Abstracts tagged "fibrosis"

Abstract Number: 1706 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dipeptidyl-Peptidase-4 (DPP4) Promotes Fibroblast Activation and Is a Potential Molecular Target for Treatment of Fibrosis
Alina Soare¹, Hermina Györfy¹, Alexandru Matei¹, Clara Dees¹, Chih-Wei Chen¹, Andreas Ramming², Georg Schett³ and Jörg Distler¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ²Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ³Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 (DPP4) has been reported to identify a dermal fibroblast lineage involved in scaring and its inhibition leads to reduced scar formation. Its role…
Abstract Number: 1707 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anabasum (JBT-101) on Gene Expression in Skin Biopsies from Subjects with Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis (dcSSc) and the Relationship of Baseline Molecular Subsets to Clinical Benefit in the Phase 2 Trial
Viktor Martyanov¹, Yolanda Nesbeth², Guoshuai Cai¹, Tammara A. Wood¹, Jake Reder², Scott Constantine³, Barbara White³, Robert F. Spiera⁴ and Michael L. Whitfield¹, ¹Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Celdara Medical, LLC, Lebanon, NH, ³Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Norwood, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Anabasum (JBT-101) is a non-immunosuppressive, synthetic, CB2 agonist that resolves inflammation and fibrosis in animal models of SSc and reduces TGF-β and collagen production…
Abstract Number: 1708 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Molecular Imaging Biomarkers for Personalized Medicine Strategies in Systemic Sclerosis-Related Interstitial Lung Disease
Janine Schniering¹, Martina Benesova^2,3, Matthias Brunner⁴, Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick⁵, Roger Schibli^2,3, Oliver Distler⁶, Cristina Müller^2,3 and Britta Maurer⁶, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences ETH-PSI-USZ, Center for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences ETH-PSI-USZ, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen-PSI, Switzerland, Villigen PSI, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States, Charleston, SC, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a life-threatening complication in SSc. In recent years, distinct genomic and molecular subtypes in SSc-ILD were identified and molecular…
Abstract Number: 1718 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role and Function of Monocyte-Derived Fibroblast-like Cells in Multi-Organ Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Michal Rudnik¹, Mara Stellato¹, Vincent Milleret², Przemyslaw Blyszczuk^1,3, Britta Maurer¹, Karin Klingel⁴, Joerg C. Henes⁵, Karl Sotlar⁶, Martin Ehrbar², Oliver Distler⁷ and Gabriela Kania¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Clinical Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland, ⁴Department of Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁶Institute of Pathology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Animal studies indicated bone marrow-derived cells as a source of pathological myofibroblasts in fibrosis of multiple organ including lungs, heart, skin and kidney. Monocytes…
Abstract Number: 1720 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TGF-ß-Induced Tissue Fibrosis in TBRIcaCol1Cre Transgenic Mice Is Abrogated By the Second Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor SKI-606 (Bosutinib)
Peter J. Wermuth and Sergio A. Jimenez, Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Bosutinib (SKI-606), a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor that blocks the activity of the BCR-ABL kinase responsible for Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemias, also…
Abstract Number: 1721 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long Noncoding RNA H19X Is a Key Regulator of Apoptosis and Proliferation of Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis and Other TGFβ-Driven Fibrotic Diseases
Elena Pachera¹, Adam Wunderlin¹, Shervin Assassi², Gloria Salazar², Mojca Frank Bertoncelj¹, Rucsandra Dobrota¹, Matthias Brock³, Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick⁴, Gerard Dijkstra⁵, Gerhard Rogler⁶, Tobias van Haaften Wouter⁶, Jörg Distler⁷, Gabriela Kania¹ and Oliver Distler¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States, Charleston, SC, ⁵Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of transcripts regulating gene expression. We have recently identified a novel lncRNA, H19X, which was upregulated in…
Abstract Number: 298 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anabasum (JBT-101) Enhances Resolution of Inflammation in Humans
Madhur Motwani¹, Fran Bennett¹, Mark Tepper², Barbara White², Paul Norris³, Raymond MacAllister¹, Charles Serhan³ and Derek Gilroy¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Norwood, MA, ³Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: Certain rheumatic diseases including systemic sclerosis (SSc) are characterized by chronic activation of innate immune responses, leading to excessive fibrosis. A normal innate…
Abstract Number: 1725 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-4 Exerts Anti-Fibrotic Effects and Its Levels Are Reduced in SSc-Associated Lung Fibrosis
Yunyun Su¹, Stanley Hoffman² and Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick³, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, charleston, SC, ²Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: The Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system plays an important role in cellular growth, proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and transformation; IGF binding proteins (IGFBP) exert cell…
Abstract Number: 552 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mast Cells Are Involved in the Pathogenesis of Sjögren Syndrome By Inducing Tissue Fibrosis
Shinjiro Kaieda¹, Kyoko Fujimoto², Masaki Okamoto³, Masaki Tominaga², Tomoaki Hoshino⁴ and Hiroaki Ida⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, *Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, kurume, Japan, ²Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ³Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁵Respiorogy, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mast cells have been implicated in many immune-inflammatory disorders. They mediate a variety of inflammatory and fibrotic conditions, but their role in sialadenitis and…
Abstract Number: 1924 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Nuclear Receptor ROR-Alpha As a Key Checkpoint of Tissue Repair
Rosebeth Kagwiria¹, Ruifang Liang², Chih-Wei Chen³, Thomas Burris⁴, Georg Schett⁵ and Jörg Distler⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of pharmacology and physiology, Saint Luis University-school of medicine, Florida, USA, St. Louis, Missouri, MO, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Retinoic-acid related Orphan Receptor-alpha (RORα) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily and a ligand-dependent transcription factor implicated in a wide range…
Abstract Number: 731 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of Progression of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Wanlong Wu¹, Suzana Jordan², Mike Oliver Becker³, Rucsandra Dobrota³, Shuang Ye⁴, Britta Maurer⁵ and Oliver Distler², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich; Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital South Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital South Campus, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: No data are available to distinguish between progressive and stable patients when mild lung fibrosis is diagnosed in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. This study…
Abstract Number: 1925 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TGFβ Promotes Fibrosis By MYST1-Dependent Epigenetic Regulation of Autophagy
Ariella Zehender¹, Neng-Yu Lin², Adrian Stefanica³, Chih-Wei Chen⁴, Alina Soare⁵, Thomas Wohlfahrt⁶, Simon Rauber⁶, Christina Bergmann⁷, Andreas Ramming⁸, Oliver Distler⁹, Georg Schett¹⁰ and Jörg Distler⁵, ¹1Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine III and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³1Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Autophagy (Atg) is catabolic process allowing cells to degrade unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular organelles. Aberrant activation of Atg has been implicated into the pathogenesis…
Abstract Number: 742 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative CT Evalutation in Diffuse Interstitial Lung Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: Usefulness of Lung Texture Analysis to Predict the Functional Change over Time
Silvia Bosello¹, Maria Elena Occhipinti², Giovanni Canestrari¹, Enrico De Lorenzis¹, Federico Parisi¹, Gerlando Natalello³, Grazia Leuconeo⁴, Anna Rita larici⁴, Chiara De Waure⁴, Gianfranco Ferraccioli⁵ and Elisa Gremese⁶, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Università Cattolica - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ²University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Division of Rhematology, Università Cattolica - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ⁴Università Cattolica - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ⁵Institute of Rheumatology, Università Cattolica - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli, Rome, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology - Institute of Rheumatology and Affine Sciences, Università Cattolica - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: The prognosis of patients with scleroderma and interstitial lung involvement (SSc-ILD) can be evaluated by combining data of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and high-resolution…
Abstract Number: 1926 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiac Remodeling in Systemic Sclerosis: TGF-β/Fra2-Dependent Autophagy As a Novel Target for Heart Fibrosis
Mara Stellato¹, Michal Rudnik¹, Florian Renoux¹, Elena Pachera¹, Karl Sotlar², Karin Klingel³, Joerg C. Henes⁴, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk^1,5, Oliver Distler¹ and Gabriela Kania¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Institute of Pathology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, ³Department of Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁵Department of Clinical Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
Background/Purpose: SSc patients frequently suffer from primary cardiac involvement. The main histological feature is fibrosis, but the mechanisms responsible for the heart failure remain unclear.…
Abstract Number: 763 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mechanisms of Insulin-like Growth Factor-II-Mediated Fibrosis
Sara Garrett¹, Justin Thomas², Eileen Hsu³ and Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick⁴, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA, ³Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Mclean, VT, ⁴Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Previous work has shown that insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II is increased in fibrosing lung diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and scleroderma/systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated…

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