Abstracts tagged "Gene Expression"

Abstract Number: 1974 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamics of Transcriptional Signatures from Synovial Macrophage Subsets during Acute and Chronic Murine Models of Inflammatory Arthritis
Philip J. Homan¹, Anna B Montgomery², Salina Dominguez³, Carla M. Cuda³, Harris Perlman³ and Deborah R. Winter³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Macrophages play an integral role in the progression and persistence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through production of degradative enzymes, cytokines, and chemokines and recruitment…
Abstract Number: 1094 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Endogenous Ifnβ Production Is Required for Efficient BCR Crosslinking and Survival of SLE B Cells
John D. Mountz¹, Shanrun Liu², PingAr Yang³, Qi Wu⁴, Bao Luo⁵, W. Winn Chatham⁶ and Hui-Chen Hsu⁴, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical center, Birmingham, AL, ²Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Medcine/Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Increased type I interferon (IFN) has been shown to affect survival and activation of B cells in SLE. This study investigated novel mechanisms of…
Abstract Number: 1978 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome Wide Association Studies in SLE Predict E-Genes and Gene Expression Patterns That Inform Ancestral-Specific Molecular Pathways and Targeted Therapies
Katherine Owen¹, Carl Langefeld², Bryce Aidukaitis¹, Adam Labonte¹, Michelle Catalina¹, Prathyusha Bachali¹, Timothy D Howard³, Amrie Grammer¹ and Peter E. Lipsky¹, ¹AMPEL BioSolutions and RILITE Research Institute, Charlottesville, VA, ²Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-organ autoimmune disorder with an important genetic component. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have linked many single nucleotide polymorphisms…
Abstract Number: 1102 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multi-Organ RNA-Sequencing of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Finds That Intrinsic Subsets Are Conserved across Organ Systems
Bhaven K. Mehta¹, Jennifer Franks², Yue Wang¹, Guoshuai Cai², Diana M. Toledo³, Tammara A. Wood², Kimberly A. Archambault¹, Noelle Kosarek¹, Kathleen D. Kolstad⁴, Marianna Stark⁵, Antonia Valenzuela⁶, David Fiorentino⁷, Nielsen Fernandez-Becker⁸, Laren Becker⁸, Linda Nguyen⁹, John Clarke¹⁰, Francesco Boin¹¹, Paul Wolters¹², Lorinda Chung¹³ and Michael L. Whitfield¹⁴, ¹Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ³Department of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁸Gastroenterology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁰Gastroenterology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ¹¹Rheumatology, University California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹²Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹³Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ¹⁴Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Internal organ involvement is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Here we tested the hypothesis generated from a meta-analysis…
Abstract Number: 2014 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Next Generation Sequencing Analysis of Familial Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Related Genes in Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) and Secondary HLH (sHLH)
Chiara Passarelli¹, Manuela Pardeo², Ivan Caiello³, Elisa Pisaneschi¹, Antonella Insalaco², Francesca Minoia⁴, Andrea Taddio⁵, Francesco Licciardi⁶, Antonio Novelli¹, Fabrizio De Benedetti⁷ and Claudia Bracaglia², ¹Unit of Medical Genetics, Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy, ³Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy, ⁴Reumatologia Pediatrica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, ⁶SCDU Pediatria II, Immunoreumatologia, Ospedale Pediatrico Regina Margherita, Turin, Italy, ⁷IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy
Background/Purpose: Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), a severe complication of pediatric rheumatic disease, is currently classified among the secondary forms of HLH (sHLH). Primary HLH (pHLH)…
Abstract Number: 1109 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gene Expressions of TMEM176A and TMEM176B Were Prominent at the Stage of Subclinical Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Soichiro Fuke², Takashi Ohno³, Yoshiharu Sato⁴ and Toshie Higuchi¹, ¹Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Japan Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²Department of Cardiology, Japan Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ³Management of medical safety, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ⁴DNA Chip Research Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is prominent as a vascular involvement of systemic sclerosis (SSc), which remains a leading cause of death in spite of…
Abstract Number: 2023 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Patterns of Interferon-Response-Gene Expression May Elucidate Different Pathomechanisms That Drive IFN-Response-Gene Activation in Patients with Presumed IFN-Mediated Autoinflammatory Diseases
Adriana Almeida de Jesus¹, Yanfeng Hou², Louise Malle³, Scott Canna⁴, Gina A. Montealegre Sanchez¹, Hanna Kim⁵, Rachel VanTries¹, Seza Ozen⁶, Samantha Dill⁷, Dawn C. Chapelle⁷, Bernadette Marrero¹, Yan Huang¹, Angelique Biancotto⁸ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹, ¹Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section (TADS), Laboratory of Clinical Investigation and Microbiology (LCIM), NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Department of Rheumatology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Shandong, China, ³Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁴RK Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research, University of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburrgh, PA, ⁵Pediatric Translational Research Branch, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Hacettepe University Vasculitis Center (HUVAC), Ankara, Turkey, ⁷Pediatric Translational Research Branch, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Center for Human Immunology Autoimmunity and Inflammation (CHI), NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Many infants and children with early-onset autoinflammatory diseases are mutation-negative for genetically known autoinflammatory diseases. Recent data suggest a role for Type-I interferon dysregulation…
Abstract Number: 1118 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Systemic Sclerosis
Yue Wang¹, Jennifer Franks² and Michael L. Whitfield³, ¹Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ³Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disorder with poor outcomes and no FDA-approved therapies. Prior work has shown gene expression patterns associated with…
Abstract Number: 2024 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of B and T Cell Subsets, Cytokine Expression and Synovial Pathology in Down’s Arthritis (DA) and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Charlene Foley¹, Achilleas Floudas², Mary Canavan², Monika Biniecka², Emma-Jane MacDermott³, Orla G Killeen³, Ronan Mullan⁴ and Ursula Fearon⁵, ¹Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, National Centre for Paediatric Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ²Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland, ³National Centre for Paediatric Rheumatology, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Rheumatology, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Down syndrome (DS) is a common chromosomal disorder associated with a range of medical & immune abnormalities e.g. increased susceptibility to infections & a…
Abstract Number: 832 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Single Cell Analysis Reveals Heterogeneity of Type I IFN Gene Expression in Developing Autoreactive B Cells
Jennie Hamilton¹, PingAr Yang², Qi Wu³, Bao Luo⁴, Shanrun Liu⁵, Jun Li⁶, Mark Walter⁷, Eleanor Fish⁸, Hui-Chen Hsu³ and John D. Mountz⁹, ¹Medicine/Division of Clinical Immunology and Rhematology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Department of Medicine, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸University Health Network & Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: B cell development involves passage through a formative transitional B cell stage in the spleen. In SLE, self-nucleic acid reactive B cells fail to…
Abstract Number: 2191 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Widespread Regulation of Gene Expression By Glucocorticoids in Chondrocytes from OA Patients As Determined By NGS-Based Genome Wide Expression Analysis
Antti Pemmari, Erja-Leena Paukkeri, Mari Hämäläinen, Tiina Leppänen and Eeva Moilanen, The Immunopharmacology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Tampere, Finland
Background/Purpose: In osteoarthritis (OA), chondrocytes display marked changes in their gene expression profile. Some of these are thought to be protective [e.g. increased synthesis of…
Abstract Number: 937 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Treatment Response in Polyarticular JIA Is Associated with Transcriptional Changes and Chromatin Reorganization in CD4+ T Cells
Evan Tarbell¹, Kaiyu Jiang², Yanmin Chen², Tao Liu³ and James Jarvis⁴, ¹Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ²Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Biochemistry, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, ⁴Department of Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: To identify transcriptional changes in CD4+ T cells as children with polyarticular JIA transition from active disease to remission, and to identify underlying changes…
Abstract Number: 2326 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modeling Transcriptional Rewiring in Neutrophils through the Course of Treated Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Zihua Hu¹, Kaiyu Jiang², Mark B. Frank³, Yanmin Chen² and James Jarvis⁴, ¹Center for Computational Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ²Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Department of Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Background/Purpose: We have previously shown that neutrophils in children with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) display abnormal transcriptional patterns linked to fundamental metabolic derangements. These…
Abstract Number: 25 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Novel Role for Galectin-3 Binding Protein in B Cell Biology and Antibody Secretion
Shinji Okitsu¹, Melinda Genest¹, Nuruddeen Lewis¹, Evgeni Tzvetkov¹, Yin Wu², Andrew Bender¹, Arnon Arazi³, Thomas Eisenhaure³, Edward Browne⁴, Alex Rolfe⁵, Jonathan Derry⁶, William Pendergraft III⁷, Nir Hacohen⁸, Julie DeMartino⁵ and Jaromir Vlach⁵, ¹TIP Immunology, EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA, ²TIP Immunology, EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc. (a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Billerica, MA, ³Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵EMD Serono Research and Development Institute, Billerica, MA, ⁶Iris Bioconsulting, Bainbridge Island, WA, ⁷Kidney Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁸Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Antibodies are important in protection against pathogens, but also harbor the potential to cause autoimmune disease when directed against self-antigens. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)…
Abstract Number: 1015 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Key Genes and Pathways between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis By Integrative Genome-Wide Gene Expression Profiling Analysis
Rongqiang Zhang^1,2, Aimin Yang³, Xiaomei Ren², Jie Zhang³, Xiaoli Yang⁴, Qiling Liu², Na Sun², Puwei Yuan⁵ and Yongmin Xiong⁴, ¹School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Xi'an 710061, China, Xi'an, China, ²Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712046, China, Xianyang, China, ³School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, US, Providence, RI, ⁴School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Trace Elements and Endemic Diseases of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Xi'an 710061, China, Xian, China, ⁵Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712046, China, XianYang, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Osteoarthritis (OA) are two most common types of joint diseases with lots of similar symptoms, and their pathological mechanisms remain…

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