Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 0772 • ACR Convergence 2020
Modification of THP-1 Cells with Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Increases Cellular Calcium Load Rendering Cells Susceptible to Citrullination of Self-Proteins
Nozima Aripova¹, Michael Duryee¹, Xiarepati Tieliwaerdi¹, Xiaoting Jiang¹, Lynell Klassen², James O'Dell¹, Bryant England¹, Ted Mikuls¹ and Geoffrey Thiele¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Univerisity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The post translational modification of self-proteins with malondialdehyde-acetaldehyde (MAA) has been shown to alter protein function and antibodies to MAA are increased in both…
Abstract Number: 1041 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pharmaco-epidemiology of Non-infectious Ocular Inflammatory Disease in a Tertiary Academic Center
Sanjeev Patil¹, Justine Cheng², Lorraine Provencher³ and Scott Vogelgesang⁴, ¹University of Vermont Medical Center, Essex Junction, VT, ²University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, ³Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Non-Infectious Ocular inflammatory disease (OID) is a group of immune-mediated diseases involving the ocular surface, uveal tract, retina, optic nerve, and peri-orbital tissue. Patients…
Abstract Number: 1400 • ACR Convergence 2020
cAMP Response Element Modulator (CREM)α Promotes PD-1- effector CD4+ T Cells in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Sigrun Hofmann¹, Franz Kapplusch², Susanne Abraham³, Sarah Northey², Susanne Russ¹, Felix Schulze¹, Anna Surace⁴ and Christian Hedrich⁵, ¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany., Dresden, Germany, ²Department of Women's and Children's Health, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany., Dresden, Germany, ⁴Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of London, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is a systemic autoimmune/inflammatory condition that primarily affects the skin, but also other organ systems. Effector CD4+ T lymphocytes have been identified as…
Abstract Number: 1796 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Panel of Urinary Proteins Predicts Active Lupus Nephritis and Response to Rituximab Treatment
Jennifer Davies¹, Emil Carlsson¹, Angela Midgley¹, Eve Smith¹, Ian Bruce², Michael Beresford¹ and Christian Hedrich³, ¹Department of Women's and Children's Health, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, The University of Manchester and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Approximately 30% of patients with adult-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop lupus nephritis (LN). Presence and/or severity of LN are currently assessed by renal…
Abstract Number: 0075 • ACR Convergence 2020
CD209+/CD14+ Dendritic Cells Characterization in Rheumatoid versus Psoriasis Arthritis Patients
Viviana Marzaioli¹, Achilleas Floudas², Mary Canavan¹, Siobhán Wade³, Kieran Murray⁴, Ronan Mullan⁵, Conor Hurson⁶, Douglas Veale⁷ and Ursula Fearon¹, ¹Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Molecular Rheumatology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland, ⁵Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷EULAR Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, St Vincents University Hospital, UCD, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Dendritic cells (DCs) are a heterogeneous population of professional antigen-presenting cells which are at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity. There are different…
Abstract Number: 0558 • ACR Convergence 2020
Statin Use Pattern in Patients with Inflammatory Joint Disease in a Single Site VA Medical Center
Lenche Kostadinova¹, Sofi Damjanovska², Angela Gupta³, Ibtissam Gad⁴, Sameena Syed⁴, Alyssa Lange⁵, Corinne Kowal⁶, Carey Shive⁷, Christopher Burant⁴, Brigid Wilson⁴, David Canaday⁴, David Zidar⁸, Donald Anthony⁹ and Maya Mattar¹⁰, ¹(1) Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Highland Heights, OH, ²(1) Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Cleveland, OH, ³(1) Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Cleveland, ⁴(1) Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, ohio, ⁵Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, ⁶Case western reserve university/Cleveland VA Medical Center, ohio, ⁷(2) Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, ohio, ⁸Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, ⁹Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland VA Medical Center/MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center and VA GRECC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory joint disease, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) carry increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Mechanisms…
Abstract Number: 0776 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Influence of Adipokine Profile and Periodontal Infection in Early Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis and First-degree Relatives
Consuelo Romero-Sanchez¹, Juliette De Avila², Jeimmy Andrea Chaparro-Sanabria³, Philipe Chalem Choueka⁴, Juan Manuel Bello-Gualtero⁵, Alejandro Ramos-Casallas², Lorena Chila-M² and Wilson Bautista-Molano⁶, ¹Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada / Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada /Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ²Universidad El Bosque, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Group -InmuBo-, School of Dentistry, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ³Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁴Fundacion Instituto de Reumatología Fernando Chalem, Universidad El Rosario, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁵Hospital Militar Central, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada/ Clinical Immunology Group, Hospital Militar Central, School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, ⁶University Hospital Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá and Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Early RA (eRA) patients have a significant incidence of periodontal inflammation and overweight/obesity. A similar degree of disease activity, functional disability and health-related quality…
Abstract Number: 1043 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ocular Scleral Pathology and Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases. Study of 170 Patients from a Single Universitary Center
Lara Sanchez-Bilbao¹, Inigo Gonzalez-Mazon², José Luis Martín-Varillas³, David Martinez-Lopez⁴, Carmen Alvarez-Reguera¹, Alba Herrero Morant¹, Rosalia Demetrio-Pablo¹, Vanesa Calvo-Río¹, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁵ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Bezana, Spain, ³Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander (SPAIN), Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Ocular scleral pathology (OSP) includes episcleritis and scleritis. Episcleritis is generally a benign disease with a self-limited course, while scleritis is a more severe…
Abstract Number: 1402 • ACR Convergence 2020
Galectin-3 Decreases the Activity of 4-1BB by Facilitating Its Decoy Surface Binding in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Morten Aagaard Nielsen¹, Kristian Juul-Madsen², John Stegmayr³, Chao Gao⁴, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup¹, Malene Hvid¹, Thomas Vorup-Jensen¹, Richard Cummings⁵, Hakon Leffler³ and Bent Deleuran¹, ¹Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Aarhus University, Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, ³Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁴Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School, Boston
Background/Purpose: Orchestration of immune checkpoints is central for the outcome of immune activation, especially in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We have previously shown that…
Abstract Number: 1811 • ACR Convergence 2020
Distinctive Molecular Signatures Among Monocytes from Childhood- and Adult-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical Involvement and Relevance of Sustained Anti-dsDNA Positivity
Alejandra Maria Patiño-Trives¹, Concepción Aranda-Valera², R Roldan³, Laura Pérez-Sanchez⁴, Carlos Pérez-Sánchez¹, Maria Luque-Tevar¹, Iván Arias de la Rosa¹, María-Carmen Abalos-Aguilera¹, Desirée Ruiz-Vilchez², Pedro Segui⁵, Mario Espinosa⁵, Nuria Barbarroja¹, Eduardo Collantes², María de los ángeles Aguirre-Zamorano⁵ and Chary Lopez-Pedrera¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/ Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/ University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, Córdoba, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain, ⁵IMIBIC/University of Cordoba/Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba
Background/Purpose: By using integrative transcriptomic and protein analyses, this study aimed at identifying and characterize distinctive molecular signatures between childhood-onset (cSLE) and adult-onset Lupus (aSLE)…
Abstract Number: 0076 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Role of Interferon Kappa in Psoriasis
Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani¹, Shannon Estadt², Sonya Wolf-Fortune¹, Jianhua Liu¹, Tamra Reed³, Johann Gudjonsson⁴ and J. Michelle Kahlenberg⁵, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann ArborUniversity of Michigan, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Psoriasis is a common, chronic inflammatory autoimmune skin diseases characterized by hyperproliferation and abnormal differentiation of keratinocytes and infiltration of inflammatory cells. Early infiltration…
Abstract Number: 0573 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effects of Successive Switches of Two Different Biosimilars of Etanercept on Outcomes in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases in Daily Practice
Uta Kiltz¹, Styliani Tsiami², Xenofon Baraliakos¹ and Juergen Braun¹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: A single switch from an originator to a biosimilar product has been shown to be safe and effective in the treatment of rheumatic musculoskeletal…
Abstract Number: 0781 • ACR Convergence 2020
Phenotypic and Functional Characterisation of Synovial Fluid-derived Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ditte Køster¹, Johanne Hovgaard Egedal¹, Malene Hvid¹, Martin Roelsgaard Jakobsen¹, Ulf Müller-Ladner², Bent Deleuran¹, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup¹, Elena Neumann³ and Morten Aagaard Nielsen¹, ¹Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, Osteology and Physical Medicine, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Germany, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Bad Nauheim, Germany
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are central cellular components in persistent inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Pathological subsets of FLS have been identified…
Abstract Number: 1044 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ocular Manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Study of 1442 Patients from a Single Referral Center
Lara Sanchez-Bilbao¹, David Martinez-Lopez², Inigo Gonzalez-Mazon³, Maria José García-García⁴, Montserrat Rivero-Tirado⁴, Beatriz Castro⁴, Javier Crespo⁴, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁵ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander (SPAIN), Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Bezana, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease (CD), and Ulcerative colitis (UC) are related to Spondyloarthritis (SpA). Ocular manifestations (OM) are well-stablished in…
Abstract Number: 1478 • ACR Convergence 2020
A Multidisciplinary Registry of Patients with Autoinmune and Immune-Mediated Diseases with Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection from a Single Center
Juan C Sarmiento-Monroy¹, Gerard Espinosa², Fernanda Meira¹, Berta Caballol³, Maria C Londoño³, Sara Llufriu³, Aina Moll¹, Luis Fernando Quintana Porras¹, Felipe Julio Ramirez Garcia⁴, José Inciarte-Mundo¹, Elisabeth Solana¹, Yolanda Blanco¹, Eugenia Martinez¹, Victor Llorens¹, Sergio Prieto-González⁵, Georgina Espigol¹, Jose C Milisenda¹, Maria C. Cid⁵, Priscila Giavedoni¹, Jose M Mascaró¹, Isabel Blanco¹, Joan Albert Barbera¹, Oriol Sibila¹, Jordi Gratacos-Gines¹, Alfredo Adan², Alvaro Agustí¹, Raimon Sanmartí⁶, Julián Panés¹, Ricard Cervera¹, Jordi Vila¹, Alex Soriano¹, Jose Gómez-Puerta⁶ and On behalf INMUNOCOVID CLINIC⁷, ¹Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ²Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Dpt, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁵Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain., Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona
Background/Purpose: National health authorities reported a prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection around 7% of the general population in Barcelona county (1). A recent report focused on…