Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 30 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Complications of Inflammatory Arthritis in First Nations and Non-First Nations Populations of Alberta, Canada
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Gilaad Kaplan², J Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, Diane Lacaille⁴, Brenda Hemmelgarn⁵ and JM Esdaile⁶, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada / University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Arthritis Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: With markedly improved control of the acute effects of inflammatory arthritis, the major causes of morbidity and premature death now arise from the complications…
Abstract Number: 1175 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells Isolated from Systemic Sclerosis Patients Exhibit a Pro-Inflammatory Phenotype
Robert Good¹, Sarah L. Trinder², Christopher P. Denton³, David Abraham⁴ and Alan M. Holmes¹, ¹Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL, London, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Vascular complications are a key pathological feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc) affecting the microcirculation and arterioles. Under normal circumstances the endothelium acts as a…
Abstract Number: 2467 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interaction Between Senescent T Cells and Fibrocyte-like Cells through CD31, TNFα, and IL-17 Create a Tissue Destructive Environment in the Synovium in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Ian D. Ferguson¹, Patricia Griffin², Hiroshi Yano³, Joshua J. Michel², Jeffrey A. Dvergsten⁴, Sarah L. Gaffen⁵, Margalit E. Rosenkranz¹, Daniel A. Kietz¹ and Abbe N. Vallejo¹, ¹Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: T cells are considered effectors of immunopathology in JIA. In previous work, we reported dominance of senescent CD8T cells in synovial fluid of children…
Abstract Number: 87 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Risk Gene CCR6 Polymorphism: Drug-Induced “Reversal” of ER Binding and the Expression of Inflammatory Mediators -Potential Molecular Mechanism Links Between Estrogen and RA
Ming-Fen Ho¹, Richard M. Weinshilboum², Liewei Wang², James N. Ingle³ and Tim Bongartz⁴, ¹Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Department of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: The rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk locus CCR6 SNP rs3093024, is in tight linkage disequilibrium with rs3093023 which has been associated with RA risk. RA…
Abstract Number: 1176 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Interleukin-37 Prevents New-Onset Joint Inflammation but Does Not Inhibit Existing Experimental Arthritis
Marije I. Koenders¹, Debbie M. Roeleveld¹, Charles Dinarello², Peter M. van der Kraan¹ and Leo Joosten³, ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ³Internal Medicine, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is a recently identified cytokine with potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive functions. This cytokine has been shown to be expressed in synovial tissue…
Abstract Number: 2613 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Reported Physical Capacity Correlates with Phenylalanine Serum Levels in Patients with Early Untreated Rheumatoid Arthritis
Aulikki Kononoff¹, Leena Arstila^1,2, Hannu Kautiainen^3,4, Pia Elfving¹, Elina Savolainen⁵, Helena Niinisalo^6,7 and Oili Kaipiainen-Seppanen¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, ²Iisalmi Hospital, Iisalmi, Finland, ³Unit of Primary Health Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, ⁴Unit of Primary Health Care, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ⁵Kuopio Municipal Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, ⁶Suonenjoki Health Center, Suonenjoki, Finland, ⁷Varkaus Hospital, Varkaus, Finland
Background/Purpose: Lipolysis is increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and lipid-induced insulin resistance coincides with anabolic resistance. Ability to maintain skeletal muscle mass is impaired in…
Abstract Number: 99 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Personalised Genetic Medicine: HLA-DRB1 Amino Acid Positions 11, 71 and 74 Predict Inflammation Level, Disease Activity and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Stephanie Ling¹, Sebastien Viatte², Mark Lunt³, Alper van Sijl⁴, Lucía Silva Fernández^4,5, Soumya Raychaudhuri^2,6,7, Deborah P.M. Symmons^4,8, Adam Young^9,10, Alex J Macgregor¹¹ and Anne Barton¹², ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Mancheser Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol, Ferrol, Spain, ⁶Divisions of Rheumatology and Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Medical and Population Genetics Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ⁸Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁹Rheumatology, ERAS, St Albans City Hospital, St Albans, United Kingdom, ¹⁰School of Life & Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom, ¹¹School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, ¹²Arthritis Research UK Centre for Genetics and Genomics, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University Of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Amino acid (AA) positions 11, 71 and 74 inside HLA-DRB1 confer susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). AAs from these positions form 16 haplotypes, hierarchically…
Abstract Number: 1361 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Macrophages Promote TGF-β Signaling but Protect Against Influx of S100A8/S100A9-Producing Cells after Intra-Articular Injections of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoproteins
Wouter de Munter¹, Martijn H. van den Bosch¹, Arjen Blom¹, Birgitte Walgreen², Monique Helsen¹, Leo Joosten³, Johannes Roth⁴, Thomas Vogl⁵, Fons van de Loo¹, Marije Koenders¹, Wim van den Berg¹, Peter van der Kraan¹ and Peter van Lent¹, ¹Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Experimentel Rheumatology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ³Internal Medicine, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Institute of Immunology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, ⁵University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Background/Purpose: In previous studies we found that synovial macrophages regulate joint pathology during experimental osteoarthritis (OA). Recently, we found that high systemic levels of LDL…
Abstract Number: 2773 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Novel Mechanisms of Action for Methotrexate and Doxycycline: Prevention of Protein Adduct Formation and Free Radical Scavenging
Daniel Anderson¹, Michael J. Duryee², Matthew Zimmerman³, Jun Tian³, Cleofes Sarmiento³, Lynell W. Klassen⁴, James R. O'Dell¹, Geoffrey M. Thiele⁵ and Ted R. Mikuls¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Dept of Internal Medicine, Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Omaha VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Oxidative stress and free radical formation play an important pathogenic role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a number of other inflammatory diseases. Oxidative stress…
Abstract Number: 119 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Triage in Chronic Rheumatic Diseases: Quantitative Physician Estimates for Inflammation (Reversible), Damage (Irreversible), and Distress in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, and Fibromyalgia Seen in Usual Care
Isabel Castrejón¹, Kathryn A. Gibson², Ruchi Jain¹, Annie Huang¹, Joel A. Block³ and Theodore Pincus¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, Australia, ³Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: A physician estimate of a patient’s global status (DOCGL) often is most often the most efficient of all 7 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) core data…
Abstract Number: 1366 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Natural Antibodies, Not B Cells, Contribute to Acute Cell Death-Induced Inflammation
Hiroshi Kataoka, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Alarmins, such as uric acid, released from dying cells activate inflammasomes and mediate dead cell-induced inflammation (Ref.). Since it is remains unknown whether or…
Abstract Number: 2892 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Statin Treatment in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Grunde Wibetoe¹, Eirik Ikdahl¹, Tore K. Kvien², Silvia Rollefstad¹ and Anne Grete Semb³, ¹Preventive Cardio-Rheuma Clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Preventive Cardio-Rheuma clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the general population, CVD risk reduction can be achieved by lipid…
Abstract Number: 135 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Limitations of Treat-to-Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Joint Damage Appears As Severe As Inflammation in Contemporary Care at One Site
Theodore Pincus¹, Alex D. Luta², Isabel Castrejón¹, Annie Huang¹, Ruchi Jain¹, Sarah L. Everakes³ and Joel A. Block⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Georgetown University, Washington, DC, ³Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁴Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is directed to “treat-to-target,” with intensification of therapy in patients with moderate/high disease activity according to a quantitative index toward…
Abstract Number: 1369 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enhanced Myelopoiesis Downstream of Toll-like Receptor 9 Activation Drives a Feed-Forward Inflammatory Response
Lehn K. Weaver¹ and Edward M. Behrens², ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Pediatric Rheumatology, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Monocytes are myeloid cells important for the initiation of inflammation and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity. Monocytes interact with their environment…
Abstract Number: 3093 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development and Validation of Diagnostic Criteria for Cryopyrin Associated Periodic Syndromes
Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner¹, Seza Ozen², Pascal N. Tyrrell³, Isabelle Koné-Paut⁴, Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky⁵, Helen Lachmann⁶, Norbert Blank⁷, Hal M. Hoffman⁸, Elisabeth Weissbarth-Riedel⁹, Boris Huegle¹⁰, Tilmann Kallinich¹¹, Marco Gattorno¹², Ahmet Gul¹³, Nienke M. ter Haar¹⁴, Marlen Oswald¹⁵, Fatma Dedeoglu¹⁶ and Susanne M. Benseler¹⁷, ¹Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Klinik fuer Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Tübingen, Germany, ²Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ³Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Pediatrics Rheumatology, CHU Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France, ⁵Bldg10 rooom 6D47-B, NIH | NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ⁶UK National Amyloidosis Centre, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom, ⁷Med 5-Rheumatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ⁸University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁹Rheumatology, Pediatrics, Universitaetskinderklinik Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology, German Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ¹¹Charite, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ¹²Pediatry, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁴Laboratory for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁵University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ¹⁶Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cryopyrin Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS) are a rare, clinically heterogeneous group of devastating inflammatory illnesses. NLRP3gene gain-of function mutations result in unceasingly raised IL1…

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