Abstracts tagged "inflammasome activation"

Abstract Number: 14 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The SLE Susceptibility Gene Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Serves As an Upstream Regulator of NLRP3 (NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3) Expression and Subsequent IL-1beta Production in Human Monocytes in Response to Lupus U1-snRNP Immune Complex
Min Sun Shin¹, Youna Kang¹, Elizabeth Wahl¹, Lin Leng¹, Richard Bucala¹ and Insoo Kang², ¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Rheumatology Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: The pathologic hallmarks of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) are altered immune responses to nuclear autoantigens with autoantibody production and subsequent tissue injury.…
Abstract Number: 195 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activation of the Pyrin Inflammasome through the RhoA Signaling Pathway in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D Syndrome (HIDS)
Yong Hwan Park, Geryl Wood, Daniel Kastner and Jae Jin Chae, Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch, NIH/NHGRI, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mutations in the genes encoding pyrin and mevalonate kinase (MVK) cause the autoinflammatory diseases familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome (HIDS), respectively. …
Abstract Number: 247 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Severe Inflammation Following Vaccination Against Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Patients with Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes
Ulrich A. Walker^1,2, Philip N. Hawkins³, Rene Williams⁴, Hal M. Hoffman⁵ and Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner⁶, ¹Rheumatology, Unispital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²Rheumatology, University Hospital, Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ³University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University College, London, England, ⁵University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁶Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Klinik fuer Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Tübingen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Pneumococcal vaccination is recommended for patients requiring treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. The aim of this report is to describe unusually severe adverse reactions to…
Abstract Number: 2346 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rebamipide Suppresses Monosodium Urate Crystal-Induced Interleukin-1b Production through Regulation of Oxidative Stress and Caspase-1 in THP-1 Cells
Jung-Yoon Choe¹, Minyoung Her² and Seong-Kyu Kim³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea, ²Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Busan, South Korea, ³Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
Background/Purpose: This study investigated the effect of rebamipide on activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in monosodium urate (MSU) crystal-induced interleukin-1b (IL-1b)…
Abstract Number: 1815 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
STAT3-Mediated Regulation of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Is Critical for NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
Jehad H. Edwan¹, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky² and Robert A. Colbert³, ¹NIAMS NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS, NIH Building 10 Room 6D47B, Bethesda, MD, ³NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Self-activating mutations in NLRP3 cause a spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases known as cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS). NLRP3 is a key component of a multiprotein…
Abstract Number: 1643 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role of Inflammasome Activation in Systemic Lupus Erthematosus: Are Innate Immune Cells Activated?
Rodolfo Perez Alamino¹, Raquel Cuchacovich², Arnold Zea³ and Luis R. Espinoza⁴, ¹internal Medicine, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA, ²Rheumatology, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ³Stanley Scott Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Medicine-Section of Rheum, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presents with a wide spectrum of clinical and immunologic abnormalities. On the other hand, exciting data is emerging about the…
Abstract Number: 1600 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is There a Role for Inflammasome Activation in PsA Pathogenesis and Its Comorbidities?
Rodolfo Perez Alamino¹, Raquel Cuchacovich², Arnold Zea³ and Luis R. Espinoza⁴, ¹internal Medicine, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA, ²Rheumatology, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, ³Stanley Scott Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Medicine-Section of Rheum, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Background/Purpose . New data has emerged about the role of the inflammasome in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The assembly of the inflammasome components in…
Abstract Number: 1206 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Dose Colchicine Anti-Inflammatory Effects Are Transduced By AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK)
Ru Bryan¹, Robert Terkeltaub² and Yun Wang³, ¹Medicine-Rheumatology, VA Medical Center/University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²Medicine-Rheumatology, VA Medical Ctr/University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³Medicine-Rheumatology, VA Medical Ctr/UCSD, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose AMPK is a master metabolic energy regulator, whose tissue activity drops in response to nutritional excesses, alcohol consumption, and in obesity, metabolic syndrome and…
Abstract Number: 1195 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activation of the nlrp3 Inflammasome By an Endogenous TLR2 Ligand in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mary Connolly, Trudy McGarry, Monika Biniecka, Douglas J. Veale and Ursula Fearon, Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Translational Rheumatology Research Group, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: The inflammasome is a large multiprotein complex which plays a key role in innate immunity by mediating the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β)…
Abstract Number: 1194 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cofilin-1 Is a ROS Sensor in Regulating the NLRP3 Inflammasome
Yong Hwan Park¹, Daniel L. Kastner² and Jae Jin Chae¹, ¹Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ²Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose NLRP3 (NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3) has a pivotal role in nucleating inflammasome, cytoplasmic multiprotein complexes that mediate the maturation of the…
Abstract Number: 1044 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Compound Cytokine Release Inhibitory Drug 3 (CRID3) Inhibits the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Trudy McGarry¹, Mary Connolly¹, Rebecca C. Coll², Avril A. B. Robertson³, Matthew A. Cooper³, Luke A. O'Neill², Douglas J. Veale¹ and Ursula Fearon¹, ¹Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Translational Rheumatology Research Group, Dublin, Ireland, ²Inflammation Research, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Dublin, Ireland, ³The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: The NLRP3 inflammasome is a multi-protein complex activated in response to environmental pathogens. This results in caspase-1-dependant cleavage of pro-IL-1β and IL-18 to their…
Abstract Number: 2500 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Genetic Variation in the TLR5 Locus Is Associated with Anti-TNF Response Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Jacob Sode^1,2,3, Ulla Vogel⁴, Steffen Bank^5,6, Paal Skytt Andersen⁷, Merete Lund Hetland^8,9, Henning Locht³, Niels H. H. Heegaard^10,11 and Vibeke Andersen^1,5,12,13, ¹Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, ²Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology and Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁴National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark, ⁶Institute of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁷Microbiology & Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark, ⁸Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁹Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, The Danish Rheumatologic Database (DANBIO), Glostrup Hospital., Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology & Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Department of Clinical Biochemistry & Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark, ¹²Medical Department, Hospital of Southern Jutland Aabenraa, Aabenraa, Denmark, ¹³Odense University Hospital, OPEN (Odense Patient data Explorative Network), Odense, Denmark
Genetic Variation in the TLR5 Locus is Associated with Anti-TNF Response among Rheumatoid Arthritis PatientsBackground/Purpose: In a recent study (paper in press) of Danish rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 2179 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Monocyte-Phagocyte System in Gout: Enhanced Inflammasome Activity and Expansion of CD14++CD16+ Monocytes in Patients with Gout
Emma Garcia-Melchor¹, Cesar Diaz-Torne², Monica Guma^3,4, Europa Azucena Gonzalez-Navarro⁵, Francesc Xavier Alemany⁶, Jordi Yagüe¹ and Manel Juan¹, ¹Immunology Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁵Immunology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Emergency, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The central role of the monocyte-macrophage system in gout has been highlighted during the last years. Macrophages initiate the inflammatory response to monosodium urate…
Abstract Number: 1817 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Connecting Two Pathways through Ca²⁺ Signaling: NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Induced By a Hypermorphic PLCG2 Mutation
Jae Jin Chae¹, Yong Hwan Park¹, Chung Park², Il-Young Hwang², Patrycja Hoffmann³, John Kehrl², Ivona Aksentijevich³ and Daniel L. Kastner⁴, ¹Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ²National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ³Inflammatory Diseases Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Inflammatory Disease Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose Previously, we reported that a novel variant, p.Ser707Tyr, in phospholipase Cγ2 (PLCγ2) is the cause of a dominantly inherited autoinflammatory disease, APLAID (autoinflammation and…
Abstract Number: 2904 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gadolinium-Based Compounds Induce NLRP3-Dependent IL-1β Production and Peritoneal Inflammation
Jonathan Kay^1,2, Lukas Bossaller³, Christian Schmidt-Lauber^1,4, Hani H. Abujudeh⁵, Gregory Vladimer³, Eicke Latz^3,6, Katherine A. Fitzgerald³, Ann Marshak-Rothstein¹ and Ellen M. Gravallese^1,7, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²UMass Memorial Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine (IEMM), University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, ⁵Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Institute of Innate Immunity, University Hospitals, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a progressive iatrogenic fibrosing disorder that develops in patients with chronic kidney disease following administration of gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast…

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