Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1236 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reduced Inflammation Following 4-weeks TNF-α Inhibitor Treatment Restore Aberrant Cerebral Pain Processing in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled fMRI Study
Angelica Sandström¹, Peter Fransson², Reem Altawil³, Eva Kosek⁴ and Jon Lampa³, ¹Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Gastroenterology, Dermatology and Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Surgical Sciences/Pain Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The purpose with this study was to investigate whether the effects of a 4-week treatment with adalimumab (Humira™) could change previously reported aberrations in…
Abstract Number: 1683 • ACR Convergence 2022
Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde (MAA) Modified Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) Increases Citrullination by Human Macrophages
Spencer Jones¹, nozima Aripova¹, Michael Duryee¹, Austin Ragland¹, Bryant England¹, Ted Mikuls² and Geoffrey Thiele¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Malondialdehyde and acetaldehyde, by-products of lipid peroxidation, react with free amino groups on proteins to form a stable post-translational modification (PTM), termed MAA. MAA…
Abstract Number: 1891 • ACR Convergence 2022
Osteoarthritis of the Knee, Inflammation, and the Effect of Adalimumab: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Walter P Maksymowych¹, Louis Bessette², Robert G Lambert³, Amanda Carapellucci⁴ and Tom Appleton⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴CARE Arthritis LTD, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Recent RCTs demonstrated that TNFα inhibition has no effect on pain and MRI-detected synovitis or bone marrow lesions in patients with erosive hand OA.…
Abstract Number: 2255 • ACR Convergence 2022
Do Fatty Lesions Explain the Association Between Inflammation and New Syndesmophytes in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis?
Rosalinde Stal¹, Alexandre Sepriano², Sofia Ramiro¹, floris van Gaalen¹, Pedro Machado³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Manouk de Hooge⁵, Rosaline van den Berg¹, Monique Reijnierse¹, Juergen Braun⁶, Robert Landewé⁷ and Désirée van der Heijde⁸, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Presence of vertebral corner inflammation (VCI) increases the likelihood of a new syndesmophyte in the same vertebral corner (VC) in patients with r-axSpA. It…
Abstract Number: 0257 • ACR Convergence 2022
High Density Lipoprotein Bound miR-1246 Is Enriched in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Is Proinflammatory
Qiong Wu, Quanhu Sheng, Danielle Michell, Kasey Vickers and Michelle Ormseth, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: High density lipoprotein (HDL) is known for its anti-atherogenic cholesterol efflux and antioxidant functions. HDL has additional relevance to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of…
Abstract Number: 0579 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterization of Terminal Uridyl Transferase Function in Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts
Anil Singh, Farheen Sultan Shaikh and Salahuddin Ahmed, Washington State university, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Terminal Uridyl Transferase (TUT) genes TUT4 and TUT7 mediate uridylation of mRNA and microRNAs to maintain cellular homeostasis via RNA turnover. Changes in the…
Abstract Number: 0811 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reliability of CRP as an Inflammatory Marker in Patients with Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMIDs) and Liver Dysfunction
Yael Ross¹ and Stanley Ballou², ¹Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, ²Case Western Reserve University - Metro Health, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase reactant widely employed clinically as a marker of inflammation. Serum CRP level is generally elevated with any type…
Abstract Number: 1251 • ACR Convergence 2022
Venous Halo Sign Detected with Superb Microvascular Imaging in Behçet Syndrome
Yasemin Kayadibi¹, Yesim Ozguler², Melike Melikoglu³, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu³, Ahmet Ustundag¹, Ugur Kimyon⁴, Ayse Kalyoncu Ucar¹, Ibrahim Adaletli¹ and gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) is a novel technique that provides a more sensitive assessment of small vessels compared to color Doppler US (CDUS), by…
Abstract Number: 1685 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Presence of Anti-MAA Antibodies to Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Synovial Fluid and Sera of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alexandra Taylor¹, Michael Duryee², Carlos Hunter², nozima Aripova², Ted Mikuls³ and Geoffrey Thiele², ¹Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Antibodies to malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde protein adducts (MAA) are increased in both the serum and synovial joint fluid from patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). These antibodies…
Abstract Number: 1924 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reading the Waves: Identifying Distinct Phenotypes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During the 2020-2021 COVID-19 Pandemic
Thomas Renson¹, Nils Forkert¹, Kimberly Amador¹, Paivi Miettunen¹, Simon Parsons¹, Muhammed Dhalla¹, Nicole Johnson², Nadia Luca², Heinrike Schmeling¹, Rebeka Stevenson¹, Marinka Twilt¹, Lorraine Hamiwka¹ and Susanne Benseler¹, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is characterized by Kawasaki disease (KD)-like mucocutaneous features. The clinical course is often unpredictable. The goals…
Abstract Number: 0297 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Upadacitinib, Adalimumab, and Placebo on Residual Pain Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Whose Inflammation Was Attenuated After Three and Six Months of Treatment
Louis Bessette¹, Adriana Kakehasi², Neil Basu³, David A. Walsh⁴, Andra Balanescu⁵, Clifton Bingham⁶, Andrew Garrison⁷, Ivan Lagunes⁸, sander strengholt⁹, Ralph Lippe¹⁰ and Maxime Dougados¹¹, ¹Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada, ²Federal University of Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ³University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷AbbVie, Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁸AbbVie, Inc., Mettawa, IL, ⁹AbbVie, Inc., Abcoude, Netherlands, ¹⁰AbbVie, Inc, Wiesbaden, Germany, ¹¹Université de Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Residual pain remains a challenge that prevents patients (pts) with RA from achieving a better quality of life. Current RA treatments have demonstrated efficacy…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2022
Molecular Profiling of Normal Human Synovium Reveals Striking Impact of Adipocytes and Homeostatic Cortisol Signaling
Heather Faust¹, Tan-Yun Cheng¹, Ilya Korsunsky¹, Gerald FM Watts¹, David Moody¹ and Michael Brenner², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The synovium encapsulates joints and contains fibroblasts which proliferate, become invasive, and drive disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). There is…
Abstract Number: 0815 • ACR Convergence 2022
Hyper-IgG4 in Patients with Systemic Autoinflammatory Disease
Brianne Navetta-Modrov and QingPing Yao, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: Hyper-immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) has been reported in various conditions including autoimmune disease, gastrointestinal disorders, lymphoproliferative/granulomatous diseases and solid tumors. IgG4-related disease is an immune-mediated…
Abstract Number: 1321 • ACR Convergence 2022
Systemic Inflammatory-based Scores and Bone Turnover Ratio as Novel Diagnostic Tools for Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO) of the Sternocostoclavicular Region in Adults
Anne Leerling, Juliette Faber, Natasha Appelman-Dijkstra, Olaf Dekkers and Elizabeth Winter, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) in adults exhibits as sterile osteitis and consequent disrupted bone metabolism favoring bone formation of the sternocostoclavicular region (SCCH). Diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 1686 • ACR Convergence 2022
Post-translational Modification of Matrix-gla Protein with Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Alters Cellular Responses by Human Fibroblasts
Austin Ragland¹, Michael Duryee¹, nozima Aripova¹, Spencer Jones¹, Ted Mikuls² and Geoffrey Thiele¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Post-translational modifications with malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) alter protein structure and function, inducing pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic responses characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Matrix-gla protein (MGP) chelates…

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