Abstracts tagged "fibrosis"

Abstract Number: 1850 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Optimization of a Murine Model to Recapitulate Dermal and Pulmonary Features of SSc
Tomoya Watanabe¹, Tetsuya Nishimoto², Jonathan Heywood³, Stanley Hoffman⁴, Logan Mlakar⁴ and Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³Rheumataology, Medical University of South Carolina, Chareston, SC, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: The murine bleomycin (BLM)-induced fibrosis model is the most widely used in systemic sclerosis (SSc) studies. Traditionally, daily subcutaneous injections of BLM for 4-6…
Abstract Number: 1852 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decreased Expression of Sirtuin 7 By Lung Fibroblasts from Patients with Scleroderma Contributes to Elevated Collagen Production
Anne E. Wyman^1,2, Zahid Noor¹, Nevins W. Todd^1,2, Irina G. Luzina^1,2 and Sergei P. Atamas^1,2, ¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Changes in the expression levels of sirtuins (SIRTs), a family of NAD+-dependent histone deacetylases,…
Abstract Number: 1859 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fucosyltransferase-1 Mediated Fucosylation of TGF-βR1 Is Critical to TGF-β Signaling in Scleroderma and in Bleomycin-Induced Fibrosis
W. Alexander Stinson¹, Pei-Suen Tsou^1,2, Yuxuan Du³, Huadong Cui¹, Ellen Cealey³, Nicholas Lepore⁴, Ray A. Ohara¹, Gautam Edhayan¹, Sarah Arwani¹, Rachel Morgan¹, Dinesh Khanna^1,2, David A. Fox¹ and M. Asif Amin⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Rheumatology, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by systemic fibrosis. The dysregulation of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling causes proliferation of myofibroblasts…
Abstract Number: 1860 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activating Transcription Factor 3 – a New Linkage Between Vasculopathy and Organ Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Thomas Wohlfahrt¹, Alina Soare², Tatjana Mallano², Morgane Gourlaouen³, Stephen Moss³, Britta Maurer⁴, Oliver Distler⁴, Tsonwin Hai⁵, Georg Schett², Jörg Distler² and Andreas Ramming², ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Institute of Ophthalmology, Department of Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Colombus, OH
Background/Purpose: Since vascular manifestations such as Raynaud’s phenomenon and morphological changes on nailfold capillaroscopy often precede the onset of other clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis…
Abstract Number: 1862 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modelling Healthy and Scleroderma Fibrotic Skin in Vitro: Mechanical Stress Alters Macrophage Cytokine Expression and Triggers Signalling Via the Mechano-Sensing Transcription Factor Myocardin-Related Transcription Factor-a
Angela Tam¹, Shiwen Xu¹, Henry Lopez¹, Korsa Khan², Bahja Ahmed Abdi³, Henrique Rosario⁴, Nikita Arumalla², Mark Gibson², Christopher Denton², David Abraham², Barbara D Smith⁵ and Richard J Stratton², ¹Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective tissue disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Medicine, Centre of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Skin involvement is one of the most prominent clinical features in scleroderma. There is a marked contrast in mechanical stiffness between healthy forearm skin…
Abstract Number: 2068 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells – Cellular Source of Profibrotic Mediators Rapidly and Persistently Recruited in Experimental Fibrosis and Systemic Sclerosis
Stefanie Weber¹, Thomas Wohlfahrt¹, Simon Rauber¹, Markus Luber¹, Matthias Englbrecht², Clara Dees³, Christian Beyer⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Georg Schett³, Joerg HW Distler³ and Andreas Ramming⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: We aimed to profile ILC2s in fibrotic tissues and to evaluate the functional impact of IC2s in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 2069 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dipeptidyl-Peptidase-4 (DPP4) Positive Fibroblast Subpopulation Promotes Fibrosis and Are a Molecular Target for Treatment of Fibrosis
Alina Soare^1,2, Simon Rauber³, Thomas Wohlfahrt¹, Clara Dees⁴, Ruifang Liang⁴, Yun Zhang¹, Chih-Wei Chen¹, Andreas Ramming⁵, Oliver Distler⁶, Carina Mihai⁷, Georg Schett⁴ and Joerg HW Distler⁴, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose: Dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 (DPP4) has been recently shown to identify a distinct dermal lineage with intrinsic fibrogenic potential and its targeted inhibition leads to reduced scar…
Abstract Number: 2071 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Expression of Neuraminidase 1 (NEU1) Is Upregulated in the Lungs of Scleroderma Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Gene Delivery of NEU1 to Mouse Lungs Elicits Accumulation of CD8+ Lymphocytes and Collagen
Irina G. Luzina^1,2, Anne E. Wyman^1,2, Virginia Lockatell², Zahid Noor², Nevins W. Todd^1,2, Simeon E. Goldblum^1,2 and Sergei P. Atamas^1,2, ¹Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: We and others have previously reported that pulmonary fibrosis in patients with scleroderma is accompanied by pulmonary accumulation of predominantly CD8+ T lymphocytes. Earlier…
Abstract Number: 811 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Basophils Are Activated and Stimulate Both B Cells and Fibroblasts in Systemic Sclerosis
Benjamin Chaigne¹, Nicolas Dumoitier², Alexis Regent¹, Benjamin Terrier³, Jonathan London², Matthieu Groh¹, Nathalie Thieblemont⁴ and Luc Mouthon⁵, ¹National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ²INSERM U1016, Institut Cochin, Equipe Neutrophiles et Vascularites, Paris, France, ³Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Inserm U1016, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Referral Center for Rare Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare multisystem connective tissue disease characterized by skin and internal organs fibrosis and vascular abnormalities, along with the presence…
Abstract Number: 2355 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Histology of Bone Marrow Lesions in Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Literature Review
S. van Beest¹, F.P.B. Kroon¹, W. Damman¹, J.W. Schoones², A. Ioan-Facsinay¹ and M. Kloppenburg³, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Walaeus Library, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) are of high interest in osteoarthritis for their association with pain and structural progression. They are characterized on magnetic resonance…
Abstract Number: 812 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Monocytes/Neurotrophins/Myofibroblasts As a Novel Axis in Systemic Sclerosis
Michal Rudnik¹, Mara Stellato¹, Elena Pachera¹, Rucsandra Dobrota¹, Britta Maurer¹, Joerg C. Henes², Karin Klingel³, Karl Sotlar⁴, Przemyslaw Blyszczuk⁵, Oliver Distler¹ and Gabriela Kania¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ³Department of Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ⁴Institute of Pathology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, ⁵Cardioimmunology, Center of Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease, which is characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and vasculopathy in multiple organs, mainly in the lung, heart and…
Abstract Number: 2422 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cyclic Amp, Erk5, and Transdifferentiation of Cardiac Fibroblasts in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Congenital Heart Block
Androo Markham¹, Sara Rasmussen², Miki Blumenberg³, Robert M Clancy² and Jill P. Buyon¹, ¹Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Dermatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Maternal autoantibodies (Ab) reactive with the Ro/La ribonucleoprotein complex are associated with the development of cardiac injury in a fetus passively exposed to these…
Abstract Number: 823 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Phase 2 Study of Pomalidomide (CC-4047) to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Effectiveness in Subjects with Systemic Sclerosis with Interstitial Lung Disease
Vivien Hsu¹, Christopher P.Denton², Robyn T. Domsic³, Daniel E. Furst⁴, Maureen Rischmueller⁵, Marina Stanislav⁶, Virginia D. Steen⁷, Douglas Hough⁸, Shimon Korish⁹, Alyse Cooper¹⁰, Peter H. Schafer¹¹ and Suktae Choi¹², ¹Rheumatology, RWJ Med Schl Scleroderma Prog, New Brunswick, NJ, ²Centre of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, ⁶Research Rheumatology Institute n. a. V.A. Nassonova, Moscow, Russia, ⁷Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁸Clinical Research, Celgene Corporation, Warren, NJ, ⁹33 Technology Drive, Celgene Corporation, Warren, NJ, ¹⁰Immunology & Inflammation, Clinical Research, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, ¹¹Department of Translational Development, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, ¹²Biostatistics, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ
Background/Purpose: Pomalidomide (POM) is an IMiD compound, structurally similar to thalidomide. POM binds to cereblon and facilitates Ikaros and Aiolos degradation, resulting in immunomodulation of…
Abstract Number: 2507 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Liver Fibrosis Using Transient Elastography in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Exposed to Long Term Methotrexate
Min Kyung Chung¹, Seo Hwa Kim², Haneul Kim¹, Jung Hee Koh¹, Jennifer Lee³, Seung-Ki Kwok⁴, Ji Hyeon Ju⁵ and Sung-Hwan Park⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ²Division of Rheumatology,, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, The Republic of, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴[email protected], Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) has been recommended for the first line therapy of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), either alone or in combination with other DMARDs such as…
Abstract Number: 829 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Level of Chemokine CCL2 Is Associated with Lung Fibrosis Progression and Reduced Survival in Two Independent Systemic Sclerosis Cohorts
Anna Hoffmann-Vold¹, Richard Huyen², Elizabeth R. Volkmann², Oyvind Midtvedt¹, Vyacheslav Palchevskiy², May Brit Lund³, Torhild Garen¹, Trond Mogens Aalokken⁴, Anders Heiervang Tennøe¹, Stephen Samuel Weigt², Mike Shino², Rajan Saggar⁵, David Ross², Joseph Lynch III², Thor Ueland⁶, Michael Fishbein⁷, Pål Aukrust⁸, Øyvind Molberg¹ and John A Belperio², ¹Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Respiratory Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁷Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Research Intitute for Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Markers for early identification of progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) are in demand. The proto-typical inflammatory chemokine CCL2 has been linked…

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