Fibrotic Monocyte and Macrophage Subsets in Systemic Sclerosis
Angela Tam¹, Lauren Reinke-Breen ², Glenda Trujillo ², Shiwen Xu ¹, Christopher Denton ³, David Abraham ¹, Gabor Jarai ² and Voon Ong ⁴, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pennington, ³University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁴UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation may modulate the balance of classical, intermediate and non-classical monocyte subsets (defined by CD14/CD16 expression)1. Monocytes are heterogeneous and subsets can be…
Abstract Number: 1231 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Improvement in Hepatic Fibrosis Estimated by Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) Index in Subjects with Chronic Refractory Gout Treated with Pegloticase
Naomi Schlesinger¹, Anthony Yeo ² and Peter Lipsky ³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Horizon Therapeutics plc, Lake Forest, IL, ³AMPEL BioSolutions, LLC, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: Hyperuricemia is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) (Yang C et al. PlosOne2017; 12:e0177249; Jaruvongvanich V et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017;…
Abstract Number: 2429 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Zipcode-Binding Protein 1 (ZBP1) Facilitates Ro60 Surface Translocation, Cellular Growth and Autoimmune Sequelae
Francis DiDonato¹, Jill Buyon ¹ and Robert Clancy ¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York
Background/Purpose: Despite the strong association of maternal anti-Ro60 autoantibodies in the development of SS, Neonatal Lupus (NL) and scLE, understanding causality is challenging given that…
Abstract Number: 2748 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Cracking a Novel Profibrotic Molecular Mechanism: lncRNA H19X and DDIT4L Crosstalk
Elena Pachera¹, Shervin Assassi ², Gloria Salazar ³, Mojca Frank-Bertoncelj ⁴, Jörg Distler ⁵, Gabriela Kania ⁶ and Oliver Distler ⁷, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, ⁴University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Centre of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an emerging class of noncoding transcripts involved in the regulation of gene expression in health and disease. LncRNAs function…

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