Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1068 • ACR Convergence 2023
Multidisciplinary Prospective Study of Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Who Developed Rheumatic Immune-related Adverse Events
Mª Carmen López-González¹, Natividad Martínez Banaclocha², Montserrat García Araque², Yoel Montoyo Pujol² and Mariano Andrés³, ¹General University Hospital Dr. Balmis, Alacante, Spain, ²General University Hospital Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ³Dr Balmis Alicante General University Hospital-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), by activating the immune system (specifically, T-cells), foster the reaction against tumor cells. However, parallelly, autoimmune phenomena, known as immune-…
Abstract Number: 1585 • ACR Convergence 2023
Defining Neutrophil-Mediated Renal Damage Triggered by Ultraviolet (UV) Skin Exposure
Angelique Cortez¹, Lindsay Mendyka², Fred Kolling³, Michael Whitfield¹ and Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner⁴, ¹Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ²Dartmouth Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Lupus (SLE) is one of the leading causes of death in young women in the United States. Roughly ~80% of SLE patients experience sensitivity…
Abstract Number: 1745 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chronic Inflammation and Collagen IV Fragment Canstatin Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblast and Endothelial Cell Interactions in Vitro and in Vivo
Corinna Heck¹, Sophie Haun¹, Daria Kürsammer¹, Klaus Frommer¹, Mona Arnold¹, Markus Rickert², Katrin Susanne Lips³, Stefan Rehart⁴, Ulf Müller-Ladner¹ and Elena Neumann¹, ¹Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Dept. of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany, ³Justus Liebig University Gießen, Department of Experimental Trauma Surgery, Giessen, Germany, ⁴Dept. of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Agaplesion Markus Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the inflamed synovium of RA patients, increased and altered angiogenesis is a pathological feature. Key players are chronically activated RA synovial fibroblasts (RASF),…
Abstract Number: 1869 • ACR Convergence 2023
FDG-PET/CT for Diagnosing Polymyalgia Rheumatica Before, During and After a Short-term Prednisolone Cessation – a Prospective Study of 101 Patients
Andreas Wiggers Nielsen¹, Ib Tønder Hansen², Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen³, Søren Geill Kjær⁴, Jesper Blegvad-Nissen⁴, Christian Møller Sørensen³, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge¹, Lars Christian Gormsen² and Kresten Krarup Keller¹, ¹Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Horsens, Denmark, ⁴Diagnostic Centre, Silkeborg, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) can be challenging to diagnose since other diseases may present with similar symptoms. As a result, a significant number of patients…
Abstract Number: 2437 • ACR Convergence 2023
Translocation of Intestinal Bacteria to Axial and Peripheral Joints in a Model of Spondyloarthropathy
Benjamin Cai¹, Rabina Giri², Helen Benham³, Linda Rehaume¹, Geoffery Strutton³, Anne-Sophie Bergot¹ and Ranjeny Thomas⁴, ¹Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Australia, ²Mater Research Institute-UQ, Woolloongabba, Australia, ³Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia, ⁴Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Background/Purpose: In spondylarthropathy (SpA), such as psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), arthritis is often associated with gut inflammation. After systemic β-1,3-glucan (curdlan) injection,…
Abstract Number: 0057 • ACR Convergence 2023
GM-CSF receptor/SYK/JNK/FOXO1/CD11c Signaling Enhances Cell Migration to Promote Atherosclerosis
Daisuke Tsukui¹, Kimura Yoshitaka¹ and Hajime Kono², ¹Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Japan, ²Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Atherosclerosis involves both dyslipidemia and chronic inflammatory disease; however, lipid-lowering agents do not completely eliminate the risks of cardiovascular events. In addition, chronic systemic…
Abstract Number: 0417 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Role of Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare in the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: A Population-based Cohort Study
Chanakya Kodishala¹, Tina Gunderson², Edward Lovering², Rakesh Kumar², Cynthia Crowson², John Davis² and Elena Myasoedova², ¹Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD). Recent studies have reported an association between RA disease…
Abstract Number: 0866 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Novel 3D-Synovium-Immune Microenvironment Mimics Macrophage-Synovial Fibroblast Interactions in Inflammatory Arthropathies
André Tiaden¹, Simone Häner Massimi¹, Ulrich Walker², Diego Kyburz³ and Stavros Giaglis¹, ¹Laboratory for Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ²Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ³University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Autoimmunity, trauma, or infection lead to devastating arthropathies, within enormous socioeconomic impact due to its high frequency and chronicity. The development of novel treatments…
Abstract Number: 1070 • ACR Convergence 2023
Safety of DMARDs in Rheumatologic Immune-related Adverse Events Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Data from a Monocentric Cohort in Hospices Civils De Lyon
Julien Seiller¹, Emmanuel Massy², Julien Peron³ and Cyrille Confavreux², ¹Centre Expert des Métastases Osseuses (CEMOS) - Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France, ²Centre Expert des Métastases Osseuses (CEMOS) - Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Université de Lyon, INSERM UMR 1033-LYOS, Lyon, France, ³Service d’oncologie médicale. Institut de Cancérologie des Hospices Civils de Lyon (IC-HCL), Université de Lyon, INSERM U1290, Lyon, France
Background/Purpose: Since Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI) revolution, oncologists face immune-related adverse events (irAEs) including rheumatologic irAEs with inflammatory arthritis. Treatment of rheumatologic irAE can be…
Abstract Number: 1603 • ACR Convergence 2023
Infection-Associated Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Their Potential Role in Sepsis Outcomes
Katarina Kmetova, Emily Chong, NaveenKumar K. Somanathapura, Sherwin Navaz, Lyndsay Kluge, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi, Jason Knight, Michael Maile and Yu Zuo, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired autoimmune thrombophilia characterized by circulating antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). While the association between aPL and infection has long been…
Abstract Number: 1749 • ACR Convergence 2023
Fatty Acid Synthase Is a Critical Repressor of Ferroptosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Qi Cheng, Mo chen, Xin chen, Yifan Xie, Yan Du and Huaxiang wu, The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Zhejiang University School Of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease with synovial inflammation as the main pathological feature, and can eventually lead to irreversible joint or…
Abstract Number: 1962 • ACR Convergence 2023
Toll-Like Receptor 7/8 Activation of Immune and Non-Immune Cells in Muscle by RNA-Containing Immune Complexes Can Contribute to Inflammation and the Pathogenesis of Myositis
Yin Wu¹, Aditee Deshpande¹, Nicholas Geraci¹, Vera Sellers², Phanindra Velisetty², David Fiorentino³, Kavita Y. Sarin³ and Andrew Bender¹, ¹Research Unit – Neurology and Immunology, EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ²Discovery Technologies, EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, ³Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, Redwood City, CA
Background/Purpose: Tissue inflammation is a major disease driver in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), leading to muscle weakness and, in the case of dermatomyositis (DM), a…
Abstract Number: 2445 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting of Endothelial Dysfunction in Lupus Nephritis: Effect on Human Renal Endothelial Cell Gene Expression and Outcomes in Murine Lupus Nephritis
Dayvia Russell¹, Sandra Sanchez², Evelyn Bruner² and Jim Oates², ¹Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) constitutes one of the most severe manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Evidence points to endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) uncoupling,…
Abstract Number: 0061 • ACR Convergence 2023
Discovery of a RIPK2 Scaffolding Inhibitor for the Treatment of Joint Autoimmune Diseases
Marta Wlodarska¹, Chad Van Huis², Florian Hoss³, Rosana Meyer¹, Xiaokang Lu², Dominik Koelmel², Brian Sanchez², Chuck Lesch², Alissa Telling², Martin Minns¹, Nneka Mbah², Isabelle Lacan¹, Robert Aversa¹, Charles Lesburg¹, Carmen Yu², Stephen Soisson¹, Natalie Dales¹, Darryl Patrick¹, Anthony Opipari², Shifeng Pan⁴ and Luigi Franchi², ¹Odyssey Therapeutics, Boston, MA, ²Odyssey Therapeutics, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Odyssey Therapeutics, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁴Odyssey Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Receptor interacting protein kinase 2 (RIPK2) is a key signaling node for inflammation caused by peptidoglycan (PGN). In the intestine, RIPK2 integrates signaling originating…
Abstract Number: 0418 • ACR Convergence 2023
Synovial Fluid Cell Counts Associated with Joint Histopathology in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Edoardo Spolaore¹, Edward DiCarlo², Daniel Ramirez², Melanie Smith², Amit Lakhanpal², Bella Mehta³, Laura Donlin², Susan Goodman² and Dana Orange⁴, ¹HSS, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: While analysis of synovial fluid white blood cell counts (WBCs) is performed in clinical practice for diagnosing septic arthritis and differentiating noninflammatory from inflammatory…

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