Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 2942 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
One Year Changes in Ultrasound Findings in the Feet Are Associated with Patient Reported Outcomes but Not Clinical Examination: a Prospective Observational Study of Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hanyan Zou¹, Karen A. Beattie², George Ioannidis³ and Maggie Larche², ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite extensive involvement of the feet in early RA, few studies report clinical and imaging changes in the feet over time. In this observational…
Abstract Number: 642 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Downstream Effects of Apremilast in Human Arthritic Ex Vivo Models
Tue Wenzel Kragstrup^1,2, Søren Lomholt², Morten Aagaard Nielsen², Line Dam Heftdal², Peter H. Schafer³ and Bent Deleuran^2,4, ¹Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark, ²Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Department of Translational Development, Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Apremilast (Otezla) is a PDE4 inhibitor approved for the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, but the mechanisms of action of apremilast are not…
Abstract Number: 1571 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bimekizumab Dual Inhibition of IL-17A and IL-17F Provides Evidence of IL-17F Contribution to Chronic Inflammation in Disease-Relevant Cells
Ash Maroof¹, Remi Okoye¹, Tim Smallie¹, Dominique Baeten^2,3, Sophie Archer¹, Catherine Simpson¹, Meryn Griffiths¹ and Stevan Shaw¹, ¹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ²UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ³University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: IL-17A and IL-17F share structural homology and have similar biologic function.1 Although the contribution of IL-17A to immune-mediated inflammatory diseases has been widely reported,1,2…
Abstract Number: 697 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Reflect and Discriminate Flare from Infection in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus? Correlation with Clinical and Laboratory Parameters of Disease Activity
Valentin S. Schäfer¹, Katharina Weiss², Andreas Krause² and Wolfgang A. Schmidt³, ¹Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²Medical Centre for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: ESR is applied for monitoring disease activity in SLE. It is known to be influenced by age and infections. We aimed at evaluating how…
Abstract Number: 1583 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increase in Arginase Activity and Related Arginine Metabolites in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA): Potential Mechanisms for Endothelial Dysfunction
M. Elaine Husni¹, Vandana Rai², Marcia Leon Rabanal³ and Unnikrishnan Chandrasekharan⁴, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Rheumatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: A high prevalence of CVD exists among patients with PsA and RA. The cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are hypothesized to be due in part…
Abstract Number: 864 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-9-Producing Innate Lymphoid Cells – Keyplayers That Orchestrate Resolution of Chronic Inflammation in Arthritis
Simon Rauber¹, Markus Luber¹, Stefanie Weber¹, Lisa Maul², Alina Soare³, Thomas Wohlfahrt¹, Aline Bozec⁴, Martin Herrmann⁵, Mario Zaiss², Ursula Fearon⁶, Douglas J. Veale⁷, Juan Canete⁸, Oliver Distler⁹, Felice Rivellese¹⁰, Costantino Pitzalis¹⁰, Georg Schett¹¹, Jörg Distler³ and Andreas Ramming¹², ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department Clinic of Medicine 3 - Immunology und Rheumatology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department Clinic of Medicine 3 - Immunology and Rheumatology, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Medicine III, Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Osterreich, Germany, ⁶Trinity College Dublin, Department of Molecular Rheumatology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷Rheumatology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland, ⁸Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic and IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Centre for Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany, ¹²Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Transition from acute to chronic inflammation is a key step in the pathogenesis of inflammatory disease but incompletely characterized to date. Similar to the…
Abstract Number: 1666 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Mitochondrial Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Their Association with Disease Manifestations
Yann Becker¹, Renee Claude Loignon¹, Genevieve Marcoux¹, Anne-Sophie Julien², Imene Melki¹, Lihi Eder³, Eric Wagner¹, Martin Pelletier¹, Marie-Josee Hebert⁴, Clemence Belleannee¹, Joyce Rauch⁵, Melanie Dieude⁴, Paul R. Fortin⁶ and Eric Boilard¹, ¹CHU de Quebec and Universite Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ²CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada, ³Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴CHUM and Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Medicine, CHU de Quebec - Universite de Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
- Background/Purpose: Eukaryotic cells contain organelles called mitochondria that govern energy supply and control of cell death. Whereas damaged organs or activated cells can extrude…
Abstract Number: 146 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Age-Related Differences in Neuronal High Mobility Group Box-1 and Resolvin D1 Receptors in Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Tracy Wilson-Gerwing and Alan Rosenberg, Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Background/Purpose: More thorough understanding of age-related molecular interactions that drive inflammation and inflammatory pain is required to help guide evidenced-based, age appropriate treatment strategies that…
Abstract Number: 33 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
An extracellular ionic milieu renders human granulocytic S100A12 into a pro-inflammatory TLR4-binding alarmin
Christoph Kessel¹, Sabrina Fuehner¹, Bastian Zimmermann², Dirk Holzinger¹, Helmut Wittkowski¹, Claas Hinze¹ and Dirk Foell¹, ¹Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ²Biaffin GmbH & Co KG, Kassel, Germany
Background/Purpose: Granulocytic S100A12 is a member of the calgranulin-subgroup within the S100 family of calcium-binding proteins. Similar to other S100 proteins S100A12 can bind divalent…
Abstract Number: 131 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Balancing JAK/STAT-signaling with tofacitinib may foster anti-inflammatory functions of human monocytes
Friederike Cordes¹, Eva Lenker², Toni Weinhage², Georg Varga² and Dirk Foell³, ¹Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ²Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, ³Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Background/Purpose: Monocytes are bridging natural and acquired immunity. Information about JAK signaling in monocytes is scarce especially in an inflammatory milieu. JAK-inhibition is a promising…
Abstract Number: 903 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Temporal Arteritis: Is There Any Correlation Between Ultrasonographic Arterial Wall Involvement and the Inflammatory Cellular Infiltrate at Histological Examination?
Giuseppe Germanò¹, Pierluigi Macchioni², Alberto Cavazza³, Niccolò Possemato², Mariagrazia Catanoso⁴, Luca Cimino⁵ and Carlo Salvarani⁶, ¹Unit of Rheumatology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Rheumatology Service, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Pathology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁵Ophthalmology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonographic alterations such as the halo sign and the compression test are now accepted as surrogate markers of artery inflammation. No data have yet…
Abstract Number: 2174 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Anti-Rheumatic Treatment on Selenium Levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Gia Deyab¹, Ingrid Hokstad², Milada Cvancarova Småstuen³, Stefan Agewall⁴, Jon Elling Whist⁵ and Ivana Hollan^5,6,7,8, ¹Department of Medical Biochemistry, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, ²Lillehammer Hospitat for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, ³Institution of health care - Health science PhD program, Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo, Norway, ⁴University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁶Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillahammer, Norway
Background/Purpose: The cause of the increased cardiovascular risk in inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) is still unclear. Intriguingly, selenium-deficiency, which might be caused by poor diet or…
Abstract Number: 9 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Severity of Inflammation in Hand and Foot Joints Detected with MR Imaging
L. Mangnus¹, M. Reijnierse² and A.H.M. van der Helm- van Mil³, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk on RA development. (1,2) It is also associated with less severe systemic inflammation. Based on these…
Abstract Number: 1124 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL37 Rescues Human OA Cartilage Explants from GAG Release
Ellen van Geffen¹, Arjan van Caam², Henk van Beuningen², Elly Vitters², Esmeralda Blaney Davidson² and Peter M. van der Kraan², ¹Experimential Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In healthy cartilage, there is a balance between anabolic and catabolic activities of chondrocytes that maintains the functional integrity of the extracellular matrix. However,…
Abstract Number: 2257 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regulation of Mitochondrial Proton Gradient Is Critical for NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
Jehad H. Edwan, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky and Robert A. Colbert, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 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…

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM CT on October 25. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].