Abstracts tagged "Inflammation"

Abstract Number: 782 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-TNF Therapy Slows Radiographic Progression of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Nigil Haroon¹, Robert D. Inman², Thomas J. Learch³, Michael H. Weisman⁴, Michael M. Ward⁵, John D. Reveille⁶ and Lianne S. Gensler⁷, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University Health Network, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Dept of Medicine/Rheumatology, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Bldg 10 CRC Rm 4-1339, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Univ of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁷Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The influence of anti-TNF therapy on radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is not well established. We studied this effect on radiographic progression in…
Abstract Number: 2669 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TLR7 Ligation Contributes to Monocyte Migration in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nathan D. Chamberlain¹, Seung-jae Kim¹, Michael Volin², William Swedler³, Suncica Volkov¹ and Shiva Shahrara¹, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, ³Section of Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The aim of the study was to characterize the expression of TLR7 in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) peripheral blood (PB) cells and to examine the…
Abstract Number: 1516 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TSLP Upregulation in Human SSc Skin and Induction of Overlapping Profibrotic Genes and Intracellular Signaling with IL-13 and TGFb
Romy Christmann¹, Allison Mathes², Giuseppina Stifano², Alsya J. Affandi³, Andreea Bujor³, Cristina Padilla³ and Robert Lafyatis³, ¹Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: to investigate the expression of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) patients and explore its effects in vivo and in vitro…
Abstract Number: 737 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Citrullination of ENA-78/CXCL5 Results in Conversion From a Non-Monocyte Recruiting to a Monocyte Recruiting Chemokine
Ken Yoshida¹, Olex Korchynskyi², Paul P. Tak³, Takeo Isozaki⁴, Jeffrey H. Ruth⁵, Phillip Campbell⁶, Dominique L. Baeten⁷, Danielle M. Gerlag⁷, M. Asif Amin⁸ and Alisa E. Koch⁹, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Cellular Proliferation and Apoptosis, Institute of Cell Biology, Lviv, Ukraine, ³Departments of Experimental Immunology and Internal Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline U.K. and Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Citrullination is a post-translational modification that is the conversion of arginine to citrulline in proteins mediated by peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD). Antibodies directed towards the…
Abstract Number: 1446 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Granulocyte Signature and Organ Inflammation in TLR7 Responsive Mice Is RNA and Type 1 Interferon Dependent
Xizhang Sun¹, Alice Wiedeman², Thomas H. Teal³, Nalini Agrawal³, Jeffrey Duggan², Matt B. Buechler⁴, Jeffrey A. Ledbetter³, Denny Liggitt⁵, Jessica A. Hamerman⁶ and Keith B. Elkon⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, Seattle, ⁵Comparative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ⁷Rheumatology Box 356428, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Microarray expression analysis of blood taken from patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) has revealed two characteristic signatures: one that reflects exposure to type…
Abstract Number: 740 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Select Soluble Inflammatory Mediators Are Detected Prior to and Increase At Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Classification
Melissa E. Munroe¹, Jourdan R. Anderson², Julie M. Robertson³, Timothy B. Niewold⁴, George C. Tsokos⁵, Michael P. Keith⁶, John B. Harley⁷ and Judith A. James⁸, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ³Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Section of Rheumatology and Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Medicine/Rheumatology, BIDMC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Rheumatology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and The Center for Autoimmune Genomics & Etiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁸Arthritis & Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: The processes that lead to clinical illness in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) years before diagnosis are not well characterized. Several cytokines have been associated…

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