Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1794 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Jak Inihibitor Tofacitinib Suppresses Synovial Jak-Stat Signalling In Rheumatoid Arthritis
D. L Boyle¹, N. Wei², A. K. Singhal³, D. R. Mandel⁴, P Mease⁵, A. Kavanaugh⁶, R. Shurmur⁷, J. Hodge⁸, Z. Luo⁹, S. Krishnaswami¹⁰, D. Gruben⁹, S. H. Zwillich⁹, K. Soma⁹, J. D. Bradley⁹ and G. S. Firestein¹¹, ¹Div of Rheum, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ²Arthritis Treatment Center, Frederick, MD, ³Southwest Rheumatology Research LLC, Mesquite, TX, ⁴Office of David R Mandel MD, Inc., Mayfield Village, OH, ⁵Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Seattle, WA, ⁶UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, ⁷Associated Internal Medicine Specialists, Battle Creek, MI, ⁸Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, ⁹Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ¹⁰Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ¹¹Div of Rheumatology, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is a novel oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The specific JAK-STAT (signal transducer and activator of…
Abstract Number: 638 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Estrogen-Induced STAT1 and STAT4 Expression Is Estrogen Receptor α Dependent and IFNα Independent: A Novel Mechanism For Sex-Bias In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pathogenesis?
Nicholas A. Young¹, Giancarlo R. Valiente², Lai-Chu Wu¹, Michael Bruss³, Craig Burd⁴ and Wael N. Jarjour⁵, ¹Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Medical Scientist Training Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁵Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a devastating multi-organ autoimmune disease displaying an overwhelming female predilection. Estrogen (E2) influences gene expression by binding to estrogen…
Abstract Number: 1766 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role Of IL33 In The Inflammation Of Takayasu Arteritis
David Saadoun¹, Marlène Garrido², Julien Gaudric³, Cloé Comarmond⁴, Michele Rosenzwacjg⁵ and Patrice Cacoub⁶, ¹Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, Service de Médecine Interne, DHU i2B, Paris, France, ²I3 laboratory, Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France, ³Department of Vascular surgery GHPS, Paris, France, ⁴Internal Medicine and Clinical Imunology, Referal Center for Autoimmune diseases, Internal Medicine and Clinical Imunology, Hôpital Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France, ⁵Department of Immunology GHPS, Paris, France, ⁶Médecine Interne 2, Hopital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Interleukin (IL)-33, a member of the IL-1 cytokine family, is a recently described novel activator of endothelial cells, which promotes adhesion molecules and proinflammatory…
Abstract Number: 402 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Modulators Of Inflammation Serve As Biomarkers For Subclinical Atherosclerosis In Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Kimberly P. Liang¹, Douglas P. Landsittel², Suresh R. Mulukutla³, Steven E. Reis⁴, Marc C. Levesque⁵, Donald M. Jones⁶, Rachel Gartland⁷, Ali Shoushtari⁸, Flordeliza S. Villanueva³, Hunter C. Champion⁸ and Larry W. Moreland⁵, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Medicine, Biostatistics and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Health Care Research Data Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Division of Cardiology and Department of Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is independently associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature atherosclerosis. Mechanisms of atherosclerosis include (1) Endothelial dysfunction/activation mediated…
Abstract Number: 1403 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Non-Receptor Type 2 (PTPN2) Is Expressed In a TNF-Dependent Manner In RA Synovial Tissues
Borbala Aradi¹, Masaru Kato¹, Mária Filková², Stephanie Kasper³, Kerstin Klein¹, Michael Bader¹, Michael Scharl³, Beat A Michel⁴, Renate E Gay¹, Edit I Buzas⁵, Steffen Gay¹ and Astrid Jüngel¹, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich and Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Zurich, Switzerland, ²Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zürich and Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Semmelweis University, Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Budapest, Hungary
Background/Purpose: Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Non-receptor Type 2 (PTPN2) is a protein phosphatase that has been associated with the development of autoimmune diseases in GWA studies.…
Abstract Number: 385 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Inflammation In Patients With Inflammatory Joint Disease Does Not Influence Statin Dose Needed To Obtain Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Goal In Cardiovascular Prevention
Silvia Rollefstad¹, Eirik Ikdahl², Tore K. Kvien^3,4, Terje R. Pedersen^4,5, Ingar Holme⁶ and Anne G. Semb², ¹Rhuematology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Centre of Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital-Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Department of biostatistics, epidemiology and health economics, Oslo University Hospital-Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: There is a lipid paradox in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): despite low lipids influenced by systemic inflammation, there is an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV)…
Abstract Number: 1332 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Metaflammation, PEDF and Chemerin: Potential Systemic Factors Which Link Obesity To Response To Therapy In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elisa Gremese, Barbara Tolusso, Anna Laura Fedele, Maria Rita Gigante, Angela Carbonella, Silvia Canestri, Clara Di Mario and Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Division of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology and Affine Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Obesity per se is a systemic, low-grade inflammatory state and the adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that releases bioactive substances, including pro-inflammatory cytokines,…
Abstract Number: 371 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammatory Cell Infiltrates In The Heart Of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease With and Without Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease: A Biopsy Study
Jacqueline Kirsti Andersen¹, Ingvild Oma², Ingjerd Lien Kveldstad², Knut Mikkelsen³, Terje Veel⁴, Sven M. Almdahl⁵, Matthew H. Liang⁶, Øystein T. Førre⁷, Morten Fagerland⁸ and Ivana Hollan⁹, ¹Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik, Norway, ²Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, ³Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, ⁴Feiringklinikken, Feiring, Norway, ⁵Cardiothoracic surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, ⁶Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Department of Biostatistics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Rheumatology, Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway
Background/Purpose: Systemic rheumatic diseases (SRDs) are associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity due to accelerated atherosclerosis. However, SRDs are associated also with cardiac vasculitis that…
Abstract Number: 1294 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Inflammatory Effect Of Resveratrol As a Dietary Supplement In An Antigen-Induced Arthritis Rat Model
Romina R. Riveiro-Naveira¹, Jesus Loureiro¹, Alberto Centeno-Cortés², Eduardo López-Peláez², Carlos Vaamonde-García¹, M. Noa Valcárcel-Ares¹, Francisco J. Blanco³ and Maria J. López-Armada¹, ¹Aging and Inflammation Research Lab, INIBIC-CHU A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ²Experimental Surgery Unit, CHU A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ³Osteoarticular and Aging Research Laboratory, Proteomics Unit-Associated Node to ProteoRed-ISCIII, INIBIC-CHUAC, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory cells like macrophages, lymphocytes and neutrophils in hyperplasic synovial tissue have been identified as key players in the onset and development of rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 245 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
C-Reactive Protein But Not Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Is Associated With Decrease In Muscle Strength In Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A 2 Year Follow Up Study
Diana C Sanchez-Ramirez¹, Marike van der Leeden², Martin van der Esch³, Leo D. Roorda², Sabine Verschueren⁴, Jaap van Dieen⁵, Joost Dekker⁶ and Willem F. Lems⁷, ¹Human movement sciences, VU university Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center | Reade, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁵Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In patients with knee osteoarthritis activity limitations and disease progression have been associated with muscle weakness (OA). Muscle weakness might be determined by factors…
Abstract Number: 175 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamics Of The Inflammatory Response In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Following Traumatic Injury: Insights From In Vivo,In Silico, and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Studies
Rajaie Namas¹, Rami Namas², Harpreet Sagar³, Felix Fernandez-Madrid³, Timothy Billiar² and Yoram Vodovotz⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Wayne State University/ Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, ²Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, ⁴Surgery, Immunology, Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Both traumatic injury/hemorrhagic shock (T/HS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are inflammatory diseases that are major sources of morbidity worldwide. We hypothesize that RA modifies…
Abstract Number: 1250 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serological Markers Of Structural Integrity and Inflammation Is Associated With Pain In Osteoarthritis
Anne Sofie Siebuhr¹, Lars Arendt-Nielsen², Thomas Navndrup Eskehave³, Morten Asser Karsdal⁴, Kristian Kjaer Petersen⁵, Ole Simonsen⁶ and Anne C. Bay-Jensen⁷, ¹Cartilage Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ²Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg, Denmark, ³Center for Clinical and Basic Research and C4Pain, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁴Nordic Bioscience, Biomarkers and Research, Herlev, Denmark, ⁵Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg, Denmark, ⁶Frederikshavn Hospital, Frederikshavn, Denmark, ⁷Rheumatology, Nordic Bioscience, Biomarkers and Research, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Pain is associated with diagnosed osteoarthritis (OA), but little clinically association is found between joint integrity and the pain the individual patient experience. Peripheral…
Abstract Number: 228 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Composition and Structure Of Calcifications In Juvenile Dermatomyositis Differs From Calcified Aortic Valves Removed From Adults Without JDM
Lauren M. Pachman^1,2, Gabrielle A. Morgan¹, Patrick M. McCarthy³, Anna Huskin³, S. Chris Malaisrie³, Lyudmila Spevak⁴, Stephen Doty⁴ and Adele Boskey⁴, ¹Cure JM Myositis Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Chicago, IL, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a systemic vasculopathy, primarily involving the micro vasculature. Soft tissue calcification occurs in 15-30% of cases, and is associated with…
Abstract Number: 126 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Subgrouping Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Based On Pain, Fatigue, Inflammation and Psychosocial Factors
Yvonne C. Lee¹, Michelle A. Frits¹, Christine K. Iannaccone¹, Michael E. Weinblatt¹, Nancy A. Shadick², David A. Williams³ and Jing Cui¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology/Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Chronic Pain & Fatigue Rsch Ctr, Univ of MI Hlth System-Lobby M, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, pain may be due to peripheral inflammation or other causes, such as central pain mechanisms. The objective was to…
Abstract Number: 1201 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Progress Report On An Emerging Disease: NOD2-Associated Autoinflammatory Disease
Qingping Yao, Rheumatic and Immunologic Dis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: We recently reported a new disease designated as NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease (NAID). The aim of this study was to update the progress on defining the disease. Methods: A…

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