Abstracts tagged "Immunogenetics"

Abstract Number: 355 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope Alleles with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Inflammatory Arthritis
Laura C. Cappelli¹, Mehmet Tevfik Dorak², Clifton O. Bingham III³ and Ami A. Shah¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), an important type of cancer therapy, can cause adverse events through immune activation. Inflammatory arthritis (IA) due to ICI treatment…
Abstract Number: 61 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors Are Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Aimee Hanson¹, International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Consortium (IGAS)², Kim-Anh Lê Cao³, Tony J. Kenna⁴ and Matthew A. Brown², ¹The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Instiute, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, ²Translational Genomics Group, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, ³Translational Research Instiute, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Translational Research Institute, Translational Genomics Group, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are expressed predominantly on the surface of natural killer (NK) cells and some T-cells and are important in regulating the…
Abstract Number: 64 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enrichment of Immune Pathways in Genes Under Geographically Restricted Adaptation in the Gullah African American Population of South Carolina
Paula S. Ramos¹, Satria Sajuthi², Wei-Min Chen³, Jasmin Divers², Jyotika K. Fernandes⁴, Gary S. Gilkeson⁴, Kelly J. Hunt⁵, Diane L. Kamen⁴, Uma Nayak³, W. Timothy Garvey⁶, Michèle M. Sale⁷ and Carl D. Langefeld², ¹Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Department of Biostatistical Sciences and Center for Public Health Genomics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Department of Public Health Sciences and Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ⁴Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁶Department of Nutrition Sciences and Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Department of Medicine and Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: The reasons for the ethnic disparities in rheumatologic and autoimmune diseases (ADs) are largely unknown. We posit that population-specific selection influencing the allele frequencies…
Abstract Number: 1691 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Comparative Immunogenicity of Biologic Therapy and Its Clinical Relevance in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Alejandro Balsa¹, Sadiq Lula², Lisa Marshall³, Piotr Szczypa⁴ and Laraine Aikman⁵, ¹Rheumatology, IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Envision Pharma Group, London, United Kingdom, ³Inflammation Global Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, ⁴Pfizer Ltd, Sandwich, United Kingdom, ⁵Pfizer Ltd, Walton Oaks, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Anti-inflammatory biologic agents have been shown to provide significant benefit in controlling disease activity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and inhibiting progression of joint damage.…
Abstract Number: 1622 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genome-Wide Association Analysis and Whole Genome Sequencing Identify Variants Associated with Radiographic Severity of Rheumatoid Arthritis in African Americans
Vincent A. Laufer¹, Richard J. Reynolds², Maria I. Danila³, R. Curtis Hendrickson⁴, Elliot J. Lefkowitz⁵, Devin Absher⁶, Robert P. Kimberly⁷ and S. Louis Bridges Jr.⁸, ¹Division of Clinical Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³AL, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, ⁷Medicine, Clinical Immun & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Joint damage manifested by bony erosions and joint space narrowing is a major contributor to the morbidity and mortality of RA. Reports in Caucasians…
Abstract Number: 2466 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Among Shared Epitope-Negative (SE-) Mothers with Shared Epitope-Positive (SE+) Children
Giovanna Cruz¹, Lindsey A. Criswell², Xiaorong Shao³, Hong L. Quach¹, Janelle Noble⁴, Nikolaos Patsopoulos⁵, Michael Busch⁶ and Lisa F. Barcellos¹, ¹Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Rosalind Russell / Ephraim P. Engleman Rheumatology Research Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Lab, Division of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ⁴Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), Oakland, CA, ⁵Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose RA (RA [MIM 180300]) disproportionately affects women of reproductive age, implicating pregnancy-related factors. Fetal microchimerism (FMC), or the persistence of a small population of…
Abstract Number: 1716 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MHC Class I and Class II Genes Influence Systemic Sclerosis Susceptibility, Clinical Presentation and Autoantibody Profile in a Mexican Admixed Population
Tatiana Sofia Rodriguez-Reyna¹, Joaquin Zuniga², Julio Granados³, Pamela Mercado Velazquez⁴, Carlos Nunez Alvarez⁴, Neng Yu⁵, Sharon Alosco⁶, Alfredo Cruz Lagunas⁷ and Edmond Yunis⁸, ¹Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Immunology, Instituo Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas, Mexico, Mexico, ³Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubira, Mexico, Mexico, ⁴Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico, Mexico, ⁵HLA laboratory, the American Red Cross Northeast division, American Red Cross Blood Services - Northeast Division, Dedham, MA, ⁶HLA Laboratory, American Red Cross Blood Services - Northeast Division, Dedham, MA, ⁷Immunology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico, Mexico, ⁸Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana Farber Cancer Institue, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) exhibits great clinical and serologic variability in different populations. Herein we determined MHC class I and II alleles and extended haplotypes…
Abstract Number: 315 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
NLRC4-Related Macrophage Activation Syndrome (NLRC4-MAS): A Novel Primary Autoinflammatory Syndrome Caused By Activating Mutations in NLRC4
Scott Canna¹, Adriana Almeida de Jesus², Sushanth Gouni¹, Stephen Brooks³, Kristien J. Zaal⁴, Bernadette Marrero⁵, Yin Liu⁶, Michael Dimattia⁷, Gina A. Montealegre Sanchez⁶, Hanna Kim⁶, Dawn C. Chapelle⁶, Nicole Plass⁶, Yan Huang⁶, Angelique Biancotto⁸, J. Alex Duncan⁹, Susanne Benseler¹⁰, John J. O'Shea¹, Alexei A. Grom¹¹, Zuoming Deng¹², Ronald Laxer¹³ and Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky¹⁴, ¹Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ³NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Light Imaging Section, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Translational Autoinflammatory Diseases Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Laboratory of Structural Biology, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸Center for Human Immunology, Autoimmunity and Inflammation, NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁹Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, ¹⁰Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ¹²Biodata Mining and Discovery Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹³Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁴Pediatric Translational Research Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening systemic inflammatory complication of many rheumatic diseases and its causes are unknown. While genetic defects causing impaired…
Abstract Number: 2496 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
HLA-B27 Influence On The Gut Microbiome
Robert D. Inman¹, Aifeng Lin², Phillip Sherman³ and Lee Pinnell⁴, ¹Dept of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The interrelationship between the gut microbiome and spondyloarthritis (SpA) has been highlighted by recent findings of (i) Subclinical bowel inflammation in SpA (ii) Antimicrobial…
Abstract Number: 1890 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Chemokine Receptor Polymorphisms On Chromosome 3 Are Associated With Anticitrullinated Protein Antibody Specificities In African Americans With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Richard J. Reynolds¹, Maria I. Danila², Jeremy Sokolove³, William H. Robinson⁴, Doyt L. Conn⁵, Beth L. Jonas⁶, Leigh F. Callahan⁷, Larry W. Moreland⁸, Richard D. Brasington⁹, Edwin A. Smith¹⁰, Peter K. Gregersen¹¹ and S. Louis Bridges Jr.¹², ¹Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Med/Clinical Immun & Rheum, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, Emory Univ School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Thurston Arthritis Research Ct, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷Thurston Arthritis Res Ctr, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁸Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Div of Rheumatology, Washington Univ School of Med, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁰Dept of Med Div of Rheum, Med Univ of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹¹Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹²Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: ACPA antibody specificities to citrullinated autoantigens (e.g., histones, vimentin, fibrinogen) are associated with the preclinical phase of RA and may predict the onset of…
Abstract Number: 1896 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Arthritis Associated Sequence Alterations Within a Genetic Susceptibility Region Of Mouse Chromosome 3; A Genomic Region Which Is Syntenic With a Prominent Non-MHC Locus In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andras Vida¹, Timea Besenyei², Beata Tryniszewska¹, Timea Ocsko¹, Zoltan Szekanecz³, Tibor A. Rauch¹, Katalin Mikecz¹ and Tibor T. Glant¹, ¹Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, ³Rheumatology, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Sciences Center, Debrecen, Hungary
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that results in inflammatory destruction of synovial joints in affected patients. The involvement of genetic and epigenetic…

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