Abstracts tagged "Gene Expression"

Abstract Number: 2096 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of RA Heterogeneity in Two Independent Cohorts of Patients
Joshua Joung, Yauheniya Cherkas and Sarah Lamberth, Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose RA is known to be a heterogeneous disease, with heterogeneity existing in both clinical symptoms and responses to therapies. Molecular assessment of this heterogeneity…
Abstract Number: 772 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RNA-Seq and Mir-Seq Analysis of SSc Skin Across Intrinsic Gene Expression Subsets Shows Differential Expression of Non-Coding RNAs Regulating SSc Gene Expression
Zhenghui Li¹, Eleni Marmarelis², Kun Qu³, Lionel Brooks⁴, Patricia Pioli⁴, Howard Chang³, Robert Lafyatis⁵ and Michael Whitfield⁴, ¹Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁵Arthritis Center, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease with a heterogenous and complex phenotype. Previously, our lab has identified four gene expression subsets (fibroproliferative,…
Abstract Number: 1950 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Circulating CD19⁺CD38⁺CD43⁺ B Cell Subset in SLE Patients Have More Cell Cycle Related Genes Than Healthy Controls
Hiroshi Fujii¹, Tomoaki Machiyama¹, Kanae Akita², Yukiko Kamogawa¹, Ryu Watanabe¹, Yoko Fujita³, Yuko Shirota⁴, Shinichiro Saito⁵, Tomonori Ishii⁶ and Hideo Harigae¹, ¹Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ²Department of Heatology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ³Department of Hematolgy and rheumatolgy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁴Department of Hematology and Rheumatolgy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁵Department of hematology and rheumatology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, ⁶Seiryouchou Aobaku, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with deposition of autoantibodies such as anti DNA antibody. After activation of B cells…
Abstract Number: 751 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dissecting the Heterogeneity of Skin Gene Expression Patterns in Systemic Sclerosis
Shervin Assassi¹, William Swindell², Minghua Wu¹, Filemon K. Tan¹, Dinesh Khanna³, Daniel E. Furst⁴, Donald Tashkin⁵, Richard Jahan-Tigh⁶, Maureen D Mayes¹, Johann Gudjonsson² and Jeffrey T. Chang⁶, ¹Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ²Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: To examine the heterogeneity of global transcriptome patterns in systemic sclerosis (SSc) skin from a large cohort of patients and controls. Methods: Skin biopsies…
Abstract Number: 1920 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predicting SLE Disease Activity in the Next Year Based on Measures of Four Gene Transcripts and Two Proteins
Laurence S Magder¹, Eric Zollars², Jadwiga Bienkowska³, Chris Stebbins⁴, Carrie Wager⁵, Linda Burkly⁶, Nicolas Wisniacki⁷, Ann Ranger⁸ and Michelle Petri⁹, ¹Epidemiology and Public health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Div of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Translational Medicine, Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, MA, ⁴Translational Medicine, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Biostatistics, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ⁶Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ⁷Formerly with Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ⁸14 Cambridge Center, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA, ⁹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose Multiple gene transcripts and proteins in blood or urine have been observed to correlate with disease activity in SLE. However some observed associations might…
Abstract Number: 631 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Joint and Bone Related Pathways Discriminate Psoriatic Arthritis Lesional Skin from Psoriasis vulgaris Lesional Skin
Jennifer Belasco¹, James S. Louie², Nicholas Gulati¹, Nathan Wei³, Kristine Nograles⁴, Hiroshi Mitsui¹, Mayte Suarez-Farinas¹ and James G. Krueger¹, ¹Krueger Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, ²Rheumatology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center of MD, Frederick, MD, ⁴The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: It is preferable to start therapy as early as possible in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) because of the destructive nature of the arthritis. Starting treatment…
Abstract Number: 146 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Arthritis Severity Locus Cia4 Is An Early Regulator of IL-6, IL-1β, and NFκB activators’ Expression in Pristane-Induced Arthritis
Max Brenner^1,2, Teresina Laragione^1,2 and Percio Gulko^1,2, ¹Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²Molecular Medicine, Hosftra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY
Background/Purpose: Cia4 is a quantitative trait locus on rat chromosome 7 that regulates disease severity and joint damage in three models of rheumatoid arthritis including…
Abstract Number: 1895 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification Of Aberrant Pathways In Osteoarthritis Using RNA-Seq
Kathleen M. Fisch¹, Masahiko Saito², Ryuichiro Akagi¹, Stuart Duffy¹, Andrew I. Su¹ and Martin K. Lotz¹, ¹Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, ²Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent joint disease that is characterized by the destruction of articular cartilage, although the disease process affects all joint tissues. …
Abstract Number: 478 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis Of The JAK1 Selectivity Of GLPG0634 and Its Main Metabolite In Different Species, Healthy Volunteers and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
René Galien¹, Béatrice Vayssière¹, Steve de Vos², Marielle Auberval¹, Nick Vandeghinste², Sonia Dupont¹, Philippe Clément-Lacroix¹, Philippe Delerive¹, Frédéric Vanhoutte², Reginald Brys², Annegret Van der Aa², Luc Van Rompaey² and Gerben van 't Klooster², ¹Galapagos SASU, Romainville, France, ²Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The 4 Janus kinases (JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2) are cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases that transduce intracellular signaling for cytokines including interleukins and interferons, and…
Abstract Number: 150 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Subset Of Osteoarthritis Individuals Has Elevated IL-6 Pathway Activation Associated With Worse Symptoms
Michael Kuziora¹, Zheng Liu², Brandon W. Higgs², Philip Brohawn², Kim Lehmann², Fernanda Pilataxi², Katie Streicher², Lydia Greenlees¹, Meina Liang³, Rozanne Lee⁴, Amy Schneider⁴, Raffaella Faggioni⁴, Yihong Yao² and Koustubh Ranade², ¹Translational Science, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, ²Translational Sciences, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD, ³Dmpk, MedImmune, LLC, Hayward, CA, ⁴DMPK, MedImmune, LLC, Hayward, CA
Background/Purpose: Elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 have been found in the affected joint of patients with osteoarthritis (OA), although the prevalence of OA…
Abstract Number: 1883 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fine Mapping and Expression Of a Locus Overlapping 3 Types Of Inflammatory Arthritis
Kathryn J. A Steel¹, Anne Hinks¹, Annie Yarwood², Stephen Eyre³, Edward Flynn³, Paul Martin¹, Anne Barton^3,4 and Wendy Thomson^1,5, ¹Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal BRU, Central Manchester Foundation Trust and University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: In a recent fine-mapping study using the Immunochip array, the RUNX1 region was strongly associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA p=5x10-10), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA…
Abstract Number: 63 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigations On The Role Of Delta/Notch Like EGF-Related Receptor In The Pathogenesis Of Osteoarthritis
Lucija Berninger¹, Anna Balkenhol¹, Clemens Baier², Stefan Rehart³, Markus Rickert⁴, Ulf Müller-Ladner¹, Elena Neumann⁵ and Matthias Geyer¹, ¹Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Orthopaedic surgery, University of Regensburg, Bad Abbach, Germany, ³Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Markus-Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Dept of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Delta/Notch like EGF-related receptor (DNER) is a single-pass transmembrane protein with characteristic EGF-like repeats in the extracellular domain, similar to those of the Notch…
Abstract Number: 159 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transcriptomic Blood Markers and Molecular Stratification In Sarcoidosis
Robert Su¹, Michael Li², Nirav Bhakta², Misha Agarwal², Prescott Woodruff² and Laura Koth², ¹Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Sarcoidosis is a heterogeneous disease with diverse manifestations and varied clinical courses. Currently there are no reliable non-invasive biomarkers of disease activity or severity.…
Abstract Number: 1779 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized Controlled, Clinical, Histological and mRNA Profiling Pilot Study Of Endurance Exercise In Myositis
Li Alemo Munters^1,2, Ingela M. Loell³, Joan Raouf⁴, Maryam Dastmalchi³, Eva Lindroos⁵, Christina Ottosson⁶, Yi-Wen Chen⁷, Annemarie F van Delden⁸, Mona Esbjörnsson⁹, Marina Korotkova¹⁰, Helene Alexanderson¹¹, Kanneboyina Nagaraju¹² and Ingrid E. Lundberg¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, , Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Physiotherapy, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA., Washington DC, DC, ⁸Department of Medicine,, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹²Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, DC, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: This pilot study is a hypothesis-driven exploratory part of a larger randomized controlled trial evaluating effects of a supervised 12-week endurance exercise program (EG)…
Abstract Number: 31 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IgD- CD27- B Cells From Systemic Lupus Erythematous Patients Have Increased Expression Of Genes Involved In RNA Sensing and Toll-Like Receptor 3 Signaling Pathways
Scott Jenks¹, Edward Ramos² and Ignacio Sanz³, ¹Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: SLE patients have perturbations in B cell subsets including a large expansion of IgD-CD27- B cells (DN) in patients with active disease. Patients also…

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