Abstracts tagged "genomics"

Abstract Number: 1059 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differentially-Utilized Transcription Factors and Enhancers in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes
Jonathan Mills¹, Gary S. Firestein² and Brian Pedersen², ¹Rheumatology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) display a unique aggressive phenotype with a distinct epigenetic profile marked by altered chromatin accessibility. We hypothesized that differentially utilized…
Abstract Number: 1903 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Molecular Analysis of a Skin Equivalent Tissue Culture Model System of Systemic Sclerosis Using RNA Sequencing, Epigenetic Assays, Histology, and Immunoassays
Diana M. Toledo¹, Mengqi Huang², Yue Wang², Bhaven K. Mehta², Tammara A. Wood³, Avi Smith⁴, Yolanda Nesbeth⁵, Irena Ivanovska⁶, Brock Christensen⁷, Patricia A. Pioli⁸, Jonathan Garlick⁴ and Michael L. Whitfield⁹, ¹Department of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ³Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Celdara Medical, LLC, Lebanon, NH, ⁶Celdara Medical, LLC, Hanover, NH, ⁷Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁸Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁹Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: The molecular mechanisms of systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been difficult to study outside of patient samples. Mouse models often lack key features of the…
Abstract Number: 1962 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA Contributions to Risk and Protection for Anti-Centromere Autoantibody-Positive Scleroderma
Elaine F. Remmers¹, Theresa Alexander², Nadia D. Morgan³, Ami A. Shah⁴, Maureen D. Mayes⁵, Adebowale Adeyemo¹, Ayo Doumatey¹, Amy Bentley¹, Daniel Shriner⁶, Settara C Chandrasekharappa¹, Mary A. Carns⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Lindsey A. Criswell⁹, Chris T. Derk¹⁰, Robyn T. Domsic¹¹, Heather Gladue¹², Avram Goldberg¹³, Jessica K. Gordon¹⁴, Vivien Hsu¹⁵, Reem Jan¹⁶, Dinesh Khanna¹⁷, Thomas A. Medsger Jr.¹⁸, Paula S. Ramos¹⁹, Marcin A. Trojanowski²⁰, Lesley Ann Saketkoo²¹, Elena Schiopu²², Victoria Shanmugam²³, Benjamin D. Korman²⁴, Brynn Kron⁹, S. Louis Bridges Jr.²⁵, Kathleen D. Kolstad²⁶, Elana J. Bernstein²⁷, Suzanne Kafaja²⁸, Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon²⁹, Rick Silver³⁰, Virginia D. Steen³¹, John Varga³², Charles Rotimi¹, Francesco Boin³³, Fredrick M. Wigley³⁴, Daniel L. Kastner³⁵ and Pravitt Gourh³⁶, ¹National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁶National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁷Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Scleroderma Program, Chicago, IL, ⁸Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹¹Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹²Rheumatology, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas, Charlotte, NC, ¹³NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Robert Wood Johnson University Scleroderma Program, New Brunswick, NJ, ¹⁶Medicine, Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁹Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁰Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²¹Rheumatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, ²²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²³Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ²⁴Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology and Center for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY, ²⁵Clinical Immunology & Rheum, Univ of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²⁶Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ²⁷Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²⁸David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²⁹Rheumatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ³⁰Rheumatology, Medical University of SC, Charleston, SC, ³¹Rheumatology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ³²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³³Rheumatology, University California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³⁴Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³⁵Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³⁶Rheumatology, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Anti-nuclear autoantibodies are a hallmark of scleroderma with anti-centromere antibody (ACA) recognizing centromeric antigens. ACA-positive patients have longstanding Raynaud’s, limited cutaneous disease and increased…
Abstract Number: 1966 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transcriptome and Methylome Integrative Molecular Analysis Uncovers a New Systemic Autoimmune Disease Classification
Guillermo Barturen¹, Sepideh Babaei², Francesc Catala-Moll³, Zuzanna Makowska², Antonio García-Gómez³, Anne Buttgereit⁴, Elena Carnero-Montoro¹, Sikander Hayat⁴, Martin Kerick⁵, Thomas Charlon⁶, David C Gemperline⁷, Lucas Le Lann⁸, Rosa Quirantes-PIné⁹, Isabel Borrás-Linares¹⁰, Brian Muchmore¹, Jorge Kageyama⁴, Javier Rodríguez-Ubreva³, Alvaro Fernández-Ochoa⁹, Pedro Carmona Sanz¹¹, Christophe Jamin⁸, Ralf Lesche², Robert J. Benschop⁷, Chris Chamberlain¹², Ernst R. Dow⁷, Tania Gomes¹, Maria Juárez¹³, Laurence Laigle¹⁴, Jacqueline Marovac¹², Fiona MacDonald¹⁵, Jerome Wojcik⁶, Esteban Ballestar¹⁶, Lorenzo Beretta¹⁷, Maria Orietta Borghi¹⁸, Johan Frostegård¹⁹, Maria Luisa Garcia²⁰, Javier Martín⁵, Jacques-Olivier Pers⁸, Yves Renadineau²¹, Antonio Segura Carretero⁹ and Marta Alarcón-Riquelme^1,19, ¹Medical Genomics, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²Pharmaceuticals Division, Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, ³Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López Neyra, Spanish National Research Council, Granada, Spain, ⁶QuartzBIO, SA, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁷Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, ⁸U1227, Université de Brest, Inserm, Labex IGO, CHU de Brest, Brest, France, ⁹Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, ¹⁰Analytical Chemistry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, ¹¹Unit of Bioinformatics, Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Pfizer-University of Granada-Andalusian Regional Government, Health Sciences Technology Park, Granada, Spain, ¹²UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹³UCB, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France, ¹⁵Bayer Pharma G, Berlin, Germany, ¹⁶Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Programme (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁷Scleroderma Unit, Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁸University of Milan, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁹Unit for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²⁰Nano-Imaging, BIONAND. Centro Andaluz de Nanotecnología y Biomedicina, Malaga, Spain, ²¹U1227, Université de Brest, inserm, Labex IGO, CHU de brest, Brest, France
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs) are chronic inflammatory conditions with autoimmune aetiology and many common clinical features, difficulting diagnosis and adequate treatment decisions. Finding new…
Abstract Number: 1980 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comprehensive Association Analysis between Rare and Common ABCG2 Variants and Gout Susceptibility
Hirotaka Matsuo¹, Toshihide Higashino¹, Tappei Takada², Hirofumi Nakaoka³, Yu Toyoda⁴, Blanka Stiburkova⁵, Hiroshi Nakashima⁶, Seiko Shimizu¹, Makoto Kawaguchi⁷, Akiyoshi Nakayama⁸, Yuka Aoki¹, Misaki Ishino¹, Yusuke Kawamura¹, Kenji Wakai⁹, Rieko Okada¹⁰, Tatsuo Hosoya¹¹, Kimiyoshi Ichida¹², Hiroshi Ooyama¹³, Hiroshi Suzuki², Ituro Inoue³, Tanya J. Major¹⁴, Tony R. Merriman¹⁴ and Nariyoshi Shinomiya¹, ¹Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, ²Department of Pharmacy, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Human Genetics, Department of Integrated Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, ⁴Department of Pharmacy, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine,, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁶Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, ⁷National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, ⁸Dept Integrative Physiol, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan, ⁹Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, ¹¹Division of Kidney and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ¹²Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, ¹³Ryougoku East Gate Clinic, Tokyo, Japan, ¹⁴University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: We have reported that ABCG2 has an important role in both renal and intestinal urate excretion and these common variants as rs72552713 (Q126X) and…
Abstract Number: 1709 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Classical Monocytes in the Pathogenesis of Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Julia Dunn¹, Salina Dominguez¹, Philip J. Homan¹, Carla Cuda¹, Dinesh Khanna², Shervin Assassi³, Tracy M. Frech⁴, Harris Perlman⁵, Deborah R. WInter¹ and Monique Hinchcliff⁶, ¹Department of Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,, Chicago, IL, ⁶Northwestern University Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: In light of heterogeneous clinical manifestations in systemic sclerosis (SSc), transcriptional analysis of fibrotic tissue and circulating leukocytes may illuminate conserved processes driving inflammation…
Abstract Number: 166 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Integrative Systems Biology Approach Identifies Key Transcription Factors and Novel Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Individualized Therapeutic Targets
RIchard Ainsworth¹, Kai Zhang², Gary S. Firestein³ and Wei Wang⁴, ¹UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²UCSD School of Engineering, San Diego, CA, ³Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: The search for novel targets in RA requires novel computational methods and in silicosystems to identify non-obvious pathways that account for the diversity of…
Abstract Number: 1061 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cardiac Endothelial Cell Transcriptome Analyses Support a Pathological Role of Metabolic and Inflammasome Genes in Anti-SSA/Ro-Associated Congenital Heart Block
Sara Rasmussen¹, Robert M. Clancy² and Jill P. Buyon², ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The role of Type I IFN in anti-SSA/Ro-associated Congenital Heart Block (CHB) may include an adverse consequence to the cardiac vasculature. One scenario consistent…
Abstract Number: 803 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multi-Organ RNA-Sequencing of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Patients Shows Reproducible Gene Expression Profiles Across Organ Systems
Bhaven K. Mehta¹, Michael E. Johnson¹, Kimberly A. Archambault¹, Tammara A. Wood², Antonia Valenzuela³, Amanda Crawford⁴, David Fiorentino⁵, Nielsen Fernandez-Becker⁶, Laren Becker⁶, Linda Nguyen⁶, Francesco Boin⁷, Paul Wolters⁸, Lorinda Chung⁹ and Michael Whitfield², 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, ³Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁴Dermatology, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA, ⁵Dermatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁷Rheumatology, University California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: While a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is skin fibrosis, internal organ involvement is the primary cause of mortality. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), Interstitial…
Abstract Number: 2033 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multi-Dimensional Genomic Map for Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
James Jarvis¹, Lisha Zhu², Kaiyu Jiang³, Michael Buck², Yanmin Chen³, Halima Moncrieffe⁴, Laura Brungs⁴, Tao Liu⁵ and Ting Wang⁶, ¹Pediatrics, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, ²Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ³Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁵Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, ⁶Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a complex trait characterized by gene-environment interactions. While we are beginning to identify multiple genomic regions associated with…
Abstract Number: 2273 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trans-Ancestral Meta-Analysis Identifies Nine New Loci Associated with Serum Uric Acid Concentrations
James Boocock¹, Eli A. Stahl², David B. Mount³, Tony R. Merriman⁴, Hyon K. Choi⁵, Yukinori Okada⁶, Murray Cadzow¹ and Ruth Topless¹, ¹University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ²Divisions of Rheumatology and Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Biochemistry Dept, PO Box 56, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ⁵Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Background/Purpose: Serum uric acid is an important biomarker for gout disease and kidney function. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analyses have identified 28 loci in…
Abstract Number: 2426 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Transcriptomic Analysis of Immune Subsets in Juvenile Dermatomyositis before and after Treatment Identifies Novel Pathways Involved in Pathogenesis
Claire Deakin¹, Georg Otto^2,3, Meredyth Wilkinson⁴, Stefanie Dowle^2,3, Stefania Simou⁵, Lucy Marshall⁶, Elizabeth Rosser⁶, Daniel Kelberman^2,3, Lucy R Wedderburn^6,7,8 and Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group (JDRG), ¹Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section,, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ²Genetics & Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ³National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁶Infection, Inflammation and Rheumatology Section, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Although proximal muscle weakness and skin rash are the typical features of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), little is known about disease pathogenesis, why other features…
Abstract Number: 3175 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Analysis of MMF Clinical, Molecular, and Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Responses Shows SSc Patients Lose Their Inflammatory Signature and Rebound upon Treatment Cessation
Diana Toledo¹, Monique Hinchcliff², Jaclyn Taroni¹, Tammara A. Wood³, Jennifer Franks³, Sanjiv Shah⁴, Rishi Agrawal⁴, Lauren Beussink-Nelson⁴, Mary A. Carns⁵, Sofia Podlusky⁶, Patricia Pioli⁷ and Michael Whitfield³, ¹Department of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Scleroderma Program, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁶Rheumatology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁷Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Background/Purpose: We previously showed patients in the inflammatory subset were most likely to demonstrate improvement in modified Rodnan Skin Score (mRSS) during mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)…
Abstract Number: 1022 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Shared Genomic Regions in Distantly Related Pairs of Cases with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Sampath Prahalad¹, K. Alaine Broadaway², John F. Bohnsack³, Ann Dodd², Aimee O. Hersh⁴, Sheila T. Angeles-Han¹, Se Ryeong Jang¹, Marc Sudman⁵, Susan D. Thompson⁶, Michael Zwick⁷, Karen Conneely² and Michael Epstein², ¹Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ²Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ³Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Pediatrics/Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Divison of Rheumatology, Childrens Hospital Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH, ⁶Rheumatology Dept, Childrens Hospital Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a complex genetic trait. While several risk variants have been identified using genome wide studies, a substantial component of…
Abstract Number: 1888 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
PU.1, Mitf, and Their Novel Co-Partner, Eomes, Set up a Transcription Factor Network That Is Critical for Osteoclast Differentiation
Heather Carey¹, Sankha Ghosh¹, Eason Hildreth III², Jennifer Cabrera¹, Dias Kurmashev¹, Wael N. Jarjour³, Ramiro Toribio², Sudarshana Sharma¹ and Michael Ostrowski¹, ¹Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose Osteoclasts are bone resorbing cells which differentiate from myeloid precursors. The crosstalk between osteoblasts and osteoclasts tightly regulates the dynamic and continuous process of…

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